House of Brennac

• Shield shapeHeaterThe usual knightly shield of the 13th and 14th centuries. The shape shows period and fashion, not a symbol.
• ColourArgentPeace and sincerity: the silver of purity.
• ColourGulesCourage and military strength: the red of a fighter's blood.
• DivisionPer paleSplit down the middle: two parts side by side, a balance or a joining.
• ChargeEagle displayed · SablePower, courage and high ambition: the royal and imperial bird.

These meanings are a later tradition. Medieval heralds mostly chose a charge for how it looked, or as a pun on the family's name.

The number of figures, where they stand and which way they face are choices of design, with no fixed meaning.