Coat of arms of the King of Spain
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| Coat of arms of the King of Spain | |
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| Armiger | Juan Carlos I |
| Adopted | Used unofficially since November 22, 1975. Adopted January 21, 1977 |
| Crest | Spanish Royal Crown |
| Escutcheon | Quarterly: Castile, León, Aragon, and Navarre; enté en point: Granada; inescutcheon Bourbon (Anjou Branch) |
| Supporters | Cross of Burgundy |
| Orders | Order of the Golden Fleece |
| Other elements | Base point, the yoke with ribbons and the sheaf of five arrows. |
| Earlier versions | see below |
The blazoning of the Coat of arms of the King appears in Title II, Rule 1, of Spanish Royal Decree 1511 of 21 January 1977, whereby the Rules for Flags, Standards, Guidons, Banners and Badges are adopted. The Royal Decree 1511/77 says:
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[edit] Quartered Shield
- 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.
Joined to the shield, 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.
All surrounded by the chain 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.
[edit] Historical Coats of arms of the Spanish monarch
 Coat of arms of the Catholic Monarchs (1475-1492) |
 Coat of arms of the Catholic Monarchs (1492-1506) |
 Coat of arms of Queen Joana |
 thumb|155px|Coat of arms of Philip I |
 Coat of arms of Charles I |
 House of Austria |
 House of Bourbon (1700-1761) |
 House of Bourbon (1761-1868, 1875-1931) |
 Coat of arms of Joseph Bonaparte (1808-1813) |
 Coat of arms of Amadeus I (1870-1873) |
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[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Description Standard and Coat of Arms of the King, Flags of The World Web Site
- Origins and History of the spanish coat of arms (in Spanish)
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