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- List of French flags - Wikipedia
This list includes flags that either have been in use or are currently used by France, French overseas collectivites, the sui generis collectivity and the French overseas territory
- The National Flag of France: What You Should Know!
Nicknamed the Fleurdelisé (the Lily-flowered), the flag of Quebec is designed with a white cross on a blue background that originates from the royal flags of the Kingdom of France
- Flag of France | History Meaning | Britannica
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
- Why was France’s flag predominantly white from 1814 to 1830?
So what made the French replace the famous tricolor (tricolore) flag with the white flag? The white flag was chosen as a symbol of the Bourbon monarchy’s return to power after the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte and the First French Empire
- History of the french flag - Société Française de Vexillologie
From the beginning of the XIVth century, white was the color of the French, especially on the cross of their clothes opposed to the red cross of Englishmen (circa 1350)
- French Flag: What Are The Facts You Need To Know?
What are the meanings of the colors of the French flag? In a nutshell, the white in the center of the flag represents the former monarch which no longer exists The red and the blue represent the city of Paris and also comprise the colors of Paris’ flag (see below)
- French flag: why blue, white, and red? - monsieur-de-france. com
On October 20, 1790, while the white flag was still the French maritime flag, Henri de Virieu proposed that the white of Henri IV be joined by a blue white red space so that "the color that was that of the plume of Henri IV was joined by that of the reconquered freedom"
- The French Flag: Meaning, History Interesting Facts
For centuries, French kings used various banners, with the most famous being the plain white flag adorned with golden fleur-de-lis This “Ancien Régime” flag represented royal authority and divine right
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