Talk:Flag of the Second Spanish Republic

For me, this article has some shortcomings in both the text and the references, I suggest using the Spanish version of the article https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_de_la_Segunda_Rep%C3%BAblica_espa%C3%B1ola — Preceding unsigned comment added by Masrauf2045 (talk • contribs) 07:33, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Comuneros
According to the article, the murray band of the flag intends to commemorate the flag of Castile. However, I was under the impression that it commemorated specifically the flag of the Revolt of the Comuneros. Can you confirm if that is the case? --Error (talk) 21:56, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

--- The Comuneros wore symbols in Red; only red. Never in Murrey.

History of the murrey color in the banner of Spain
the history of the murrey colour in the banners of Spain is long and complex, as you can see:

-- it all began with the count-duke of Olivares, in the 17th century, who used banners and symbols of murrey colour just as personal symbols and ornaments. With time, these symbols in murrey passed into the duke of Alba (de Tormes).

-- in 1634 a royal guard was created by both Olivares and king Felipe IV. This guard was given murrey banners, clothes and symbols, after the ones used by Olivares. With the passing of time, this guard adopted different names: Third of the Murreys (Tercio de los Morados), Regiment of Castile (Regimiento de Castilla - but it had no relation at all to Castile), and Regiment of the King (Regimiento del Rey).

-- the Bourbon kings in Spain also began to use murrey banners as personal symbols, because they liked the Olivares' and his guard colour. Sorry, but we dont know the exact year in which this happened. Before this, they used the purple color, but later they began to use the murrey symbols.

-- in 1931 the II Republic added the murrey to the flag of Spain saying that "the true colour of Castile is murrey (?? !!)". This was an important mistake, but it went on and on...

-- in 2014, the new king Felipe VI left the murrey color out, and began to use red color as symbol.

This is a short story of the murrey colour in Spain. And it is very "funny" that people in Spain who want a Republic, ask for it using the traditional colour of both Olivares and the king of Spain. - 79.158.55.209 (talk) 17:01, 26 November 2015 (UTC)