Flag of England

The national flag of England is a white cloth with a red straight cross of St. George , which is considered the patron saint of the British. The official proportions of the flag are 3: 5, the width of the lines of the red cross is 1 \ 5 of the width of the canvas. The first mention of the flag of England with the St. George Cross dates back to 1545 .

Flag of England
England
Great Britain
Approved	In the sixteenth century
Proportion	3: 5

The cross of St. George is one of the first famous emblems of England. He became an English symbol in the Middle Ages during the Crusades .

St. George became the patron saint of England in the 13th century. There is a theory that the Cross began to be used as a national emblem (but not a flag) during the Wales War of 1275.

It is believed that the Cross was adopted by England to endow the fleet with special symbols. The English monarch Richard the Lionheart was originally chosen as the patron saint of St. George. Then the English ships hoisted a white flag with a red cross in order to derive certain benefits: once the Cross was a symbol of Genoa, and England thus fell under the protectorate of a powerful fleet.