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Rory-The-Lion — English Heptarchy Flags
Published: 2011-10-31 11:20:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 6178; Favourites: 39; Downloads: 29
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Just a simple compilation of the flags of the English Heptarchy.From left to right:
The Kingdom of Wessex
The Kingdom of Mercia (The flag is Saint Alban's Cross, the first British saint)
The Kingdom of Essex
The Kingdom of East Anglia
The Kingdom of Northumbria
The Kingdom of Cornwall - (Not Anglo-Saxon, or a part of the heptarchy. I'm including it as it was a kingdom that is now part of England)
The Kingdom of Kent
The Kingdom of Sussex
And lastly, the white dragon flag, which was used by several Anglo-Saxon factions as a battle flag. It is still used today by some English nationalists, but has no official status in England. This versian seems to be a rip-off of the Welsh flag, I know, lol.
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It's good, that it is a rip-off of the Welsh flag, since they both origin from the same tale: A red and a white dragon fought in the celler of King Vortigerns, a historical king of Wales, castle. At first it looked like the white dragon would win, but after a time, the red dragon could defeat him. The magician Ambrosius (later called Merlin) said, that the red dragon were the Celts and the white dragon the Anglo-Saxons.
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If you love Mercia, be sure to look at my Knights of Saint Alban Flag
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