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Thane (/ ˈ θ eɪ n /; Scottish Gaelic: taidhn) [1] was the title given to a local royal official in medieval eastern Scotland, equivalent in rank to the son of an earl, [2] who was at the head of an administrative and socio-economic unit known as a thanedom or thanage.
A surviving Empire flag from a Royal Museums Greenwich collection. The early 1900s saw many calls for the British Empire to adopt a new flag representative of all its dominions, Crown colonies, protectorates, and territories. Such a role was already fulfilled by the Union Jack of the United Kingdom, but some regions of the empire were beginning ...
Thegn. Ivory seal of Godwin, an unknown thegn – first half of eleventh century, British Museum. In later Anglo-Saxon England, a thegn ( pronounced / θeɪn /; Old English: þeġn) or thane[ 1] (or thayn in Shakespearean English) was an aristocrat who owned substantial land in one or more counties. Thanes ranked at the third level in lay ...
A unique design was featured at the 1921 opening of the Dangarsleigh War Memorial, and it is still sometimes flown today on special occasions. [10] Post 1930–c. 1945: British Empire flag: An unofficial flag of the British Empire featuring its constituent dominions and India. This variant was likely created for the 1937 coronation of King ...
History of Scotland. The High Middle Ages of Scotland encompass Scotland in the era between the death of Domnall II in 900 AD and the death of King Alexander III in 1286, which was an indirect cause of the Wars of Scottish Independence . At the close of the ninth century, various competing kingdoms occupied the territory of modern Scotland.
A Red Ensign with the Flag of Scotland in the canton . First Union Flag with the Flag of Scotland superior to and overlying the Flag of England . A blue Saint Andrew's Saltire superimposed over a red Saint George's Cross on a white background. Flag of the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies.
In Blazon, Azure, a saltire Argent. The flag of Scotland ( Scottish Gaelic: bratach na h-Alba; [ 1] Scots: Banner o Scotland, also known as St Andrew's Cross or the Saltire) [ 2] is the national flag of Scotland, which consists of a white saltire defacing a blue field.
National Flag of Canada Day was instituted in 1996 by an Order in Council from Governor General Roméo LeBlanc, on the initiative of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. [7] At the first Flag Day ceremony in Hull, Quebec, Chrétien was confronted by demonstrators against proposed cuts to the unemployment insurance system, and while walking through the crowd he was grabbed by the neck and pushed ...