Royal Standard of Iņigo Arista, 9th Century (Pamplona, Aragon, Spain)

Last modified: 2008-12-26 by eugene ipavec
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image from www.scotsgenealogy.com, 04 Jun 2005

• Introduction

See also:

• Royal Flags (Spain)
• Aragon (Spain)
• Historical Flags (Spain)
• Spain

Introduction

On this site, a page from the famous Gelre Armorial is shown: it concerns Aragon. I'm referring more specifically to the blue banner bearing a white cross patée fitched at foot; as you can see, the image is also present on the royal helmet's mantling. Furthermore the cross is part of the arms on the present-day flag of Aragon.

The other banners on the page are variants of well-known flags, but this is presented as the banner of Aragon.

Jan Mertens, 04 Jun 2005

It's the cross of Iņigo Arista, first king of Pamplona in century IX. See here for his arms.

Dominique Cureau, 05 Jun 2005