The French Flags - Heraldica
This French flag is indeed Argent three fleurs-de-lys Or. (The Duke of Wellington pays a similar "rent", but he presents a French tricolor (bleu-blanc-rouge) each year.) References. See also …
The Fleur-de-Lys - Heraldica
The royal arms of France; hence also the French royal family, the French flag (before 1789), the French nation or government. flag , sb.1 Also 4-7 flagg(e, (5 flegge). [Of obscure origin; cf. …
The Arms of France - Heraldica
French Presidents have used personal standards since the 2nd Republic (1848-51), which usually consists of a square-shaped tricolor flag whose white field is charged with a design. Under the …
Index to French Heraldry
The French Flag; See also Les symboles de la République, on the Web site of the French Prime Minister (in French) Royalty; A Genealogy of the French Royal Family; Kings and Queens of …
The Oriflamme, Standard of the French kings - Heraldica
It was distinct from the heraldic banner of the French kings (semis of fleur-de-lys on azure, as expected). Its history is fairly continuous from 1124 onward, when it is first mentioned. It is first …
The Royal Arms of Great Britain - Heraldica
The quarter of France was a semy of fleurs-de-lys or (see the discussion of French royal arms) and changed to three fleurs-de-lys in 1405 or 1406 to reflect French practice. (The seal of …
Nobility and Titles in France - Heraldica
A very useful book for French genealogy in general is the following: Arnaud, Étienne: Répertoire de généalogies françaises imprimées. Paris, 1986; Berger-Levraut. It lists all known …
Napoleonic Heraldry
As a curiosity, here are the arms conceded to Carlo-Alberto di Savoja-Carignano, Count of the French Empire (who would later become king of Sardinia): Gules a horse salient argent, in …
Apanages in the French Monarchy - Heraldica
Paris, 1910-26. The early history of the apanages is well discussed in Charles T. Wood: The French Apanages and the Capetian Monarchy, 1224-1328. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard …
History of Orders of Chivalry: a Survey - Heraldica
For some of the old military-monastic orders, the transition was at times abrupt. The Spanish orders, which had lost their primary purpose with the end of the Reconquista in 1492, were …