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The kings used the title "King of the Franks" (Latin: Rex Francorum) until the late twelfth century; the first to adopt the title of "King of France" (Latin: Rex Franciae; French: roi de France) was Philip II in 1190 (r. 1180–1223), after which the title "King of the Franks" gradually lost ground. [3]
12 Deniers coin (1791). La Nation, la Loi, le Roi (lit. ' The Nation, the Law, the King ') was the national motto of France during the constitutional period of the French monarchy, and is an example of a tripartite motto – much like the popular revolutionary slogan; Liberté, égalité, fraternité.
Le Comte de Paris: ou, La Passion du présent (in French). Paris: Centre d'études de l'Agora. Walter, Xavier (2002). Un roi pour la France: Henri comte de Paris, 1908-1999, essai de biographie intellectuelle et politique pour servir à la réflexion d'un prince du XXIe siècle (in French). Paris: Guibert. ISBN 2868397778.
Its title alluded to one of the motto used in 1789 during the French Revolution, la Nation, la Loi, le Roi (Nation, Law and King). The daily advocated a constitutional monarchy and opposed Charles X's interpretation of the 1814 Charter, popularizing in particular the saying "Le roi règne mais ne gouverne pas" (The King reigns but does not rule).
"Marche Henri IV", alternatively "Vive Henri IV" or "Vive le roi Henri", is a popular French song celebrating King Henry IV of France (also known as Le Bon Roi Henri, "Good King Henry"). The melody was heard of as early as 1581, when it was mentioned in the book of Christmas songs of Christophle de Bordeaux, under the name "Chant de la
"Le Retour des Princes français à Paris" ("The Return of the French Princes to Paris") was the de facto national anthem of France during the Bourbon Restoration. It used the melody of the then popular marching tune Vive Henri IV .
The French monarchy was irrevocably linked to the Catholic Church (the formula was la France est la fille aînée de l'église, or "France is the eldest daughter of the church"), and French theorists of the divine right of kings and sacerdotal power in the Renaissance had made those links explicit.
The term has been sometimes associated with the royalist right-wing in France. In June 2021, French president Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face by a man who shouted the motto. French legislator Éric Coquerel claimed that the perpetrators of a 2018 pie attack against him, associated with Action Française , had also used the phrase.