Marche

Marche shield

(marsh) (pron: marsh)

Capital: Guéret (pron: gay-ray)
French annexation: 1531

Used around 1360 by Count Jacques, who inherited the fief, this shield combines the royal banner with three lions from the old arms of the province, those of the Lusignan family.

Marche provincial map
Information courtesy of State Historical Society of North Dakota