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compone
Sign in to saveAlso known as compony, componé, componed, gobony, countercompone, countercomponed, countercompony, countergobony
right|thumb|Coat of arms of Beaufort, earls and dukes of Somerset: the royal arms of England cadency|differenced with a [[bordure compony argent and azure, which indicate the first earl's illegitimate birth]] In heraldry, an ordinary componée (anciently gobonnée), anglicised to compony and gobony, is composed of a row of squares, rectangles or other quadrilaterals, of alternating tinctures, often found as a bordure, most notably in the arms of the English House of Beaufort.
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right|thumb|Coat of arms of Beaufort, earls and dukes of Somerset: the royal arms of England cadency|differenced with a [[bordure compony argent and azure, which indicate the first earl's illegitimate birth]] In heraldry, an ordinary componée (anciently gobonnée), anglicised to compony and gobony, is composed of a row of squares, rectangles or other quadrilaterals, of alternating tinctures, often found as a bordure, most notably in the arms of the English House of Beaufort.
thumb|125px|right|The Capetian dynasty|Capetian counts of Évreux differenced the French royal arms with a bend compony.
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