List of Monégasque flags explained

National flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1145–present National flag A horizontal bicolour of red and white.[1] [2]
1111–present State flag A white field with the coat of arms charged at the center.[3] [4]
1945–present Lozenge flag A white field with red lozenges.

Royal flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1945–present Princely Flag of Monaco A white field with red lozenges.
2005–present A White Field with The Monogram of Albert II in the center.[5]
1949–2005 A White Field with The Monogram of Rainier III in the center.[6]

Historical flags

FlagDateUseDescription
987–1034 A Simple Blue Field.
1034–1215 A black eagle on a yellow field.
1339–1353 A white field with centred red cross, similar to the Flag of England, but with five sestiere on the fly.[8] [9]
1353–1419 Nine alternating horizontal stripes of yellow and red.
1419–1428
1688–1793
Flag of Monaco A white field with red lozenges.[10]
1428–1447
1450–1498
the Imperial Eagle of the Holy Roman Empire in the first and fourth quarters and the Snake of Milan in the second and third quarters.
1447–1450 A White Field With Red Centered cross and the emblem of the republic in the center.
1498–1525 A Blue Field With 3 Golden Fleur-de-lis.
1525–1641 A red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field.
1641–1688 Flag of the Kingdom of France A White Field With several Fleur-de-Lis and the royal coat of arms in the center.
1793–1814 A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2).
1814–1881 Flag of Monaco A White Field with The Royal Arms in the center.[11]
1815–1816 Blue with the cross of savoy and 2 St George's Crosses in the 1st and 4th quarters (one of them with four heads of Moors) occupying one quarter of the field and placed in the canton.[12] [13]
1816–1848 Flag of the Kingdom of Sardinia Blue with a combination of the crosses of savoy and St George occupying one quarter of the field and placed in the canton.[14] [15]
1848–1861 Flag of the Kingdom of Sardinia An Italian tricolour with House of Savoy shield in the center.
1881–1942 Flag of Monaco A horizontal bicolour of red and white.
1942–1943 An Italian tricolour with Savoy shield and Royal crown in the middle.[16]
1943–1945 A red field, with a white disc with a black swastika at a 45-degree angle. Disk and swastika are slightly off-centre.[17] [18]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Monaco . 2022-04-20 . www.crwflags.com.
  2. Web site: Histoire et Patrimoine / Gouvernement et Institutions / Portail du Gouvernement - Monaco . 2022-04-20 . www.gouv.mc.
  3. http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/mc.html Flags of the World – Monaco
  4. https://twitter.com/gvtmonaco/status/867412702385381378 Gouvernement de la Principauté de Monaco
  5. Web site: Monaco . 2022-04-20 . www.fotw.info.
  6. Web site: Monaco . 2022-04-20 . www.crwflags.com.
  7. Web site: Monaco (Municipality, Principality of Monaco) . 2022-07-19 . www.crwflags.com.
  8. Web site: Genoa (Liguria, Italy) . 2022-04-21 . www.crwflags.com.
  9. Web site: Genova . 2022-04-21 . www.rbvex.it.
  10. Web site: Monaco . 2022-04-21 . www.worldstatesmen.org.
  11. Web site: Monaco . 2022-04-21 . www.worldstatesmen.org.
  12. Web site: Sardegna . 2022-04-21 . www.rbvex.it.
  13. Web site: Kingdom of Sardinia - Part 1 (Italy) . 2022-04-21 . www.crwflags.com.
  14. Web site: Sardegna . 2022-04-21 . www.rbvex.it.
  15. Web site: Kingdom of Sardinia - Part 2 (Italy) . 2022-04-21 . www.crwflags.com.
  16. Web site: L. 24 dicembre 1925 n. 2264. Conversione in legge del R.D.L. 24 settembre 1923 n. 2072, concernente le norme per l'uso della bandiera nazionale (Leggi e Decreti, 1925, pp. 2533-2534). - Prassi Italiana di Diritto Internazionale . 2022-04-21 . www.prassi.cnr.it.
  17. Web site: Historical Flags of Our Ancestors - The German Swastika Flag . 2022-04-21 . www.loeser.us.
  18. Web site: Swastika Flag Specifications and Construction Sheet (Germany) . 2022-04-21 . www.crwflags.com.