France national flag

Question

I want to ask what is the meaning of France national flag ?? Why it is blue, white and red??

Answer 1

Please go to:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_France

After the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy following the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, the flag - with its revolutionary connotations - was replaced by the royal white standard with fleur-de-lis which had been in use before the Revolution. However, following the July Revolution of 1830, the new "Citizen-King," Louis-Philippe, restored the tricolour.

The tricolour remained the national flag under the Second Republic and Second Empire. Following the overthrow of Napoleon III, voters elected a royalist majority to the National Assembly of the new Third Republic. This parliament then offered the throne to the Bourbon pretender, Henri, comte de Chambord. However, he insisted that he would accept the throne on the condition that the tricolour be replaced by the white fleur-de-lis flag. As the tricolour had become a cherished national symbol, this proved impossible to accommodate. Plans to restore the monarchy were ultimately dropped, and France has remained a republic, with the tricolour flag, ever since.