Some heraldic displays outside of Sweden also incorporate triple crown designs. Some of the notable of these uses are discussed below.
In Central and Eastern European armory , Poland (
Russia), featuring three crowns The historical region of
Galicia, now divided between
Poland and
Ukraine, had under
Austro-Hungarian rule as its coat-of-arms a blue shield with three gold crowns as part of the design. The crowns are said to represent
Lodomeria, a historical province that was united with Galicia, while Galicia itself was represented by the black crow. The Coat of arms of the
Wawel Cathedral Chapter features three crowns; specifically stated as "three crowns on a dark-blue background, as was also the case during old-Polish times". File:POL Galicja COA.svg|
Galicia File:Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria.svg|
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Sweden.svg|
Wawel Cathedral Chapter File:POL Pabianice COA.svg|
Pabianice File:POL Iłża COA.svg|
Iłża File:POL Iłża COA old.svg|
Gmina Iłża File:POL gmina Żarnowiec COA.svg|
Gmina Żarnowiec File:POL Krynica-Zdrój COA.svg|
Krynica-Zdrój File:POL Galicja i Lodomeria 1782 COA.svg|
Duchy of Zator File:POL gmina Padew Narodowa COA.svg|
Padew Narodowa In French and German armory The emblem of
Henry III of France was "Manet ultima coelo" with three crowns. The French Caribbean island of
Saint Barthélemy was a
Swedish colony between 1784 and 1878, and the island's
coat of arms includes the three crowns as part of the design. The German towns of
Otterfing and
Tegernsee in
Bavaria use the three gold crowns on blue design on their coats-of-arms. File:Blason St Barthélémy TOM entire.svg|
Coat of arms of Saint Barthélemy File:DEU Otterfing COA.svg|Coat of arms of
Otterfing File:Wappen Tegernsee.svg|Coat of arms of
Tegernsee In Irish armory , Ireland Practically identical to the three crowns of Sweden is that of the
coat of arms and flag of the
Province of Munster, a region in the southwest of
Ireland. Like the Swedish model, it comprises two crowns above and one below. These represent the three great
duchies of the province,
Desmond,
Ormond and
Thomond. The design was used as the flag of the
Lordship of Ireland between 1171–1541 following the
Norman invasion of Ireland until being replaced by the flag of the
Kingdom of Ireland.
In English armory parish church, Suffolk, England . The memorial, erected by the London Society of East Anglians, displays the flag A shield of three golden crowns, placed two above one, on a blue background, has been used a symbol of
East Anglia for centuries. The
coat of arms was ascribed by mediaeval heralds to the Anglo-Saxon
Kingdom of East Anglia and the
Wuffingas dynasty which ruled it. The flag of the East Anglian king and saint,
Edmund the Martyr consists of three gold crowns on a field of blue (
Azure, three crowns Or), The East Anglian flag as it is known today was proposed by George Henry Langham and adopted in 1902 by the London Society of East Anglians (established in 1896). It superimposes the three crowns in a blue shield on a
Saint George's Cross. The three crowns appear, carved in stone, on the
baptismal font (c.1400) in the parish church of
Saxmundham, and on the 15th century porch of
Woolpit church, both in Suffolk. The emblem of three crowns is evident in East Anglian local
heraldry; they appear in the arms of the
diocese of Ely and the borough of
Bury St Edmunds where the crowns are shown pierced with arrows to represent the
martyrdom of St. Edmund. They were also included in the arms of the former
Isle of Ely County Council, the
Borough of Colchester and the
University of East Anglia. A three crowns design is the coat of arms of the city of
Kingston upon Hull, a large port in
Yorkshire, but this design sees the three crowns stacked vertically and relates back to the Royal charter of 1299. The emblem is used by the city council and the city's two
rugby league teams. In the literature, the coat of arms of the legendary
King Arthur is also often given as
azure with three crowns
or. Indeed,
Britain included three realms,
Logres (England),
Cambria (Wales) and
Alba (Scotland). The
University of Oxford uses as its
arms the three gold crowns on blue accompanied by an open book. The origin of the three crowns is not exactly known but may refer to the arms of
Thomas Cranley,
Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1390. Two
dioceses of the
Church of England use the three crowns emblem;
Ely (gules three ducal coronets two over one or) and
Bristol (sable three crowns arranged in pale or, similar to the city of Hull). The first corporate coat of arms was granted in 1439 to the
Drapers' Company in London with three triple crowns. Three crowns also form the logo of
Coutts, the London-based private bankers, but in this case the design comprises one crown at the top, with two below.
In Scottish armory The coat of arms of the
chief of
Clan Grant displays the three gold crowns on a red background (gules, three ancient crowns or). Earlier it is recorded to have been three gold crowns on a blue background (azure, three crowns or). The Grant arms formed the basis of the arms of the burgh of
Grantown-on-Spey, which was founded on the clan's land in 1765. The coat of arms of the chief of
Clan Arthur (or Clan MacArthur) uses the three gold crowns on blue (azure, three antique crowns or).
In Spanish armory The three gold crowns on blue design appears on the coat of arms of the Spanish city of
Burriana in the
Valencian Community, but, like Coutts & Co, is arranged one over two instead of two over one. The crowns here refer to the fact that in 1901, the Queen Regent of Spain,
Maria Christina of Austria, gave the town the title of city, and was crowned three times. The
Coat of arms of Lima, capital of the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru, features three crowns. It was granted to the city in 1537 by
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and king of the Hispanic Monarchy (as Charles I). File:Escut de Borriana.svg|Coat of arms of Burriana File:Coat of arms of Lima (1537).svg|
Coat of arms of Lima In modern trade marks A symbol with three crowns was used by
Chrysler on some of its
New Yorker models in the 1960s. A symbol for the marque's top model, the crowns were placed in a row on the vehicle rear and over each other in the front. During the 1980s and 1990s,
Broderbund Software used a stylised variant of the symbol. == See also ==