Editing Fleur-de-lis (section)

====''France Moderne'' (1376–1790s, etc.)====
In about 1376, [[Charles V of France|Charles V]] changed the design from the all-over scattering of flowers to a group of three,{{Ref label|a|a|a}}{{Ref label|b|b|b}} thus replacing what is known in heraldic terminology as the ''France Ancient'', with the ''France Modern''.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

''France moderne'' remained the French royal standard, and with a white background was the French national flag until the [[French Revolution]], when it was replaced by the [[Flag of France|tricolor]] of modern-day France. The ''fleur-de-lis'' was restored to the French flag in 1814, but replaced once again after the revolution against [[Charles X of France|Charles X]] in 1830.{{Ref label|d|d|d}} 

After the end of the [[Second French Empire]], [[Henri, comte de Chambord]], was offered the throne as King of France, but he agreed only if France gave up the tricolor and brought back the white flag with ''fleurs-de-lis''.<ref name="Goubert2002">{{cite book |author=Pierre Goubert |title=The Course of French History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1VbZMbFw89YC |access-date=27 July 2013 |date=12 April 2002|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-203-41468-2}}</ref> Curiously the French ''[[drapeau tricolore|tricolore]]'' with the royal crown and fleur-de-lys was possibly designed by the count in his younger years as a compromise.<ref>{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Whitney |title=Flags: Through the Ages and Across the World |url=https://archive.org/details/flagsthroughages00smit/page/75 |url-access=registration |publisher=McGraw-Hill |location=New York |year=1975 |page=[https://archive.org/details/flagsthroughages00smit/page/75 75] |isbn=978-0-07-059093-9}}</ref> His condition that his country needed to abandon the red and blue colors that it had adopted to symbolize the ideals of the [[French Revolution]] of 1789 was rejected and France became a [[French Third Republic|republic]].