Wales National Flag

Ho 144 22962 flying of red dragon flag of wales.

Wales national flag. The flags of england scotland and ireland form the union jack. National anthem of wales hen wlad fy nhadau the land of my fathers includes lyrics in both welsh and english. It took until 1959 for the welsh national flag to be officially unfurled for the first time. Flag of a constituent unit of the united kingdom flown subordinate to the union jack that has horizontal stripes of white and green bearing a large red dragon during the era of roman rule in britain a vexilloid flaglike standard was introduced that may have been invented in persia iran.

The green and white background stripes represent the house of tudor a welsh dynasty that once held the english throne. Banner adopted by owain glyndŵr and thought to be derived from the counter charged arms of the princely houses of mathrafal and dinefwr it is currently in use by the national eisteddfod for wales cymdeithas yr iaith and widely amongst pro independence groups. The national flag of wales is y ddraig goch english. This flag was officially adopted in 1959 but the red dragon possibly roman in origin has been associated with wales for many centuries.

The national flag of wales has no presence in the union jack the flag of the united kingdom. Quarterly or and gules four lions rampant counter charged. It comprised a. Larger wales flag wales coat of arms.

The flag incorporates the red dragon of cadwaladr king of gwynedd along with the tudor. The essence of this design was then used to form the first official welsh flag created for the queen s coronation in 1953. Image caption the 1953 flag which provoked criticism. The reason for this is that wales was annexed to england in 1535 and is represented by st.

Baner cymru or y ddraig goch meaning the red dragon consists of a red dragon passant on a green and white field as with many heraldic charges the exact representation of the dragon is not standardised and many renderings exist the flag is not represented in the union flag. Flag date use description 1401 1416. As with any heraldic charge the exact representation of the dragon is not standardised and many renderings exist. The red dragon consisting of a red dragon passant on a green and white field.

The significance of the dragon in welsh culture is believed to date back to arthurian legend when merlin had a vision of a red dragon representing native britons fighting a white dragon the saxon invaders.