Flag of Great Britain Building of the Great Britain Flags (1606/1707) and the United Kingdom (1801)
The United Kingdom Flag, also known as the "Kings Colors" or "Union Flag" was created after King Jacobus VI of Scotland became King Jacobus I of England in 1603 and the two kingdoms were led by a ruler. The flag should serve until 1801.
The design dates back to the early 17th century when it was ordered by King Jacobus I to be used for shipping. The Flag of England was stuck on the flag of Scotland. The flag consists of the red cross of Saint Joris, the patron saint of England, on top of the "Saltire" of Saint Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland. Only later this flag became the national flag, at the association of England and Scotland, to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707.
The background of this flag of Great Britain has a deeper blue than that of the Scottish flag. Also, the flag of the third present-day British state of Wales, Wales, is not included in this flag because Wales had already been widely enlisted by England, under Eduard I.
The official use of the flag came to an end in 1801 with the founding of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. At that time, the red cross of the flag of Saint Patrick was added to the flag of Great Britain, resulting in the new Union Flag used to date.
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