Heraldry of Spain

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heraldry tradition

Heraldry of Spain encompasses the historical development, symbols, and legal regulation of coats of arms and heraldic traditions used by the Spanish monarchy, nobility, regions, and institutions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Catalan heraldry	1
Heraldry of Spain canonical	1
Spanish heraldry	1
national heraldic elements of Spain	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	heraldry tradition ⓘ
appliesTo	Spanish monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish municipalities ⓘ Spanish nobility ⓘ Spanish regions ⓘ Spanish state institutions ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
developedFrom	medieval knightly armorial bearings ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	use of coronets for ranks of nobility ⓘ use of open and closed royal crowns ⓘ use of quartered shields ⓘ use of royal crowns as external ornaments ⓘ use of supporters in royal and some civic arms ⓘ use of the Pillars of Hercules motif ⓘ use of the motto "PLUS ULTRA" ⓘ
hasFeature	combination of dynastic and territorial arms in one shield ⓘ frequent use of quartering and enté en point ⓘ use of bordures to indicate cadet branches ⓘ use of brisures for cadency in noble arms ⓘ
hasLanguageOfBlazon	Basque ⓘ Catalan NERFINISHED ⓘ Galician ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
hasLegalRegulation	Spanish central government NERFINISHED ⓘ autonomous communities of Spain ⓘ
hasPeriod	Bourbon heraldic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Francoist heraldic period ⓘ Habsburg heraldic period ⓘ consolidation in the late Middle Ages ⓘ medieval origins in the 12th century ⓘ post-1978 constitutional period ⓘ
hasSymbol	Bars of Aragon NERFINISHED ⓘ Castle of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ Chains of Navarre NERFINISHED ⓘ Cross of Burgundy NERFINISHED ⓘ Fleur-de-lis of the House of Bourbon NERFINISHED ⓘ Lion of León NERFINISHED ⓘ Pomegranate of Granada NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoke and arrows (historical, now disused in state arms) NERFINISHED ⓘ
includes	coat of arms of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ ecclesiastical heraldry in Spain ⓘ heraldry of the autonomous communities of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ military heraldry in Spain ⓘ municipal heraldry of Spain ⓘ royal coat of arms of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ university and institutional heraldry in Spain ⓘ
influencedBy	Christian–Muslim frontier in Iberia NERFINISHED ⓘ Iberian Peninsula history ⓘ medieval European heraldry ⓘ
regulatedBy	Spanish Constitution of 1978 (for state symbols) NERFINISHED ⓘ organic laws and royal decrees on the coat of arms of Spain ⓘ regional statutes and decrees on autonomous community arms ⓘ
usesShieldShape	French-style shield ⓘ Iberian-style shield ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coat of arms of Aragon → relatedTo → Heraldry of Spain ⓘ

Spanish Air and Space Force coat of arms → hasSymbol → Heraldry of Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: national heraldic elements of Spain

European heraldry → hasRegionalVariant → Heraldry of Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish heraldry

coat of arms of Catalonia → category → Heraldry of Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catalan heraldry