Tudor rose
The Tudor rose is a symbol of the union of the Houses of Lancaster and York in the Tudor dynasty .
After the Battle of Bosworth Field , Richard III lost . 1485 the English crown to Heinrich Tudor, who then became Henry VII . Heinrich married Elizabeth of York , Richard's niece, and ended the Wars of the Roses .
The white rose was the symbol of the House of York, the red rose that of the House of Lancaster. In the Tudor rose, both merged to form a red rose with a silver (white) filling; the slug in the middle is golden.
Blazon : "With fallen, not pointed, golden bebutzter, Silver Rose (York) filled bespitzte green, red Rose (Lancaster)."
The Tudor rose is still a symbol of England today and appears e.g. B. in the coat of arms of the United Kingdom and in the coat of arms of Canada . The United States Army Institute of Heraldry uses the Tudor rose in its coat of arms to commemorate the colonization of North America from England during the Tudor period.
Through its use in coats of arms, this rose is beyond a simple symbol, a common figure in heraldry .
See also
Botany:
- White rose: Rosa × alba 'Semiplena'
- Red rose: Rosa gallica
Heraldry:
