The Flemish Heraldic Council advises the Flemish Government on all matters relating to heraldry. The Council was created on 11 April 1984, as the successor to the Subcommittee for Heraldry or Subcommissie Heraldiek, established in 1978. Its prime task was to supervise the granting of a coat of arms and a flag to all municipalities of the Flemish Region. Following the reorganization of the Belgian provinces, the council's field of action was extended to provincial arms and flags in 1994. Since 2000, the Council has likewise advised the Flemish Government on grants of arms to Flemish individuals and corporations. In the meantime, more than 200 such grants have received official sanction. Grants of arms by the Flemish Government are published in the Belgian official journal.
Arms of Baarle-Hertog, as recognized in 1910. Baarle-Hertog was not merged in 1977 and could therefore continue to bear these arms.
Coat of arms of the du Quesne family, granted on 2 September 2003.
Royal Belgian Genealogical and Heraldic Office
The Royal Belgian Genealogical and Heraldic Office is a private genealogical and heraldic society in Belgium. It was founded in 1942 as an ASBL and has over a thousand members interested in genealogy and heraldry. While it publishes exclusively in the French language, it covers all regions of Belgium.
Royal Belgian Genealogical and Heraldic Office
