CIRCA - 1830 🇱🇺 - a horizontal tricolor of red (top), white (middle) & light blue (bottom) equal stripes
HISTORY: The tricolor was 1st raised during the Belgian Revolution of 1830, when Luxembourgish revolutionaries (then part of
the Netherlands) joined the Belgians to fight against the ruling House of Orange-Nassau (of William of Orange fame.)
Tracing back to the 13c medieval arms of the House of Luxembourg; a red double tailed 🦁 lion -
"Lion of Luxemburg," (a simplified version of the 12c arms of the Counts of Luxembourg - taken, in
turn, from the 11c "Lion of Limburg" ⛨ coat of arms of the Duchy of Limburg.
When Limburg was acquired by Luxembourg ~ 1282. a barré pattern: 10 alternating silver (white) &
blue🔍 stripes, was added; possibly due to the original Luxembourg dynasties bearing a barré banner -
but the hue may have been chosen purely for aesthetic reasons to offset the red of the lion.
The (now) national colors were hoisted again for the Luxembourg Revolution of 1848, again against the Dutch, (this time with
it's blue lightened to distinguish it from the otherwise identical flag of Netherlands🔍.) And it has been the de facto flag ever
since all the way through the Duchy winning independence in 1867, but wasn't officially adopted until 1978.
[The civil version is essentially that 12c design; a 🜲 crowned, red rampant 🦁 lion - a common motif of the Low Countries, - on barré patterned field of 10 alternating white (top) & light blue stripes]
VEXILLOLOGY:* Standing for unity & resilience;.
The RED Stripe (and the lion 🦁 that inspired it) symbolizes strength & sovereignty in heraldic tradition.
The WHITE & BLUE Stripes - represent the territorial feudal divisions of the Luxembourg Low County,