France Ancient

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France Ancient refers to the early heraldic form of the French royal arms, typically featuring a blue shield semé-de-lis (scattered with numerous golden fleurs-de-lis) used before later simplifications.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
France Ancient canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coat of arms ⓘ
heraldic achievement ⓘ
national symbol ⓘ
arrangement powdered with fleurs-de-lis ⓘ
semé-de-lis ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Capetian dynasty ⓘ
House of Bourbon ⓘ
House of Capet ⓘ
linked to: Capetian dynasty

House of Valois ⓘ
category French heraldry ⓘ
medieval heraldry ⓘ
national coats of arms ⓘ
charge fleur-de-lis ⓘ
chargeColor gold ⓘ
chargeTincture or ⓘ
fieldColor azure ⓘ
followedBy France Modern ⓘ
arms of France Modern with three fleurs-de-lis ⓘ
linked to: arms of France
geographicScope Kingdom of France ⓘ
hasVariant France Modern ⓘ
heraldicBlazon Azure semé-de-lis or ⓘ
influenced arms of many European noble families ⓘ
colonial French heraldry ⓘ
heraldry of French vassal states ⓘ
precededBy plain blue banner of France ⓘ
relatedSymbol French royal fleur-de-lis ⓘ
relatedTo Flag of the Kingdom of France ⓘ
Royal standard of France ⓘ
scripturalAssociation symbol of purity and royalty ⓘ
shieldType escutcheon ⓘ
symbolizes Catholic faith ⓘ
French monarchy ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ
royal authority ⓘ
timePeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ
tinctureOfField blue ⓘ
usedAs arms of dominion ⓘ
royal arms of France ⓘ
linked to: arms of France

state arms ⓘ
usedBy French monarchy ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
usedIn French royal architecture decoration ⓘ
medieval French coinage ⓘ
royal seals of France ⓘ
royal standards of France ⓘ
usedUntilApprox late 14th century ⓘ
visualMotif repeating golden lilies on blue field ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

arms of France → historicalForm → France Ancient ⓘ
France Modern → replaced → France Ancient ⓘ
France Modern → precededBy → France Ancient ⓘ