*In 1194 A.D., Richard I of England introduced the Cross of St. George, a red cross on a white ground, as the the national flag of England until James I succeeded to the throne in 1603.*.....so perhaps no is the answer as it came 140 or so years after the Normans defeated the anglo-saxon regimes?????????

Question.

England was ruled by Denmark about a thousand years ago.
I think England had three Danish kings who never set foot in England.
Denmark is the oldest nation in the world.
The Dannebrog is the oldest national flag.
The English flag is the reverse of the Danish flag.
My question is….Did the Danes give England their national flag, the Cross of St George??

The Union Jack as it is called is made up of the Cross of the Three Patron Saints of United Kingdom St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick. Now if St. George is a Dane then I guess the Danes did help!!..

But the Flag as it looks now came into being in 1801 when the cross of St Patrick was added to it.

*In 1194 A.D., Richard I of England introduced the Cross of St. George, a red cross on a white ground, as the the national flag of England until James I succeeded to the throne in 1603.*.....so perhaps no is the answer as it came 140 or so years after the Normans defeated the anglo-saxon regimes?????????

Thx Tigher,
I knew that St George wasn't English but didn't know whether it was by accident or design that England was ruled by Denmark and the flags are the reverse of each other.
Looks like it's just co-incidence eh?

The Union Jack as it is called is made up of the Cross of the Three Patron Saints of United Kingdom St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick. Now if St. George is a Dane then I guess the Danes did help!!..

But the Flag as it looks now came into being in 1801 when the cross of St Patrick was added to it.

*In 1194 A.D., Richard I of England introduced the Cross of St. George, a red cross on a white ground, as the the national flag of England until James I succeeded to the throne in 1603.*.....so perhaps no is the answer as it came 140 or so years after the Normans defeated the anglo-saxon regimes?????????

Thx Tigher,
I knew that St George wasn't English but didn't know whether it was by accident or design that England was ruled by Denmark and the flags are the reverse of each other.
Looks like it's just co-incidence eh?

Chevy had a car called the Nova. In Spanish Nova means No GO.. They didn't do the search and tried to sell the car in Mexico.. D'OH!!

The Union Jack as it is called is made up of the Cross of the Three Patron Saints of United Kingdom St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick. Now if St. George is a Dane then I guess the Danes did help!!..

But the Flag as it looks now came into being in 1801 when the cross of St Patrick was added to it.

"I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me

Mac for Scots Mc for Celts means Son of.. Connor MacLeod was the son of Leod

Dannebrog, the Danish flag, we're very proud of it! We use it a lot, and foreigners coming here are often amazed to see how much we use our flag! Here it's normal to hoist up the flag on private occasions also. We hoist the flag to the masthead at happy occasions and lower it to half mast on sad occasions.

Dannebrog, the Danish flag, we're very proud of it! We use it a lot, and foreigners coming here are often amazed to see how much we use our flag! Here it's normal to hoist up the flag on private occasions also. We hoist the flag to the masthead at happy occasions and lower it to half mast on sad occasions.

Now it's funny that you should say that Fuzzy. I was just about to comment on that fact myself and you took the words out of my mouth. On my first visit to DK I commented on the same thing, the flag is everywhere and it's nice to see it on a newly painted white pole againt a background of lush green and a blue sky.
You can drive all day through Britain and not see a flag pole.

Mac for Scots Mc for Celts means Son of.. Connor MacLeod was the son of Leod

It can also be taken as .....of the family. Same as the Bin in Bin Laden, it means either ...son of... or..of the Family Laden

I used to be very knowledgeable but I aged!
Now where the heck did I leave my spectacles this time?
Last time I lost them, I found them in the fridge, I had taken them off to read an expiry date!
HA-HA

Hehehe stay calm. The US are good at stealing stuff. They re-write history too. That U-Boat film a couple of years back...a whole 2 hours on how a US sub got a German cipher machine of a Nazi sub. LOL did they hell....it was the Brit Navy. At the end of the credits after the film....there a single line to say none of this actaully happend and it was the Brits. But every US kids now thinks it did happen...like phones and morse.

Remember they have little history.....they killed most of the indians and destroyed their holy places.....so they have to make it up!

Hehehe stay calm. The US are good at stealing stuff. They re-write history too. That U-Boat film a couple of years back...a whole 2 hours on how a US sub got a German cipher machine of a Nazi sub. LOL did they hell....it was the Brit Navy. At the end of the credits after the film....there a single line to say none of this actaully happend and it was the Brits. But every US kids now thinks it did happen...like phones and morse.

Remember they have little history.....they killed most of the indians and destroyed their holy places.....so they have to make it up!

OOOOOH, you hit me in the right place there. I was in the British Nuclear Sub service for 14 years and it made my blood boil when the yanks stole that story. GRRRRR

This will tickle you.
Many years ago my father misplaced his spec's. My Mum did what all good partners do, she put on her spec's to help Dad to find his.
After half an hour of turning the house over Dad saw that Mum was wearing his spec's
Giggle.