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International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences

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Template:Infobox recurring event The International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences is a biennial conference for topics of heraldic and genealogical interest. The Congress convenes scholars and other interested persons from Europe and throughout the world.

The first Congress was held at Barcelona in 1929; at the second Congress, held in 1953, it was decided that future meetings would be held every two years (there being two exceptions).

The 22nd Congress at Ottawa in 1996 was memorable '"for the first time beyond the birthplace of modern scientific studies in genealogy and heraldry"'[1] with HE the Rt Hon. Roméo LeBlanc, Governor General of Canada and his wife Dr Diana Fowler LeBlanc as patrons. The 2006 Congress at St Andrews, had HRH the Princess Royal as its patron, and HE the Rt Hon. Michaëlle Jean was patron of the 2008 Congress at Quebec City.

The main themes of the Congresses have changed greatly over the years, and some disciplines have ceased to form any part of the Congress' study. Abandoned subjects include sphragistics and iconography, which were dealt with at Paris, and vexillology, which was to have been one of the themes at Congresses after Bern. Genetics, which had been a subject of discussion at Stockholm in 1960, did not reappear until the Ottawa Congress of 1996. Chivalric orders were another discarded subject, despite featuring in the Congresses held at Rome/Naples, Madrid, Stockholm and Edinburgh, as well as in a few papers presented at Madrid in 1982.[2]

List of Congresses

The Congress rotates being hosted in different countries:[2][3]

Nr City Year Dates Patron Theme
I Barcelona 1929 HM King Alfonso XIII of Spain
II Rome/Naples 1953 23-25 September Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro
III Madrid 1955 6-11 October Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona
IV Brussels 1958 HM King Baudouin of the Belgians
V Stockholm 1960 21-28 August[4] HRH Prince Bertil of Sweden
VI Edinburgh 1962 8-14 September[4] HRH the Duke of Edinburgh
VII The Hague 1964 20-26 June HM Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
VIII Paris 1966 President Charles de Gaulle
IX Bern 1968 30 June-6 July King Umberto II of Italy
X Vienna 1970 Prince Karl von Schwarzenberg
XI Liège 1972 29 May-3 June HM King Baudouin of the Belgians
XII Munich 1974 Prince Ernst August of Lippe
XIII London 1976 HRH Princess Anne
XIV Copenhagen 1980 25-29 August[5] HM Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
XV Madrid 1982 19-25 September HM King Juan Carlos of Spain
XVI Helsinki 1984 16-21 August Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich
XVII Lisbon 1986 7-13 September Duke Duarte Pio of Braganza
XVIII Innsbruck 1988 5-9 September Archduke Otto von Habsburg
XIX Keszthely 1990 2-6 October Archduke Andreas Salvator of Austria
XX Uppsala 1992 9-13 August HM King Carl Gustaf of Sweden
XXI Luxembourg 1994 28 August-3 September HRH the Grand Duke of Luxembourg
XXII Ottawa 1996 18-23 August HE the Rt Hon. Roméo LeBlanc & Dr Diana Fowler-LeBlanc Families and Symbols Transcending Frontiers[6]
XXIII Turin 1998 21-26 September HE Dott. Ugo Barzini
XXIV Besançon 2000 Count Henri of Paris
XXV Dublin 2002 16-21 September[7] Professor Mary McAleese Genealogy and Heraldry: Their Place and Practice in Changing Times[8]
XXVI Bruges 2004 6-11 September HM King Albert II of the Belgians
XXVII St Andrews 2006 21-26 August HRH the Princess Royal Myth and propaganda in heraldry and genealogy[9]
XXVIII Quebec 2008 23-27 June[10] HE the Rt Hon. Michaëlle Jean The Meeting of Two Worlds, Quest or Conquest[11]
XXIX Stuttgart 2010 12-17 September[12] Georg Friedrich Prinz von Preussen Identity in Genealogy and Heraldry[13]
XXX Maastricht 2012 24-28 September HRH Prince Willem-Alexander Frontiers in Genealogy and Heraldry[14]
XXXI Oslo 2014 13-17 August HM King Harald V of Norway Influence on Genealogy and Heraldry of Major Events in the History of a Nation[15][16][17]
XXXII Glasgow 2016 10-14 August Dr Joseph Morrow, Lord Lyon Origins and Evolution[18]
XXXIII Arras 2018 2-5 October HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco Genealogy and Heraldry, between War and Peace
XXXIV Madrid 2020[19] 20-23 October HM King Felipe VI of Spain
XXXV Cambridge 2022 15-19 August HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex Reformation, Revolution, Restoration[20]
XXXVI Boston 2024 24-28 September Baron Brim-DeForest of Balvaird Origins, Journeys, Destinations[21]
XXXVII San Marino 2026 tba HE Captain Regent of San Marino

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  1. ↑ Template:Cite web Template:ISBN Boudreau,Claire.Vachon,Auguste.Cogné,Daniel."Genealogica & Heraldica .Proceedings of the 22nd International Congress of Genealogical and heraldic Sciences in Ottawa from August 18 to 23,1996. Message from his Excellency the Right Honourable Roméo LeBlanc, Governor General of Canada, Patron of the 22nd Congress". p. 21
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