Hervé Pinoteau, 6th Baron Pinoteau (19 July 1927 – 24 November 2020) was a Frenchhistorian, expert inheraldic research and royalistapologist.[1] He was the author of more than 900 articles and 22 books primarily on history and heraldry.[2]
Pinoteau was born in Paris. From 1950 to 1951, he served in the French army as a lieutenant.[2] He served as the private secretary of the latePrince Alphonse, Duke of Anjou, for 26 years.[3]
Pinoteau was a member of theAcadémie Internationale d'Héraldique (International Academy of Heraldry) of which he was general secretary from 1964 to 1988.[4] He was president of the Société nationale des Antiquaires de France in 2010.[2] He was recognized as an expert in Frenchheraldry andvexillology. He was commissioned to create the coat of arms of thePays de la Loire region of France, and to do the final design for the coat of arms of theRepublic of Chad.[2] Pinoteau was amonarchist who believed in the restoration of theHouse of Bourbon to the French throne. He was the founder of the Secretariat-du Prince Alphonse, Duc de Bourbon (1962) and the Institut de la maison de Bourbon (1973). He was considered one of the revitalizers of theLegitimist movement in France.
Among his many publications are contributions to:
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