The Tenerife Coat of Arms

The Coat of Arms of the island of Tenerife, and coat of arms of the Island Cabildo (Island Government) as the heir to the former Cabildo created after the Conquest in La Laguna the capital of the island of the time, was awarded to Tenerife by Royal Diploma on the 23rd of March 1510, granted by King Ferdinand V "The Catholic", and issued in Madrid on behalf of his daughter, Joan I, Queen of Castile.

The original parchment of this Royal Warrant is conserved in the Municipal Archives of La Laguna. In the document´s description of the coat of arms, it says that … " and all that placed in a shield on a yellow field with yellow bordered lettering on a red field that say , as inscribed in this, my charter that the aforesaid island of Tenerife earned on the day of San Miguel through the aforesaid Governor"..., referring to Alonso Fernandez de Lugo, conqueror of the island, who held the title of Governor General.