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Description 1790–1794: Flag of Kingdom of France and French First Republic: 14 July 1790: Revolutionist flag: 21 January 1793: Revolutionist flag: 7 May 1794: Revolutionist flag: Similar to the Pre-Communist Yugoslavia. 1814–1830: Royal flag of Kingdom of France: 1848: Flag of French Second Republic: 1940–1944: Flag of Free France: 1943 ...
[23] Joan's standard led to the prominent use of white on later French flags. [23] From the accession of the Bourbons to the throne of France, the green ensign of the navy became a plain white flag, the symbol of purity and royal authority. The merchant navy was assigned "the old flag of the nation of France", the white cross on a blue field. [24]
The French flag is a tricolour that consists of three vertical stripes of equal width, coloured in royal blue, white, and red. It is the only official French emblem, according to article 2 of the current Constitution of France, adopted in 1958.
France moderne remained the French royal standard, and with a white background was the French national flag until the French Revolution, when it was replaced by the tricolor of modern-day France. The fleur-de-lis was restored to the French flag in 1814, but replaced once again after the revolution against Charles X in 1830.
English: It was the Naval Ensign of the Kingdom of France (pure white version) as used before 1789, and between 1814/15 and 1830. Français : Le drapeau blanc fut le drapeau français pendant la Première Restauration et la Seconde Restauration (1814-1830).
Since the white field was too royal for the taste of the revolution, on 27 pluviôse year II of the French Republican calendar (15 February 1794), the flag and the ensign were changed to the design of the current flag of France: three columns of equal width, of blue, white, and red. The same banner was again decreed to be the flag on 7 March 1848.
Flags of Overseas France Territory Co-Official flag Government flag [d] Local flag [e] Traditional flag [f] French Guiana: French Polynesia [1] Guadeloupe: Martinique: Mayotte: New Caledonia: Réunion: Saint Barthélemy: Saint Martin: Saint Pierre and Miquelon: French Southern and Antarctic Lands: Wallis and Futuna
The black cross standard became widely used as the emblem of the Breton soldiers and as the flag for the ships from the end of the Hundred Years' War in the 15th century. Belligerent armies then identified themselves with flags inherited from the Crusades: red cross on white for the English, white cross on blue or red for the French, black ...