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mirrors French national flag - Image by Željko Heimer During the
street insurrections in Paris still known as Les Trois
Glorieuses (The Three Glorious [Days]) that caused the
abdication of King Charles X (27-28-29 July 1830), the Tricolor
flag reappeared after having been banned since 1815 (fall and
exile of Napoléon I). On 30 July 1830, on the balcony of the
city hall of Paris, the old Lafayette gave Louis-Philippe, Duke
d' Orléans, both a kiss and a Tricolor flag. On 1st August, the
Duke, then Lieutenant-Général of the Kingdom, ordered that
France took back "its national colours" (ses couleurs
nationales). Louis-Philippe became later "King of the French"
(Rois des Français), as opposed to the former "Kings of France
and Navarre" (Rois de France et de Navarre), and similarly to
Napoléon I, "Emperor of the French" (Empereur des