The black two-headed eagle of the Carlovingian Dynasty, with coronet between the heads, was the ensign of the Seigneur de Forsath, Viscount de Fronsac, son of the Emperor Charlemange and brother of Louis, King of Aquitania in 825. A. D. The modern shield of Forsyth is emblazoned on the eagle in this illustration, to which have been added the crest and motto of the Failzerton branch as representing the eldest line, derived through marriage of the heiress of Margaret Forsyth and Capt. Jehan Denys with Capt. James Forsaith of Failzerton, whose only daughter married Walter Forsyth, Provost of Glasgow College, in 1678.

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