List of Welsh flags
This is a list of flags used exclusively in Wales.
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National flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| Since 1959 (official)(variants first appeared c.1485) | Flag of Wales, also known as Y Ddraig Goch (The Red Dragon) | Per fess Argent and Vert, a dragon passant Gules |
 | Since 1921 | Flag of Saint David | Sable a cross Or |
Royal standards
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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 | Since 1837 | The Royal Standard, used by Queen Elizabeth II in England, Wales and Northern Ireland | A banner of the Queen's Arms, the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom, blazoned Quarterly, I and IV Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or; II Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory-counter-flory Gules; III Azure a harp Or stringed Argent |
 | Since 1962 | Standard of the Prince of Wales, used only in Wales | A banner based on the arms of the last native Prince of Wales, Llywelyn the Great, with the Prince of Wales's coronet in the centre, blazoned Quarterly Or and Gules four lions passant guardant counterchanged armed and langued Azure, over all an inescutcheon Vert charged with the coronet of the Heir Apparent |
Government flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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 | Since 2017 | The ensign used aboard ships of the Welsh Government, such as the patrol boats of the Marine and Fisheries Division. | A British blue ensign defaced with a yellow dragon |
Religious
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| Since 1921 | Flag of Saint David | Sable a cross Or - used by the Welsh Christian Party |
 | Since 1954 | Flag of the Church in Wales | Argent a cross Azure a celtic cross proper |
Historical
Welsh flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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.svg.png) | 1807 – 1953 | Used from 1807 until 1953. | |
.svg.png) | 1953 – 1959 | Used from 1953 until 1959, depicting the Royal Badge of Wales after its augmentation of honour. |
Welsh royal standards
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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 | 1401 – 1416 | Banner adopted by Owain Glyndŵr and thought to be derived from the counter-charged arms of the princely Houses of Mathrafal and Dinefwr. It is currently in use by the National Eisteddfod for Wales, Cymdeithas yr Iaith and widely amongst pro-independence groups | Quarterly Or and Gules, four Lions rampant counter-charged |
 | c.1195 – 1378 | Banner of the princely House of Aberffraw and the Kingdom of Gwynedd famously used by Llywelyn the Great, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and Owain Lawgoch. The Prince of Wales uses a version of this flag today emblazoned with a Crown on a green shield | Quarterly Or and Gules, four Lions passant guardant counter-charged langued and armed Azure |
 | c.1100 – c.1400 | Banner of the princely House of Mathrafal used during the early Middle Ages by the rulers of Powys, Powys Wenwynwyn and later by their heirs the de la Pole (Powysian) dynasty. Modern use is rare | Or a Lion rampant Gules langued and armed Azure |
 | c.1100 – c.1300 | Banner of the princely House of Dinefwr and the Kingdom of Deheubarth, a realm which covered much of south Wales. The banner would have been used during the early Middle Ages and later by the Talbot dynasty who inherited the arms. Modern use is rare | Gules a Lion rampant Or, a border engrailed of the last |
 | c.1240 – 1282 | Banner of the personal arms of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd | Argent three Lions passant Gules |
 | c.1160 – c.1350 | Banner of Madog ap Gruffudd Maelor, and later the Banner of Powys Fadog | Argent a Lion rampant Sable langued and armed Gules. Often referred to as the Black Lion of Powys. |
Battle flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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 | c.1400 – c.1416 | Banner known as Y Ddraig Aur or "The Golden Dragon" which has ancient origins. It was famously raised over Caernarfon during the Battle of Tuthill in 1401 by Owain Glyndŵr | Argent a dragon rampant Or |
 | 13th century | Banner known as Y Groes Nawdd or "The Cross of Neith" said to have been the battle flag of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (d. 1282) | Purpure a celtic cross Or |
Regions, counties and cities
Traditional counties
Of the 13 historic counties, 7 have flags registered with the Flag Institute, with Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire (Ceredigion), Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire outstanding.
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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 | March 2014 | Flag of Anglesey | Gules a chevron Or between three lions rampant Or. |
 | Since 2012 | Flag of Caernarfonshire | Vert, three eagles displayed in fess Or. |
 | Not yet registered | Flag of Ceredigion | Sable, a lion regardant Or. |
 | Since 2015 | Flag of Flintshire | Argent a Cross engrailed Sable between four Cornish Choughs proper |
 | Since 2013 | Flag of Glamorgan | Gules, three Chevronels Argent |
 | Since 2015 | Flag of Merionethshire | Azure, three goats rampant Argent, armed and unguled Or; from the dexter base the sun in his splendour issuant Or. |
 | Since 2011 | Flag of Monmouthshire | Per pale Azure and Sable three Fleurs-de-lis Or. |
| Not yet registered | Flag of Montgomeryshire | Or a Lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure. |
 | Since 1988 | Flag of Pembrokeshire | Azure a cross Or on an inescutcheon of five Vert a Tudor Rose quarterly counter-changed Argent and Gules. |
Principal areas
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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 | 1906 | Flag of Cardiff | Argent on a Mount Vert a Dragon rampant Gules supporting in front of a Leek issuing from the Mount a Flag Staff erect proper flying therefrom to the sinister a Banner of the third charged with three Chevronels of the first. |
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 | 1929 | Flag of Newport | Or, a chevron reversed Gules |
 | 1922 | Flag of Swansea | Per Fess wavy Azure and barry wavy of six Argent, of the first a double-towered Castle or, in Chief on an Inescutcheon of the third a Lion passant guardant Gules. |
Nationalist flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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.svg.png) | 1960s | Welsh Republican Tricolour | A vertical tricolour of green, red and white with a black star representing those who have fallen for their country. |
 | Since 1960s | Yr Eryr Wen – the White Eagle, used by radical nationalists. The eagle or Eryr is thought to refer to Owain Gwynedd who used an eagle for his coat of arms, and also Snowdonia (called Eryri in Welsh). | A stylised white eagle on a black background. |
 | 1970s | Y Ddraig Ddu or "The Black Dragon" used by the Cymru 1400 republican movement | The Red Dragon of Wales on a black field |
 | 1960s | Banner of the now defunct Meibion Glyndŵr militant pro-independence organisation | Banner of Owain Glyndŵr indented with the border of an eldest son |
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