C'est la Guerre - Parade Ground

[Countship of the March
Duchy of Bourbon
Viscountcy of Limoges
Viscountcy of Rochechouart]

[Arms for the Viscountcy of Rochechouart]

Although not at the top of my list, this group does rank among my favorites. I especially like the arms for Limoges. Those for Rochechouart are notable for being the most time-consuming to create in Visio. Drawing that wavy line just seemed to be particularly difficult. I couldn't simply draw a single wave and copy it horizontally - I had to create an entire horizontal wavy line and in my recollection it took hours. Creating a line drawing of the fleur-de-lys was probably just as time-consuming, but that effort got to be amortized over a large number of arms. The wavy line (‘nebuly’ in technical heraldic terms) was used only for Rochechouart. As an extra added bonus, Rochechouart is my nominee for the hardest to spell place name in my army.

The Countship of the March is found about two hundred miles south of Paris and slightly west. It owes its name to it being a border district, or march, between the duchy of Aquitaine and the domains of the Frankish kings in central France during the tenth century. Jacques I de Bourbon-la-Marche was Count de la Marche as well as the count of Perche and the Duke of Bourbon.

The Duchy of Bourbon is found about 175 miles south of Paris and slightly to the east. In 1358, Jacques I de Bourbon-la-Marche was the duke of Bourbon as well as Count de la Marche and Count de Perche.

The town and Vicountship of Limoges is in southwest France, a little over two hundred miles south southwest of Paris.

The town and Viscountship of Rochechouart is about twenty miles west of Limoges. Louis de Rochechouart was the title holder after his father Jean I de Rochechouart was killed at the battle of Poitiers.