Spain: Historical flags

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• Royal Standard of Ramiro I, 842-850
• Royal Standard of Iñigo Arista, 9th Century
• Royal Standard of Fruela II, 924-925
• Army Flags of James I, 1229
• Standard of the Conquest of Seville, 1248
• Spain in the Book of All Kingdoms, c. 1380
• Historical Flags of Castile and Leon
  • Military Flags of Castile and Leon until 1474
• Historical Flags of Aragon
• 15th Century Flags
  • Christopher Columbus' Flags, 1492
• Historical Flags 1506-1700
  • Royal Standards 1580-1700
  • Military Flags 1506-1700
  • Ferdinand Magellan's Flags, 1518-1522
  • Hernan Cortes' Flags, 1519-1521
• Historical Flags 1701-1785:
  • Royal Banner 1700-1761
  • Military Flags 1701-1843
• Historical Flags 1785-1931:
  • Royal banner 1761-1931
  • The 1785 War Ensign Contest
  • Other Ensigns and Naval Flags 1785-1931
  • Naval Rank Flags 1914-1923 or 1931
  • Army Rank Flags 1929-1930
  • Army Rank Flags 1930-1931 and 1936-ca.1945
  • Rank Flags 1923-1931 and 1938-1977
  • Military Flags 1843-1931
  • Kingdom of Spain 1808-1813
  • First Spanish Republic 1873-1874
  • Flags of the Carlist Wars
• Historical Flags 1931-1939 (Second Spanish Republic):
  • Presidential Standards 1931-1939
  • Naval Rank Flags 1931-1939
  • Rank Flags 1931-1939
  • Political Parties 1931-1939
  • Military Flags 1931-1939
  • Spanish Civil War 1936-1939
• Historical Flags 1936-1938
• Historical Flags 1938-1945
  • Ensigns 1938-1945
  • Military Flags 1938-1945
• Historical Flags 1945-1977
  • Standard of the Head of State 1940-1975
  • Ensigns and Jack 1945-1977
  • Rank Flags 1923-1931 and 1938-1977
• Historical Flags 1977-1981
• Former Colonies, Overseas and European Territories

See also:

• Flags and Ensigns in the Military Museum of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
  
• Unit Colours in the Military Museum of Palma de Mallorca
• Flag Urban Legends (Spain)
• Spain

Other sites:

• Antecedentes y Evolución de las Banderas en España 1700-1978 (Origins and Evolution of Flags in Spain 1700-1978, Spanish text only), an article by Luis Sorando of the Spanish Army Museum at the Nec Pluribus Impar website
• La Bandera en la Armada (The Flag in the Navy, Spanish text only), at the Spanish Navy website