Dieu et mon droit
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Dieu et mon droit, which means 'God and my right', is the motto of the monarch of the United Kingdom. It appears on a scroll beneath the escutcheon of the version of the coat of arms of the United Kin
The British coat of arms with the motto on the Main Guard in Valletta, Malta
Dieu et mon droit on the Newcastle upon Tyne Customs House (1766)
Dieu et mon droit motto on Albany Courthouse (1898), Western Australia
Henry V of England
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Henry V, also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1413 until his death in 1422. His victory at Agincourt in 1415 and his conquest of Normandy gav
Dieu et mon droit
…outside Scotland. The motto is said to have first been used by Richard I (1157–1199) as a battle cry. It was adopted as the royal motto of England by King Henry V (1386–1422) with the phrase "and my right" referring to the divine right of kings. The motto is French for "God and my right", meaning that the king…
Henry as Prince of Wales in the Regiment of Princes, c.1413 (MS Arundel 38)
Miniature of Henry's father, Henry IV, in the records of the Duchy of Lancaster, c.1402
Henry as Prince of Wales tries on his father's crown in a scene from Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2, engraving after Josiah Boydell, 1795
The Battle of Agincourt as depicted in Thomas Walsingham's St Albans Chronicle, c.1422