The Herald and genealogist . MENEZES. NARBONNE. A shield of pure Gold was borne by the family of Menezes inPortugal,^ and a simple shield of Gules by the Viscounts of In the Salles des Croisades at Versailles such a shield,de gueules plein, is placed for Aymery, first of the name, Vicomtede Narbonne, who died in the Holy Land, about the year 1105;again, for Raymond Pelet, dit le CroisS; and a third time forAmanjeu II. sire dAlbret,both crusaders under the command ofthe Count of Toulouse in 1096.^ The house of Albret or la Brette became Kings of Navarre. The same entirely red banner

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The Herald and genealogist . MENEZES. NARBONNE. A shield of pure Gold was borne by the family of Menezes inPortugal,^ and a simple shield of Gules by the Viscounts of In the Salles des Croisades at Versailles such a shield,de gueules plein, is placed for Aymery, first of the name, Vicomtede Narbonne, who died in the Holy Land, about the year 1105;again, for Raymond Pelet, dit le CroisS; and a third time forAmanjeu II. sire dAlbret,both crusaders under the command ofthe Count of Toulouse in 1096.^ The house of Albret or la Brette became Kings of Navarre. The same entirely red banner appeared at the siege of Carla-verock in 1301, borne by a cadet 5f that family named Amaneusde la Brette, as he is styled in records of the time,*—or, by thepoet of the expedition, Eurmenions— Mais Eurmenions de la BretteLa baniere eus toute rougette. By the English chronicler Peter Langtoft he is called SirEmery the Brette. His father had borne the same name (inLatin, Amaneus); as did one who is supposed to have beenhiheraldgenealogis03nich

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