Editing Fleur-de-lis (section)

====Current use====
It remains an enduring symbol of France which appears on French postage stamps, although it has never been adopted officially by any of the [[French Republics (disambiguation)|French republics]], that unlike other republican nations, never officially adopted a coat of arms. <!--intentional link to DAB page--><ref name=Duby>Georges Duby, ''France in the Middle Ages 987–1460: From Hugh Capet to Joan of Arc''</ref>

Although the origin of the ''fleur-de-lis'' is unclear, it has retained an association with French nobility and associated cities and regions. It is widely used in French city emblems as in the coat of arms of the city of Lille, Saint-Denis, Brest, [[Clermont-Ferrand]], [[Boulogne-Billancourt]], and [[Calais]]. Some cities that had been particularly faithful to the French Crown were awarded a heraldic augmentation of two or three ''fleurs-de-lis'' on the chief of their coat of arms; such cities include Paris, [[Lyon]], [[Toulouse]], [[Bordeaux]], [[Reims]], [[Le Havre]], Angers, [[Le Mans]], [[Aix-en-Provence]], Tours, [[Limoges]], [[Amiens]], Orléans, Rouen, Argenteuil, Poitiers, [[Chartres]], and [[Laon]], among others. The ''fleur-de-lis'' was the symbol of [[Île-de-France]], the core of the French kingdom. It has appeared on the coat-of-arms of other historical provinces of France including Burgundy, Anjou, Picardy, Berry, Orléanais, Bourbonnais, Maine, Touraine, Artois, Dauphiné, Saintonge, and the County of La Marche. Many of the current French ''[[Departments of France|departments]]'' use the symbol on their coats-of-arms to express this heritage.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

The ''fleur-de-lis'' appears for instance on the coat-of-arms of [[Guadeloupe]], an overseas département of France in the Caribbean, [[Saint Barthélemy]], an overseas collectivity of France, and [[French Guiana]]. The overseas department of [[Réunion]] in the Indian Ocean uses the same feature. It appears on the coat of [[Port Louis]], the capital of [[Mauritius]] which was named in honour of King Louis XV. On the [[coat of arms of Saint Lucia]] it represents the French heritage of the country.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
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While the ''fleur-de-lis'' has appeared on countless European [[coat of arms|coats of arms]] and flags over the centuries, it is particularly associated with the [[French monarchy]] in a historical context and continues to appear in the arms of members of the Spanish branch of the French [[House of Bourbon]], including the [[king of Spain]] and the [[grand duke of Luxembourg]].