Other Three Crown Designs
Practically identical to the three crowns of Sweden, is that of the flag and crest of the Province of Munster, a region in the south west 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.
A similar three crowns design is the crest of the city of Kingston-upon-Hull, a large port in Yorkshire, England. 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 King Arthur of Logres is also azure with three crowns or. Indeed, Britain included three realms, Logres, Cambria and Alba.
The flag of St Edmund consists of three gold crowns on a field of blue (Azure, three crowns Or), and features as the three crowns of East Anglia, on the baptismal font (c.1400) in Saxmundham's parish church in Suffolk, UK.
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 & Co, the London based private bankers, but in this case the design comprises one crown at the top, with two below.
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