List of French flags - Wikipedia
Flag of France (vertical) 2020–present; originally adopted in 1794: Modern Flag of France
Kingdom of France - Wikipedia
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.
Flag of France - Wikipedia
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.
Kingdom of France (843?-1792) - CRW Flags
Jul 4, 2015 · 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.
Royal flags of France - Wikimedia Commons
Aug 7, 2024 · Drapeaux du I er Empire français — Flags of the 1 st French Empire (1804–1815) Drapeaux du Royaume des Français — Flags of the Kingdom of French People (1814–1848) Drapeaux de la II e République française — Flags of the II nd French Republic (1848–1852)
Flag of France | History & Meaning | Britannica
Oct 29, 2024 · In 1848 many sought to impose a communist red banner on France, and for two weeks the Tricolor itself was altered, its stripes reordered to blue-red-white. Since March 5, 1848, however, the Tricolor has been the sole national flag of France and of …
History of the french flag - Société Française de Vexillologie
Disgruntled by a too white flag, sailors obtained an ensign with blue (to the halyard) white and red bands from the National Convention on 27th pluviôse year 2 (February 15, 1794). This was the birth certificate of the current national ensign, revolutionary by its vertical stripes.
Kingdom of France: The oriflamme (Middle Ages) - CRW Flags
Aug 10, 2017 · The oriflamme was a sacred banner used by the kings of France in the Middle Ages in times of great danger. It was distinct from the heraldic banner of the French kings (semis of fleurs-de-lis on azure, as expected).
Kingdom of France: 1830-1848 - CRW Flags
During the street insurrections in Paris still known as Les Trois Glorieuses (The Three Glorious [Days]) that caused the abdication of King Charles X (27-28-29 July 1830), the Tricolor flag reappeared after having been banned since 1815 (fall and exile of Napoléon I).
The French Flag: Design | History | Symbolism - RankRed
Aug 13, 2020 · The French flag, also known as the French Tricolor, is one of the most well-known and celebrated symbols in history. It is composed of three vertical bands of colors blue, white and red (in that order). However, the Tricolor was not always the national flag of France.