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4 unusual facts about White horse of Kent


Coat of arms of Lower Saxony

The white horse is similar to the one used in the coat of arms for the county of Kent in England which is likely to have originated from the Rhineland area.

Saxon Steed

The white horse is similar to the one used in the coat of arms for the county of Kent in England, which is likely to have originated in the Rhineland area.

White horse of Kent

Some historians note that Jutes migrating to Kent through the continent may have been associated with the Rhineland south of the Saxons.

Indeed, continental origins of this emblem can be found from the coat of arms of Lower Saxony, the Dutch region of Twente, the House of Welf (who adapted it in the late 14th century; before then the Welf coat of arms was a golden lion on red ground) and the modern German State of North Rhine-Westphalia: the Saxon Steed.



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