Royal coat of arms of Scotland

The Royal Coat of Arms of Scotland was the official coat of arms of the kings of Scotland and the Kingdom of Scotland to 1707.

History

The main motive of the arms have already been set in 1332, a directory in the London College of Arms describes the coat of arms of the " Kyng of Scottz " as:

King William I the Lion led it as first ruler after 1165, a red lion with forked tail erect on a yellow field, and then later got his nickname. The core motif transformed over time ( paw position, tail, armor, tincture ), the latest version is described as follows:

Derived from this, there is the Scottish king flag. Although this is actually the queen and some senior civil servants reserved, but still, for example, often used as an alternative flag of Scotland at international football games.

This coat of arms motif is also found in coats of arms and flag of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

The Scottish version of the British royal crest

This coat of arms is a version of the British royal coat of arms that used from the United Kingdom in the rest mainly due to the increased emphasis Scottish national symbols and through the exchange of symbols of the English Order of the Garter is different from that of the Scottish Thistle Order.

The coat of arms is quartered and represents the areas of:

  • In the 1st and 4th square (left ( heraldic right) and top right ( heraldic left) below) the coat of arms of Scotland
  • In the second square (top right) the coat of arms of England: three golden lions (or " leopards "), on a red background.
  • In the third square (bottom left) the coat of arms of Ireland: A golden harp on a blue background, symbolizing Northern Ireland ( until 1927 all of Ireland ).

The heraldic jewelery is made of a richly decorated Spangenhelm, crowned with the Scottish crown. On the crown in turn, is a brown, crowned lion holding a sword and a scepter over it the motto of the Scottish royal house In My Defens God Me Defend, In My Defens or only In Defens (English " In [ my ] defense [ defend me God ] "). The notation " Defens " is an old Scottish form of writing the word " Defence".

The heraldic shield is held by two plate holders. The heraldic crest right carrier, a unicorn, symbolizing Scotland and carries the flag of Scotland. The heraldic coat of arms left carrier, a crowned lion stands for England and carries the flag of England. The unicorn is chained because in the Middle Ages the unicorn for a dangerous animal was kept, which could only be tamed by a virgin.

The patch of grass on which are the arms of carrier is decorated by a banner with the Latin motto of the Order thistle:

Furthermore you can see some thistles ( the Scottish National Plant), sometimes Tudor roses (the English National Plant) and shamrocks ( the Irish National Plant).

When James VI. of Scotland (or James I of Great Britain) 1603 ruler of England and Ireland, he told the Scottish coat of arms, with the lion rampant in the first and fourth quarters, the English coat of arms in the second and the golden harp of the Irish in the third. The Act of Union in 1707 guaranteed the royal coat of arms used in Scotland would continue to give the symbols for Scotland precedence.

United Kingdom

Coat of Arms of the subregions of Great Britain and Northern Ireland England | Northern Ireland | Scotland | Wales

Coat of Arms of the Overseas Territories Anguilla | Bermuda | British Virgin Islands | British Antarctic Territory | British Indian Ocean Territory | Cayman Islands | Falkland Islands | Gibraltar | Montserrat | Pitcairn Islands | Saint Helena | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Tristan da Cunha | Turks and Caicos Islands

Kronbesitzungen Guernsey | Jersey | Isle of Man

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