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The double-headed eagle was a main element of the coat of arms of the Russian Empire (1721–1917), modified in various ways from the reign of Ivan III (1462–1505) onwards, with the shape of the eagle getting its definite Russian form during the reign of Peter the Great (1682–1725).
The emblem mostly associated with the Byzantine Empire is the double-headed eagle. It is not of Byzantine invention, but a traditional Anatolian motif dating to Hittite times, and the Byzantines themselves only used it in the last centuries of the Empire. [11] [12] The date of its adoption by the Byzantines has been hotly debated by scholars. [9]
English: The double-headed eagle with the sympilema (dynastic cypher) of the Palaiologoi in the center. The double-headed eagle motif was used as the emblem of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) during the 14th and 15th centuries, when ruled by the Palaiologos Dynasty.
English: coat of arms of the Palaiologos dynasty, the last rulers of the Byzantine Empire. Italiano: Stemma della dinastia Palaiologos , l'ultima ad aver amministrato l' Impero bizantino . Date
Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty; Byzantine Greeks; Double-headed eagle; Eagle (heraldry) History of AEK Athens F.C. List of Serbian royal consorts; List of empresses of the Byzantine successor states; List of wars involving Armenia; List of wars involving Bulgaria; Moscow, third Rome; Palaeologus-Montferrat; Palaiologan Dynasty ...
The double-headed eagle with the sympilema (dynastic cypher) of the Palaiologoi in the center. The double-headed eagle motif was used as the emblem of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) during the 14th and 15th centuries, when ruled by the Palaiologos Dynasty.
Ivan adopted the golden Byzantine double-headed eagle in his seal, first documented in 1472, marking his direct claim to the Roman imperial heritage and posing as a sovereign equal and rival to the Holy Roman Empire. [citation needed] In 1497, it was stamped on a charter of share and allotment of independent princes' possessions.
The design is sometimes dubbed the "Byzantine imperial flag", and is considered—somewhat correctly—to have been the actual historical banner of the Byzantine Empire. The double-headed eagle was historically used as an emblem in the late Byzantine period (14th–15th centuries), but rarely on flags; rather it was embroidered on imperial ...