Non soli cedit
Non soli cedit , also known as Nec soli cedit, is a Latin phrase with the literal translation: "He doesn't give way to the sun (once)". It was the motto of Friedrich Wilhelm I against the motto of Louis XIV. " Nec pluribus impar ".
Emergence
Friedrich Wilhelm's court could not compete with the glamor of the French court. His father Friedrich I had already ruined the state treasury with lavish palace buildings, festivals and ceremonies (the coronation alone devoured more than twice the normal annual budget). Therefore, he did not want his renunciation of courtly splendor to be understood as giving up his claim to European validity. Rather, the new Prussian virtues were soon to raise the community above the French model. The motto was therefore embroidered on all regimental flags. The coat of arms depicted an eagle soaring towards the sun. His Francophile successor Friedrich II changed the motto to: Pro Gloria et Patria . However, after the Seven Years' War , in which France had also fought on the side of its enemies, he had the old motto put back on the gable of the newly built New Palace in Potsdam . "Non soli cedit" therefore means the ascent without lavish glamor and is still featured in the coat of arms of the von Geusau / Geisau families in Germany and Austria.
The motto “Nec soli cedit” can also be found on Prussian coins (Reichstaler, double ducat, ducat, 1/2 ducat and 1/4 ducat) which were minted in Magdeburg in 1713. Ducats with the Nec soli cedit motto were also minted in the Prussian royal seat of Königsberg in 1713.
piece of music
Non soli cedit is also a march after the composer Hermann Ludwig Blankenburg .
Footnotes
- ^ Gerhard Schön: German coin catalog 18th century, 1700 to 1806 . Battenberg-Verlag, Regenstauf, 4th edition 2007, ISBN 978-3-86646-025-6 .