Ducal Standards 1831-1918 (Brunswick, Germany)

Herzogsstandarten

Last modified: 2004-12-29 by santiago dotor
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• Introduction
• Ducal Standard 1831-1884 (Herzogsstandarte)
• Ducal Standard 1866?-1884? (Herzogsstandarte, reported 1878)
• Regent's Standard 1884-1913 (Prussian Royal Standard)
• Ducal Standard 1914-1918 (Herzogsstandarte)
• Car Flag 1915-1918 (Autoflagge des Herzogs)

See also:

• Duchy of Brunswick until 1918
• Standards of the Emperor and Other Sovereigns 1871-1918 (Germany)
• Germany

The duchy of Brunswick was formed out of the possessions of the senior branch of the house of Brunswick. (...) The house of Brunswick or Guelph [Welf] family was divided in branches (...) in 1546 — Henry duke of Dannenberg founded the senior line that was later called Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and ruled over the duchy of Brunswick, becoming extinct in 1884. (...) The younger line of Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Calenberg ruled over Hanover. (...) Both branches used in their arms the two lions of Brunswick (said to be granted by the English king to his son in law, the duke of Brunswick in the thirteenth