Back then, the proposed new coat-of-arms was a rampant red lion on a golden background, topped by a golden mural crown, resembling a fortress. Said to be inspired by an illustration from French ...

William the Conqueror used two lions on a red background as his coat of arms and brought this symbol ... three lions on a red background, adding a lion to William the Conqueror's two when he ...

and the coat of Dehuebarth, from which his noblewoman mother came. The Powys Fadog arms were a red lion on a gold background; those of Deheubarth were a gold lion on a red background. The banner ...