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Lion Leopardé ... is a French term for what the English call a Lion passant gardant. The word leopard is always made use of by the French heralds to express in their language, a lion full-faced, or gardant. Thus, when a lion is placed on an escutcheon in that attitude which we call rampant gardant, the French blazon it a Lion Leopardé.
The Barbary lion is an unofficial national animal of England. In the Middle Ages, the lions kept in the menagerie at the Tower of London were Barbary lions. [6] English medieval warrior rulers with a reputation for bravery attracted the nickname "the Lion": the most famous example is Richard I of England, known as Richard the Lionheart. [7]
Arising from heraldic use, the Red Lion is also a popular pub name, with over 600 pubs bearing the name. [89] A rarer inn name is the White Lion, derived from Edward IV of England or the Duke of Norfolk. [89] Though the lion appears on the coats of arms and flags of Lyon and León, the cities' names have an unrelated derivation despite the ...
The English arms, and the three lions passant alone, have become one of the national symbols of England. [1] The three lions have been extensively used in sport, and currently feature in the coats of arms of The Football Association , the England and Wales Cricket Board , and in the logo of England Boxing .
In the Scottish version (shown right) the two have switched places and both are crowned, and the lion on top is coloured red. The Lion and the Unicorn are symbols of the United Kingdom. They are, properly speaking, heraldic supporters appearing in the full royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom. The lion stands for England and the unicorn for ...
The crest is a crowned red lion holding a sword and sceptre (representing the Honours of Scotland), facing forward sitting on a crown. Above it is the Scots motto ' In defens ', a contraction of the phrase ' In my defens God me defend '. The supporters are a crowned and chained Scottish unicorn on the dexter, and a crowned English lion on the ...
Symbols of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man is a list of the national symbols of the United Kingdom, its constituent countries (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), and the Crown Dependencies (the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man). Each separate entry has its own set of unique symbols.
Possible arms of Henry II. King Henry I of England was said to have given a badge decorated with a lion to his son-in-law Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, and some have interpreted this as a grant of the lion arms later seen on his funerary enamel, but the first documented royal coat of arms appear on the Great Seal of Richard I, where he is depicted on horseback with a shield containing ...