Re: Fleur de Lys and the British crowns Archived Message
Posted by jinja on February 12, 2013, 7:50 pm, in reply to "Re: Fleur de Lys and the British crowns"
"One of the names for the yellow flag is liesch, which appeared in many forms in the Middle Ages and in dialects: lisch, lüsch, lies, liesz, liesze, lieyes, leys. "According to legend Clovis (c.466-511 AD), King of the Franks, being trapped between the Gothic army and the Rhine, noticed yellow flags growing out into the river, signifying that it was safe to ford the river at this point. He crossed in safety with his army, and because of this incident adopted the fleur de lis as his emblem." http://www.oocities.org/froebelweb/fleur.html
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