The unique British and United Kingdom Flags that were formed as a fusion of multiple crosses.
The flag of England is the St George’s Cross that first appeared as an emblem of England during the Crusades, making it one of the earliest known English emblems. It became the national flag during the sixteenth century, the cross is not offset like the Nordic flags and is placed in the center of the flag.
The whole of Wales was annexed by England, and incorporated within the English legal system (unlike Scotland), under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542. Not being seen at the time as a separate nation, it is not represented within the Union Flag.
Scotland‘s flag is based on the a 9th century symbol, which became the national symbol in the 13th century. It became a flag at around the same time as the English flag in the 16th century.
St. Patrick’s flag in Ireland is controversial. The arms of Ireland since the sixteenth century have been a gold harp with silver strings on a blue field, and the X-shaped flag was adopted in the 18th century. Today it is rejected, perhaps partly because it was adopted and modified by the rightist Blueshirts in the early 20th century, but it remains a part of Union Jack.
In 1606, following the unification of England and Scotland, the flags of England and Scotland were merged to form the flag of Great Britain. Later, the flag of Ireland was included to form the flag of the United Kingdom, or the Union Jack.
As a postscript, we have the flag of Jersey, adopted in its modern form in 1981 — it previously used a very similar flag to that of the St. Patrick’s flag.
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