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As every country, Spain did not have an official flag, so the Burgundian Cross was not really the state’s one. Usually the National Flag was the Monarch’s personal coat of arms. I’d say that the Burgundian Cross was mainly militar, associated with the tercios, for example. So that Flag would usually be hoisted with the Philippe’s II coat of arms. At the end it could be considered as one of the National flags “de facto”, but when I read historians they usually say that it was the classical coat of arms that represented Spanish possessions: Castilla, León, Aragón, Navarra, Granada, The Two Sicilies, Sardinia...
@@RichardRenes As an interesting note, those markings were introduced by Franco's nationalists at the beginning of the last civil war. They just crossed out the Republican insignia on their planes, then said "It's actually St. Andrew's cross, you know."
The flags of the States of Florida and Alabama are a homage to the cross of burgundy Spanish flag, as they were Spanish territories at one point, the seal of the city of Los Angeles, California have the Castilla y León ensign.
@@christopherperez6504 that is "castillos"... Castilla, as the guy said, means "land of castles"... the same way "florida" means "land of flowers" (the context is important in spanish).
@@redcoat4348 yep the most iconic feature of castillan dialect exported pretty much to the whole continent including some University lectors in foreign lol countries
Well it’s not completely forgotten in Spain. It is part of a number of local flags and it is common in military banners and badges. It lives on in a number of American symbols (both North and South), most notably in the flags of the States of Alabama and Florida.
It is still used in many parts of the empire. Even in St Augustine, Florida. San Juan, Puerto Rico, Chuquisaca, Bolivia. People around the Hispanidad keep flying it for its meaning.
T2266 Which Burgundy ? The french duchy (french region of Burgundy) ? The imperial county (french region of Franche-Comté) ? The imperial kingdom (french regions of Franche-Comté, Rhône-Alpes and PACA, the italian region of Aosta and the western part of Switzerland) ? The imperial Circle ? (the county and all the low countries) All of that ?
That s not the reason the reason was that El Aspa de Borgoña was confused with the English flag (kingdom of England) and El Aspa de Borgoña is beautiful than the actual flag in my opinion and it has got an important symbology
and when it goes about spain is to talk about "how bad spanish were" and they use american natives as actors for spanish... it is a mix of amusement and cringe i cant describe...
It doesn't help that Spanish "filmakers" (as in people who make movies, not exactly artists) are focused on shooting films about the civil war from the Rep POV. Only recently we got a half-decent movie about the last soldiers in the Philippines.
A lot of flags from old Spanish territories come from the Cross of Burgundy, for example Florida's. It is also still displayed in the Fortress of San Juan in Puerto Rico nowadays.
@@omegamanprivate7132 here's the thing. Many people who are coming up with redesigns for the FL state flag are using the cross of burgundy as the saltire
@@florida9962 there is historical precedent. The old west Florida republic used the proper saltire, with the "sawteeth". Florida's state flag is just too much like Alabama's. Pull the seal off, stick the sawteeth back on, maybe make the background something other than white, and there you are.
The Cross of St Andrew was also the regimental banner of the Spanish troops in San Juan. I knew some historical reenactors that wore the white uniforms and all.
@@mikiroony I would love to make a movie about them! I remember finding a black and white film here on RUclips, in which they fight off pirates! Unfortunately the channel was deleted.
Fun Fact: In San Juan, Puerto Rico, the Borgoña Croft is still flown in the San Felipe del Morro Castle (one, if not the most famous castle), alongside the puertorican and american flags.
The flag of the United States waving in a Spanish fort doesn't make sense. The Spanish flag should be with the Aspa de Borgoña flag and the Puerto Rican flag.
@@olivermcgimpsey841 it is an overstatement since that logic can be use for the vietnamese since they won their war and therefore vietnam beat the strongest superpower with little resources and resources are everything in a war. but that was the case back then since the russians and chinese supply the vietcongs just like the french supported the 13 colonies and just like the english supported the dutch so saying this country beat this other country plain and simple is not.
The name Leon actually comes from legion, since the Romans had a legion garrisoned there. The pronunciation changed as Latin evolved into Spanish, and converged to the same pronunciation of lion.
Oh and btw, the Borgoñona is still being used up to this day, either for commemorations or for the Spanish army, as they still use the Cross of Burgundy to differentiate regiments and such
The Cross of Burgundy Flag still flies at El Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It's been there since 1539. It has been flying alongside the USA and Puerto Rico flags for decades there.
tricolor could be assigned el or la...It is neutral...El tricolor or la tricolor...It depends of what is preceding it...La Bandera tricolor...El tren tricolor...
6:56 El yugo y las flechas a las que se refiere History With Hilbert no están ahí por la Falange española (la versión española del fascismo italiano), sino por los Reyes Católicos. Cuando los Reyes Católicos unieron sus reinos, el de Castilla y el de Aragón, añadieron el yugo y las flechas al nuevo escudo de armas del nuevo reino el yugo representa a Ysabel de Castilla, y las flechas a Fernando de Aragón, Fernando es representado por las flechas ya que la F es la inicial de Fernando y de flechas, e Ysabel o Isabel de Castilla es representada por un yugo porque la Y es la letra inicial de Ysabel y de yugo, esto se hizo así para intercambiar galantemente sus divisas y escenificar así la unión dinástica que dio forma a la España moderna. El águila es también un emblema de los Reyes Católicos, y se la conoce como el Águila de San Juan. Ya en democracia el rey Juan Carlos I añadió a su escudo de armas el yugo y las flechas que representan en la historia de España a Isabel y Fernando, los Reyes Católicos. 6:56 History With Hilbert says that the yoke and arrows shown in the coat of arms represent the "Falange Española" (the Spanish version of Italian fascism), but it is not true, they represent the Catholic Monarchs. When the Catholic Monarchs united their kingdoms, that of Castile and Aragon, they added the yoke and the arrows to the new coat of arms of the new kingdom, the yoke represents Ysabel of Castile, and the arrows to Fernando de Aragón, Fernando is represented by the arrows since the F is the initial of Fernando and flechas (flechas means arrows in Spanish), and Ysabel or Isabel de Castilla is represented by a yoke because Y is the initial letter of Ysabel and yugo (yugo means yoke in Spanish). This was done to gallantly exchange their emblems and thus stage the dynastic union that shaped modern Spain. The Eagle is an emblem of the Catholic Monarchs too, and is known as el Águila de San Juan The Eagle of Saint John. Already in democracy, King Juan Carlos I added to his coat of arms the yoke and the arrows that represent Isabel and Fernando in the history of Spain.
I love how you make the effort to pronounce things correctly in Spanish and French. It’s just a breath of fresh air to hear the correct pronunciations.
The Cross of Burgundy is still being used in USA on some state’s flag which were previously Spanish territories, like for example Florida. As it was the flag used during the Spanish Empire or Hispanic Empire
The Carlistas still use the Burgundy cross flag. The current flag of the state of Florida (and possibly also a few other southern states) was derived from the Spanish imperial Burgundy cross flag (it was the flag the Conquistadores used when they founded the Castillo de San Marcos and colony of St. Augustine (the oldest permanent European settlement in North America).
@@sierracharlie522 Si digo que la de Aragón tiene dos tiras amarillas más, estoy diciendo por extensión que todas las banderas que se derivan de esa las tienen.
0:18 Didn't the Netherlands initially break away from Spain together with the Southern Netherlands? Spain's tercios successfully took the southern part back, creating the modern borders between the Dutch and the Belgians.
As a Spaniard I'm all in to restore the old Cross of Burgundy flag! way more badass in my opinion! Excellent video and excellent pronuncation brother! love from Palma de Mallorca Spain!
Viva España! I love your videos on Spain, Giving the Blue Division a much needed spotlight and now "Spain's battle flag" to it's modern look. If you're interested, Celtic, Roman and Visogothic Spain are also rather unknown.
No hay video en RUclips de la historia de España, que no salga un facha a comentar. Que pena que os queráis apropiar de nuestra historia y nuestra bandera.
Good explanation, but you forget telling that the Burgundy cross is still in use in the Spanish armed forces, since military units smaller than the regiment use pennants with this type of cross on them to distinguish themselves. On the other hand the Spanish Air Force uses small schematized Burgundy crosses at the tailfins of their aircrafts.
One thing about Carlos III flag proposals. He chose two, not one, flags. One was for merchant vessels, which was the one you showed with five stripes, but he also chose the red-gold-red for war vessels. And this is the origin of the actual flag, the one later used in the Napoleonic wars, not the five striped one.
You can see the aragons banner not only in Catalonia, but in Aragon itself, Valencia and Balearic islands (Majorca). And the purple color on the republic flag was used because they tried to represent Castille and the comuneros in the Spanish flag. They thought the castillian banner was purple because the old tercio of castille used is as its regiment color. It was false, but still purple is used for people thatreivindicate comuneros history or even are castillian nationalists.
Small note: the current flag actually is the one Charles III had designed. He ordered two flags really; one is the merchant navy flag you show on the video, the other was originally only the military navy flag. Eventually it became quite popular and the army started using it too during and after the napoleonic wars, until it was made the official flag for the country in 1908, by which time it had already become the de facto flag of the country.
00:18 I thought someone would finally mention the Mapuche :(. Just a fun fact: Arauco (the territory of Chile controlled by the Mapuche) was referred by Diego de* Rosales, a jesuit from the mid 17th century, as "Flandes Indiano" which translates to "Indian Flanders". This was made as a comparison between the resistance that the Mapuche and the Dutch showed against Spanish rule. EDIT: Also, I don't know if you've mentioned it before, but the resistance from the Mapuche and them razing Spanish cities in the south of Chile made the Spanish forget about the area for a while. This led to a Dutch expedition which seeked to capture the port city of Valdivia (the one I live and come from) which failed because of a lack of support/supplies. This event made the Spanish wary about foreign powers setting up settlements in the area, and so they built one of the most formidable fort systems in their southern holdings at Valdivia which defended the city until Lord Cochrane (British admiral recruited by the Chilean navy) bypassed them and made the Spanish surrender the city to the Republic of Chile. I know this is very off-topic, but I love sharing a little bit about the history of my city, especially because it is not known outside of Chile while still being quite interesting. Sorry for rambling, lol.
@Sander Skovly I can speak from a Chilean perspective, since everything I've learned about Latin American and Chilean history has been through school. Some facts I find cool about the Revolution in Chile are: 1.- José de San Martín was an Argentinian general who helped Chile defeat the Spanish during the revolution which led to the Chileans offering him the role of Supreme Director of Chile. He refused. 2.- We (the Chileans) funded a navy for José de San Martín to liberate Perú. We later demanded Perú to pay back for it (which they refused) and, among other reasons, the Chilean war against the Peru-Bolivian Confederation started. 3.- Chiloe, an island south of Chile, wasn't liberated from Spanish rule until 1826, nine years after Chile decisively defeated the Spanish at the Battle of Chacabuco.
Actually if you did some more research you'd find out that the Carlists used both flags during the Spanish Civil War (the Cross of Burgundy was used only as the banner of the Requeté) and that most of the military had no problem with the Tricolor. But the Carlists insisted. They wouldn't fight unless they were allowed to use the red-gold-red flag and that's how the Spanish national flag changed back to red-gold-red.
I always wonder why so many English speakers translate Isabel into Isabela (which is a different variant of the name) instead of Elisabeth, which is the proper translation 🤷♂️
I think a person's name should never be translated...It is what it was assigned at birth...The meaning should be in dictionaries yet the person should be called exactly what the name is in their language
@@amparoalvarez9001 It's something that's been done throughout the whole post-roman Christendom in Europe tho for practical reasons, and it is still done nowadays to adress royalty. They're essentially the same name which evolved into different spellings and pronounciations, many of which were not even native to Europe, but adopted. It's just a way of making things easier and feasible for speakers of different languages. The thing is that in this case she's referred by a name she was never named after
🫱The Cross of Burgundy or cross of Saint Andrew is the Flag of the Spanish Empire. It represents the Hispanic world, HISPANITY❤. In the USA, northerners hate it, without knowing that this flag was used in the north, center and south of the USA centuries before the English arrived. Montana (Montaña), California, Alabama, Texas, Nuevo México,Florida, Puerto Rico,...etc Alabama, Florida, Puerto Rico ...etc...same flag cross of Burgundy or Saint Andrew. But they should stop by Fort Mosé. Greetings 👍
the change of flag was because in the sea the Cross of Burgundy ( of the Habsburg family) did not look good until the enemy ship was very close: around 1750 it was decided to put a flag that was seen at a great distance on Spanish ships, several colors were tested and the one that was best seen at a great distance in the sea was the one that had the colors red and yellow
Nice vid Hilbert! 🇪🇦 Just an idea: It would be awesome if you did a video on Luxembourg and it's history, which is very old. Also it is linked to the history of many other european countries like Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, France..
You forgot to explain why the Cross of Burgundy stopped to being used. That happend after the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1715) when the Habsburg and the Bourbon fought for the Spanish throne when the king Charles II died without progeny. The new King, Philip V, a Bourbon, adopted a similar flag style as his family in France: just the coat of arms in a white field. Then it happend what you said, the flag was very similar to the flags of France, Portugal or England, so Charles III asked to Alfonso Valdés y Fernández Bazán to design a new flag. He draw 12 flags and Charles III chose the current design just because there wasn't any flag with that colours and it was easy to recongize at see.
I still hang the Cross here in Mexico, because it's the symbol of the Hispanic world and since I have portuguese blood it's also fitting overall as an unionist as well. ¡Viva España! ¡Arriba España! Not all have forgotten you Motherland nor your legacy running in our blood.
P Rigual I have always been puzzled how something as simple as Arriba became a fascist cry, here we use 'Arriba' for almost anything that one supports. I'm aware Franco used it, but if we let a word (specially one so simple) be criminalized by the acts of someone then the leftists that have tried to take out any symbol of patriotism will be justified. Arriba España, banned. Cross of Burgundy, banned. (The coward of Felipe VI took out the Cross of Burgundy from his personal ensign because it was 'fascist', pinche gabacho) Eagle of St. John, banned. Catholic symbolism, banned. Franco led Spain for better or worse, he did good things and bad things. It's about how we approach our history what defines us. Not the other way around. Hier in Mexico talking about Spain with pride is seen badly. Like if you were a 'vendepatrias' (traitor), even talking about Cortez is seen with suspicion. This is the result of criminalizing history. Spain should stay away from that, it's never good.
Florida´s flag resembles the "Cross of Burgundy". During the Malvinas/Falklands War some regiments of the Argentinian Army were carrying that flag too against the British
The purple in the flag of the second Spanish republic was democraticly chosen by the people, also btw idk why but they didn't have that thing in the middle, which literally represents the monarchy which they deposed, its one of the most common misconceptions I see. Also the eagle is a fascist sign, not religious.
The purple is the color of Comuneros of Castille, a 16th century revolt about taxes that tried and failed to establish a parliament to balance the king's power like the english one. It's still used in the city flag of Valladolid, were the revolt took place. The soccer club in that city uses a purple shirt as well. And the eagle is the Saint John's eagle, adopted by franco, but not fascist in origin. It was used by San Juan's Military Order, the most badass brotherhoods that was part of the tercios.
@@pragma5282 that's true, cept not in this context, like the purple and all was true, but while the origin of the eagle is not fascist, it represented fascism, same way how the swastika was not originally a fascist sign, but was used as one
The Spanish power, was born under the banner of the Cross of Burgundy. The Burgundy Cross flag was feared and respected by the Dutch, French, English, and Ottomans. With that flag Spain conquered the world and the seas.
Thanks for being so exact in the description of the colors of the Spanish flags. Every single Spanish flag in which the "yellow" color is represented, is NOT actually yellow, but GOLD. So, for instance the flag of the Kingdom of Aragón (in which Catalonia, Valencia and Balearic Islands are included, each of these regions with a very similar flag) is RED and GOLD (and not RED and YELLOW). As well as for the current flag of Spain, which colors are RED and GOLD (and not RED and YELLOW). However, it becomes obvious that on paper and on digital format, the way to represent GOLD is YELLOW. But on fabric (real physical flag), the gold must be shiny (as well as the red) to represent gold as real gold (and not just yellow). 👍🏻
The Cross of Burgundy is still found in the regimental flags of all Spanish Army units. Likewise you will find it on the tails of the Spanish Air Force aircraft.
Very interesting video. I had no idea about the history behind the Spanish flag. Quite fascinating. Please keep the outstanding videos coming and God bless you, my friend!
I live in Spain and it is also very common to see the Republican flag be flown around, by more leftist people. Go to el Rastro (the Sunday Market in Madrid) and you'll stumble upon it every 5 stands, most often alongside rock band pins or t-shirts
Kamilo García No, no it shouldn’t. The Spanish Republics have been abject horrendous failures and a Third Republic would implode on itself. The monarchy brought democracy and stability to Spain. ¡Viva el Rey!
@@LordDim1 The Spanish Constitution is contradictory. It first says everyone should be equal before the law and then it says the King cannot be tried. I don't believe the King creates stability, he just robs from Spaniards cause he was born into a certain family. That is not democracy. I don't say a Republic would be the most democratic thing ever, but it's a step towards it
History of the Duchy of Burgundy and how they aquired Brabant, Flanders, Holland, Picardie and Luxembourg is quite interesting before the Habsburg era. Should do something on that~
ColorWarrior The purple was added because they wrongly thought the ancient Castilian flag was of that color, but in reality it was red as well. So it was en error...
@@colorwarrior343 The also thought that was the colour used by the castilian "comuneros" when they make a rebelion in the XIV century. The color was wrong beacuse the "comuneros" used the crimson color.
@@Manurskull Interesting, but surely the comuneros rebelled in the XVI century. Around 1520, when they opposed that Charles V, who really brought the cross of Burgundy to Spain, would be king.
@@ThomasL58 The XVI century"Comuneros" fight against Carlos I of Spain, V of the Holy Roman Empire because he used the rent of every kingdom to pay the cost of the different wars. The manifest of this is that they want that the taxes that they pay in "Castilla" owns only to "Castilla" and must be used on improve this territory. Is something curious because the "comuneros" are used by the radical comunism in Spain as an example to the fight agaist the law, and are used by the spanish liberals as an example of the first project as an descentraliced kingdom. Of course at the end this "comuneros" didn't want to destroy the monarchy.
Well, the evolution of the flag is a bit more complex, but it is a great job. I would like to tell you that the “Yugo” and “Haz de Flechas” were not Franco’s side symbols. I mean, they were adopted by them, but they were Isabel la Católica and Fernando el Católico personal symbols. The eagle is the Saint John’s Eagle and was again, used by those kings. It is also something to consider the fact that the Eagle’s Flag, was not decided to be used with the coup d’etat. During the beginning of the war Nationalists could use even the Tricolor flag, but wen Franco became the leader of the Nationalists in 1936 he tried to unify his troops under this flag, in a very effective way to keep the Monarchist faction in his side.
@@historywithhilbert I sure would. What I have heard is fascinating. Maybe a spin off covering that Outlaw King movie. I can't remember if you already have or not.
You can still see the flag of Aragon today in the flag of Catalunya, yes, but also, of course, in the flag of the spanish regions of Aragon!!!, Valencia and Baleary Islands
You never said what happened. The cross of Burgoundry was the flag of the Spanish Empire. While the war navy flag, which by the way was designed by a catalan, was slowly adopted as the flag of Spain itself. The first time the red and yellow flag was rised as the flag of Spain was during the rising of the north Catalan city of Gerona against the French rule of Napoleon, then the red and yellow flag became popular among the popular risings. The republic flag took the porpuple colour alleging to a peasants revolt in early XVI century, now it's now it was picked due the likes of the galactic masonry but anyway the purple of the peasants revolt it's due because the porpuple is one of the colours of Catilla la Mancha and the city of Toledo, the Imperial city. So the republican flag has an imperial motive.
I find it somehow strange and amusing, that the Spanish coat of arms includes the french fleur-de-lys, while France got rid of them. Of course that's because of the french house of Bourbon, which since the Spanish war of succession also rules Spain, and France stopped using it when they weren't that fond of the monarchy anymore. But it's still strange
You may Also notice that the 2nd Spanish republic’s coat of arms doesn’t have the Borbon’s symbol (3 flores de Liz) in the middle. After the restoration of the monarchy, it was once again integrated into the flag
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What happened to the Old German Flag:
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Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War:
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Republicans in the Spanish Civil War:
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Flags of the Spanish Civil War:
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Would love you to bring your perspective to the historic Composite Monarchy in Spain, Hilbert.
As every country, Spain did not have an official flag, so the Burgundian Cross was not really the state’s one. Usually the National Flag was the Monarch’s personal coat of arms. I’d say that the Burgundian Cross was mainly militar, associated with the tercios, for example. So that Flag would usually be hoisted with the Philippe’s II coat of arms. At the end it could be considered as one of the National flags “de facto”, but when I read historians they usually say that it was the classical coat of arms that represented Spanish possessions: Castilla, León, Aragón, Navarra, Granada, The Two Sicilies, Sardinia...
The Cross of Burgundy flag still flies alongside the USA flag in San Juan Puerto Rico....at El Morro fort.
Has been there for decades.
I believe its becoming the flag of the wole HISPANIDAD
Are you Dutch? Ben je Nederlandsch?
The cross of Burgundy is still used in the Spanish army
You are right while I was working with the spanish paratroopers their unit patch is a paraschute with the cross in the middle its pretty legit
And in the kingdoms and colonial administrations of the Americas
Correct: I know that airplanes of the Spanish airforce have a small black St Andrew's cross over a white patch on their tailfins
@@RichardRenes As an interesting note, those markings were introduced by Franco's nationalists at the beginning of the last civil war. They just crossed out the Republican insignia on their planes, then said "It's actually St. Andrew's cross, you know."
@@ArkadiBolschek That's right, they actually did the same with the wing badge, but with inverted colours, a white cross over a black background.
Aragon was such a cool Lord of the Rings character that they named a part of Spain after him
Aragon is the spanish region and AragoRn is the LOTR character
@@jvp1286 r/wooosh
maybe the other way around
Well, Aragorn and Alatriste are portrayed by the same actor soooooo, you’re technically right 😅
Well we still have lots of cavehouses ala hobbit.
3:14 “Philip the handsome” so who’s gonna tell him...
He looks pretty nice.
He was a Habsburg, what did you expect
@@HF7-AD his name shud be Phillip "the Handsome for a Habsburg"
Joanna the mad carried his corpse around with her after he died. Wasn't so handsome by that stage.
But if he is handsome what does that make us!
The flags of the States of Florida and Alabama are a homage to the cross of burgundy Spanish flag, as they were Spanish territories at one point, the seal of the city of Los Angeles, California have the Castilla y León ensign.
George St George they can have Florida back
George St George, exactly
True. a lot of cities and states in the US also were named by the Spanish
this is true about Florida.
The Fortresses of Puerto Rico still fly the flag of Burgundy.
Small correction, Castilla doesn't mean castle... That would be Castillo. Gender is important in Spanish. Castilla means land of castles
I think Castilla means castles, in plural
@@christopherperez6504 that is "castillos"... Castilla, as the guy said, means "land of castles"... the same way "florida" means "land of flowers" (the context is important in spanish).
@@christopherperez6504 it doesn't
@@Wololono it does not in modern Spain. Nowadays would mean "female castle" wich makes no sense. In the middle ages meant land of castles
@@christopherperez6504 no
I find Spain so interesting, they have so much history across all of Europe and the world.
I've got another video on Spain coming with the Spanish Civil War in a few weeks time!
I agree, I also think that they have a beautiful language and music.
I'm an Arab and I'm in so much love with Spain, Spanish people, Spanish culture and history. Viva España.
13-centuries old beef. That’s what we need in this day and time...
Squale Infernal fuck off
Love you all spanish brothers from italy! 🇮🇹❤🇪🇸
viva España y viva Italia
Viva Mexico
@@nomamis1823 Jajaja, bueno.., ¿Eso que tiene que ver? Es italia.
Mediterranean brothers🇪🇸🤝🇮🇹
We love our Roman descent folks of Italy as well!
"And now back to the French flag"
"It seems to have changed during the battle"
The French are predictable like that
HAHAHAHAHAHA I WAS SCREAMING
Is because the Bourbon restoration
@@a1pilita967 is because hilbert hate the french, because he is accultured by anglo saxon culture an thus find it funny to use the same overused joke
The Persian flag of Sassanid dynasty was very dope
Also what's up with your pronunciation, how many languages do you speak with native accents? XD
My Spanish could be a lot better mind!
Maybe outside of what you presented here but it's 10/10
Edit: well maybe 9/10 since 10/10 would require the language to be dead and not evolve
Getting that Castilian lisp down perfect 😚
yeah lmao he called it Barthelona
@@redcoat4348 yep the most iconic feature of castillan dialect exported pretty much to the whole continent including some University lectors in foreign lol countries
That Burgundy Cross is such a badass flag, too bad it's not used anymore :(
Let's instigate a Burgundy independence movement with that flag.
Well it’s not completely forgotten in Spain. It is part of a number of local flags and it is common in military banners and badges. It lives on in a number of American symbols (both North and South), most notably in the flags of the States of Alabama and Florida.
It is still used in many parts of the empire. Even in St Augustine, Florida. San Juan, Puerto Rico, Chuquisaca, Bolivia. People around the Hispanidad keep flying it for its meaning.
T2266 Which Burgundy ? The french duchy (french region of Burgundy) ? The imperial county (french region of Franche-Comté) ? The imperial kingdom (french regions of Franche-Comté, Rhône-Alpes and PACA, the italian region of Aosta and the western part of Switzerland) ? The imperial Circle ? (the county and all the low countries)
All of that ?
That s not the reason the reason was that El Aspa de Borgoña was confused with the English flag (kingdom of England) and El Aspa de Borgoña is beautiful than the actual flag in my opinion and it has got an important symbology
Is it me or are X flag designs the coolest?
Yes, the Burgundy cross is the best
does the union jack count?
@@slaughterround643 no
@@slaughterround643 no but that is my favourite looking flag
Definitely, Dixie flag on the lead
Whenever Hollywood produces a medieval or age of discovery movie it's always about England and France. Spain has several stories and legends to tell.
:)
We in Portugal even more ;-)
It's the result of Black Legend, Anglos envy everything related to Spain and its history.
and when it goes about spain is to talk about "how bad spanish were" and they use american natives as actors for spanish... it is a mix of amusement and cringe i cant describe...
It doesn't help that Spanish "filmakers" (as in people who make movies, not exactly artists) are focused on shooting films about the civil war from the Rep POV. Only recently we got a half-decent movie about the last soldiers in the Philippines.
A lot of flags from old Spanish territories come from the Cross of Burgundy, for example Florida's.
It is also still displayed in the Fortress of San Juan in Puerto Rico nowadays.
Alabama's flag is just the cross of burgundy
@@nostalgic9597 Also, yes. The Spanish Louisiana
@@nostalgic9597 yes, but Al and fla took off the "sawteeth".
@@omegamanprivate7132 here's the thing.
Many people who are coming up with redesigns for the FL state flag are using the cross of burgundy as the saltire
@@florida9962 there is historical precedent. The old west Florida republic used the proper saltire, with the "sawteeth". Florida's state flag is just too much like Alabama's. Pull the seal off, stick the sawteeth back on, maybe make the background something other than white, and there you are.
For me, the actual flag of Spain is the most beautiful flag ever!
Greeting from Puerto Rico.
Viva Puerto 🇵🇷Rico y España!🇪🇸 We must continue to study the Fatherland!
It would be better without that french stain in the middle. Disgusting french dynasties pretending to be spanish.
The Cross of St Andrew was also the regimental banner of the Spanish troops in San Juan. I knew some historical reenactors that wore the white uniforms and all.
@@mikiroony I would love to make a movie about them! I remember finding a black and white film here on RUclips, in which they fight off pirates! Unfortunately the channel was deleted.
Fun Fact: In San Juan, Puerto Rico, the Borgoña Croft is still flown in the San Felipe del Morro Castle (one, if not the most famous castle), alongside the puertorican and american flags.
:D
La Cruz de Borgoña is also in the St. Augustine Fort in Florida.
The flag of the United States waving in a Spanish fort doesn't make sense. The Spanish flag should be with the Aspa de Borgoña flag and the Puerto Rican flag.
Lawrence Rodriguez The US flag flies there because it is now American territory
@@kravenLaw1 Its makes sense because they won the war
I love how I only know what you're talking about because of EU4 lol.
Same lol
lol me too. Crusader kings, EU4 and hearts of iron.
Hahaha same here, games are not just games anymore xD
That second French flag was so detailed, and historically accurate. Kudos.
Saying spain was defeated by the Netherlands is like saying Franco defeated Stalin by winning the Spanish civil war
It's not though
The Dutch defeated the Spanish by winning their independence the same
way the Yanks defeated the British
@@olivermcgimpsey841
No, it was a civil war, catholics vs protestants
@@olivermcgimpsey841 it is an overstatement since that logic can be use for the vietnamese since they won their war and therefore vietnam beat the strongest superpower with little resources and resources are everything in a war. but that was the case back then since the russians and chinese supply the vietcongs just like the french supported the 13 colonies and just like the english supported the dutch so saying this country beat this other country plain and simple is not.
He is a dutch nationalist, let him fantasize
@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 that's a bold assumption to make
Spains old flag is cool. Looks very similar to the St Patrick’s flag (Ireland’s old flag).
Northern Ireland's flag
@Straight White British Protestant LOL triggered much?
Indeed it is! But we all know it’s Ireland’s TRUE flag ;)
@Straight White British Protestant well would not say chose
@@josephfriel6597 but the north did choose to stay in the UK
The Burgundy flag looks awesome. Has a built-in optical illusion, it’s so trippy. Powerful flag.
The name Leon actually comes from legion, since the Romans had a legion garrisoned there. The pronunciation changed as Latin evolved into Spanish, and converged to the same pronunciation of lion.
Oh and btw, the Borgoñona is still being used up to this day, either for commemorations or for the Spanish army, as they still use the Cross of Burgundy to differentiate regiments and such
0:01 That's not paella, that's what we call Arroz con cosas
The Cross of Burgundy Flag still flies at El Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
It's been there since 1539.
It has been flying alongside the USA and Puerto Rico flags for decades there.
the carlist pretender to the throne was also a borbon, the first one was the brother of Fernando VII Carlos Maria Isidro
Articles are "el" for masculine and "la" for femenine nouns. So it's "la bandera", "la rojigualda", "la tricolor", "la falange", etc. :)
tricolor could be assigned el or la...It is neutral...El tricolor or la tricolor...It depends of what is preceding it...La Bandera tricolor...El tren tricolor...
"And the flag of Aragón, which we can still see in the flag of Cataluña"
*angry Valencian noises*
Junker von Vereistenberg angry ARAGON noises
To be more accurate, angry Aragonese, Valencian, Balearic, Andorran and Rousillon noises
Paella sad
The Kingdom of Aragon extended itself over Catalonia, and not the opposite.
...we can still see in the flag of ARAGON.
6:56 El yugo y las flechas a las que se refiere History With Hilbert no están ahí por la Falange española (la versión española del fascismo italiano), sino por los Reyes Católicos.
Cuando los Reyes Católicos unieron sus reinos, el de Castilla y el de Aragón, añadieron el yugo y las flechas al nuevo escudo de armas del nuevo reino el yugo representa a Ysabel de Castilla, y las flechas a Fernando de Aragón, Fernando es representado por las flechas ya que la F es la inicial de Fernando y de flechas, e Ysabel o Isabel de Castilla es representada por un yugo porque la Y es la letra inicial de Ysabel y de yugo, esto se hizo así para intercambiar galantemente sus divisas y escenificar así la unión dinástica que dio forma a la España moderna.
El águila es también un emblema de los Reyes Católicos, y se la conoce como el Águila de San Juan.
Ya en democracia el rey Juan Carlos I añadió a su escudo de armas el yugo y las flechas que representan en la historia de España a Isabel y Fernando, los Reyes Católicos.
6:56 History With Hilbert says that the yoke and arrows shown in the coat of arms represent the "Falange Española" (the Spanish version of Italian fascism), but it is not true, they represent the Catholic Monarchs.
When the Catholic Monarchs united their kingdoms, that of Castile and Aragon, they added the yoke and the arrows to the new coat of arms of the new kingdom, the yoke represents Ysabel of Castile, and the arrows to Fernando de Aragón, Fernando is represented by the arrows since the F is the initial of Fernando and flechas (flechas means arrows in Spanish), and Ysabel or Isabel de Castilla is represented by a yoke because Y is the initial letter of Ysabel and yugo (yugo means yoke in Spanish). This was done to gallantly exchange their emblems and thus stage the dynastic union that shaped modern Spain.
The Eagle is an emblem of the Catholic Monarchs too, and is known as el Águila de San Juan The Eagle of Saint John.
Already in democracy, King Juan Carlos I added to his coat of arms the yoke and the arrows that represent Isabel and Fernando in the history of Spain.
¿ Eres español ???? You Spanish I am
@@alberto17vcfgaming51 Sí, soy español
Es una información muy interesante. Gracias por compartir.
@@thethrashyone De nada.
Ok
Ahh I see what you did there with the French flag
This was actually their flag for some time I think
Θάνος Παπαναστασίου Yes. Most of the last few hundred years, yes ;)
@Ronie Ipe Joseph *500 - present
Ha! "Back to the French flag"
Plenty of knowledge and no nonsense. Subscribed!
Saludos desde México, Don Gilberto.
The spirit of Wilhelmus lives on
How many videos are you on???!!!
Yea!
Avery I saw you on derovolk and geography now
This guy is on every history related channel
I love how you make the effort to pronounce things correctly in Spanish and French. It’s just a breath of fresh air to hear the correct pronunciations.
Well Barcelona should be pronounced Barselona as its not a Castilian word
This makes me feel proud of being Spanish, thank you
The Cross of Burgundy is still being used in USA on some state’s flag which were previously Spanish territories, like for example Florida.
As it was the flag used during the Spanish Empire or Hispanic Empire
Hilbert: "and now, back at the French flag"
*white rectangle appears*
me: clicking the like button with a huge smile on my face
Most didn't get it
The Carlistas still use the Burgundy cross flag. The current flag of the state of Florida (and possibly also a few other southern states) was derived from the Spanish imperial Burgundy cross flag (it was the flag the Conquistadores used when they founded the Castillo de San Marcos and colony of St. Augustine (the oldest permanent European settlement in North America).
1:24 you can still see it in the flag of ARAGON my friend
La de Aragón tiene un par de tiras amarillas más.
@@Fixundfertig1 La de Cataluña también
@@Fixundfertig1 la de aragon tiene un escudo real, por ser reino a diferencia de cataluña.
@@sierracharlie522 Si digo que la de Aragón tiene dos tiras amarillas más, estoy diciendo por extensión que todas las banderas que se derivan de esa las tienen.
@@Agallizo fue reino, con reyes primero de pamplona y luego de barcelona, que ahí se quedó el archivo del reino.
0:18 Didn't the Netherlands initially break away from Spain together with the Southern Netherlands?
Spain's tercios successfully took the southern part back, creating the modern borders between the Dutch and the Belgians.
Spain held Belgium ( the southern part) for quite a long time
@@soapbrick9482 oh for sure. Spain is the main reason Belgium is separate from the Netherlands today.
4:25
Inb4 a French Revolution in the comments
Why ? Between the French Monarchy and the 1rst French Empire the flag was white for a moment, symbolizing liberty.
IroV correct me if I’m wrong but I’m pretty sure both times it was adopted it was quickly abandoned following revolution.
@@Jordan-cs6bn You're right
As a Spaniard I'm all in to restore the old Cross of Burgundy flag! way more badass in my opinion! Excellent video and excellent pronuncation brother! love from Palma de Mallorca Spain!
I'm honestly... Floridian... but I'm feeling good about that too.
Viva España! I love your videos on Spain, Giving the Blue Division a much needed spotlight and now "Spain's battle flag" to it's modern look. If you're interested, Celtic, Roman and Visogothic Spain are also rather unknown.
No hay video en RUclips de la historia de España, que no salga un facha a comentar. Que pena que os queráis apropiar de nuestra historia y nuestra bandera.
Good explanation, but you forget telling that the Burgundy cross is still in use in the Spanish armed forces, since military units smaller than the regiment use pennants with this type of cross on them to distinguish themselves. On the other hand the Spanish Air Force uses small schematized Burgundy crosses at the tailfins of their aircrafts.
I appreciate your effort to pronounce correctly the Ñ and the C. I can see it is hard for you but you actually pull it off! I like your videos.
One thing about Carlos III flag proposals. He chose two, not one, flags. One was for merchant vessels, which was the one you showed with five stripes, but he also chose the red-gold-red for war vessels. And this is the origin of the actual flag, the one later used in the Napoleonic wars, not the five striped one.
You can see the aragons banner not only in Catalonia, but in Aragon itself, Valencia and Balearic islands (Majorca).
And the purple color on the republic flag was used because they tried to represent Castille and the comuneros in the Spanish flag. They thought the castillian banner was purple because the old tercio of castille used is as its regiment color. It was false, but still purple is used for people thatreivindicate comuneros history or even are castillian nationalists.
Small note: the current flag actually is the one Charles III had designed. He ordered two flags really; one is the merchant navy flag you show on the video, the other was originally only the military navy flag. Eventually it became quite popular and the army started using it too during and after the napoleonic wars, until it was made the official flag for the country in 1908, by which time it had already become the de facto flag of the country.
00:18 I thought someone would finally mention the Mapuche :(. Just a fun fact: Arauco (the territory of Chile controlled by the Mapuche) was referred by Diego de* Rosales, a jesuit from the mid 17th century, as "Flandes Indiano" which translates to "Indian Flanders". This was made as a comparison between the resistance that the Mapuche and the Dutch showed against Spanish rule.
EDIT: Also, I don't know if you've mentioned it before, but the resistance from the Mapuche and them razing Spanish cities in the south of Chile made the Spanish forget about the area for a while. This led to a Dutch expedition which seeked to capture the port city of Valdivia (the one I live and come from) which failed because of a lack of support/supplies. This event made the Spanish wary about foreign powers setting up settlements in the area, and so they built one of the most formidable fort systems in their southern holdings at Valdivia which defended the city until Lord Cochrane (British admiral recruited by the Chilean navy) bypassed them and made the Spanish surrender the city to the Republic of Chile.
I know this is very off-topic, but I love sharing a little bit about the history of my city, especially because it is not known outside of Chile while still being quite interesting. Sorry for rambling, lol.
Leftaru
What? Flanders? This amazes me, I need to know more about this
@Sander Skovly I can speak from a Chilean perspective, since everything I've learned about Latin American and Chilean history has been through school.
Some facts I find cool about the Revolution in Chile are:
1.- José de San Martín was an Argentinian general who helped Chile defeat the Spanish during the revolution which led to the Chileans offering him the role of Supreme Director of Chile. He refused.
2.- We (the Chileans) funded a navy for José de San Martín to liberate Perú. We later demanded Perú to pay back for it (which they refused) and, among other reasons, the Chilean war against the Peru-Bolivian Confederation started.
3.- Chiloe, an island south of Chile, wasn't liberated from Spanish rule until 1826, nine years after Chile decisively defeated the Spanish at the Battle of Chacabuco.
@Sander Skovly they were fighting against Filipinos didn't know war was over and it wasn't 4 3 years
Buena información amigo!!
Actually if you did some more research you'd find out that the Carlists used both flags during the Spanish Civil War (the Cross of Burgundy was used only as the banner of the Requeté) and that most of the military had no problem with the Tricolor. But the Carlists insisted. They wouldn't fight unless they were allowed to use the red-gold-red flag and that's how the Spanish national flag changed back to red-gold-red.
I always wonder why so many English speakers translate Isabel into Isabela (which is a different variant of the name) instead of Elisabeth, which is the proper translation 🤷♂️
I think a person's name should never be translated...It is what it was assigned at birth...The meaning should be in dictionaries yet the person should be called exactly what the name is in their language
@@amparoalvarez9001 It's something that's been done throughout the whole post-roman Christendom in Europe tho for practical reasons, and it is still done nowadays to adress royalty. They're essentially the same name which evolved into different spellings and pronounciations, many of which were not even native to Europe, but adopted. It's just a way of making things easier and feasible for speakers of different languages. The thing is that in this case she's referred by a name she was never named after
Que vivan los Tercios, que nos recuerde desde todos los continentes...
Te falta un "se" después del "que", amigo.
The old Spanish flag is probably where the flag of the state of Florida comes from. They still fly the old flag over the fort in St. Augustine.
Y E S
Yes, its true
🫱The Cross of Burgundy or cross of Saint Andrew is the Flag of the Spanish Empire.
It represents the Hispanic world, HISPANITY❤.
In the USA, northerners hate it, without knowing that this flag was used in the north, center and south of the USA centuries before the English arrived.
Montana (Montaña), California, Alabama, Texas, Nuevo México,Florida, Puerto Rico,...etc
Alabama, Florida, Puerto Rico ...etc...same flag cross of Burgundy or Saint Andrew.
But they should stop by Fort Mosé.
Greetings 👍
the change of flag was because in the sea the Cross of Burgundy ( of the Habsburg family) did not look good until the enemy ship was very close: around 1750 it was decided to put a flag that was seen at a great distance on Spanish ships, several colors were tested and the one that was best seen at a great distance in the sea was the one that had the colors red and yellow
Nice vid Hilbert! 🇪🇦
Just an idea: It would be awesome if you did a video on Luxembourg and it's history, which is very old. Also it is linked to the history of many other european countries like Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, France..
I don’t know what country that is but it sounds cool!
@@mistakenmeme it's a country...
Charles IV of Luxemburg seems quite popular in the Czech republic. They named a bridge and a university in Prague after him.
Why is it that the coolest flags change? Thanks for answering that.
4:27 like the next ten seconds are really something :D
You forgot to explain why the Cross of Burgundy stopped to being used. That happend after the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1715) when the Habsburg and the Bourbon fought for the Spanish throne when the king Charles II died without progeny. The new King, Philip V, a Bourbon, adopted a similar flag style as his family in France: just the coat of arms in a white field. Then it happend what you said, the flag was very similar to the flags of France, Portugal or England, so Charles III asked to Alfonso Valdés y Fernández Bazán to design a new flag. He draw 12 flags and Charles III chose the current design just because there wasn't any flag with that colours and it was easy to recongize at see.
"Con dos gotas de sangre y un rayo de sol, Dios hizo una bandera y se la entregó a un español"
0:19 “zeg makker” I was laughing so hard
I still hang the Cross here in Mexico, because it's the symbol of the Hispanic world and since I have portuguese blood it's also fitting overall as an unionist as well.
¡Viva España!
¡Arriba España!
Not all have forgotten you Motherland nor your legacy running in our blood.
Independance was a mistake.
Arrive is a far right salute, but not the viva, regards
P Rigual I have always been puzzled how something as simple as Arriba became a fascist cry, here we use 'Arriba' for almost anything that one supports.
I'm aware Franco used it, but if we let a word (specially one so simple) be criminalized by the acts of someone then the leftists that have tried to take out any symbol of patriotism will be justified.
Arriba España, banned.
Cross of Burgundy, banned. (The coward of Felipe VI took out the Cross of Burgundy from his personal ensign because it was 'fascist', pinche gabacho)
Eagle of St. John, banned.
Catholic symbolism, banned.
Franco led Spain for better or worse, he did good things and bad things. It's about how we approach our history what defines us. Not the other way around.
Hier in Mexico talking about Spain with pride is seen badly. Like if you were a 'vendepatrias' (traitor), even talking about Cortez is seen with suspicion. This is the result of criminalizing history. Spain should stay away from that, it's never good.
¿"Arriba" España? Franquista detected... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
J. T I already answered to a similar comment. I'm mexican, Arriba means Arriba.
The cross of Burgundy is also used to represent hispanic people worldwide and the spanish language
Florida´s flag resembles the "Cross of Burgundy". During the Malvinas/Falklands War some regiments of the Argentinian Army were carrying that flag too against the British
*claps in Floridian*
Sure they did it because that flag terrified British for centuries.
For being a non-native speaker you have very good pronuntiation. Greetings from Colombia.
The purple in the flag of the second Spanish republic was democraticly chosen by the people, also btw idk why but they didn't have that thing in the middle, which literally represents the monarchy which they deposed, its one of the most common misconceptions I see. Also the eagle is a fascist sign, not religious.
The purple is the color of Comuneros of Castille, a 16th century revolt about taxes that tried and failed to establish a parliament to balance the king's power like the english one. It's still used in the city flag of Valladolid, were the revolt took place. The soccer club in that city uses a purple shirt as well. And the eagle is the Saint John's eagle, adopted by franco, but not fascist in origin. It was used by San Juan's Military Order, the most badass brotherhoods that was part of the tercios.
@@pragma5282 that's true, cept not in this context, like the purple and all was true, but while the origin of the eagle is not fascist, it represented fascism, same way how the swastika was not originally a fascist sign, but was used as one
@@hamrilla3429 Yeah, you might be right about the eagle... usurping powerful symbols from the past was the fascist trend in the 1930's
I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!!!!
wow, te felicito por tu español, entendi a la perfección tu pronunciación
sigue así, me subscribo jasja
The Spanish power, was born under the banner of the Cross of Burgundy.
The Burgundy Cross flag was feared and respected by the Dutch, French, English, and Ottomans.
With that flag Spain conquered the world and the seas.
Thanks for being so exact in the description of the colors of the Spanish flags.
Every single Spanish flag in which the "yellow" color is represented, is NOT actually yellow, but GOLD.
So, for instance the flag of the Kingdom of Aragón (in which Catalonia, Valencia and Balearic Islands are included, each of these regions with a very similar flag) is RED and GOLD (and not RED and YELLOW).
As well as for the current flag of Spain, which colors are RED and GOLD (and not RED and YELLOW).
However, it becomes obvious that on paper and on digital format, the way to represent GOLD is YELLOW. But on fabric (real physical flag), the gold must be shiny (as well as the red) to represent gold as real gold (and not just yellow).
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Your Spanish accent is super good for a foreigner, it was probably the part of the video that actually convinced me of subscribing
20 dislikes? well, at least 20 Frenchmen saw the video.
Now it has 87 dislikes
@@alberto17vcfgaming51 The Frenchmen must have squealed to their compatriots.
Now its 127
I'm feeling a bit of fort caroline... cause I live only 5 miles south of it
Or Catalans because we hate this flag and the video has many mainstream mistakes regarding the history of Spain.
@@isaaczamoraisitja4519 Catalans? those are those dialect separatists that want a country for their Spanish dialect, right?
Love that flag, as a Hispanic in my family we use in Ecuador in our family town, Cross of Burgundy, it's called El Pan
You can still see the old Spanish flag in two or three American states like Florida!
*CLAPPING INTENSIFIES*
Yea in Florida, California, Texas and New Mexico I think
The Cross of Burgundy is still found in the regimental flags of all Spanish Army units. Likewise you will find it on the tails of the Spanish Air Force aircraft.
I had no idea that the Spanish flag was originally a navy ensign
Just like the Union Jack.
@@ArkadiBolschek no the union jack is a combination of the english and sottish flags
4:25 - "And now back at the French Flag."
I see what you did there.
0:18 The mapuch... oh well
Hahahaha, I also expected him to mention them.
Dutch and mapuche (especifically huilliche) allied against the spanish in the Battle of Castro (Chiloé) in 1600
@@yoseloquetu445 auraucanian boys
The flag of Aragon is still the flag of Aragon, Valencia, Baleares Islands and Catalonia "today", not only "the flag of Catalonia".
Notice how the Spanish modern flag has the French flowers right in the middle. The mordern monarchy of Spain descents from France.
The French monarchs we’re murder about the same time when they just cross the border to Spain 🤔🤔🤔 strange
Very interesting video. I had no idea about the history behind the Spanish flag. Quite fascinating. Please keep the outstanding videos coming and God bless you, my friend!
You know there is something wrong if you have purple on your flag
Very cool video!
I live in Spain and it is also very common to see the Republican flag be flown around, by more leftist people. Go to el Rastro (the Sunday Market in Madrid) and you'll stumble upon it every 5 stands, most often alongside rock band pins or t-shirts
waving a flag representing a republic that doesn't exist🤦♂️
And never will.
@@juandepook But shouldn't it?
Kamilo García No, no it shouldn’t. The Spanish Republics have been abject horrendous failures and a Third Republic would implode on itself. The monarchy brought democracy and stability to Spain. ¡Viva el Rey!
@@LordDim1 The Spanish Constitution is contradictory. It first says everyone should be equal before the law and then it says the King cannot be tried. I don't believe the King creates stability, he just robs from Spaniards cause he was born into a certain family. That is not democracy. I don't say a Republic would be the most democratic thing ever, but it's a step towards it
History of the Duchy of Burgundy and how they aquired Brabant, Flanders, Holland, Picardie and Luxembourg is quite interesting before the Habsburg era. Should do something on that~
Spain: opposites monarchy
Also spain: puts purple on republic flag
Everyone: wait what?
ColorWarrior The purple was added because they wrongly thought the ancient Castilian flag was of that color, but in reality it was red as well. So it was en error...
Alejandro Gascón Okay, interesting to hear but i think you also got my joke. Purple was color of emperors and nobility.
@@colorwarrior343 The also thought that was the colour used by the castilian "comuneros" when they make a rebelion in the XIV century. The color was wrong beacuse the "comuneros" used the crimson color.
@@Manurskull Interesting, but surely the comuneros rebelled in the XVI century. Around 1520, when they opposed that Charles V, who really brought the cross of Burgundy to Spain, would be king.
@@ThomasL58 The XVI century"Comuneros" fight against Carlos I of Spain, V of the Holy Roman Empire because he used the rent of every kingdom to pay the cost of the different wars. The manifest of this is that they want that the taxes that they pay in "Castilla" owns only to "Castilla" and must be used on improve this territory.
Is something curious because the "comuneros" are used by the radical comunism in Spain as an example to the fight agaist the law, and are used by the spanish liberals as an example of the first project as an descentraliced kingdom.
Of course at the end this "comuneros" didn't want to destroy the monarchy.
Remember that in the Spanish side were more Dutches than the Dutch side were more English
Well, the evolution of the flag is a bit more complex, but it is a great job. I would like to tell you that the “Yugo” and “Haz de Flechas” were not Franco’s side symbols. I mean, they were adopted by them, but they were Isabel la Católica and Fernando el Católico personal symbols. The eagle is the Saint John’s Eagle and was again, used by those kings.
It is also something to consider the fact that the Eagle’s Flag, was not decided to be used with the coup d’etat. During the beginning of the war Nationalists could use even the Tricolor flag, but wen Franco became the leader of the Nationalists in 1936 he tried to unify his troops under this flag, in a very effective way to keep the Monarchist faction in his side.
So accurated and interesting, you earned my like good sir!
Does not the Dutch swear aligence to the king of spain in their national anthem , Hilbert ? ;)
I'm guessing that the state flags of Alabama and Florida show the Spanish connection including the Stars and Bars Southern Battle Flag. Correct?
Yah I guess
Would like to hear more about that Black Douglas character. Didn't know his house survived him much.
I could look into making a video on him if people think that would be interesting?
@@historywithhilbert I sure would. What I have heard is fascinating. Maybe a spin off covering that Outlaw King movie. I can't remember if you already have or not.
A Douglas A Douglas!
You can still see the flag of Aragon today in the flag of Catalunya, yes, but also, of course, in the flag of the spanish regions of Aragon!!!, Valencia and Baleary Islands
Tell me, if Valencia and the Balearic Island were regions of Aragon, how come they speak Catalan and not Aragonese?
@@isaaczamoraisitja4519 Your comment has nothing to do with what I said. Don't make this into a political thing, it is not.
You never said what happened.
The cross of Burgoundry was the flag of the Spanish Empire.
While the war navy flag, which by the way was designed by a catalan, was slowly adopted as the flag of Spain itself.
The first time the red and yellow flag was rised as the flag of Spain was during the rising of the north Catalan city of Gerona against the French rule of Napoleon, then the red and yellow flag became popular among the popular risings.
The republic flag took the porpuple colour alleging to a peasants revolt in early XVI century, now it's now it was picked due the likes of the galactic masonry but anyway the purple of the peasants revolt it's due because the porpuple is one of the colours of Catilla la Mancha and the city of Toledo, the Imperial city. So the republican flag has an imperial motive.
I find it somehow strange and amusing, that the Spanish coat of arms includes the french fleur-de-lys, while France got rid of them.
Of course that's because of the french house of Bourbon, which since the Spanish war of succession also rules Spain, and France stopped using it when they weren't that fond of the monarchy anymore.
But it's still strange
The flag under Franco was pretty cool too
The best
Very interesting video, I love flags and their history.
4:26 Heh heh heh heh!
Between the French Monarchy and the 1rst French Empire the flag was white for a moment, symbolizing liberty.
@@irov5884 or surrender
Always wondered this!
lol I laughed when he showed the French flag which was just plain white.
Well, it was the flag of the monarchy. The white field in the middle of the current French flag is a remnant of it.
You may Also notice that the 2nd Spanish republic’s coat of arms doesn’t have the Borbon’s symbol (3 flores de Liz) in the middle. After the restoration of the monarchy, it was once again integrated into the flag