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List of Monégasque flags

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The following is a list of Flags and Banners used in The Principality of Monaco. for more information about the National Flag, see the Flag of Monaco

National flags

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Flag Date Use Description
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

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

Municipal flags

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Flag Date Use Description
Flag of the Municipality of Monaco A white field with coat of arms.[7]

Historical flags

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Flag Date Use Description
987–1034 Banner of the Kingdom of France A Simple Blue Field.
1034–1215 Banner of the Holy Roman Empire A black eagle on a yellow field.
1339–1353 Flag of the Republic of Genoa A white field with centred red cross, similar to the Flag of England, but with five sestiere on the fly.[8][9]
1353–1419 Flag of the Crown of Aragon 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
Flag of the Duchy of Milan 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 Flag of the Golden Ambrosian Republic A White Field With Red Centered cross and the emblem of the republic in the center.
1498–1525 Flag of the Kingdom of France A Blue Field With 3 Golden Fleur-de-lis.
1525–1641 Flag of Habsburg Spain 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 Flag of the French First Republic and the First French Empire 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 Flag of the Kingdom of Sardinia 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 Flag of the Kingdom of Italy An Italian tricolour with Savoy shield and Royal crown in the middle.[16]
1943–1945 Flag of Nazi Germany 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]

Yacht clubs

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Flag Club
Yacht Club de Monaco

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Monaco". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  2. ^ "Histoire et Patrimoine / Gouvernement et Institutions / Portail du Gouvernement - Monaco". www.gouv.mc. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  3. ^ Flags of the World – Monaco
  4. ^ Gouvernement de la Principauté de Monaco
  5. ^ "Monaco". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  6. ^ "Monaco". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  7. ^ "Monaco (Municipality, Principality of Monaco)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  8. ^ "Genoa (Liguria, Italy)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  9. ^ "Genova". www.rbvex.it. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  10. ^ "Monaco". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  11. ^ "Monaco". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  12. ^ "Sardegna". www.rbvex.it. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  13. ^ "Kingdom of Sardinia - Part 1 (Italy)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  14. ^ "Sardegna". www.rbvex.it. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  15. ^ "Kingdom of Sardinia - Part 2 (Italy)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  16. ^ "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". www.prassi.cnr.it. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  17. ^ "Historical Flags of Our Ancestors - The German Swastika Flag". www.loeser.us. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  18. ^ "Swastika Flag Specifications and Construction Sheet (Germany)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.