| The Arms of His Majesty in right of the Isle of Man | |
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| Armiger | King Charles III, Lord of Mann |
| Adopted | 12 July 1996 |
| Crest | An imperial crown proper |
| Shield | Gules three legs in armour flexed at the knee and conjoined at the thigh, all proper, garnished and spurred or.[1] |
| Supporters | Dexter a peregrine falcon and sinister a raven both proper |
| Motto | Quocunque Jeceris Stabit |
The coat of arms of the Isle of Man, blazoned Gules three legs in armour flexed at the knee and conjoined at the thigh, all proper, garnished and spurred or, dates from the late 13th century. The present version dates from 12 July 1996. As the Isle of Man is a Crown dependency and the present Lord of Man is King Charles III of the United Kingdom, the arms are more accurately described as the arms of His Majesty in right of the Isle of Man.[2] The origin of the triskeles (three dexter legs conjoined at the hips and flexed in triangle) is obscure, but it appears to stem from the Scottish takeover of the island in 1265. The heraldic supporters are birds associated with the island, whilst the motto first appears on record in the 17th century.
- ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1915). The book of public arms: a complete encyclopæeia of all royal, territorial, municipal, corporate, official, and impersonal arms.
- ^ Island Facts (n.d.).