Coat of arms of the King of Spain
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| Armiger | Felipe VI |
| Adopted | 19 June 2014 |
| Crest | Spanish Royal Crown |
| Escutcheon | Quarterly: Castile, León, Aragon, and Navarre; enté en point: Granada; inescutcheon Bourbon (Anjou Branch) |
| Orders | Order of the Golden Fleece |
| Earlier versions | See below |
The blazoning of the coat of arms of the King of Spain is regulated by the Royal Decree 527/2014, 20 June, an amendment to Title II of Spanish Royal Decree 1511/1977 adopting Flags, Standards, Guidons, Insignia and Emblems Regulation.[1] The coat of arms was adopted when King Felipe VI was enthroned as King of Spain.[2]
Contents
Official blazon
The shield is divided into four quarters, blazoned as follows:
- 1st, gules a castle or, triple-embattled and voided gate and windows, with three towers each triple-turreted, of the field, masoned sable and ajoure azure, which is for Castile;
- 3rd, or, four pallets gules, which is for Aragon;
- 4th, gules a cross, saltire and orle of chains linked together or, a centre point vert, which is for Navarre;
Argent enté en point, with a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and leafed in two leaves vert, which is for Granada.
Inescutcheon azure bordure gules, three fleurs-de-lys or, which is for Bourbon-Anjou.
All surrounded by the collar of the Golden Fleece and crowned with a crown of the same metal and precious stones, with eight rosettes, five visible, and eight pearls interspersed, closed at the top by eight diadems also adorned with pearls and surmounted by a cross on a globe, which is the royal crown of Spain.[3]
In 1969, General Francisco Franco appointed Juan Carlos I as his "successor to the Headship of the Spanish state with the title of King" but gave him the new title of Prince of Spain instead of the traditional title of Prince of Asturias. From 1971 to 1975, Juan Carlos as Prince of Spain used a coat of arms which was virtually identical to the one later adopted when he became King in 1975. Earlier coat of arms differed only that it featured the royal crown of a Crown Prince of Spain, the King's royal crown has eight half-arches of which five are visible, while the Prince's one has only four half-arches of which three are visible.[4] Joined to the shield was the red saltire of Burgundy and, to the dexter and sinister of the base point, the yoke gules in its natural position with ribbons, of the field, and the sheaf of five arrows gules with the arrowheads inverted and ribbons, of the field, which used to be the symbol of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain.
Since June 2014, Juan Carlos's son, Felipe VI, has been using the same arms but without the cross of Burgundy, yoke and arrows.[5] King Juan Carlos's arms include a red lion instead of the purple one displayed on the current version[6]
Variants
| Variants of the coat of arms of the King of Spain | ||
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| Variant as Grand Master of the Order of Charles III Surrounded by the collar of this order |
Variant as Grand Master of the Order of Saint Ferdinand Surrounded by the grand master's collar |
Variant as Grand Master of the Order of Saint Hermenegild Surrounded by the grand master's collar of this order |
Ornamented versions of the historical royal coats of arms
- For common versions and the changes of the heraldic charges and the divisions of the field, see Coat of arms of Spain.
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The Catholic Monarchs |
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The Catholic Monarchs |
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Tanto monta |
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Ferdinand II of Aragon |
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Joanna of Castile |
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Philip I of Castile |
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Qui voudra |
| House of Habsburg (1506–1700) | ||||
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Charles I |
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Plus oultre |
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Charles I |
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Plus ultra |
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Charles I |
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Plus ultra |
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Philip II |
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Nec spe, nec metu |
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Philip II |
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Nec spe, nec metu |
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Philip II |
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Non sufficit orbis |
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Philip III |
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Ad utrumque |
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Philip IV |
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Ad utrumque |
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Philip V |
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Charles III |
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Joseph Bonaparte |
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| House of Savoy (1870–1873) | ||||
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Amadeus |
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Nec plus ultra |
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Alfonso XIII |
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Plus ultra |
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Juan Carlos I |
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See also
References
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- ↑ Coat of arms of His Majesty the King of Spain. The Royal Household of the King of Spain. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ↑ (Spanish) Spanish Decree 814 of 22nd April 1971. Boletín Oficial del Estado, Official Gazette of the Spanish Government, no. 99. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
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External links
- Articles with Spanish-language external links
- Use dmy dates from July 2012
- Pages with broken file links
- Personal coats of arms
- Spanish coats of arms
- Spanish monarchy
- Coats of arms with buildings
- Coats of arms with lions
- Coats of arms with pales
- Coats of arms with chains
- Coats of arms with pomegranates
- Coats of arms with fleurs de lis
- Coats of arms with the Golden Fleece
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