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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 .
The Kingdom of France is the historiographical name or umbrella term given to various political entities of France in the medieval and early modern period. It was one of the most powerful states in Europe from the High Middle Ages to 1848 during its dissolution.
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.
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.
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.
The white flag itself was the flag of commanding officers, such as colonel generals, and later colonels. In particular, it was the flag of the King when he commanded himself the troops on the battlefield.
The French flag is an iconic symbol of France’s culture and history. A potent emblem of revolution, the twisting saga behind the French flag is more than a curiosity for vexillologists. We dive into stories behind the Tricolore to discover how the humble design inspired so many.
History of the French flag. During the Ancien Régime, the oriflamme, the flag of Saint-Denis, was used -- red, with 2, 3 or 5 spikes. Originally, it was the personal flag of Charlemagne, given to him by the Pope in the 9th century. Over the time, it became the royal banner under the Carolingians and the Capetians.
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" ( ses couleurs nationales ).
The drapeau tricolore or the French Tricolor has been France’s national flag since 1830, when King Louis-Philippe restored the three-colored banner after the July Revolution. The French Constitutions of 1946 and 1958 instituted the “blue, white, and red” on the national flag of France.