ANDALUSIAN FLAGS
Ummayad Flag of Damascus (650-750)
(could have continued in Iberia after 755)
Generic Banner of Islam
Andalusian Flag 12th century
Banner of Boabdil of Granada
From the El Cid book
Pennant (El Cid book)
Nasrid Banner of Granada
Suggested geometrical patterns
These two patterns above can be seen in Osprey books (colors unknown); other suggested
patterns:
NORTH AFRICAN FLAGS
Almoravid/Almohad historical banner
Also flag of Morocco 11th-13th centuries
Bismallah Calligraphy
Generic Star and Crescent
Fatimid Flag of North Africa
(Ifriqiya 909-1171)
Flag of Jihad (this one may be modern –
but many such flags were used)
Flag of Ayyubids – Saladin’s family dynasty
(Ifriqiya then Egypt, 1171-1341)
SPANISH FLAGS
Castilla (1158 AlfonsoVIII)
Castilla
Leon (modern)
Leon (medieval)
Leon
Leon (1126 Alfonso VII)
Castilla y Leon (Fernando III 1230)
Asturias (Don Pelayo [Pelagius] carried a cross like this in 722)
Galicia (Carlos V 1500-1558)
Flag of Galicia (modern)
Aragon (modern)
Aragon
Aragon (King Fernando 1400s)
Catalonia/Aragon (Alfonso II of Aragon 1159)
Called the Siñal d'Aragón
Tarragona (current - city in Catalonia)
Barcelona (modern)
Variations of Catalonia/Aragon and Barcelona (St. George is the patron saint of
Barcelona)
City of Tudela, Navarra
Flag of Garces Sancho (Garcia Sanchez) III of
Navarra circa 1004-1025 (based on his seal)
Pamplona (modern)
Zaragoza (modern)
Navarra (modern)
King Alfons VIII 1212
Navarra (1400s)
Navarra (medieval)
Navarra (late medieval – incorporated into France) Escudo de Alburquerque (modern)
Spanish Royalty (medieval)
Portugal (King Sancho I, 1185)
Portugal (Count Henry, 1095)
Portugal (King Afonso I, 1143)
Flag of Merida (city in Extremadura)
Valladolid (city of Valladolid Province)
Zamora Province
Christian Banner (13th century – El Cid Book)
Note: some of these flags come from the “El Cid” supplement; all the others come from
Wikipedia.
Suggested simple heraldry
Many Medieval flags can be found at warflag.com (these are from that site).
This emblem was used as a pennon at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa by Madrillan
troops. Escudo Concejo Madrid in 1212.
Flag of Morcin, Asturias