List of French flags - Wikipedia
State Flag by the Kingdom of France under the absolute monarchy. 1365–1794 The Royal Banner of early modern France or " Bourbon Flag " was the most commonly used flag in New France .
Kingdom of France - Wikipedia
Flag of the Kingdom of France, designed in the late 19th century. The Renaissance era was noted for the emergence of powerful centralized institutions, as well as a flourishing culture (much of it imported from Italy). [13]
Flag of France - Wikipedia
The national flag of France (drapeau national de la France) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue , white, and red. The design was adopted after the French Revolution, whose revolutionaries were influenced by the horizontally striped red-white-blue flag of the Netherlands.
Kingdom of France (843?-1792) - CRW Flags
Jul 4, 2015 · It was a solar symbol associated to solar gods venerated in the empire as were Apollo, Dis Pater or Sucellus. This symbol gradually evolved, mixing with the Christian cross. From a solar symbol of victory, it became a symbol of divine protection and appeared on many Merovingian coins.
Kingdom of France (843?-1792) - flagsvancouver.com
France allegely had a red cross and England a white cross. The first crusaders all had red crosses: this scheme was adopted in 1188, at least for France, England and Flanders. It appears that the English switched to the red cross of Saint George sometime in the late 14th century.
History of the french flag - Société Française de Vexillologie
After the July Revolution (the Three Glorious years), Louis-Philippe duke of Orléans, lieutenant general of the Kingdom, restored the tricolor flag by the ordinance of 1st August 1830 and became Louis-Philippe Ist King of the French.
Flag of France | History & Meaning | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica
Dec 20, 2024 · Flag of France, vertically striped blue-white-red national flag. Blue and red are the traditional colors of Paris, while white is associated with the House of Bourbon. The flag was seen to embody all the principles of the Revolution: liberty, equality, fraternity, democracy, secularism, and modernization.
History of the French Flag: Origins, Significance and Evolution
Aug 12, 2024 · Flags were essentially war standards or heraldic emblems, often linked to kings or noble houses. Among the most emblematic is the standard of Saint Denis, considered to be the first royal flag of France, red in color with a white cross, …
Kingdom of France: 1830-1848 - CRW Flags
On 30 July 1830, on the balcony of the city hall of Paris, the old Lafayette gave Louis-Philippe, Duke d' Orléans, both a kiss and a Tricolor flag. On 1st August, the Duke, then Lieutenant-Général of the Kingdom, ordered that France took back "its national colours" ( …
The French Flag: Design | History | Symbolism - RankRed
Aug 13, 2020 · The French flag has a riveting and long-standing history. In the early middle ages, the Kingdom of France was represented by the oriflamme (a red banner with two to five-pointed ends), or the flag of Saint-Denis. By the 12th century, the oriflamme was replaced by a blue crest decorated with gold lily flowers or fleurs-de-lis.
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