Claire Boudreau

Preceded byRobert WattSucceeded bySamy KhalidDeputy Chief Herald of CanadaIn office
2006 – June 26, 2007MonarchElizabeth IIGovernor GeneralMichaëlle JeanPreceded byposition createdSucceeded byBruce PattersonSaint-Laurent HeraldIn office
2000 – June 26, 2007MonarchElizabeth IIGovernors GeneralPreceded byAuguste VachonSucceeded byBruce Patterson Personal detailsBorn1965DiedNovember 17, 2020 (aged 55)OccupationHistorian

Claire Boudreau FRHSC AIH (1965 – November 17, 2020) was a Canadian historian, genealogist, and officer of arms. She served as a herald in the Canadian Heraldic Authority from March 17, 1997 in the office of Saguenay Herald and later as Saint-Laurent Herald, to which office she succeeded on the retirement of Auguste Vachon, and then Deputy Chief Herald from December 1, 2005 until June 16, 2007, when she was made the second Chief Herald of Canada following the retirement of Robert Watt. She was also a nationally and internationally recognized scholar in heraldic studies. She was the author of many articles and publications. She was the principal designer and administrator of the authority's pioneering online Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada, which was unveiled in July 2005. She was made an Academician of the Académie Internationale d'Héraldique in 2000. On May 20, 2020, Boudreau was appointed Margaree-Chéticamp herald emeritus and succeeded as Chief Herald of Canada by Samy Khalid.^[1]

On November 18, 2020, it was announced that she died due to cancer at the age of 55.^[2]

Publications

• L'héritage Symbolique des Hérauts d'Armes: Dictionnaire Encyclopédique de l'Enseignement du Blason Ancien (XIVe-XVIe siècle) (Le Léopard d'or, Paris, 2006). ISBN 2-86377-204-X

See also

• Royal Heraldry Society of Canada

References

External links

• Coat of arms of Claire Boudreau

Heraldic offices
Preceded by position created	Saguenay Herald 1997–2000	Succeeded by Bruce Patterson
Preceded by Auguste Vachon	Saint-Laurent Herald 2000–2007
Preceded by Robert Watt	Chief Herald of Canada 2007–2020	Succeeded by Samy Khalid