Flaggen Europas 1600

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Die Staaten um 1600, das Spanische Weltreich auf seinem Höhepunkt, mit ihrer Flagge oder ihrem Banner. Kaum ein Staat hatte damals eine Nationalflagge: Viele sind königliche Standarten oder Kriegsflaggen. Staaten ohne belegte Flagge (etwa Äthiopien) fehlen. Einige sind Näherungen:

• Spanische Monarchie: The Cross of Burgundy, flag of the tercios and the fleet of the empire; there was no national flag like today's.
• Königreich Frankreich: The royal standard (gold lilies on blue): France had no national flag.
• Heiliges Römisches Reich: The emperor's banner: the Empire was a patchwork of states, each with its own flags.
• Kirchenstaat: The red and yellow of Rome, used until 1808; the popes also flew their own standards.
• Königreich Schweden: The yellow cross on blue was already in use; its shape and shades were settled later.
• Polen-Litauen: The royal banner with Poland's eagle and Lithuania's knight; there was no national flag.
• Herzogtum Preußen: A duchy under Polish suzerainty; flag reconstructed from its coat of arms.
• Zarentum Russland: Ivan the Terrible's banner of the Saviour (Kazan campaign, 1552), from his Illustrated Chronicle: the tsardom flew religious and military banners, with no single flag.
• Osmanisches Reich: One of the Ottoman flags of the 16th to 18th centuries; several were used.
• Krim-Khanat: A vassal of the Ottoman Empire; flag with the tamga of the Giray dynasty.
• Republik San Marino: A reconstruction of the flag used around 1465-1797; the colour of the last stripe (“alessandrino”) is read in several ways.
• Republik Ragusa: Saint Blaise, patron of Ragusa (Dubrovnik), from the flags documented in 1804; the republic flew him earlier too.

Zeichnungen von Wikimedia Commons, gemeinfrei außer: Königreich Frankreich (Sodacan, CC BY-SA 3.0) · Heiliges Römisches Reich (David Liuzzo, eagle by N3MO, CC BY-SA 3.0) · Großherzogtum Toskana (F l a n k e r, elements taken by: The Fleece Some elements of the fleur-de-lis, CC BY-SA 3.0) · Polen-Litauen (Samhanin, CC BY 3.0) · Zarentum Russland (Лобачев Владимир, CC BY-SA 3.0) · Republik San Marino (HapHaxion, CC BY-SA 3.0) · Republik Lucca (Dekodrak, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Republik Ragusa (Facquis, CC BY-SA 4.0)

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