The coat of arms of Orkney was adopted on 3 March 1975 and is among the oldest of those of the Scottish Council Areas, as the Orkney Islands Council was...
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The coat of arms of Norway is the arms of dominion of King Harald V of Norway, and as such represents both the monarch and the kingdom (nation and the...
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The Flag of Orkney was the winner of a public flag consultation in February and March 2007. In the flag consultation the people of Orkney were asked for...
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Orkney is a gold mining town situated in the Klerksdorp district of the North West province, South Africa. It lies on the banks of the Vaal River approximately...
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Orkney (/ˈɔːrkni/; Scots: Orkney; Old Norse: Orkneyjar; Norn: Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands (archaically "The Orkneys"), is an archipelago...
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Herald (redirect from Herald of arms)
Herald of Arms in Extraordinary Orkney Herald of Arms Extraordinary Ross Herald of Arms Extraordinary Chief Herald of Canada Assiniboine Herald of Arms in...
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Earl of Orkney, historically Jarl of Orkney, is a title of nobility encompassing the archipelagoes of Orkney and Shetland, which comprise the Northern...
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Flags emblazoned with seals, coats of arms, and other multicolored emblems are sorted only by their color fields. The color of text is almost entirely ignored...
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1st Earl of Orkney and Lord of Zetland (Shetland) (spring of 1533 – 4 February 1593) was a recognised illegitimate son of James V, King of Scotland,...
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Boars in heraldry (section Family coats of arms)
Purcell clan's coat of arms features four black boars' heads. The McCann coat of arms features a boar as well. The Crowley coat of arms features a blue...
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Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, Lord of Roslin (c. 1345 – c. 1400) was a Scottish noblesse. Sinclair held the title Earl of Orkney (which refers to Norðreyjar...
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The historic title of the post was the High Sennachie, and he was given the title of Lord Lyon from the lion in the coat of arms of Scotland. The post...
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The Orkney Museum, formerly Tankerness House Museum, is a history museum in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. Run by Orkney Islands Council, the museum covers...
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Icelandic heraldry (section National coat of arms)
Icelandic), was an early example of canting arms. The ring was a gift from Bjarni Kolbeinsson, Bishop of Orkney. Personal coats of arms were rare in medieval Iceland...
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The 1st Orkney Artillery Volunteers (OAV) was a part-time unit of Britain's Royal Artillery formed in the Orkney Islands in 1860 as a response to a French...
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2nd Earl of Orkney, Lord of Zetland (c. 1566 – 6 February 1615) was a Scottish nobleman, the son of Robert, Earl of Orkney, a bastard son of King James...
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Lord Sinclair (category Lordships of Parliament)
Sinclair coat of arms is based on the feudal arms of the Earl of Orkney and being the lineal male heir of William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney. On the...
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Roman Empire The royal banner of the kings of Denmark based on the royal coat of arms Seal of Eric of Pomerania as king of the Kalmar union, 1398. A small...
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(1410–1480), 1st Earl of Caithness (1455–1476), last Earl (Jarl) of Orkney (1434–1470 de facto, –1472 de jure), 2nd Lord Sinclair and 11th Baron of Roslin was a...
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Nordic cross flag (category Lists and galleries of flags)
a blue background (derived from the Swedish coat of arms adopted in 1442), was adopted as national flag of Sweden, while Norway adopted their flag in 1821...
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is used as the symbol of Up Helly Aa, a festival that celebrates the Islands' Norse heritage. The coat of arms of the Isle of Man, a formerly Norse-dominated...
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Ørland (redirect from Coat of arms of Ørland)
made out of metal, then silver is used. The right side of the line has a tincture of black. The design is derived from the historic coat of arms of Inger...
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Kongsgård estate. The Coat of arms of Norway is one of the oldest in Europe and serves both as the coat of arms of the nation and of the Royal House. This...
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Wales and other jurisdictions in the Commonwealth realms. Some land in the Orkney and Shetland Islands, known as udal land, is held in a manner akin to allodial...
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Communities and Local Government encourage the use of these flags Banner of arms (flag form of a coat of arms) have long been used to represent local authority...
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Shetland (redirect from County of Zetland)
archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about...
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Sunnfjord (municipality) (redirect from Coat of arms of Sunnfjord)
fjord region). The coat of arms was granted in 2019 for use starting on 1 January 2020 when the municipality was established. The arms have a dark green...
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bearings. A coat of arms can only belong to one particular person at a time. Without such protection, a coat of arms would be useless as a form of identification...
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Gourlay (category Surnames of Scottish origin)
South Orkney Islands "Gourlay Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms". HouseOfNames. Retrieved 2022-06-27. "Dictionary of American...
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St Magnus Church, Birsay (category Historic Scotland properties in Orkney)
17th-century church located in the parish of Birsay on Mainland, Orkney in Scotland. Built in 1664 on the site of an earlier, 11th-century church, St Magnus...
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