The coat of arms of the Castilla–La Mancha (or Castile–La Mancha) is described in the
Spanish
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Law 1 of 30 June 1983, the ''Law of the coat of arms of
Castilla-La Mancha Region'' and further regulated by Decree 132 of 5 July 1983, ''approving the official design of the coat of arms of Castilla-La Mancha'' and Decree 115 of 12 November 1985,
supplementing Decree 132/1983.
The
blazon
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of the arms of Castilla-La Mancha is:
The coat of arms is based on the regional flag, proposed during the era of the "pre-autonomous" region. The selected design was that of Manchego
heraldist
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Ramón José Maldonado. The flag was made official in Article 5 of the Statute of Autonomy. Some institutions as the Consultative Council or the
University of Castilla–La Mancha
The University of Castilla–La Mancha (UCLM) is a Spanish university. It offers courses in the cities of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Toledo, Almadén and Talavera de la Reina. This university was recognised by law on 30 June 1982, and began t ...
use their own variants based on the coat of arms of the region.
History
The castle symbol as
arms
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Coat of arms or weapons
*Armaments or weapons
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of the
Kingdom of Castile
The Kingdom of Castile (; es, Reino de Castilla, la, Regnum Castellae) was a large and powerful state on the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. Its name comes from the host of castles constructed in the region. It began in the 9th centu ...
(''gules a triple-towered castle Or masoned sable and ajoure
azure'') is attributed to
King Alfonso VIII
Alfonso VIII (11 November 11555 October 1214), called the Noble (''El Noble'') or the one of Las Navas (''el de las Navas''), was King of Castile from 1158 to his death and King of Toledo. After having suffered a great defeat with his own army a ...
,
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''Junta de Castilla y León'' website. Accessed January 26, 2008. he was King of Castile and
Toledo from 1158 to his death in 1214.
The Castilian Realm of Toledo was created after
Alfonso VI
Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. ...
's capture of
Toledo in 1085. The
Muslim-led Kingdom of Toledo became a subordinate Christian-led southern realm of the
Crown of Castille
The Crown of Castile was a medieval polity in the Iberian Peninsula that formed in 1230 as a result of the third and definitive union of the crowns and, some decades later, the parliaments of the kingdoms of Castile and León upon the accessi ...
, having its own court and rulers. As the lands became more homogeneous, by the 18th century the territory was denominated
New Castile, differentiating the southern area of Castile from the northern lands of
Old Castile
Old Castile ( es, Castilla la Vieja ) is a historic region of Spain, which had different definitions along the centuries. Its extension was formally defined in the 1833 territorial division of Spain as the sum of the following provinces: San ...
. It continued in existence until 1833; its region currently is within
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
.
The arms of the former
Castilian Realm of Toledo were ''azure, an imperial crown
Or''.
The
Spanish military orders
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The bulk of the top current civil and military decorations granted by the Government of Spain in a discretionary manner trace their origins back to the 19th and 20th cen ...
are a set of religious-military institutions which arose in the context of the
Reconquista
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, the most important are arising in the 12th century in the Kingdom of
León and
Castile (
Order of Santiago
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,
Order of Alcántara
The Order of Alcántara ( Leonese: ''Orde de Alcántara'', es, Orden de Alcántara), also called the Knights of St. Julian, was originally a military order of León, founded in 1166 and confirmed by Pope Alexander III in 1177.
Alcántara
Alc ...
and
Order of Calatrava
The Order of Calatrava ( es, Orden de Calatrava, pt, Ordem de Calatrava) was one of the four Spanish military orders and the first military order founded in Castile, but the second to receive papal approval. The papal bull confirming the Orde ...
) and in 14th century in the
Crown of Aragon
The Crown of Aragon ( , ) an, Corona d'Aragón ; ca, Corona d'Aragó, , , ; es, Corona de Aragón ; la, Corona Aragonum . was a composite monarchy ruled by one king, originated by the dynastic union of the Kingdom of Aragon and the County of B ...
(
Order of Montesa
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Templar background
T ...
). The birth and expansion of these native orders came mostly at the stage of the Reconquista in which were occupied the territories south of the
Ebro
, name_etymology =
, image = Zaragoza shel.JPG
, image_size =
, image_caption = The Ebro River in Zaragoza
, map = SpainEbroBasin.png
, map_size =
, map_caption = The Ebro ...
and
Tagus
The Tagus ( ; es, Tajo ; pt, Tejo ; see #Name, below) is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. The river rises in the Montes Universales near Teruel, in mid-eastern Spain, flows , generally west with two main south-westward sections ...
, so their presence in the areas of
La Mancha
La Mancha () is a natural and historical region located in the Spanish provinces of Albacete, Cuenca, Ciudad Real, and Toledo. La Mancha is an arid but fertile plateau (610 m or 2000 ft) that stretches from the mountains of Toledo to the ...
among other territories. The emblems of the most important orders consists of different-colored
greek cross
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es with
fleur-de-lis
The fleur-de-lis, also spelled fleur-de-lys (plural ''fleurs-de-lis'' or ''fleurs-de-lys''), is a lily (in French, and mean 'flower' and 'lily' respectively) that is used as a decorative design or symbol.
The fleur-de-lis has been used in the ...
at its end on a white background (or knight's mantle).
[Miguel Artola, Enciclopedia de Historia de España'', Alianza Editorial, v.5 p.892]
See also
*
Flag of Castilla–La Mancha
References
External links
''Coat of arms of Castilla-La Mancha''. Heraldry of the World Retrieved 18 July 2018.
''Symbols'' Castilla–La Mancha Government website. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
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