Duchy of Carniola - Castle Chapel of St George - Ljubljanski Grad - Ljubljana - Coats of Arms on Waymarking.com

Coat of Arms of Duchy of Carniola on the ceiling of the Castle Chapel of St George, Ljubljanski Grad, Ljubljana. The arms bear a legend that tells us how in 1463 King Frederick III "improved" the coat of arms of Carnolian estates for their loyalty and support.
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"Carniola (Slovene, Serbo-Croatian: Kranjska; German: Krain; Italian: Carniola; Hungarian: Krajna) was a historical region that comprised parts of present-day Slovenia. Although as a whole it does not exist anymore, Slovenes living within the former borders of the region still tend to identify with its traditional parts Upper Carniola, Lower Carniola (with the sub-part of White Carniola), and to a lesser degree with Inner Carniola. In 1991, 47% of the population of Slovenia lived within the borders of the former Duchy of Carniola.

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The coat of arms of Carniola dates back to the 13th century, when it most probably evolved as a combination of the coats of arms of the Bavarian Counts of Andechs in the Duchy of Merania (eagle) and the Rhenish House of Sponheim in Carinthia (red-white checkerboard). The eagle is also featured in the seal of King Ottokar II of Bohemia in his capacity as ruler of the Carniolan march in 1269. In 1463 Emperor Frederick III, having prevailed against the claims raised by his brother Albert VI of Austria, added the Imperial crown to the eagle and replaced the white in the shield and the checkered crescent with gold. In 1836 Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria restored the original white color to the shield and recognized the white-blue-red combination as the official Carniolan color scheme.

Under the Habsburg rule the white, blue and red from the Carniolan coat of arms (the shield, the eagle and the crescent) were confirmed as the official flag colors of the crownland in 1848. Since the Duchy of Carniola was the main Slovene-populated region of the Austrian Empire, the color scheme was subsequently accepted as the generic Slovene national tricolor by the inhabitants of other Slovene Lands.

As for the coat of arms, it was abandoned after 1918 with the passing of the Duchy of Carniola. The blue eagle of Carniola was, however, briefly resurrected from 1943 to 1945 as the symbol of the Slovenian auxiliary Axis forces, the Slovene Home Guard. It was also used in the Yugoslav Karadordevic dynasty coat-of-arms in the interwar period (and was replaced in the state coat-of-arms of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia by the three stars of the medieval Counts of Celje).

The insignia of the Duchy of Carniola have had an important and lasting impact on Slovene national symbols. Thus, the white-blue-red combination of the flag of the Duchy of Carniola is in use today as the official color scheme of the flag of the Republic of Slovenia. The Slovenian coat of arms is also a heraldic composite, incorporating the stars of the Counts of Celje, the Carniolan colors and the image of the Slovene holy mountain Triglav."

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Bearer of Coat of Arms: Historic country Full name of the bearer: Duchy of Carniola Where is Coat of Arms installed (short description) ?: Ceiling of the Castle Chapel of St George - Ljubljanski Grad - Ljubljana Material / Design: Painting on plaster Blazon (heraldic description): CARNIOLA / KRANJSKE ščit (arms) Or, an eagle displayed Azure, beaked and membered of the first, langued Gules charged on the breast with a crescent counter compony Gules and Or of 32, wearing an imperial crown Or. greben (crest) Issuant from a coronet Or on a helm closed and affronté, an eagle displayed Azure, beaked and membered of the first, langued Gules charged on the breast with a crescent counter compony Gules and Or of 32, wearing an imperial crown Or. vir (source) Grant, Emperor Frederick III, January 12, 1463 (Document 1463, January 12, Dunajsko Novo mesto in AS.) Arms originally sketched by Janez Vajkard Valvasor, "Opus Insignium Armorumque" and later painted by the heraldic artist Bartholomaeus Ramschisslu. The arms as depicted include a crescent placed on the eagle's breast with an enhancement to the former crescent counter compony Gules and Argent (gold and white) in gratitude to the Carniolian noblemen and knights who came to the Emperor's assistance during the siege of Vienna. The crescent was an addition to the eagle in order to distinguish it from the eagles displayed on the arms of other Austrian provinces. SOURCE - http://slovenija.heraldry.ca/arms/c/carniola.htm Address: St George's Chapel Ljubljana Castle Ljubljana 1000 Slovenia Web page about the structure where is Coat of Arms installed (if exists): [Web Link] Web page about the bearer of Coat of Arms (if exists): [Web Link]

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