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The arms were officially adopted in September 2023. | The arms were officially adopted in September 2023. | ||
The arms combine in a quartering the arms of the houses of Auxi (I and IV) and Blécourt (II and III). A branch of the house of Auxi was established in the | The arms combine in a quartering the arms of the houses of Auxi (I and IV) and Blécourt (II and III). A branch of the house of Auxi was established in the 15<sup>th</sup> century in Bruntel for a little over a century. Antoine I of Auxi de la Tour-Bruntel, known as Turquet d'Auxi, son of Jean IV of Auxi, founded the branch. His granddaughter and only heir, Jehanne d'Auxi, daughter of Antoine III d'Auxi, married in 1573 Antoine de Blécourt, lord of Béthancourt. | ||
At the bottom of the choir of the old church (destroyed during the First World War) there was a tombstone with a figure and coat of arms; it was that of Jehanne d'Auxi-Bruntel, lady of Béthancourt (today Béthancourt-en-Vaux, Aisne), who died in her castle of Bruntel in 1633. The coat of arms tore the souls of Auxi and Blécourt apart. | At the bottom of the choir of the old church (destroyed during the First World War) there was a tombstone with a figure and coat of arms; it was that of Jehanne d'Auxi-Bruntel, lady of Béthancourt (today Béthancourt-en-Vaux, Aisne), who died in her castle of Bruntel in 1633. The coat of arms tore the souls of Auxi and Blécourt apart. | ||