Editing Flag of Romania (section)

===First use of the colors for self-determination===

[[File:Flag_of_Tudor_Vladimirescu's_Revolution_(1821).png|thumb|left|upright=0.8|Flag of the Wallachian uprising of 1821]]

During the [[Wallachian uprising of 1821]], [[Tudor Vladimirescu]] commissioned a revolutionary flag depicting the New Testament [[Holy Trinity]], [[Saint George]], [[Theodore Tiron|Saint Tiron]] and the Wallachian eagle. The blue, yellow and red are present on the vestments of the saints as well as three tassels attached to the pole.<ref>{{in lang|ro}} "[https://uzpr.ro/24/01/2024/repriviri-istorice-asupra-steagului-revolutiei-romane-din-1821/ Repriviri istorice asupra Steagului Revoluției Române din 1821]", at UZPR (Union of Professional Journalists of Romania), 24 January 2024.</ref>

Historiographers consider this one of the earliest instances of the three colors being used deliberately together in the context of Romanian self-determination, with the meaning "Liberty (sky-blue), Justice (field yellow), Fraternity (blood red)".<ref>Iscru, Gheorghe D., "Steagul Revoluției din 1821", in ''Revista Arhivelor'' no. 2/1981, p. 211.</ref>

[[File:War_flag_of_the_Principality_of_Wallachia,_1834.png|thumb|upright=0.8|right|War flag of the Principality of Wallachia (1834)]]

The first documented use of a tricolour took place in [[Wallachia]] in 1834, when the reforming ''[[domnitor]]'' [[Alexandru II Ghica]] submitted naval and military flag designs for the approval of Sultan [[Mahmud II]]. Included among them was a "flag with a red, blue and yellow face, also having stars and a bird's head in the middle".<ref>"Buletinul – Gazetă Oficială a Țării Românești", no. 34 of 14 October 1834, p. 144</ref> Soon, the order of colors was changed, with yellow appearing in the center.