GRBOVI FRANKOPANA
Frankopani su tijekom povijesti koristili dva grba. Do 1430. godine koristili su stari grb sa šesterokrakom zvijezdom na crvenom polju, a potom su preuzeli grb rimske patricijske obitelji de Frangepanibus s dva lava koji lome kruh. Najstariji grbovi knezova Krčkih zabilježeni su u kamenom obliku i nisu datirani.
Promjena grba dogodila se kada je Nikola IV. Frankopan 1430. godine za posjeta papi u Rimu dobio dopuštenje da koristi grb obitelji de Frangepanibus. Navodni rimski rođaci kao znak su koristili dva lava koji dijele kruh, što se u heraldici naziva i “govorećim grbom”, jer znakovi objašnjavaju značenje imena roda: djelitelji kruha. Novi grb nije odjednom istisnuo staru šesterokraku zvijezdu, prodirao je postupno, često se pojavljujući u kombinaciji sa starim. Već na grbovima Nikolinih sinova u desnome je kutu stari grb, a u lijevome frankopanski: u plavome polju dva uspravna lava dijele tri zlatna kruha. S vremenom se stari grb sve više zapostavlja, a novi frankopanski grb traje do ugasnuća obitelji 1671. godine.
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COATS OF ARMS OF THE FRANKOPANS
The Frankopans used two coats of arms throughout history. Until 1430, they used the old coat of arms with the six-pointed star on a red field, and then they adopted the coat of arms of the Roman patrician family de Frangepanibus with two lions breaking bread. The oldest coats of arms of the dukes of Krk were registered in the form of a stone and are not dated.
The coat of arms was changed when Nikola IV Frankopan in 1430 received a permission to use the coat of arms of the de Frangepanibus family during the visit to the Pope in Rome. Alleged Roman relatives used two lions sharing bread as a sign, which is in heraldry also called the “speaking coat of arms”, because the signs explain the meaning of the family’s name: bread sharers. The new coat of arms did not replace the old six-pointed star at once, it penetrated gradually, often appearing in combination with the old one. Already on the coats of arms of Nikola’s sons, there is an old coat of arms in the right corner, and the Frankopan coat of arms in the left: in a blue field, two upright lions share three golden loaves. Over time, the old coat of arms was increasingly neglected, and the new Frankopan coat of arms lasted until the extinction of the family in 1671.
