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 | | The canting arms of a dolphin, which they quartered with the royal fleurs de lys, were originally assumed by Dauphin, count of Clermont, instead of the arms of Auvergne (the earliest extant example is appended to a deed of 1199), and from him they were borrowed by the counts of the Viennois. |
 | | The eldest son of the French king was sometimes called the king dauphin (le roy daulphin), to distinguish him from the dauphin of Auvergne,who was known,since Auvergne became an appanage of the royal house, as the prince dauphin. |
 | | The dauphinate of Auvergne, which is to be distinguished from the county, dates from 1155, when William VII., count of Auvergne, was deposed by his uncle William VIII. |
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