Editing Duke of Cornwall (section)

==Arms==
[[File:Duchy button (plan) (FindID 414502).jpg|thumb|Silver-plated cast copper alloy button with incised coat of arms of the Duke of Cornwall ({{Circa|1775}})]]
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The [[coat of arms]] of the duke of Cornwall is [[blazon]]ed as ''[[Sable (heraldry)|sable]], fifteen [[bezant]]s'', that is, a black field bearing fifteen golden discs. The arms are now used as a [[Heraldic badge|badge]] by the prince of Wales, and they appear below the shield in his coat of arms, along with his other badges.

The arms were adopted late in the 15th century, based on the arms of [[Richard of Cornwall|Richard, Earl of Cornwall]]. The bezants in Richard's arms were intended to represent peas, known in French as ''pois'', as a punning reference to the French region of [[Poitou]], of which he was count.<ref>{{cite book|first=James|last=Planché|title=The Pursuivant of Arms; or, Heraldry Founded on Facts|date=1859|page=136|publisher=R. Hardwick|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89097345664;view=1up;seq=162}}</ref>

On 21 June 1968 a [[Warrant (law)#United Kingdom|royal warrant]] augmented the aforementioned arms with the heir apparent's [[coronet]], which consists of four crosses patée and four [[Fleur-de-lis|fleurs-de-lises]] with one arch (used only by the prince of Wales). The [[supporter]]s are two [[Red-billed chough|Cornish choughs]], each supporting an ostrich feather. The [[motto]] used with the arms is {{langx|gml|Houmout}}, meaning "high-spirited" in [[Middle Low German]],<ref name="Langfelt 1950">LANGENFELT, G. (1950). ICH DIEN, 69(Jahresband), 264-265. https://doi.org/10.1515/angl.1950.1950.69.264</ref> the personal motto of the [[Edward the Black Prince|Black Prince]].<ref name="Briggs">Briggs, Geoffrey, ''Civic and Corporate Heraldry'' (1971), p. 122.</ref>{{Infobox emblem wide|image=Coat of arms of the Duchy of Cornwall.svg|imagesize=250px|notes=The shield has been in use since around the 15th century and was based on the arms of [[Richard of Cornwall]] (1209–1272).|year_adopted=Granted by Royal Warrant on 21 June 1968<ref name="Briggs" />|coronet=The [[heraldic shield]] is ensigned with the Heir Apparent's [[coronet]].<ref name="Boutell">{{cite book |first1=Charles |last1=Boutell |first2=John Philip |last2=Brooke-Little |title=Boutell's Heraldry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UTUOAQAAMAAJ&q=%22arms+of+the+duchy+of+cornwall%22+chough |year=1978 |publisher=F. Warne |isbn=978-0-7232-2096-1 |page=219}}</ref>|escutcheon=Sable, fifteen [[bezant#Bezants in heraldry|bezant]]s, five, four, three, two, one.<ref name="Cornwall">{{cite book |author=Royal Institution of Cornwall |title=Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JOk4AQAAMAAJ&q=cornwall+%22Sable+fifteen+bezants%22 |year=1915 |publisher=Workers of Cornwall Limited |page=115}}</ref>|supporters=On either side, a [[Cornish chough]] proper supporting an ostrich feather Argent, penned Or.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/completeguidetoh00foxdrich |title=A Complete Guide to Heraldry |year=1909 |last=Fox-Davies |first=Arthur Charles |location=London |publisher=T.C. & E.C. Jack |via=Internet Archive |access-date=2023-02-22 |page=248}}</ref>|compartment=|motto={{lang|gml|Houmont}}<ref name="Briggs" /> or {{lang|gml|Houmout}} <br/>(Middle Low German for "high-spirited")<ref name="Langfelt 1950"/>}}