List of personal coats of arms of Presidents of Austria
Many of the Presidents of Austria have born arms; either through inheritance or via membership in foreign orders of chivalry; in particular; the Swedish Order of the Seraphim and the Danish Order of the Elephant.
Arms
Arms |
Name of President and Blazon |
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Karl Seitz, President of Austria, 1919-1920 No arms known |
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Michael Hainisch, President of Austria, 1920-1928 No arms known |
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Wilhelm Miklas, President of Austria, 1928-1934 No arms known |
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Arms of Karl Renner, President of Austria, 1945-1950 No arms known |
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Arms of Theodor Körner, President of Austria, 1951-1957 Ancestral arms:Sable,a Pile throuout point upwards bend inwards Azure charged with a knight in armour bearing three ostrich feathers on the helmet holding a sword and standing on a triple mount Vert, issuant from each side of the Pile an Eagle Or, armed Gules. Crest: A Horse Argent issuant from a coronet Or. Mantling: Dexter,Sable doubled Or, Sinister, Azure doubled Argent. |
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Arms of Adolf Scharf, President of Austria, 1957-1965 Gules a pale Argent charged with an Eagle's Head Sable beaked Or and langued Gules. No Motto. Adopted on his admittance into the Order of the Seraphim in 1960. |
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Franz Jonas, President of Austria, 1965-1974 No arms known. |
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Arms of Rudolf Kirchschläger, President of Austria, 1974-1986 Argent, an Eagle displayed Sable, beaked and taloned Or and langued Gules, holding in its dexter talon a Sickle Or and in its sinister talon a Hammer also Or, on an inescutcheon tierced per fess Gules, Argent and Gules No motto. |
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Kurt Waldheim, President of Austria, 1986-1992 No arms known. |
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Thomas Klestil, President of Austria, 1992-2004 Argent, an Eagle displayed Sable, beaked and taloned Or and langued Gules, crowned with a Mural crown Or and holding in its dexter talon a hammer Or and in its sinister talon a sickle, also Or, on an inescutcheon tierced per fess Gules, Argent and Gules No motto. |
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Heinz Fischer, President of Austria, 2004-present No arms known. |
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References
Nordenvall, Per. Kunigliga Serafimerorden 1748-1998.