The shield is divided into four quarters, blazoned as follows: • 1st,
Gules a castle three-towered
Or, masoned
Sable ajoure, (door and windows)
Azure, for
Castile; • 2nd,
Argent a lion rampant Purpure, armed Gules and crowned Or, for
León; • 3rd, Or four pallets Gules, for
Aragon; • 4th, Gules a cross,
saltire and
orle of chains all linked Or, an emerald Proper, for
Navarre; •
Enté en point, Argent a pomegranate Proper seeded Gules, supported, sculpted and leafed in two leaves
Vert, for
Granada; •
Inescutcheon, Azure with three
fleurs-de-lys Or,
bordured Gules, for
Bourbon. The whole is differenced by a
label of three points Azure, the
difference used by
heirs apparent to the
Spanish House of Habsburg. The shield is surmounted by a closed crown, which is a circle of gold, inset with precious stones of their colours, composed of eight rosettes of
acanthus leaves, of which five are visible, interspersed by
pearls in their colour, issuing from which are four pearl diadems, of which three are visible, which converge in a blue orb, with gold semi-meridian and equator, surmounted by a gold cross, the crown lined with red and surrounded by the collar of the
Golden Fleece. ==History==