Armorial of the Presidents of the French Republic

== Arms of the Presidents of the French Republic==
Many of the Presidents of the French Republic have borne arms; either through inheritance or via membership in foreign [[orders of chivalry]]; in particular; the Swedish [[Order of the Seraphim]],the Danish [[Order of the Dannebrog]].

==Arms of the Presidents of the French Republic==
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|Arms of Charles Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, President of the French Republic, 1848-1852. (Later Emperor [[Napoleon III]] 1852-1871)

''Azure, an Eagle displayed facing to the sinister holding in its talons a thunderbolt, all Or.''

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|[[Adolphe Thiers]], President of the French Republic, 1871-1873

No arms known

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|Arms of Patrice de Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta, President of the French Republic, 1873-1879.

''Argent, three Lions passant facing to the sinister Gules, armed and langued Azure a chief Gules Semy of Mullets of five points Argent.''

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|Arms of [[Jules Grevy]], President of the French Republic, 1879-1887. Adopted on his admittance to the [[Order of the Seraphim]] on 1 June 1882.

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|Arms of [[Marie François Sadi Carnot]], President of the French Republic, 1887-1894.

Ancestral arms:''Azure, below a Mullet of five points Argent three Martlets two over one, all Or.''

No Motto

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|Arms of [[Jean Casimir-Perier]], President of the French Republic, 1894-1895

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|Arms of [[Félix Faure]], President of the French Republic, 1895-1899

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|Arms of [[Émile Loubet]], President of the French Republic, 1899-1906. Adopted on his admittance to the [[Order of the Seraphim]] on 17 April 1899.

''Azure, The letters E and L being shown two times mirrorvise and placed on a branch Laurel all Or.''

Motto: ''Virtute et Labore'' (Latin:Virtue and Work)

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|Arms of [[Armand Fallières]], President of the French Republic, 1906-1913, Adopted on his admittance to the [[Order of the Seraphim]] on 24 April 1906.

''Azure, the letters A and F conjoined Or''.

Motto: ''L'Homme Ne Vaut Que Par Le Bien Qu'il Fait'' (French: We are judged by our deeds.)

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| Arms of [[Raymond Poincaré]], President of the French Republic, 1913-1920. Adopted on his admittance to the [[Order of the Seraphim]] on 16 April 1913.

''Azure, the letters R and P conjoined Or''

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| [[Paul Deschanel]], President of the French Republic, 1920

No arms known

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|Arms of [[Alexandre Millerand]], President of the French Republic, 1920-1924. Adopted on his admittance to the [[Order of the Seraphim]] on 18 March 1921.

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|Arms of [[Gaston Doumergue]], President of the French Republic, 1924-1931, Adopted on his admittance to the [[Order of the Seraphim]] on 1 August 1927.

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|[[Paul Doumer]], President of the French Republic, 1931-1932

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|Arms of [[Albert Lebrun]], President of the French Republic, 1931-1940, Adopted on his admittance to the [[Order of the Seraphim]] on 10 April 1933.

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|[[Vincent Auriol]], President of the French Republic, 1947-1954.

No arms known.
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| [[Rene Coty]], President of the French Republic, 1954-1959.

No arms known.
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| Arms of [[Charles de Gaulle]], President of the French Republic, 1959-1969.

Ancestral arms: Quarterly 1 and 4, Azure, a Lion rampant Argent, crowned Or, 2 and 3: Tierced per pale Argent, Gules and Azure, in chief three Leaves Sable, points downwards, and in base, three Trefoils Or.

Assumed on him being admitted to the [[Order of the Seraphim]] on 8 May 1963:

''Tierced per pale Azure , Argent and Gules, on the centre Pale a Patriarchal Cross''

Motto: ''France Libre'' (French:)
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| Arms of [[Georges Pompidou]], President of the French Republic, 1969-1974. Assumed on him being admitted to the [[Order of the Seraphim]] in
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| Arms of [[Valery Giscard d'Estaing]], President of the French Republic, 1974-1981. Assumed on him being admitted to the [[Order of the Seraphim]] on 6 June 1980.

''Azure a Fasces Or with Axe Argent, bound Argent and surrounded by a wreath of Laurel Or, bound Argent.''

No motto.

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| Arms of [[François Mitterrand]], President of the French Republic, 1981-1995. Assumed on him being admitted to the [[Order of the Seraphim]] on 11 May 1984.

''Azure, a Tree eradicated Or.''
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| Arms of [[Jacques Chirac]], President of the French Republic, 1995-2007. Assumed on him being admitted to the [[Order of the Seraphim]] on 10 April 2000.

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| Arms of [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], President of the French Republic, 2007-2012.
Ancestral arms:
''Gules, on a Mount Vert, a Wolf rampant Proper, holding in its dexter paw a Sabre also Proper, pomelled and hilted Or''

Crest: ''A Wolf rampant Proper, holding in its dexter paw a Sabre also Proper.''

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| [[Francois Hollande]], President of the French Republic, 2012–present.

No arms known.

[[Category:Armorials]]