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Welsh Flags and Emblems
Motto: Cymru am byth "Wales Forever"
The Flag
of Wales incorporates the
red dragon
(Y
Ddraig Goch) of Prince Cadwalader along with the Tudor
colours of green and white. It was used by Henry VII at the battle
of Bosworth in 1485 after which it was carried in state to St. Paul's
Cathedral. The red dragon was then included in the Tudor royal arms to
signify their Welsh descent. It was officially recognised as the Welsh
national flag in 1959. The British Union
Flag incorporates the flags of Scotland, Ireland and England but does
not have any Welsh representation. Technically, however, it is represented
by the flag of England due to the Laws in Wales act of 1535 which annexed
Wales following the Thirteenth Century conquest
The
Flag of Owain
Glyndŵr, which has 4 squares alternating in red and yellow and then
a rampant lion in each square of the opposite colour. Some believe that this
is the true flag of Wales arguing that Owain Glyndŵr was the last real
Prince of Wales
The Dragon, part of the national flag design, is also a popular Welsh symbol. The oldest recorded use of the dragon to symbolise Wales is from the Historia Brittonum, written around 820, but it is popularly supposed to have been the battle standard of King Arthur and other ancient Celtic leaders. This myth is likely to have originated from Merlin's vision of a Red (The Native Britons) and White (The Saxon Invaders) dragon battling, with the Red dragon being victorious. Following the annexation of Wales by England, the dragon was used as a supporter in the English monarch's coat of arms
The Flag
of Saint David is most commonly seen flying on Saint David's Day.
The Flag of Saint David (Baner Dewi
Sant)
The Daffodil, the Leek and the Sessile Oak
The Daffodil is the
national
flower of Wales, and is worn on St
David's Day each March
1. (In Welsh, the daffodil is known as "Peter's
Leek", cenhinen Bedr)
The leek is also a national emblem of Wales. According to legend, Saint David ordered his Welsh soldiers to identify themselves by wearing the vegetable on their helmets in an ancient battle against the Saxons that took place in a leek field
The Sessile Oak is the national tree of Wales
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