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My current Weekly Flag Challenge entry

The Challenge:

FLAG CHALLENGE #164: Literal Cultural Exchange

Create a flag for any country in the world except with a different majority culture than in OTL. This can be anything from a UK dominated by Scottish/Highland culture, Basque Spain, Ainu Japan etc. just to name a few potential examples. The only real rule for this is to make it as different (or at least unique) from the OTL equivalent of the flag you choose as possible.

Submissions Open: Now
Submissions Close: 21st April 2017
Voting Period: after 21st April, for 7 days

The Flag:

Glorious Kingdom of Prydein (Welsh-dominated UK)

"Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and Dafydd ap Gruffydd were, after the death of their brother Owain in their youth, thick as thieves, and when Llyweln was killed in battle against the forces of King Edward of England in the rebellion he had joined out of fealty, it would be Dafydd who would enter the Cymer Abbey, place his brother's coronet on his brow and, with the cross of Neith in hand, swore vengeance eternal against England. What came after that was nothing short of divine Providence. While the Welsh had only the lands of Gwynedd, Powys Wenwynwyn, and Ceredigion, their combined forces continued to plague the invading English, and their minor victories began to see other minor Welsh lords flock to the banner of rebellion over the course of several years. Several peaces were instituted in this time, but all failed due to breaking of border negotiations by both the Welsh and English. Frustrated by this, eventually King Edward led his armies himself directly into Gwynedd after the armies at the border of Powys Fadog broke in 1301. They made their way westward, where the aging Dafydd had begun to fortify. Edward's forces soon found themselves leaderless, however, as the King fell dead, seemingly struck down by God from his horse as Tywysog Dafydd charged against him at the Battle of Pwll Ceris (supposedly with the Cross of Neith held up like a sword, though this is likely false). Modern researchers have concluded, based on reports written by English commanders and by Welsh soldiers who witnessed the event, that a brain aneurysm was the likely culprit of his sudden death. Without Edward, the army began a retreat, the troops demoralized to a great capacity, all chain of command lost as panic set in and soldiers screamed that the King was dead by the Lord's hand. This victory began to turn the tide, and suddenly even Welsh lords loyal to England began to rise up, claiming, of course, that they had always been loyal to Dafydd, and were merely awaiting the proper time to act."

- Cymru Rising, Dr. Patrick McFarneth (1978)

"With the death of King Edward I, his son and heir (also named Edward) was to take the throne as King Edward II. However, there arose the issue of the earlier born son Alphonse, in exile in Scotland for his heresy, having been ousted as a Luciferian. Denying the charges but removed as heir by his father to save face in the eyes of the Church and the court, Alphonse went north and lived in the court of Queen Margaret I of Scotland. Seeing his time had come, he challenged his brother's throne, and began a war of succession, with the Scots backing him, as he had promised to swear fealty should he win. Of course, it was already well known that the pair of brothers had loathed one another since childhood, and few were truly surprised when Alphonse's army came surging into England...

"...In the initial aftermath of that famed battle, Alphonse had seemingly secured York, but his victory was ultimately pyrrhic, and he was unable to pursue Edward. At this point, with his men weary and few, and much the same to be said for the armies of England, which were dealing with an insurrection of peasants in Cornwall, Alphonse was forced to make a heavy decision. With the backing of Margaret, known for her iron will as she had aged, as well as her father, King Eric II of Norway, he declared himself King of Northumbria, with an offer being sent to his brother. Forced into a peace as Welsh nobles and Cornish peasants ravaged the West, Edward II agreed to the splitting of his kingdom, and turned his forces, but swore he would reclaim his lands. With the loss to the aged Tywysog Dafydd, he would become known as Edward the Broken, and would never see the reconquest of Northumbria, his brother Alphonse outliving him."

- England: The Slow Collapse, 2003 documentary

"It was not without a feeling of smug irony that Tywysog Owain III marched into London, a proud conqueror. Since the conquest of Cornwall two generations prior, the puppeting of Wessex into personal union, and the unification of the Cymry under his father in the Wars of Northumbrian Conquest, England had been increasingly falling to Welsh hegemony. With the death of King Henry IV without heir, the second English interregnum of the century had provided an ample opportunity for conquest. England and Wessex were thus merged, and in the ruins of the city, Owain was crowned Tywysog of Cymru and Lloegyr, Amddiffynnydd of Dyfneint. But the ambitious ruler, while without heir and with an army that would take decades to properly rebuild, was already turning his gaze north to Alba."

- The Greatest of Kings, J.L. Vasquez (1997)

"And so this act of the Senned, with the approval of Tywysoges Carwen, first of her name, does declare the perpetual unity of the kingdoms of Cymru, Lloegyr, and Alba, and the protectorate of Dyfneint, as the Glorious Kingdom of Prydein..."

"...the flag being that of the Kingdom of Cymru, itself derived from the banner of the noble Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, now defaced with the royal arms..."

- Acts of Union (1733)

Description
My current Weekly Flag Challenge entry

The Challenge:

FLAG CHALLENGE #164: Literal Cultural Exchange

Create a flag for any country in the world except with a different majority culture than in OTL. This can be anything from a UK dominated by Scottish/Highland culture, Basque Spain, Ainu Japan etc. just to name a few potential examples. The only real rule for this is to make it as different (or at least unique) from the OTL equivalent of the flag you choose as possible.

Submissions Open: Now
Submissions Close: 21st April 2017
Voting Period: after 21st April, for 7 days

The Flag:

Glorious Kingdom of Prydein (Welsh-dominated UK)

"Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and Dafydd ap Gruffydd were, after the death of their brother Owain in their youth, thick as thieves, and when Llyweln was killed in battle against the forces of King Edward of England in the rebellion he had joined out of fealty, it would be Dafydd who would enter the Cymer Abbey, place his brother's coronet on his brow and, with the cross of Neith in hand, swore vengeance eternal against England. What came after that was nothing short of divine Providence. While the Welsh had only the lands of Gwynedd, Powys Wenwynwyn, and Ceredigion, their combined forces continued to plague the invading English, and their minor victories began to see other minor Welsh lords flock to the banner of rebellion over the course of several years. Several peaces were instituted in this time, but all failed due to breaking of border negotiations by both the Welsh and English. Frustrated by this, eventually King Edward led his armies himself directly into Gwynedd after the armies at the border of Powys Fadog broke in 1301. They made their way westward, where the aging Dafydd had begun to fortify. Edward's forces soon found themselves leaderless, however, as the King fell dead, seemingly struck down by God from his horse as Tywysog Dafydd charged against him at the Battle of Pwll Ceris (supposedly with the Cross of Neith held up like a sword, though this is likely false). Modern researchers have concluded, based on reports written by English commanders and by Welsh soldiers who witnessed the event, that a brain aneurysm was the likely culprit of his sudden death. Without Edward, the army began a retreat, the troops demoralized to a great capacity, all chain of command lost as panic set in and soldiers screamed that the King was dead by the Lord's hand. This victory began to turn the tide, and suddenly even Welsh lords loyal to England began to rise up, claiming, of course, that they had always been loyal to Dafydd, and were merely awaiting the proper time to act."

- Cymru Rising, Dr. Patrick McFarneth (1978)

"With the death of King Edward I, his son and heir (also named Edward) was to take the throne as King Edward II. However, there arose the issue of the earlier born son Alphonse, in exile in Scotland for his heresy, having been ousted as a Luciferian. Denying the charges but removed as heir by his father to save face in the eyes of the Church and the court, Alphonse went north and lived in the court of Queen Margaret I of Scotland. Seeing his time had come, he challenged his brother's throne, and began a war of succession, with the Scots backing him, as he had promised to swear fealty should he win. Of course, it was already well known that the pair of brothers had loathed one another since childhood, and few were truly surprised when Alphonse's army came surging into England...

"...In the initial aftermath of that famed battle, Alphonse had seemingly secured York, but his victory was ultimately pyrrhic, and he was unable to pursue Edward. At this point, with his men weary and few, and much the same to be said for the armies of England, which were dealing with an insurrection of peasants in Cornwall, Alphonse was forced to make a heavy decision. With the backing of Margaret, known for her iron will as she had aged, as well as her father, King Eric II of Norway, he declared himself King of Northumbria, with an offer being sent to his brother. Forced into a peace as Welsh nobles and Cornish peasants ravaged the West, Edward II agreed to the splitting of his kingdom, and turned his forces, but swore he would reclaim his lands. With the loss to the aged Tywysog Dafydd, he would become known as Edward the Broken, and would never see the reconquest of Northumbria, his brother Alphonse outliving him."

- England: The Slow Collapse, 2003 documentary

"It was not without a feeling of smug irony that Tywysog Owain III marched into London, a proud conqueror. Since the conquest of Cornwall two generations prior, the puppeting of Wessex into personal union, and the unification of the Cymry under his father in the Wars of Northumbrian Conquest, England had been increasingly falling to Welsh hegemony. With the death of King Henry IV without heir, the second English interregnum of the century had provided an ample opportunity for conquest. England and Wessex were thus merged, and in the ruins of the city, Owain was crowned Tywysog of Cymru and Lloegyr, Amddiffynnydd of Dyfneint. But the ambitious ruler, while without heir and with an army that would take decades to properly rebuild, was already turning his gaze north to Alba."

- The Greatest of Kings, J.L. Vasquez (1997)

"And so this act of the Senned, with the approval of Tywysoges Carwen, first of her name, does declare the perpetual unity of the kingdoms of Cymru, Lloegyr, and Alba, and the protectorate of Dyfneint, as the Glorious Kingdom of Prydein..."

"...the flag being that of the Kingdom of Cymru, itself derived from the banner of the noble Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, now defaced with the royal arms..."

- Acts of Union (1733)