History of The Flag
As many other flags of medieval origin, the Senyera, or "Senyal Reial" (Royal Ensign) was used in those years as the arms of the King of Aragon. While not existing still in the Middle Ages the concept of national flag as we understand it at today, the true symbol of the nationality was constituted on the Royal Shield.
It is traditionally considered that a Senyera was granted by James I of Aragon as the arms of Valencia following the Christian conquest from moorish rule in 1238, although the earliest sources related to this are dated in 1377, when the City Council agreed to replace the old arms used for seals with a new one with the Senyera. While the origins of the usage of the Senyera as a coat of arms remain uncleared in the agreement, a crown in the helm and two "L" as supporters were added, according to an honour awarded by Peter IV of Aragon for the loyalty and courage shown by Valencians to him in several wars such as the War of the Two Peters against the Kingdom of Castile.
This Valencian coat of arms began to be used in textile standard as a pennon, including the crown in a fringe, although the blue colour was slightly different. It was bipartida, it means two swallow tails, or abocellada, that's only one swallow rounded and higher tail. The latter is one of the two shapes used and officially regulated today, together with the rectangle, for Valencian municipalities.
The only currently preserved pennon, commonly considerated a copy of the original, was made in the 17th century and is kept, though very damaged, at the City Historical Archive of Valencia.
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