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Source: La Bandera Medieval del Reino de León, Ricardo Chao Prieto. Banderas nº98, Sociedad Española de Vexilología, Author: Proof02: Permission (Reusing this file) Own work: Other versions: PNG FORMAT
Chao Prieto, Ricardo: La Bandera Medieval del Reino de León Archived 20 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine [The medieval banner of the Kingdom of León]. Banderas, No. 98, Spanish Society of Vexillology. Retrieved 14 August 2018. El león en la heráldica [The lion in heraldry]. Libro de armoria, May 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
The coat of arms of the Spanish autonomous community of Castile and León depicts the traditional arms of Castile (the yellow castle) quartered with the arms of León (the purple lion). It is topped with a royal crown. The lion design is attributed to Alfonso VII, [1] who became king of Castile and León in 1126.
El escudo de España. El origen militar de los símbolos de España. Revista de historia militar Año LIV (2010). Núm extraord. Madrid: Ministerio de Defensa. ISSN-0482-5748. PP. 102-107. Álvarez Abeilhé, Juan. La bandera de España. El origen militar de los símbolos de España. Revista de historia militar Año LIV (2010). Núm extraord.
It consists of the quartered coats of arms of Castile, represented by a castle, and León, represented by a lion. Christopher Columbus bearing the flag of the Crown of Castile when reaching the "New World" This flag is used to represent the two cultural identities who share the administrative region: the castle for Castile and the lion for León.
Armorial achievement of Spain during the Francoist State, consisting of the traditional escutcheon (arms of Castile, León, Aragon, Navarre and Granada) and the Pillars of Hercules with the motto Plus Ultra, together with Francoist symbols: the motto «Una Grande Libre», the Eagle of St. John, and the yoke and arrows of the Catholic Monarchs which were also adopted by the Falangists.
The Institute of Military History and Culture (Instituto de Historia y Cultura Militar), an agency of the Army, provides studies of coats of arms and definitive proposals. [3] Coats of arms used in the Spanish Army have supporters called attributos (attributes) and displayed diagonally, the most important supporters are:
In the 19th century, León declared war, together with Galicia and Asturias, against the First French Empire in the Peninsular War, and organised the Junta General del Reino de León as its own government. The modern region of León was established in 1833 [16] [better source needed] and was divided into León, Zamora, and Salamanca provinces.