Royal Standards and Coats of Arms

[Lord Sosnowitz]

1. HM King
2. HRH Crown Princess
3. HRH Prince Carl Philip
4. HRH Princess Madelein

[semisquare]

thx for all the pics.does anyone have any info about the french coat of arms, crowns pics etc....

[florawindsor]

why, all these british princes share one coronet? what if they all have to wear it?

[Von Schlesian]

Originally Posted by florawindsor

why, all these british princes share one coronet? what if they all have to wear it?

THe coronet shown is only an image. There is one Prince's coronet, and that is the Crown of the Prince of Wales. (Although there are three versions, only one is ever worn at any given time). There is only one "Prince" as Great Britain only has one Principality-Wales. Thus all other "Princes" wear the coronet in accordance with the senior of their other titles. Eg: HRH The Earl of Wessex, wears an Earls' coronet. HRH The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh wears a Dukes' coronet, as does HRH The Duke of York.

[Von Schlesian]

These are two interesting examples of the personal standards of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II when acting as Queen of Australia and as Queen of New Zealand.

They're taken from www.diggerhistory.info

[StoneCold]

Royal Standard of The Queen of Barbados

[StoneCold]

Royal Standard of The Queen of Jamaica

[Von Schlesian]

Originally Posted by gaggleofcrazypeople

I have a question: Are there or were there any royal colors?

Since pre-history, colours and signs have been the method for identifying a group or status, something used very effectively by all Royal families. Each family has their own distinctive design of Royal Standard with a combination of colours and symbols usually depicting the development of that Royal House. Some Royal houses also share histories (or members of family), and the standards denote this. An example of this is the fleur-de-lis of the House of Capet which are shown in quadrants of the Royal Standards of the House of Windsor. (There are many more examples, but PM Warren and I'm sure he can send your some).

[Warren]

Originally Posted by Von Schlesian

... Some Royal houses also share histories (or members of family), and the standards denote this. An example of this is the fleur-de-lis of the House of Capet which are shown in quadrants of the Royal Standars of the House of Widnsor. (There are many more examples, but PM Warren and I'm sure he can send your some).

Thank you for volunteering me Von Schlesian .

Some standards that bear the fleur-de-lis of the House of Capet:

France; Spain; Bourbon-Parma; Great Britain Royal Standard 1714-1800

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images from Héraldique européene

[Freedom]

Thank you, Warren.

It would be great to know what all the symbols represent. Might anyone know?

[Warren]

Originally Posted by Freedom

Thank you, Warren.
It would be great to know what all the symbols represent. Might anyone know?

France: lilies of the field, was first used on banners during the reign of King Philip II (1270-1285). The symbol of the Capets.

Spain: the castle of the Kingdom of Castile; the lion of the Kingdom of Leon; the yellow and red vertical stripes of the Kingdom of Aragon; the chains of the Kingdom of Navarre; and the pomegranate of the Kingdom of Granada, the last Moorish kingdom; overlaid with the shield of France within a red border for Anjou.

Bourbon-Parma: the shield of France made different for this branch by a red border with scallop shells.

Great Britain: England, Scotland, France and Ireland, and in the fourth quarter the modified arms of Hanover: the two lions of Brunswick, the white horse of Westphalia, and the blue lion and red hearts of Lüneburg. In the centre of this quarter is the crown of Charlemagne which represented the Elector of Hanover's position as Arch-Treasurer of the Holy Roman Empire.

source: 'Lines of Succession' by Jiri Louda & Michael Maclagan

[Josefine]

let me try

for sweden there is three crown

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/se-3kron.html

[Von Schlesian]

Originally Posted by Warren

Thank you for volunteering me Von Schlesian .

You're more thank welcome Warren. Of all the members, you are a consistantly reliable source of references and knowledge!:)

[iannis]

Hey, I wondered what motos are written on the coats of arms of all the european royal houses
If I'm not mistaken there's "God and my right" on the British one, but why is that written in French?
The Greek one had "Ishis mu i agapi tu lau" on, which means "My power is the love of my people"
What about other royal houses' motos?

[magnik]

Few here:
http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/gotha.htm

[magnik]

What about royal standars, coat of arms etc. from the past? Did we know any of these?

[Von Schlesian]

Not quite sure what it is exactly you're asking Magnik, however the majority of all Royal standards and coats-of-arms are 'from the past'. The Royal Arms of the United Kingdom has developed directly from the arms of King William I in 1066.

[magnik]

Sorry, my mistake. I should ask more clearly: what about royal standards, coat of arms, monograms etc. of royals from the past - emperors, empresesses, kings, queens, princes/ess, specially from German kingdoms and principalities. Did for all the time royal standards etc. were the same or smth was changed?

[Von Schlesian]

Oh, most certaily. They have all evolved from relatively simple symbols of identifying the first rulers of regions, or their other geographical origins, to being intricate and elaborate representations of the histories of the Royal families. (The inclusion of family orders - such as the Order of the Black Eagle in the Hohenzollern arms is also an example of such transformation).

However, yet again I'm handballing to Warren to provide some visual examples (if you don't mind me doing so Warren).

[mashed potatoes]

Is this it?
Or does someone know of another?