Coat of arms of Vidzeme
Coat of Arms of Vidzeme | ||
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Shield Gules, a griffin coward Argent, in his dexter hand a sword colored the same. | | |
Earlier version(s) | Coat of arms of the Governorate of Livonia |
The Coat of arms of Vidzeme, a region in central Latvia, depicts a white griffin in a red field. It is a version of the earlier coat of arms of Livonia granted in the 16th century.
History
The coat of arms was granted to the Duchy of Livonia on 26 December 1566 by king Sigismund II Augustus of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[1]
The first version of the coat of arms included the king's initials S.A. on the griffin.
Without the king's initials, the coat of arms was also used in Swedish Livonia the part of the region that came under the control of the Swedish Empire in the 1620s. Since 1677, the coat of arms of Polish Livonia (the Inflanty Voivodeship, roughly corresponding to today's Latgale) included a ducal crown.[1]
After the incorporation of
After the establishment of the independent
The official current version of the coat of arms of Vidzeme as a historical and cultural region of Latvia was introduced in 1930, and confirmed again in 2012.[4][5]
Gallery
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Coat of arms of the Duchy of Livonia (1566)
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Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Livonia (1570)
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Coat of arms of the Polish Livonia (1720)
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Coat of arms of Swedish Livonia (1660)
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Coat of arms of Swedish Livonia (18th century)
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Coat of arms of the Governorate of Livonia (1856–1918)
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Coat of arms of the Livonian Knighthood
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Version from Baltisches Wappenbuch
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Latgalia) represented by the white griffin in the shield and as one of the supporters
See also
References
- ^ a b c Лифляндия [Coat of arms of Lifland] - heraldicum.ru
- ^ Латышские земли в составе Российской империи [Latvian lands in Russian Empire] - heraldicum.ru
- ^ LIVONIA - De Rode Leeuw
- ^ Vidzemes, Latgales, Kurzemes un Zemgales ģerboņu likums [Law on the coats of arms of Latgale, Kurzeme and Zemgale], adopted by the Saeima on 22 March 2012 and approved by the President of Latvia on 11 April 2012 - likumi.lv
- ^ Žukova, Katrīna (2015-02-13). "The story of Latgale's unofficial flag". The Baltic Times. Retrieved 2023-11-30.