This is a list of flags used in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, a country in western Europe. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Luxembourg.

National flag

FlagDateUseDescription
1993 -Flag of Luxembourg (Ratio: 3:5)The flag is a horizontal tricolor of red, white, and blue. De facto used from 1848, but it was not officially adopted until 1993.
1972 - 1993Flag of Luxembourg (Ratio: 1:2)The national flag in 1:2 ratio.

Ensign

FlagDateUseDescription
1972 -Civil Ensign and Civil Air Ensign of LuxembourgA banner of the coat of arms of Luxembourg. It is made of ten horizontal white and blue stripes with a red lion with yellow claws, teeth, tongue and crown over all.

Standard of the Grand Duke

FlagDateUseDescription
2001 -Standard of the Grand DukeAn orange flag with the middle coat of arms of the Grand Duke.

Cities

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of the Capital city of Luxembourg
Flag of Betzdorf, Luxembourg
Flag of Diekirch

Historical Flags

FlagDateUseDescription
800-888The Imperial Orilflamme of CharlemagneA 3 pointed green field with 8 golden crosses and 6 flowers.
1242-1443Flag of The County and Duchy of LuxemburgA banner of the coat of arms of Luxembourg. It is made of ten horizontal white and blue stripes with a red lion with yellow claws, teeth, tongue and crown over all.
1443-1556Flag of The Duchy of Burgundy under Philip the GoodA Banner of The Coat of Arms of The Duchy of Burgundy under The House of Valois-Burgundy
1556-1684
1698-1700
Flag of The Seventeen Provinces, The Southern Netherlands and The Spanish NetherlandsA red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field.
1684-1698
1701-1711
1814-1815
Flag of The Kingdom of FranceA White Field with several Fleur-de-lis.
1711-1713Flag of The Electorate of BavariaA Quartered Banner of Arms. the 1st and 4th quarters, An array of 21 lozenges of blue and white. the 2nd and 3rd quarters are the lion of The Electorate of Palatinate. plus an inescutcheon with a golden orb on a red field in the center.
1713-1795Flag of The Archduchy of Austriathree equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and red.
1713-1740Flag of The Archduchy of AustriaA yellow field with a black double headed eagle with a crown on top and carrying the tricolored arms of Austria on his chest.
1713-1795Flag of The Holy Roman EmpireA black double-headed eagle with haloes on a yellow field.
1781-1786Flag of The Austrian NetherlandsA tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, white and gold with the arms of Austria.
1789Flag of The Brabant RevolutionA yellow field bordered with red and black triangles and the brabant lion in the center.
1789-1790Flag of The Brabant RevolutionA tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, black and yellow.
1795-1814Flag of The French First Republic and The First French EmpireA vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2).
1815-1830
1839-1848
Flag of The United Kingdom of the Netherlands and The Kingdom of The NetherlandsA horizontal triband of red, white and blue.
1815-1866Flag of The German ConfederationA tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), red, and gold (bottom).
1830-1831Flag of the Belgian RevolutionA tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, yellow and red.
1831-1839Flag of The Kingdom of BelgiumA vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 2:3 ratio.
1848-1914
1918-1940
Flag of Luxembourg
1914-1918Flag of The German EmpireA tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom).
1940-1945Flag of The 3rd ReichA red field, with a white disc with a black swastika at a 45 degree angle. Disc and swastika are exactly in the centre.

Historical Royal Flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1556Banner of arms of King Charles I
1556Banner of arms of Emperor Charles V
1556Banner of arms of Emperor Charles V
1556-1580
1668-1684
1698-1700
Royal Standard or Royal Flag of the House of Habsburg.
1580-1668Banner of arms of the House of Austria
(with the arms of Portugal).
1580-1668Royal Standard or Royal Flag of the House of Habsburg. (Inescutcheon of Portugal in the Royal arms)
1668-1684
1698-1700
Banner of arms of the House of Austria (from 1668)
1684-1698
1701-1711
Royal standard of Louis XIV
1804-1814Imperial standard of Napoléon I
1814-1815Royal Standard of Louis XVIII
1815-1830
1839-1848
Royal Standard of The Dutch Monarch
1815-1835Standard of the Emperor Francis
1848-1866Standard of the Emperor Franz Joseph
1914-1918German Emperor's Standard

References

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