In England, as in the rest of the world, there are many logos for institutions and clubs, from dragons to roses to oak trees, but the most famous of them is the three lions, the symbol of the English national team that accompanies players on their travels and matches, so what is the story of this logo?
In her article on the British "Metro" website, Olivia Warnig wrote that England, although it is not the home of lions, its history was associated with many events where courage and valor appeared, and she mentioned that among the personalities whose name was famous for that was King Richard, who was called the Lionheart.
What some people do not know is that the Barbary lion or the Atlas lion (called the king of the forests of North Africa and the most dangerous one) is the national animal of England.
In general, the remaining numbers of this animal in the world are few, as it suffered from human hunting while it is still fighting extinction in both Morocco and Algeria.
During the Middle Ages, the barbarian lions were kept in the zoo at the Palace of London, and for their symbolism, their image was carried on the flags of the English forces heading to fight in battles.
Given this relationship between lions and England, the lion appeared as a symbol of nobility and valor, but why exactly three lions?
To answer this question, the author says that it is necessary to go back again to history, where we find that Henry I, King of England, used one lion as the emblem of his kingdom around the year 1100, but as soon as he married Adelisa, whose father was also a king, the lion used his emblem, he added King Henry is another lion to his coat of arms.
In 1154, another lion was added to the two lions when King Henry II married Eleanor of Aquitaine, whose family used to take the lion as their emblem.
Since then, no lion has ever competed with the three lions in the royal shield.
In 1863, the English Football Association was founded and chose the three lions, surrounded by a shield and crowned with a crown, as the official emblem of the English national team.
And the matter remained in force until 1949, when the royal crown was removed from the top of the emblem, so that the emblem of the English football team could be distinguished from the emblem of the cricket team.