Coat of arms of Toledo (Spain)

The coat of arms of Toledo may refer to the City of Toledo and for the Province of Toledo.

Arms of the city of Toledo

Coat of arms of the city of Toledo (Spain)

Toledo's arms are allegedly a grant of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (Charles I as King of Spain). The coat of arms of the city of Toledo consists of the imperial double-headed eagle Sable (black) bearing an escutcheon with the arms of Castile and Leon quartered and Granada in point (a pomegranate as in the current Spanish Arms) surrounded by the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, and crowned by the Imperial crown. The eagle is flanked by two figures of kings seated and bearing the attributes of their dignity: sword and sceptre.

An old privilege granted by the king, Peter of Castile in the Cortes (Parliament) celebrated in Valladolid in 1351 (1389 of the Spanish era), stated that the arms of Toledo are those of the monarch.[1] During the reign of Charles I, the city definitely adopted the emperor's arms, and those are the present arms for the city, adding the figures of the kings, remembering ancient city symbols.

Arms of the province of Toledo

Coat of arms of the Spanish province of Toledo since 2013

Since 2013 the province of Toledo uses the arms of the city without the arms of Granada in point and party per pale with the arms of the former Kingdom of Toledo (Azure, an imperial crown Or). The eagle is flanked by the pillars of Hercules, instead of the figures of kings.[2]

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References

  1. En Cortes de Valladolid 9 de noviembre del dicho año de 1389. Dicho señor Rey Don Pedro libró su Real Privilegio por el cual dice que porque halló que Toledo había sido y era cabeza del Imperio de España, desde el tiempo de los Godos a aquella parte, y que había sido y era poblada de caballeros hijosdalgo de los buenos solares de España, no les fue dado pendón, ni sello y habían sido y eran merced de los reyes sus predecesores, y no tuvieron más pendón que el de los dichos señores Reyes sus predecesores y el suyo y los sellos de sus oficiales, y que así lo había hallado el señor Rey don Alfonso, su padre; en cuya consideración en las cortes que celebró en Alcalá de Henares, habló primero en ellas por Toledo, y que lo mismo había hecho dicho señor Rey don Pedro en las que celebró en Valladolid, de todo lo cual también mandó librar este Privilegio. Secret Archives of Toledo, Box 1, file 1, #4. Microfilm: number 34, microimages num. 70 - 71
  2. "La Diputación de Toledo presenta su nuevo escudo" [Province of Toledo Council Office presents its new coat of arms]. ABC.es (in Spanish). 2013-10-18. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
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