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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 1469–1515 The arms of France Modern.
The cockade of France is the national ornament of France, obtained by circularly pleating a blue, white and red ribbon. It is composed of the three colors of the French flag with blue in the center, white immediately outside and red on the edge.
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The colours of the French flag may also represent the three main estates of the Ancien Régime (the clergy: white, the nobility: red and the bourgeoisie: blue). Blue, as the symbol of class, comes first and red, representing the nobility, comes last. Both extreme colours are situated on each side of white referring to a superior order. [22]
While traveling to Nice to meet Pope Benedict, Colette stayed at the home of a friend. His wife was in labor at that time with their third child, and was having major difficulties in the childbirth, leaving her in danger of death. Colette immediately went to the local church to pray for her. The mother gave birth successfully and survived the ...
Joan of Arc was born c. 1412 [9] in Domrémy, a small village in the Meuse valley now in the Vosges department in the north-east of France. [10] Her date of birth is unknown and her statements about her age were vague. [11] [b] Her parents were Jacques d'Arc and Isabelle Romée. Joan had three brothers and a sister. [15]
The tricolor cockade became the official symbol of the revolution in 1792, with the three colors now said to represent the three estates of French society: the clergy (blue), the nobility (white) and the third estate (red). [2] The use of the three colors spread, and a law of 15 February 1794 made them the colors of the French national flag. [4]