National symbols of Wales: Difference between revisions

| The flag of the Princely [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|House of Aberffraw]], [[blazoned]] ''Quarterly [[Or (heraldry)|or]] and [[gules]], four [[Lion (heraldry)|lions passant guardant]] two and two [[Tincture (heraldry)#Counterchanging|counterchanged]] langued and armed [[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]]''.<ref>The arms and flag have four squares alternating in red (representing iron, or Mars the god of War) and gold (representing the royalty of the Aberffraw house); with a walking lion ("passant") in each square of the opposite colour; with the lion's paw upraised and with the lion's face viewing the observer ("guardant": guarding against trespass); the tongue is stuck-out ("langued", tauntingly) and blue ("Azur"), and the outstretched claws ("armed") are blue ("Azur", representing saphires, or the god Jupiter; for primacy in Wales).</ref> The flag was first associated with [[Llywelyn the Great]], who received the fealty of all other Welsh lords at the Council of Aberdyfi in 1216, becoming de jure Prince of Wales, according to historian Dr. [[John Davies (historian)|John Davies]]. From the 11th century onwards, the Aberffraw family claimed primacy as princes of Wales as the [[Primogeniture|senior descendants]] of [[Rhodri the Great]], and included [[Owain Gwynedd]], who was known as ''[[Prince of Wales|princeps Wallensium]]'' (Prince of the Welsh), and [[Llywelyn ap Gruffudd]].