Editing Transylvania (section)

== Historical coat of arms of Transylvania ==

{{Main|Coat of arms of Transylvania}}

[[File:Coat of arms of Transylvania.svg|thumb|upright|left|150px|The historical coat of arms of Transylvania|alt=Blue, red and yellow shield with an eagle, the sun, moon and seven castle turrets]]

The first heraldic representations of Transylvania date from the 16th century. The [[Transylvanian Diet|Diet]] of 1659 codified the representation of the privileged nations ([[Unio Trium Nationum]] (Union of the Three Nations)) in [[Flag and coat of arms of Transylvania|Transylvania's coat of arms]]. It depicted a black eagle ([[Turul]]) on a blue background, representing the [[Hungarians]], the Sun and the Moon representing the [[Székelys]], and seven red towers on a yellow background representing the [[Transylvanian Saxons#Fortification of the towns|seven fortified cities]] of the [[Transylvanian Saxons]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Ströhl |first=Hugo Gerard |url=http://www.austria-lexikon.at/attach/Wissenssammlungen/Symbole/Wappenrolle_Str%C3%B6hl_1890/Wappenrolle_1890_Text.pdf |title=Oesterreichish-Ungarische Wappenrolle |publisher=Verlag vom Anton Schroll & Co |year=1890 |location=Vienna |page=XV |author-link=Hugo Gerard Ströhl |access-date=24 November 2011}}</ref> The [[flag and coat of arms of Transylvania]] were granted by Queen [[Maria Theresa]] in 1765, when she established a [[Principality of Transylvania (1711–1867)|Grand Principality]] within the [[Habsburg monarchy]].

In 1596, [[Levinus Hulsius]] created a coat of arms for Transylvania, consisting of a shield with a rising eagle in the upper field and seven hills with towers on top in the lower field. He published it in his work "''Chronologia''", issued in [[Nuremberg]] the same year.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hulsius |first=Levinus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bsA9AAAAcAAJ |title=Chronologia in qua provinciae... |year=1596 |location=Nuremberg |language=Latin}}</ref> The seal from 1597 of [[Sigismund Báthory]], [[Prince of Transylvania]], reproduced the new coat of arms with some slight changes: in the upper field the eagle was flanked by a sun and a moon and in the lower field the hills were replaced by simple towers. The coat of arms of [[Sigismund Báthory]] beside the coat of arms of the [[Báthory family]], included the Transylvanian, Wallachia and Moldavian coat of arms, he used the title [[List of princes of Transylvania|Prince of Transylvania]], [[Wallachia]] and [[Moldavia]]. A short-lived heraldic representation of Transylvania is found on the seal of [[Michael the Brave]]. Besides the Wallachian eagle and the [[Flag and coat of arms of Moldavia|Moldavian aurochs]], Transylvania is represented by two lions holding a sword standing on seven hills. Hungarian [[List of princes of Transylvania|Transylvanian princes]] used the symbols of the [[Flag and coat of arms of Transylvania|Transylvanian coat of arms]] usually with the [[Coat of arms of Hungary|Hungarian coat of arms]] since the 16th century because [[List of princes of Transylvania|Transylvanian princes]] maintained their claims to the throne of the [[Kingdom of Hungary]].

While neither symbol has official status in present-day [[Romania]], the [[Flag and coat of arms of Transylvania|Transylvanian coat of arms]] is marshalled within the national [[Coat of arms of Romania]], it was also a component of the [[Coat of arms of Hungary]].

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File:Coa Transylvania Country History v4.svg|Coat of arms of Transylvania by [[Levinus Hulsius]] (1596)
File:SigismundBathory1597.jpg|Coat of arm of [[Sigismund Báthory]], Prince of Transylvania (1586–1598, 1598–1599, 1601–1602)
File:Stema Mihai Viteazul.jpg|Seal of [[Michael the Brave]] during his personal union of [[Wallachia]], [[Moldavia]] and Transylvania (1599–1600)
File:COA Bathory Zsofia.jpg|Coat of arms of [[Sophia Báthory]], [[List of Transylvanian royal consorts|Princess of Transylvania]] (1642–1657, 1657–1658, 1659–1660)
File:Coat of arms of Transilvania in Stematographia.jpg|Coat of arms of Transylvania by [[Hristofor Žefarović]] (1741)
File:Wappen Großfürstentum Siebenbürgen.png|Coat of arms of Transylvania by [[Hugo Gerard Ströhl]]
File:Erdely-Cimere-1765.jpg|Coat of arms of Transylvania (1765)
File:Kreisregierung Vorarlberg.jpg|Coat of arms of Transylvania in an [[Austrian Empire|Austrian]] coat of arms (1850)
File:Coa Hungary Country History Mid (1867).svg|alt=kingdom hungary 1867|Coat of arms of Transylvania in the coat of arms of the [[Kingdom of Hungary]] (1867–1915)
File:Wappen Ungarische Länder 1867 (Mittel).png|Coat of arms of Transylvania in the coat of arms of the [[Kingdom of Hungary]] (1867–1915)
File:Wappen Ungarische Länder 1915 (Mittel).png|Coat of arms of Transylvania in the coat of arms of the [[Kingdom of Hungary]] (1915–1918)
File:Kingdom of Romania - Medium CoA.svg|Coat of arms of Transylvania in the coat of arms of the [[Kingdom of Romania]] (1921–1947)
File:Coat of arms of Romania.svg|Coat of arms of Transylvania in the coat of arms of [[Romania]] (2016)
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