French royalty

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A little liberté, égalité, and fraternité in honor of Bastille Day on July 14. A few oddities to remind you that the French Revolution was ridiculously awesome.

Follower of François Clouet A Noblewoman possibly Elisabeth of Austria - between c. 1570-1575 Category:Portrait paintings after François Clouet - Wikimedia Commons

The fleur-de-lis, identified as a lily by the Council of Trent (1545) was first encountered as an emblem of French royalty in the reign of Louis VII (1120-80). When Edward III of England, whose mother was Isabella of France, began to claim the throne of France for England's kings, the fleur-de-lis began to be used in the Royal Arms of England. They feature as one of the royal emblems on the arms of King's College, Cambridge, and are found all over the chapel.

The three-way battle follows the death of Henri d'Orleans, also known as Count of Paris, who was descended from Louis Philippe I, the last king to have reigned in France, from 1830 to 1848.

He was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution.

Empress Elisabeth of Austria by Georg Raab, 1879.

The Historical Encyclopedia of Costume by Albert Racinet

Louis XV de France, enfant (Louis XV of France as a child). Detail Description: Portrait of Louis XV of France as a five-year-old King in the French coronation robes. Date: 1715-09 Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659–1743)