Why are there 3 lions on England's flag?

Answer 1

The red flag with three golden lions comes from the English coat of arms (seen in the first and fourth quarters of the United Kingdom's coat of arms). They are three lions passant guardant, in heraldic terms. After the Norman conquest of England in 1006, the arms of the House of Normandy were used for England, they consisted of two golden lions on a red field. King Henry II of the House of Plantagenet used, in 1158, the first known arms of an English monarch: one golden lion rampant on a red field (very much a reversal of the current Scottish standard and coat of arms. King Richard I (often referred to as Richard the Lionheart), Henry's son, decided to use his personal arms for England: two golden lions rampant on a red field, however by the end of his life he was using three lions passant on a red field--the current English arms. The origin of the third lion is unclear, some say it was to represent the Anglo-Norman empire, other say it was to represent the single leopard of Aquitaine, and other still maintain that there was no fixed number and three was eventually just settled on. These arms would be used relatively constantly to represent England, often including other arms to represent other territories, such as the French arms to represent the claim of the English monarch to the French crown. The lions and the term lions can still be seen today in an assortment of places other than the United Kingdom coat of arms. It is also used in the arms and royal standard (flag of the monarch) in many Commonwealth nations. It is seen in the logos for the English national football team (where "Three Lions" is also the nickname), the national cricket team, and the Great Britain Rugby league team. It's also the nickname of said Great Britain team and also the English rugby league team. It is not, however, used as a logo or nickname for the English rugby union team where a red rose is used.

Answer 2

This goes back to the Norman invasion of England.

It's possible one lion is from Normandy, one from England and the third from Aquitaine. There is no certain answer to the third lion because Normandy already had a 2 lion flag and some historians think a third lion may just have been added for England.

Answer 3

From Henry II to Richard I the football teams would have had one lion on their shirt. Ok, not really because football wasn't so organised in those days. Only Richard I decided on two lions and later three lions as the symbol of England. Two lions were the symbol of the Dukes of Normandy-all latter monarchs become in effect the Duke of Normandy. It is unclear why another lion was added.

Answer 4

Three gold lions on a red background was the heraldic symbol of Richard the Lionhearted, King of England from 1189-1199. Richard is seen as the great hero of chivalry and English kingship, and ever since, the lion generally has been the symbol of England, the Royal Family has used the three lions on their coat of arms, and in the modern world England has used the three lions as its symbol in several sports.

The England football badge also includes ten Tudor roses (a rose with a red outer row of petals and white inner row of petals). The Tudor rose symbolises the unification of the Houses of Lancaster (red) and York (white), when Henry VII (heir of the House of Lancaster) married Elizabeth of York, thus ending the Wars of the Roses.

Answer 5

Three Lions comes from the the three Kings called Richard. The first being Richard the Lion heart. A name he got from the crusades, where the crusaders wore the cross of Saint George over their armour.

Answer 6

England is called three lions, as its footballers and cricketers have a logo of three lions on their white shirts.

Answer 7

It's from the Coat of Arms of England - now part of the Royal Standard.

Answer 8

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