List of Spanish flags

This is a list of Spanish flags, with illustrations.

National flags

Date	Use	Description
1981–present	National Flag with coat of arms, State flag, State ensign, and War ensign	National flag with coat of arms
1843–1931 1939–present Civil ensign for use in merchant ships 1 January 1928 to present	Civil flag and ensign	The flag of Spain consists of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow strip being twice as wide as each red stripe.
1939–present	Naval jack	A squared flag divided into four squares representing the four Kingdoms of Spain with navies in the Middle Ages: Castile (represented by a castle, top left), Leon (represented by a heraldic lion, top right), Aragon (represented by four pallets, bottom left), and Navarre (represented by an orle of chains, bottom right)
1982–present	High Civil Authorities' flag	A square flag of Spain with the Spanish coat of arms on the center
1977–present	Yacht ensign	The flag of Spain with a blue plain Royal Crown in the center
1977–present	Customs Service ensign	The flag of Spain with two crowned "H"

Royal standards

Date	Use	Description
2014–present	Standard of the King of Spain	A crimson square with the Coat of arms of the King in the center. A version of the flag with gold fringing is known as the guidon and serves as the command sign or positional flag for military use.
2015–present	Standard of the Princess of Asturias	A light blue square with the Coat of arms of the Princess in the center. A version of the flag with gold fringing is known as the guidon and serves as the command sign or positional flag for military use.
1975/ 1977–present (Legal regulation)^[1]	Standard of King Juan Carlos	A dark blue square with the Coat of arms of King Juan Carlos in the center. A version of the flag with gold fringing is known as the guidon and serves as the command sign or positional flag for military use.

Regional flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of Andalusia (the Arbonaida)	Three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white and green, there is an Andalucian coat of arms in center of the white band.
		Flag of Aragon	Nine equal horizontal stripes of yellow (top, double width) and red, there is an Aragon coat of arms in left the red and yellow bands, the coat of arms featured a gold crown have four green small diamonds and three red small disk, the shield means four corner, first corner means (yellow field with a red cross in upper tree), second corner means (violet field with white cross in hoist-side left corner, third corner means (red St. George and St. Andrew cross have four corners have four man heads) and fourth corner means (nine equal vertical bands of yellow (top, double width) and red).
		Flag of Asturias	Blue field with the Victory Cross in center, hanging from the horizontal axis on either side of the cross are an upper-case Greek letter Alpha (Α) on the left and a lower-case Omega (ω) on the right.
		Flag of the Balearic Islands	Nine equal horizontal stripes of yellow (top, double width), and red, and a Balearic castle in purple hoist-side upper left corner.
		Flag of the Basque Country (the Ikurriña)	The red ground symbolizes Biscayan people (the race); the green saltire represents the Oak of Guernica, a symbol of the old Basque laws, or Fueros; and the white cross over them as a symbol of Basque Catholic devotion.
		Flag of the Canary Islands	Three equal vertical bands of white (top), blue, and yellow, there is a Canary Island coat of arms in center the blue band, the coat of arms featured the word motto "OCEANO" in silver ribbon in upper, royal crown in middle and two dogs are holding the shield in lower, the shield have seven hillocks.
		Flag of Cantabria	Two horizontal stripes of equal width, white on the top and red on the bottom, and the region's coat of arms in its centre. The first field of the coat of arms represents the conquest of Seville by Cantabrian marines in 1248 (with the ship breaking the chains that blocked the way through the river Guadalquivir), while the second field honors the pre-Roman Cantabri people showing geometric ornaments typically found on Cantabrian stelae.^[2]
		Flag of Castilla-La Mancha
		Flag of Castile and León	Two Lions from the Kingdom of León and two castles from Kingdom of Castille.
		Flag of Catalonia (the Senyera)
		Flag of Ceuta
		Flag of Extremadura
		Flag of Galicia
		Flag of La Rioja
		Flag of Madrid	A crimson red field representing Castille, with seven five-pointed stars in silver (placed four and three in the centre) representing the administrative areas of the region.^[3]
		Flag of Melilla
		Flag of Murcia
		Flag of Navarre	Against a red background, the coat of arms of Navarre, which consists of a pattern of golden chains, with eight of them linked with an emerald in the center (based on the banner of the Ancient Kingdom of Navarre)
		Flag of the Valencian Community (the Reial Senyera)	A derivation of the traditional Senyera of the Crown of Aragon, it is composed of four red bars on a yellow background, crowned with a blue strip party per pale next to the hoist.

Provincial flags

The provinces of A Coruña, Alicante, Castellón, Valencia and Zamora do not have a flag.

Islands

Balearic Islands

Canary Islands

Municipal flags

Historical flags

Kingdom of Asturias

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	842-850	Royal Standard of Ramiro I of Asturias

Kingdom of Castile

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1175-1214	Royal Standard of the Kingdom of Castile
	1214-1230	Royal Standard of the Kingdom of Castile

Kingdom of León

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1105-1157	Royal Flag of Alfonso VII of León and Castile
	1157-1284	Royal Flag of The Kingdom of León
	1284-1833	Royal flag of the Kingdom of León

Kingdom of Galicia

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	circa. 1282	Flag of the Kingdom of Galicia
	16th century	Flag of the Kingdom of Galicia

Granada

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1230-1492	Flag of The Emirate of Granada
	1492-1833	Flag of The Kingdom of Granada

Kingdom of Toledo

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1085-1833	Banner of The Kingdom of Toledo

Kingdom of Majorca

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1269-1312	Flag of the Kingdom of Majorca
	1312-1715	Flag of the Kingdom of Majorca

Kingdom of Murcia

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1266	1st Standard of the Kingdom of Murcia
	1266-1361	2nd Standard of the Kingdom of Murcia
	1361	3rd Standard of the Kingdom of Murcia
	1361-1575	Final Standard of the Kingdom of Murcia

Kingdom of Navarre

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1194-1234	Royal Flag of Sancho VII of Navarre
	1212-1589	Royal Standard of the Kings of Navarre
	1589-1841	Royal Standard of the Kings of Navarre

Crown of Castile

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1230-1406	Royal Standard of the Crown of Castile
	1406-1500	Royal Standard of the Crown of Castile
	1406-1500	Royal Standard of the Crown of Castile (Square Shape)
	1500-1715	Royal Standard of the Crown of Castile

Crown of Aragon

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1162–1716	Royal Standard of the Crown of Aragon
	1238-1276	The Pennon of the Conquest of Valencia.

Flags

See also: Flag of Spain

Date	Use	Description
1475–1504 Eventually until 1506	Flag of the infantry forces
1506–1842	Cross of Burgundy flag, military flag, also used as flag of the Spanish Empire and its overseas territories	A red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field
1506–1762	Merchant marine's flag
1580–1701	Naval Ensign
1701–1771	Flag used in naval bases and coast defenses
1701–1785	Naval ensign
1701–1760	Etiquette's Naval ensign
1760–1785	Etiquette's Naval ensign
1808–1813	Flag of Spain under Joseph Bonaparte (1808–1813)
1785–1927	Merchant marine's flag (1785–1927)
1785–1873 / 1875–1931	War ensign (1785–1843). State flag (1843–1873 and 1874–1931)
1873–1874	Flag of the First Spanish Republic
1931–1939	Flag of the Second Spanish Republic
1931–1939	Civil flag and ensign of the Second Spanish Republic
1936–1938	Flag of Spain (Nationalist faction)
1938–1945	Flag of Spain (Spain under Franco's Rule until his death in 1975, and the transition back to democracy under the monarchy)
1945–1977
1977–1981

Historical royal standards

See: Royal Standard of Spain

Royal banners of arms

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1475–1492 1492–1504	Banner of arms of the Catholic Monarchs
	1518–1556	Banner of arms of King Charles I
	1580–1668	Banner of arms of the House of Austria (with the arms of Portugal)
	1668–1700	Banner of arms of the House of Austria (from 1668)
	1700–1761	Banner of arms of the House of Bourbon
	1761–1868 1875–1931	Banner of arms of the House of Bourbon
	1931	Banner of arms of King Alfonso XIII

Royal standards (common use)

Date	Use	Description
1475–1492	Common Royal Banner of the Catholic Monarchs (Until 1492)
1475–1492	Royal Standard or Royal Flag of the Catholic Monarchs
1492–1508	Royal Standard or Royal Flag of the Catholic Monarchs
1556–1580 1668–1700	Royal Standard or Royal Flag of the House of Habsburg.
1580–1668	Royal Standard or Royal Flag of the House of Habsburg. (Inescutcheon of Portugal in the Royal arms)
1700–1761	Royal Standard or Royal Flag of the House of Bourbon. The banner includes the collar of the Spanish Order of the Golden Fleece and the blue ribbon of the Bourbon French Order of the Holy Spirit.
1761–1838	Royal Standard or Royal Flag of the House of Bourbon.
1838–1868 1875–1931	Royal Standard or Royal Flag of the House of Bourbon.
1975/ 1977–2014 (Legal regulation)^[4]	Royal Standard or Royal Flag of King Juan Carlos I	Still in use as King Juan Carlos' personal ensign.
2014 - In use/	Royal Standard or Royal Flag of King Felipe VI	Still in use as King Felipe's personal ensign.

Royal Guidons

See: Guidon (heraldic flag)

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	c.1475–1508	Castilian Guidon of the Catholic Monarch
	c.1518–1556	Castilian Guidon of Charles I
	c.1580–1598	Royal Guidon of Philip II
	c.1920–1931	Royal Guidon of Alfonso XIII.

Standards of heads of state

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1931–1936	Presidential standard of Niceto Alcala Zamora
	1936–1939	Presidential standard of Manuel Azaña
	1940–1975	Standard of Francisco Franco.

Members of the royal family

Date	Use	Description
1893–1931	Standard or Flag of Spanish Infantes	A purple swallowtail flag with the royal arms in the center.
1971–1975	Standard of Juan Carlos, Prince of Spain	A dark blue square with the Coat of arms of Juan Carlos as Prince in the center.
2001–2014	Standard of Felipe, Prince of Asturias	A light blue square with the Coat of arms of the Prince in the center.

References

^ Royal Decree 527/2014 an amendment to Title I of Spanish Royal Decree 1511/1977 Flags, standards, guindons and insignia regulation.
^ Symbols of Cantabria Archived 2006-06-14 at the Wayback Machine Web site of the Cantabrian Parliament
^ Law 2/1983, of 23 december of the Community of Madrid
^ Royal Decree 527/2014 an amendment to Title I of Spanish Royal Decree 1511/1977 Flags, standards, guindons and insignia regulation.

Sources

[1] Royal Decree 527/2014 an amendment to Title I of Spanish Royal Decree 1511/1977 Flags, standards, guindons and insignia regulation.

[2] Symbols of Cantabria Archived 2006-06-14 at the Wayback Machine Web site of the Cantabrian Parliament

[3] Law 2/1983, of 23 december of the Community of Madrid

[4] Royal Decree 527/2014 an amendment to Title I of Spanish Royal Decree 1511/1977 Flags, standards, guindons and insignia regulation.

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National	Spain Royal Standard
Autonomous communities	Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Islands Basque Country Canary Islands Cantabria Castilla–La Mancha Castile and León Catalonia Extremadura Galicia Community of Madrid Region of Murcia Navarre La Rioja Valencian Community
Autonomous cities	Ceuta Melilla
Provinces	Asturias Balearic Islands Cantabria Community of Madrid Region of Murcia Navarre La Rioja
Municipalities	Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Islands Basque Country Canary Islands Cantabria Castile–La Mancha Castile and León Catalonia Extremadura Galicia Community of Madrid Region of Murcia Navarre La Rioja Valencian Community
Related	Cantabrian labarum Estelada Cross of Burgundy