The following material ventilates a topic which raises strong passions in the family and reflects a near thousand-year oral tradition.
- Please click here for Moshe Shaltiel's presentation on the topic, given to the family at the Barcelona Reunion.
- Please click here for a commentary by Vibeke Sealtiël Olsen.
- Please click here for additional commentary on the Davidic descent.
- Please click here for graphics setting out the current view of those making the claim from King David to the end of our sojourn in Spain.
The coat of arms at the right—rediscovered by the family in Crete in 1997—offers evidence of our family's Davidic descent. The lion in the escutcheon is the Lion of Judea, the symbol of the royal family of Israel. The lion holds the crown and sword of the house of David. The Hebrew script translates as "The Coat of Arms of Don Shealtiel Chen (in Ladino, Gracian)”.
- Please click here for an exploration of the meaning of this coat of arms, which will be discussed by Clive Cheesman, Dragon Pursuivant, (that is one of the “heralds” or officers) of the English College of Arms at the Jerusalem reunion.
