An Anecdotal History of the "Fleur de Lis"

A brief rundown of the historical milestones associated with the Fleu de Lis symbol. Made because I see this design utilized with absurd regularity and I was curious why.

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Edit, WMG made me change the music (even though they probably don't own it), so the music at the end is now Sonata #2 in F major for future reference.

Sources:

►https://web.archive.org/web/200903272...
►https://books.google.com/books?id=08E...
►https://books.google.com/books?id=pDE...
►https://books.google.com/books/about/...
►https://books.google.com/books?id=7ps...
►https://books.google.com/books?id=Sb5...
►https://books.google.com/books?id=480...
►https://books.google.com/books?id=B8R...
►https://books.google.com/books?id=KXJ...
►http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/finding-t...

I feel obliged to credit Wikipedia for leading me to several sources: ►https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleur-d...

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Credits:

Chuck Cook: USA TODAY Sports - Sports Photo
Trip Advisor - Bathroom
AncientPages.com - Ksahtrap Dynasty coin
Juliana Miyachi: Pintrest - Charlemagne
http://maidofheaven.com - Joan of Arc Tapestry
commons.wikimedia.org - Tripel Karmeliet (glass), Transactions room of the former Jesuits' college of Reims (Marne, France)
(Wikimedia Commons) DannyDaWriter (DannyDaWriter) - Violin
(Wikimedia Commons) Leonard J. DeFrancisci - Ken's Steak House
(Wikimedia Commons) Pmau - "Gravure dans la roche au lieu dit "La Roche Marquée" sous la combe de Noirvaux. Altitude 1212m."
(Wikimedia Commons) Jeangagnon - "Médaillon de bronze devant l'hôtel de ville de Québec qui souligne le caractère patrimonial du Vieux-Québec et ses 400 ans d'histoire"
(Wikimedia Commons) Photo by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas - "Le Mont-Saint-Michel, France: Close-up of the water tap with the signs of the Camino de Santiago (represented by three scallops) and the three lillies of the souvereignty of France"
(Wikimedia Commons) Charny - Église de Sayabec
(Wikimedia Commons) Jos E Howard - "Somewhere In France is the Lily."
(Wikimedia Commons) Cpl. Nicole A. LaVine - Klaus Springer (right), a member with Fight Club 29, delivers his opponent a textbook round-house kick during the U.S. National Pankration Championships in Santa Ana, Calif., Oct. 25.
(Wikimedia Commons) Pymouss -  Église Saint-Michel à Luxembourg : entrée, rue Sigefroi.
Fleur de Lis at Vatican - Pintrest "Wander Lust and Lipstick"
Mary Statue photo - Tim Walling in an article by Bill Peterson on the Student Affairs Collective website
Vatican Fleur de Lis from Wanderlust and Lipstick on Pinterest

Music: Hymne de la Monarchie française appelé "Vive Henri IV" (Wikimedia Commons)

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