Imperial Standard
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The term Imperial Standard describes the flag used by an emperor
and sometimes the members of his family. Today only Japan
has a monarch with the imperial title.
Emperor
An emperor is a monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife or a woman who rules in her own right...
and sometimes the members of his family. Today only Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
has a monarch with the imperial title.
- Imperial Standard of the Achaemenid EmpireAchaemenid EmpireThe Achaemenid Empire , sometimes known as First Persian Empire and/or Persian Empire, was founded in the 6th century BCE by Cyrus the Great who overthrew the Median confederation...
http://flagspot.net/flags/ir_preis.html#anc|FOTW (ca. 550 BCE–330 BCE) - Imperial Standard of Austria (1806-1918)
- Imperial Standard of Brazil http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/br_emp.html#imp|FOTW (1822-1888)
- Imperial Standard of Byzantium (c. 1350)
- Flags of the Empire of China (1862-1912)
- Imperial Standard of Ethiopia FOTW (19-?-1975)
- Imperial Standard of the Second French EmpireSecond French EmpireThe Second French Empire or French Empire was the Imperial Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III from 1852 to 1870, between the Second Republic and the Third Republic, in France.-Rule of Napoleon III:...
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/fr_2emp.html#nap|FOTW (1852-1870) - Imperial Standard of Germany (1871-1918)
- Imperial Standard of the Holy Roman Empire (12th Century-1806)
- Imperial Standards of IranImperial Standards of IranThe Imperial Standards of Iran were the personal official flags of the Shāhanshāh, Šahbānū and Crown Prince of Iran, adopted at the beginning of 1971....
(1926-1979) - Imperial Standard of Japan
- Imperial Standard of the Ottoman Empire (Late 19th Century-1923)
- Imperial Standard of Russia (19th Century-1917)
See also
- Presidential Standard (disambiguation)
- Royal Standard (disambiguation)