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- historical region in today's France
- former province
- former name: Francia
• Flag
• Meaning/Origin of the Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Meaning/Origin of the Coat of Arms
• Map of the historical Regions in France
• Explanations about the Regions
• History
• Origin of the Country's Name
Flag of the Île-de-France
– drapeau de l' Île-de-France,
Source, by: Die Welt der Flaggen
The historic flag of Île-de-France was a scutcheon-flag. It showed the image of the historic coat of arms. The in 1960 created Region of "Île-de-France" uses an ununofficial flag modeled after the historical coat of arms of Île-de-France. It shows actually the image of the coat of arms of the Kings of France from the House of Capet (Capetians, Kings of France 987-1328). The Île-de-France was their ancestral homeland and the most important part of the crown domain.
Source:
Volker Preuß,
Wikipedia (D)
Coat of arms of the Île-de-France,
Source, by:
Wikipedia (D)
The coat of arms of the Île-de-France is the coat of arms of the Kings of France from the House of Capet (Capetians, Kings of France from 987 to 1328). The coat of arms of the Capetians showed three golden lilies on blue, but originally was the coat of arms sprinkled with lilies. From 1365 (by others sources 1376), the number of lilies was reduced to three. The lily-symbol is very old, already the Germanic tribe of the Franks has used it. The House of the Capetians has provided the kings of France between 987 and 1328. It goes back to Hugo Capet, son of Hugo the Great, who was electet to the King of France, in 987, after the death of King Ludwig V. from the House of the Carolingians. The Capetians brought out three branch lines which became the Kings of France: Valois 1328–1589, Bourbon 1589–1792 and 1814–1830, and Orléans 1830–1848.
Source:
Lexikon der Heraldik,
Wikipedia (D),
Volker Preuß
The historical, French Regions:
in black: governorate and province in 1776,
in red: former county, province oder governorate
Map: Volker Preuß
The provinces (or governorates) that existed until the French Revolution were historically grown entities that had often developed from former fiefdoms of the French crown, historical counties and duchies, often existed for hundreds of years and had preserved regional characteristics (cultural peculiarities and regional languages). Such phenomena were naturally undesirable to the French Revolution, and in the context of its bloody and violent egalitarianism, all regional references were eradicated. Shortly after the Revolution, the provinces were dissolved and France was divided into many small départements, which were to be approximately the same size and have the same status, controlled by prefects of the central administration in Paris. The departments were named after rivers or mountains so as not to use the names of any of the old provinces. However, it was not possible to sever the ties between the inhabitants of France and their respective historically grown regions, so that in 1960 regions were created again. There can hardly be said to be any real autonomy. The regions are only supposed to promote the economic, social, health, cultural and scientific development of the region, keep an eye on housing and living conditions, and provide support in some areas, e.g. urban development policy, urban regeneration, regional planning, preservation of regional identity and promotion of regional languages. When the regions were formed, departments located in a particular historical province were administratively grouped together into a region that often had the same historical name. The resulting entities only roughly corresponded to the boundaries of historical provinces. In strictly centralised France, however, any form of responsible regionalism is avoided. The regions do not even have their own seals with which to mark their own legally binding decisions, because there are no plans to introduce such a thing. Therefore, anything to do with coats of arms or flags is completely irrelevant. The logos of the regions are used generally, sometimes with the colours reversed and placed arbitrarily on flags or banners. There are no rules, as they are not official symbols. The logos and flags of the regions therefore often look like company logos: Unloving, unhistorical, technocratic and modernistic. That is why most of these regions have a kind of unofficial heraldic flag, which is intended to recall historical heraldic models. However, these are merely decorative in nature and are not a symbol of sovereign functions. The regions created in 1960 were even called into question in 2014, and a territorial reform was decided – centrally from Paris – which reduced the number of regions by almost half through mergers. The regions and their institutions were not even consulted on this matter.
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Source: Flags of the World,
Wikipedia (D),
Volker Preuß
9th century · probable foundation of the County of Paris
865 · the first Duke of "Francia", called Robert the Strong, fends off the Normans on the Loire River
866 · Robert the Strong fends off again a Norman attack
880 · at the division of the Frankish Empire (Treaty of Verdun and Ribbemont) was created the West Frankish Kingdom (the later France) under a line of the Carolingians
898 · death of Robert the Strong, succession by his brother Robert II.
922 · Robert II. calles himself King of France
923 · Robert II. dies in the Battle of Soissons, the inheritance goes to his son Hugo the Great, he wins the battle, but rejects the crown of France
936 · Hugo the Great is guardian of King Louis IV.
942 · Hugo the Great receives Neustria (now Northern France) and Burgundy
956 · death of Hugo the Great
987 · death of Louis V. (986–987) from the house of the Carolingians, Hugo Capet, son of Hugo the Great was elected to the King of France and becomes the founder of the Capetian dynasty (Kings of France 987–1328), the Counties of Paris, Orléans, Melun and Etampes become the ancestral homeland of the kings of France (called also Francia or Île de France), whose power base and crown domain, the later gouvernorate (province) of Île de France with approximately 8.500 sq.mi.
1776 · the already in the 14th century created governorates of the civil administration of the kingdom of France become committed to a number of 39, and correspond in this way to the number of provinces, in previous years could any provinces be summarized in one governorate
1789 · French Revolution, the governorates (provinces) become abolished, the Île de France is divided into departments
1960 · reintroduction of regions in France, formation of the Region of Île de France, however, but not within the historic boundaries, just by integrating the departments of Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, Val-d'Oise
Source:
Wikipedia (D),
Meyers Konversationslexikon
The name Île-de-France ("Island of France") refers to the local situation of this region between the Seine, Marne, Oise and Beuvronne rivers. Probably the name goes back to the antiquated term "Liddle Franke," meaning "Little Franconia" or "Little France". In the old times the name "Francia" for this region was widespread, but it is outdated.
Source:
Wikipedia (D),
Meyers Konversationslexikon
