Louis de Gruuthuse

Louis de Gruuthuse, wearing the Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Portrait by the Master of the princely portraits, Groeningemuseum, Bruges
Miniature portrait inscribed Mesire Lois Sig(neu)r de la Gruuthuse et Comte de Wincestre, from a 1473 manuscript containing the statutes of the Order of the Golden Fleece

Louis de Bruges, Lord of Gruuthuse, Prince of Steenhuijs, Earl of Winchester (Dutch: Lodewijk van Brugge; c. 1427 – 24 November 1492), was a Flemish courtier, bibliophile, soldier and nobleman. He was awarded the title of Earl of Winchester by King Edward IV of England in 1472, and was Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland 1462–77.

Arms of Lewis de Gruuthuse: left: his paternal arms; right: English arms granted him by the king of England: "Azure, dix mascles d'or, enormé d'une canton de nostre propre armes de Angleterre; c'est a savoir: de gules a(vec) une Lipard passant d'or armée d'azure (Azure, ten[1] mascles or on a canton Our own arms of England, that is to say: Gules, a leopard passant or armed azure). These arms make reference to the old English arms of de Quincey, Earls of Winchester: Gules, seven mascles or 3,3,1.[2]
  1. ^ Shown here with 11
  2. ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles, Complete Guide to Heraldry, 1909, fig.236