Baština (Jan 2018)
Serbian Nemanjić's coat of arms: Eagle's wing in the coat of arms of the Croatian ban Pavao Bribirski the first
Abstract
Pavao Bribirski the First was one of the most important rulers in Croatian history of all times. He had in his title, it was found out about this based on charts, currency and seal, several names, starting from 'Potestatis Traguriensis' (1272-1273) the head of Trogir, 'Comes Spalatensis' of the Prince of Split, 'Banus Maritimus' of Maritime Ban, 'Banus Sclavinie' Ban of Slavonia that is, Croatia, 'Banus Croatorum' et Dominus of Bosna' Ban of Croatia and master of Bosnia, 'Banus Paulus Chroatorum Bosneque Dominis' Ban Pavao the master of Croatia and Bosnia, 'Dominus Dalmatie' the master of Dalmatia, until 'Duh Dalmatie' the head (prince) of Dalmatia and Croatia and some other titles. There has been preserved until now two seals of Pavao Bribirski, issued in Solin in 1300, and Knin in 1307. Nevertheless, in 1961 the seal of Pavao Bribirski was found in Zadar during an archaeological excavation. Pavao's coat of arms of the twig jaundice and eagle's wing is visible on the seal. It was raised the thesis that eagle's wing on the seal represented the symbol of the house of the Serbian family of Nemanjić's. Namely, Pavao had for his wife Ursa, the daughter of the Serbian king Dragutin. During the marriage, Ursa made the connection of her coat of arms (eagle) - eagle's wing with the one of her husband - twig jaundice. So, the coat of arms of Pavao Bribirski appeared. The fact that none of Croatian rulers from the medieval period had coat of arms of the eagle, and Serbian Nemanjići had two-headed eagle, and that one of the basic rules of heraldic with marriage meant coat of arms of woman was added to the one of husband where it took up central place, spoke on behalf of our opinion.
