The first historical mentioning of the Danebrog is from the Dutch herald Gelre´s Book of Arms from 1370, in which the Danish King´s shield is described as a red cloth with a white cross. This Danish King was Valdemar Atterdag.
However, Danebrog is one of the oldest Christian-European flags, of the same generation as the red-white flags of Austria, England and the Maltese knights. France, too, had a red flag with a white cross in those days, as had the Holy Roman-German empire.
Fly proud and high, Danebrog!

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