page_title: Welsh Dragon
section_title: Owain Glyndŵr
hierarchical_section_title: Welsh Dragon / History / Owain Glyndŵr
caption_attribution_description: English: c.1400 – c.1416 Y Ddraig Aur (The Golden Dragon), royal standard of Owain Glyndŵr, Prince of Wales, famously raised over Caernarfon during the Battle of Tuthill in 1401 against the English. Cymraeg: tua 1400 - 1416 Y Ddraig Aur, Luman frenhinol Tywysog Cymru Glyndŵr, fe godwyd y fflag enwog dros Gaernarfon yn ystod brwydr Tuthill yn 1401 yn erbyn y Saeson. Français&#160;: c.1400 - c.1416 Y Ddraig Aur (Le Dragon d'Or), la bannière royale d'Owain Glyndŵr, prince de Galles, célèbre pour ses combats à Caernarfon lors de la bataille de Tuthill en 1401 contre les Anglais.
context_page_description: The Welsh Dragon is a heraldic symbol that appears on the national flag of Wales. The oldest recorded use of the dragon to symbolise Wales is in the Historia Brittonum, written around AD 829, but it is popularly supposed to have been the battle standard of King Arthur and other ancient Celtic leaders. Its association with these leaders, along with other evidence from archaeology, literature, and documentary history, led many to suppose that it evolved from an earlier Romano-British national symbol. During the reigns of the Tudor monarchs, the red dragon was used as a supporter in the English Crown's coat of arms. The red dragon is often seen as symbolising all things Welsh, and is used by many public and private institutions. These include the Welsh Government, Visit Wales, and numerous local authorities including Blaenau Gwent, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea, and sports bodies, including the Sport Wales National Centre, the Football Association of Wales, Wrexham A.F.C., Newport Gwent Dragons, and London Welsh RFC, while the "dragon's tongue" is the symbol of the Welsh Language Society. The Welsh Dragon is also one of The Queen's Beasts.
context_section_description: Owain Glyndŵr's banner was known as Y Ddraig Aur or 'The Golden Dragon'. It was famously raised over Caernarfon during the Battle of Tuthill in 1401 against the English. The flag has ancient origins; Glyndŵr chose to fly the standard of a golden dragon on a white background, the traditional standard that, supposedly, Uther Pendragon had flown when the first Celtic Britons had fought the Saxons to a standstill almost 1,000 years before, which had been passed down to his son king Arthur.
caption: c. 1400 – c. 1416, Y Ddraig Aur, royal standard of Owain Glyndŵr, Prince of Wales, famously raised over Caernarfon during the Battle of Tuthill in 1401 against the English.
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