Flag of Castile and León

Description of the Product

The flag of Castile and León consists of the quartered coats of arms of Castile, a castle, and of León, a lion. Saint Ferdinand III was the King of Castile from 1217 and King of León from 1230, and he unified the two kingdoms under his crown of Castile, and quartered the arms as a symbol of the union.

Ferdinand III continued the work of his grandfather Alfonso VIII and consolidated the Reconquista against the Moors on the Iberian peninsula. There are still many places named San Fernando across the old Spanish Empire, founded in his honor.

The Crown of Castile continued to exist as a separate entity even after the 1469 marriage and personal union of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon, the Catholic Monarchs. Castile's foreign interests were focused on the Atlantic, and it was mainly Isabella who financed Christopher Columbus’ voyages. So it was in 1492, with this standard in hand, that Columbus claimed San Salvador in the Bahamas for Castile. All of the “Spanish” colonies in the New World were in fact formally annexed not to Spain, but to the crown of Castile. Three centuries of Castilian presence on the American continents left a footprint, and symbols of Castilian, and Spanish, ancestry are still preserved in the coats of arms of many states and cities, such as Los Angeles, California.

• Flag is double sided with metal grommets
• Size: 93 cm x 150 cm
• For indoor/outdoor use
• Material: Polyester