List of flags of Luxembourg
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This is a list of flags used in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, a country in western Europe. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Luxembourg.
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1993– | Flag of Luxembourg (Ratio: 3:5) | A horizontal tricolor of red, white, and blue. De facto used from 1848, but it was not officially adopted until 1993. |
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1972–1993 | Flag of Luxembourg (Ratio: 1:2) | The national flag in 1:2 ratio. |
Ensign
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1972– | Civil ensign and civil air ensign of Luxembourg | The Roude Liéw, a banner of the coat of arms of Luxembourg. It has ten horizontal white and blue stripes, superimposed by a red lion with yellow claws, teeth, tongue, and crown. |
Standard of the Grand Duke
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2001– | Standard of the Grand Duke | An orange flag with the middle coat of arms of the Grand Duke. |
Cities
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of Luxembourg City | ||
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Flag of Betzdorf | ||
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Flag of Diekirch |
Historical Flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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800–888 | The Imperial Oriflamme of Charlemagne | A three-tailed green flag with eight golden crosses and six flowers. |
 | 1214–1242 | Flag of the Duchy of Limburg | A banner of arms of Limburg. It is made of a white field with a green stripe on the hoist and a red lion with yellow claws, teeth, tongue, and crown. |
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1242–1443 | Flag of the County and Duchy of Luxemburg | A banner of arms of Luxembourg. It is made of ten horizontal white and blue stripes with a red lion with yellow claws, teeth, tongue, and crown. |
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1443–1556 | Flag of the Duchy of Burgundy under Philip the Good | A banner of the coat of arms of the Duchy of Burgundy under the House of Valois-Burgundy |
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1556–1684 1698–1700 |
Flag of the Seventeen Provinces, the Southern Netherlands, and the Spanish Netherlands | A red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field. |
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1556–1684 1698–1700 |
Civil ensign of the Spanish Netherlands | A horizontal tricolour of red, white, and yellow, with the Cross of Burgundy in the centre. |
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1684–1698 1701–1711 1814–1815 |
Flag of the Kingdom of France | A white field with several fleur-de-lis. |
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1711–1713 | Flag of the Electorate of Bavaria | A quartered banner of arms. The first and fourth quarters have an array of lozenges of blue and white. The second and third quarters are the lion of the Electorate of the Palatinate. Over these in the center, an inescutcheon with a golden orb on a red field. |
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1713–1795 | Flag of the Archduchy of Austria | Three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and red. |
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1713–1740 | Flag of the Archduchy of Austria | A yellow field with a black double headed eagle with a crown on top and carrying a shield with the red and white triband of Austria on his chest. |
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1781–1786 | Flag of the Austrian Netherlands | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, white, and gold with the arms of Austria. |
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1789–1790 | Flag of the Brabant Revolution | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, black, and yellow. |
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1795–1814 | Flag of the French First Republic and the First French Empire | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2). |
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1815–1830 1839–1848 |
Flag of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kingdom of the Netherlands | A horizontal triband of red, white, and blue. |
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1830–1831 | Flag of the Belgian Revolution | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, yellow, and red. |
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1831–1839 | Flag of the Kingdom of Belgium | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 2:3 ratio. |
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1848–1940 1944–1972 |
Flag of Luxembourg | |
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1940–1945 | Flag of Nazi Germany used during the occupation of Luxembourg in World War II | A red field, with a white disc with a black swastika at a 45-degree angle. Disc and swastika are shifted towards the hoist. |
Historical Royal Flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1556 | Banner of arms of King Charles I | |
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1556 | Banner of arms of Emperor Charles V | |
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1556 | Banner of arms of Emperor Charles V | |
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1556–1580 1668–1684 1698–1700 |
Royal standard or royal flag of the House of Habsburg. | |
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1580–1668 | Banner of arms of the House of Austria (with the arms of Portugal). |
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1580–1668 | Royal standard or royal flag of the House of Habsburg. (Inescutcheon of Portugal in the royal arms) | |
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1668–1684 1698–1700 |
Banner of arms of the House of Austria (from 1668) | |
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1684–1698 1701–1711 |
Royal standard of Louis XIV | |
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1804–1814 | Imperial standard of Napoléon I | |
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1814–1815 | Royal standard of Louis XVIII | |
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1815–1830 1839–1848 |
Royal standard of the Dutch Monarch | |
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1815–1835 | Standard of Emperor Francis | |
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1848–1866 | Standard of the Emperor Franz Joseph |
References
- (in English) Luxembourg at Flags of the World
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