Trubetskoy

 

 

Trubetskoy (Troubetskoy):  ΤΡУБЕЦКОЙ

On a Maltese Cross arg and encircled by the collar of the Order of St John with its pendant:
Quarterly:
1. Or two griffins sa affronté with paws adjoined and supporting the coronet of a Russian Prince ppr;
2. Az an eagle displayed arg;
3. Gu a knight armed cap-à-pie brandishing a sword arg, in his dexter arm, bearing an oval shield az charged with a Cross of Lorrain
or and mounted on a horse courant, barded and caparisoned az;
4. Arg a bull's head caboshed sa
On a chief gu a cross arg.¹

The Trubetskoy Family Achievement2

 

Sources (Blazon):

1. Rietstap, J.B.: ARMORIAL GÉNÉRAL [2éme ed., G.B van Goor Zonen, Gouda 1884]

2. Mandrich, Donald R. & Placek, Joseph A.: Russian Heraldry and Nobility [Dramco Publishers, Boynton Beach, Florida 1992]

3. Unattributed