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[1] The more generally accepted story is that when the Count of Barcelona was severely wounded in a battle between Charles the Bald and the Normans, the Emperor came to the wounded Count’s tent and asked what reward he could give to a warrior to whom he owed so much. The Count asked for the grant of a charge on his plain gold shield. The Emperor dipped his hand in the blood from the Count’s wound, and passed his four fingers down the shield. ‘A device gained by blood,’ he said, ‘should be marked with blood.’
[2] The Teutonic word _Rik_ signified valiant or powerful, not rich in our sense. It was a frequent ending to names, as Theodoric, Alaric. The _Ricos Hombres_ of Aragon bore a caldron on their arms, as a sign that they could maintain many men in the field, and they used a _señera_, or banner. These were ‘Ricos Hombres do Señera.’ There were also nine families of ‘Ricos Hombres’ ‘le naturaleza,’ nobles before the Moors came. These were Cornelas, Lunas, Azagras, Forcas, Urreas, Alagones, Romeos, Entenzas, Lizanas. Several Castilian nobles, especially the Dukes of Medina Sidonia, also bore caldrons on their arms.