Deutsch: Wappen Herzog
Franz II. von
Sachsen, Engern und Westfalen (Lauenburg) (1547–1619, Herzog seit 1581), zu dem Hadeln gehörte, darunter Hadler Bauernwappen am Chor der St. Jacobi-Kirche in Cuxhaven-Lüdingworth. Abgekürzte Inschrift: V.[on] G.[ottes] G.[naden] F.[ranz] H.[erzog] Z.[u] S.[achsen,] E.[ngern] U.[nd] W.[estfalen].
English: Coat-of-arms of
Duke Francis II of
Duchy of Saxony, Angria and Westphalia (Lauenburg) (1547–1619, Duke since 1581), to which the Land of Hadeln used to belong, below coats-of-arms of Hadelian peasant families at the quire of St. James Church in Lüdingworth, Cuxhaven. The coat of arms as used between 1507 and 1671 shows in the upper left quarter the
Ascanian barry of ten, in
or and
sable, covered by a crancelin of rhombs (they are not shown in this undetailed copy) bendwise in
vert.
[1] The crancelin symbolises the
Saxon ducal crown. The second quarter shows in
azure an eagle crowned in or, representing the imperial
Pfalzgraviate of Saxony. The third quarter displays in
argent three water-lily leaves in
gules, standing for the
County of Brehna. The lower right fourth quarter repeats the first quarter. The Lauenburg branch duchy adopted this coat-of-arms from Saxe-Wittenberg, displaying the coats-of-arms of parts of that duchy. However, the quarters, then used for the
Duchy of Saxony, Angria and Westphalia (Lauenburg), were later often misinterpreted as symbolising
Angria (Brehna's water-lily leaves) and
Westphalia (the comital palatine Saxon eagle).