List of Welsh flags

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This is a list of

National flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	Since 1959 (official)(variants first appeared c.1485)	Flag of Wales, also known as Y Ddraig Goch (The Red Dragon)	Per fess Argent and Vert, a dragon passant Gules
			A vertical per fess Argent and Vert, a dragon passant Gules
	Since 1921	Flag of Saint David	Sable a cross Or

Royal standards of the United Kingdom

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	Since 1837	The Royal Standard, used by King Charles III in England, Wales and Northern Ireland	A banner of the King's Arms, the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom , blazoned Quarterly, I and IV Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or; II Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory-counter-flory Gules; III Azure a harp Or stringed Argent
		Standard of the Prince of Wales, used only in Wales	A banner based on the arms of the last native Prince of Wales, Llywelyn the Great , with the Prince of Wales's coronet in the centre, blazoned Quarterly Or and Gules four lions passant guardant counterchanged armed and langued Azure, over all an inescutcheon Vert charged with the coronet of the Heir Apparent

Government flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	Since 2017	The Marine and Fisheries Division.[1]	A British blue ensign defaced with a yellow dragon
		Flag of the Senedd Cymru.[2]	White with the logo of the Senedd Cymru in red

Religious

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	Since 1921	Flag of Saint David	Sable a cross Or
	Since 1954	Flag of the Church in Wales	Argent a cross Azure a celtic cross proper
	1920 – 1954	Unofficial Flag of the Church in Wales	A reversed Saint David's cross

Dioceses of the Church in Wales

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Diocese of Bangor	A banner of the Diocese's coat of arms.
		Flag of the Diocese of St Asaph	A banner of the Diocese's coat of arms.
		Flag of the Diocese of St Davids	A banner of the Diocese's coat of arms.
		Flag of the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon	A banner of the Diocese's coat of arms.

Historical

Welsh flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1807 – 1953	Used from 1807 until 1953.
	1953 – 1959	Used from 1953 until 1959, depicting the Royal Badge of Wales after its augmentation of honour.

Welsh royal standards

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1195 – 1378	Banner adopted by Cymdeithas yr Iaith and widely amongst pro-independence groups	Quarterly Or and Gules, four Lions rampant counter-charged
	1100 – 1378	Banner of the princely House of Llywelyn the Great, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and Owain Lawgoch. The Prince of Wales uses a version of this flag today emblazoned with a Crown on a green shield	Quarterly Or and Gules, four Lions passant guardant counter-charged langued and armed Azure
	c.987 – c.1034	Banner of the princely House of Mathrafal used during the early Middle Ages by the rulers of Powys, Powys Wenwynwyn and later by their heirs the de la Pole (Powysian) dynasty. Modern use is rare	Or a Lion rampant Gules langued and armed Azure
	c.1034 – c.1195	Banner of the princely Kingdom of Deheubarth, a realm which covered much of south Wales. The banner would have been used during the early Middle Ages and later by the Talbot dynasty who inherited the arms. Modern use is rare	Gules a Lion rampant Or, a border engrailed of the last
	c.1267 - 1282	Banner of the personal arms of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd	Argent three Lions passant Gules
	c.567 – c.897	Banner of Madog ap Gruffudd Maelor, and later the Banner of Powys Fadog	Argent a Lion rampant Sable langued and armed Gules. Often referred to as the Black Lion of Powys.

Battle flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	c.1400 – c.1416	Banner known as Y Ddraig Aur or "The Golden Dragon" which has ancient origins. It was famously raised over Caernarfon during the Battle of Tuthill in 1401 by Owain Glyndŵr	Argent a dragon rampant Or
	13th century	Banner known as Y Groes Nawdd or "The Cross of Neith" said to have been the battle flag of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (d. 1282)	Purpure a celtic cross Or

Religious flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	pre – 1954	Unofficial flag of the Diocese of Bangor	An inverted Saint David's Cross with the arms of the Diocese in the canton.
	pre – 1954	Unofficial flag of the Diocese of Llandaff	An inverted Saint David's Cross with the arms of the Diocese in the canton.
	pre – 1954	Unofficial flag of the Diocese of Monmouth	An inverted Saint David's Cross with the arms of the Diocese in the canton.
	pre – 1954	Unofficial flag of the Diocese of St Asaph	An inverted Saint David's Cross with the arms of the Diocese in the canton.
	pre – 1954	Unofficial flag of the Diocese of St Davids	An inverted Saint David's Cross with the arms of the Diocese in the canton.
	pre – 1954	Unofficial flag of the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon	An inverted Saint David's Cross with the arms of the Diocese in the canton.

Regions, counties and cities

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Traditional counties

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Flag	Date	Use	Description
	March 2014[3]	Flag of Anglesey	Gules a chevron Or between three lions rampant Or.
	Not yet registered	De facto flag of Brecknockshire
	Since 2012[4]	Flag of Caernarfonshire	Vert, three eagles displayed in fess Or.
	Not yet registered[clarification needed]	De facto flag of Cardiganshire	Sable, a lion regardant Or.
	Since 2015[5]	Flag of Flintshire	Argent a Cross fleury engrailed Sable between four Cornish Choughs proper
	Since 2013[6]	Flag of Glamorgan	Gules, three Chevronels Argent
	Since 2015[7]	Flag of Merionethshire	Azure, three goats rampant Argent, armed and unguled Or; from the dexter base the sun in his splendour issuant Or.
	Since 2011[8]	Flag of Monmouthshire	Per Fleurs-de-lis Or .
	Since 1988[9]	Flag of Pembrokeshire	Tudor Rose quarterly counter-changed Argent and Gules .

Cities, towns and villages

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1906[10]	Flag of Cardiff	Argent on a Mount Vert a Dragon rampant Gules supporting in front of a Leek issuing from the Mount a Flag Staff erect proper flying therefrom to the sinister a Banner of the third charged with three Chevronels of the first.
	2013[11]	Flag of Craig-y-Dorth	Two golden wyverns couchant facing each other as in battle; one on a blue background and the other on a red background.
	2022[12]	Flag of Llandovery
	2015[13]	Flag of Monmouth
	2013[14]	Flag of Tywyn

University flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of Bangor University[15]
		Flag of Wrexham Glyndŵr University	A banner of the University's coat of arms.

Nationalist flags

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Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1960s	Welsh Republican Tricolour[citation needed]	A vertical tricolour of green, red and white with a black star representing those who have fallen for their country.
	1950s–1960s	Flag of the Welsh Republican Movement[citation needed]	A vertical tricolour of green, red and white.
	Since 1960s	Yr Eryr Wen – the White Eagle, used by radical nationalists such as the Free Wales Army. The eagle or Eryr is thought to refer to Owain Gwynedd who used an eagle for his coat of arms, and also Snowdonia (called Eryri in Welsh).[16]	A stylised white eagle on a black background.
	1970s	Flag of the Welsh Patriotic Front[17]	A horizontal tricolour of white, red and green, with a black band in the hoist containing a gold Y Nod Cyfrin.
	1970s	Y Ddraig Ddu or "The Black Dragon" used by the Cymru 1400 republican movement[citation needed]	The Red Dragon of Wales on a black field
	1960s	Banner of the now defunct Meibion Glyndŵr militant pro-independence organisation[citation needed]	Banner of Owain Glyndŵr indented with the border of an eldest son

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