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 | | Henry, the later Henry I, duke of Lower-Lorraine and Brabant (1190-1235), thus placed the lion on a shield. |
 | | As to the colours of the arms, in 1234 in a Crusade against the Stedingen in East-Frysia, Henry I supposedly used a fl flag, with on the one side the Holy Mary in an aureole, and on the other side a lion or, tongued and nailed gules. |
 | | Henry III, duke of Brabant (1248-1261), too, used a fl shield with a golden lion, as well as John I (1267-1294), who didn't change it after the battle near Woeringen. |
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