>The (alternate) Italian Royal Standard is composed of four families/dynasties (actually three, as the Anjou and the Medici were allied through strategical marriages that unified the Grand Duchy of Tuscany with the rest of the (ATL) kingdom) that ruled the whole country in its history.
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>*1st quarter: The Hauteville banner (courtesy of fellow AH.commer* [*Marc Pasquin*](https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/members/marc-pasquin.34929/)*)*
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>*2nd quarter: The Hohenstaufen banner*
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>*3rd quarter: The Medici banner*
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>*4th quarter: The Angevin banner*
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>As indicated, the (ATL) Italian Royal Standard in only used before the presence of the monarch and his/her family, particularly if they’re currently residing in one of the royal residences across the country.
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>The principal PoD behind this post is either between the reigns of King Ladislaus and Queen Joanna II of Naples; either of them would marry members of the principal Tuscan banking clans (first Senese, later Florentine); in the case of the former, it would ensure the continuation of the Neapolitan/Italian House of Anjou while his sister would be married into the family of his ATL wife; in the case of the latter, her successors would retain their legitimacy of inheriting the Neapolitan/Italian throne, especially if she married a member of the Medici family. Either way, the ATL Neapolitan/Italian royal court would possibly control the jealousies among these clans either through sending spies to Tuscany or intermarrying junior members of the royal family to scions of these families. One thing is certain: The Italian language in this scenario would be more or less different from the OTL, more described as “Classic Tuscan-influenced Neapolitan”; after all, it belonged within the dialect continuum of central and southern part of the peninsula. Indeed, the La Spezia-Rimini/Massa-Semigalia line would also become the political border between (ATL) Italy.
Great job, but the four simbols don’t “communicate” with each other.
I would have liked a single flag which contains all the 4 simbols together.
For me the four most beautiful Italian coats of arms with beings/creatures are the Visconti’s Biscione biting a soldier, the venetian lion (St Mark’s lion), the sicilian trinacria, and the four moors of Sardinia
I’d imagine a symbol that unites the four would be the ultimate coat of arms 😀
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**NOTE:** This royal standard was posted for the first time in [my DeviantArt last 22nd of March (of 2021)](https://www.deviantart.com/ramones1986/art/Royal-Standard-of-Alternate-Italy-874003180).
**DESCRIPTION/CONTEXT:**
>The (alternate) Italian Royal Standard is composed of four families/dynasties (actually three, as the Anjou and the Medici were allied through strategical marriages that unified the Grand Duchy of Tuscany with the rest of the (ATL) kingdom) that ruled the whole country in its history.
>
>*1st quarter: The Hauteville banner (courtesy of fellow AH.commer* [*Marc Pasquin*](https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/members/marc-pasquin.34929/)*)*
>
>*2nd quarter: The Hohenstaufen banner*
>
>*3rd quarter: The Medici banner*
>
>*4th quarter: The Angevin banner*
>
>As indicated, the (ATL) Italian Royal Standard in only used before the presence of the monarch and his/her family, particularly if they’re currently residing in one of the royal residences across the country.
>
>The principal PoD behind this post is either between the reigns of King Ladislaus and Queen Joanna II of Naples; either of them would marry members of the principal Tuscan banking clans (first Senese, later Florentine); in the case of the former, it would ensure the continuation of the Neapolitan/Italian House of Anjou while his sister would be married into the family of his ATL wife; in the case of the latter, her successors would retain their legitimacy of inheriting the Neapolitan/Italian throne, especially if she married a member of the Medici family. Either way, the ATL Neapolitan/Italian royal court would possibly control the jealousies among these clans either through sending spies to Tuscany or intermarrying junior members of the royal family to scions of these families. One thing is certain: The Italian language in this scenario would be more or less different from the OTL, more described as “Classic Tuscan-influenced Neapolitan”; after all, it belonged within the dialect continuum of central and southern part of the peninsula. Indeed, the La Spezia-Rimini/Massa-Semigalia line would also become the political border between (ATL) Italy.
Great job, but the four simbols don’t “communicate” with each other.
I would have liked a single flag which contains all the 4 simbols together.
For me the four most beautiful Italian coats of arms with beings/creatures are the Visconti’s Biscione biting a soldier, the venetian lion (St Mark’s lion), the sicilian trinacria, and the four moors of Sardinia
I’d imagine a symbol that unites the four would be the ultimate coat of arms 😀