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The fleur-de-lis was restored to the French flag in 1814, but replaced once again after the revolution against Charles X in 1830. After the end of the Second French Empire, Henri, comte de Chambord, was offered the throne as King of France, but he agreed only if France gave up the tricolor and brought back the white flag with fleurs-de-lis. [46]
Naval Flag of the Kingdom of France (Galley Ensign) 1790–1794: Naval ensign of Kingdom of France and French First Republic: A white flag with a bordered, first version of the French tricolore on the top-left honour quadrant 1638–1790 1814–1830: Naval ensign of Kingdom of France: A pure white flag: 1943–1945: Naval jack of Free France
Aleppo: This part of the French Mandate of Syria from 1920 to 1925 used a white flag with tricolour in the canton and three yellow five-pointed stars in a triangle in the fly. Latakia : This part of the French Mandate of Syria used a white flag, ratio 2:3, with the tricolour in the canton taking up 1/9 of the area of the flag, red triangles in ...
The merchant navy was assigned "the old flag of the nation of France", the white cross on a blue field. [24] There also was a red jack for the French galleys. A variant of the plain white Bourbon banner, a white field strewn with gold fleur de lis, was also sometimes seen.
The traditional provincial flag, gules, two lions passant or, is used in both former regions of France: Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy.It is based on the design of arms which had been attributed by medieval heralds to William the Conqueror, ultimately related to the 12th-century coat of arms of the House of Anjou.
The fleur-de-lys (or fleur-de-lis, plural: fleurs-de-lis; / ˌ f l ɜːr d ə ˈ l iː /, [ˌflœː(ʀ)dəˈlɪs] in Quebec French), translated from French as "lily flower") is a stylized design of either an iris or a lily that is now used purely decoratively as well as symbolically, or it may be "at one and the same time political, dynastic ...
The former flag is white and displays a red fleur-de-lis in the centre. The fleur-de-lis comes from the former municipal logo. 1945-1987: Banner of arms. 1926-1939: Banner of arms, designed by Émile Théodore. Used till World War II: Malo-les-Bains, Nord: Mardyck, Nord: The flag consists of six horizontal stripes in the colours blue and yellow.
The arms of France Ancient: Azure semé-de-lis or. After the death of the last direct Capetian in 1328, the kingdom of France passed to the house of Valois through the Salic law, and Navarre passed to the house of Evreux through female line. 1376–1469 The arms of France Modern: Azure, three fleurs-de-lis or, a simplified version of France Ancient