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  2. Flag and coat of arms of Normandy - Wikipedia

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    The three-leopards version (known in the Norman language as les treis cats, "the three cats") may also be seen, which is based on the coat of arms of Richard I of England. The arms De gueules aux deux léopards d'or, armés et lampassés d'azur, passant l'un sur l'autre (Gules two leopards passant gardant in pale or armed and langued azure) was ...

  3. Welsh heraldry - Wikipedia

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    The coat of arms of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, [2] the last Welsh Prince of Wales, depicted in the Chronica Majora.. Before the conquest of Gwynedd by Edward I, Wales was ruled by a number of Kings and Princes whose dominions shifted and sometimes merged following the vagaries of war, marriage and inheritance.

  4. National symbols of Wales - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Arms of the House of Aberffraw, Gwynedd and the personal arms of Llywelyn the Great. [11] Owain Glyndŵr's shield of arms was adopted by Glyndŵr as Prince of Wales, from 1400. [12] The Welsh coat of arms, or Royal Badge of Wales, which is based on the arms of the native princes of Wales from the 13th century. [13]

  5. Heraldry - Wikipedia

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    The German Hyghalmen Roll was made in the late 15th century and illustrates the German practice of repeating themes from the arms in the crest. (See Roll of arms).. Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree.

  6. Royal Badge of Wales - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Badge of Wales was approved in May 2008. It is based on the arms borne by the 13th-century Welsh prince Llywelyn ab Iorwerth (blazoned quarterly Or and gules, four lions passant guardant counterchanged), with the addition of St Edward's Crown atop a continuous scroll which, together with a wreath consisting of the plant emblems of the four countries of the United Kingdom, surrounds ...

  7. Honi soit qui mal y pense - Wikipedia

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    Honi soit qui mal y pense (UK: / ˌ ɒ n i ˌ s w ɑː k iː ˌ m æ l i ˈ p ɒ̃ s /, US: /-ˌ m ɑː l-/; French: [ɔni swa ki mal i pɑ̃s]) is a maxim in the Anglo-Norman language, a dialect of Old Norman French spoken by the medieval ruling class in England, meaning "shamed be whoever thinks ill of it", usually translated as "shame on ...

  8. de Clare - Wikipedia

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    The House of Clare was a prominent Anglo-Norman noble house that ruled the Earldoms of Pembroke, Hertford and Gloucester in England and Wales throughout its history, playing a prominent role in the Norman invasion of Ireland.

  9. English heraldry - Wikipedia

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    The Prince of Wales: The coat of arms of Edward VIII and Charles III as Prince of Wales was the arms of the United Kingdom with a white label of three points and an inescutcheon bearing the arms of Wales. The Duke of Sussex: Three-point label with a red escallop on each point, alluding to the arms of his mother, Lady Diana Spencer.