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"Flags of Belgium" redirects here. For the current national flag of Belgium, see
Flag of Belgium .
Flags on a Flemish townhall with (left to right) the European, Belgian and Flemish Community flags
Flags on a townhall in Mechelen with (left to right) the flags of
Antwerp ,
Flanders ,
Belgium ,
Europe and
Mechelen .
The royal standard of King Albert II
This is a list of flags used in
Belgium .
National flag
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1831–present
Flag of Belgium
A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 13:15 ratio. Technically the national flag, but rarely seen in the officially approved dimensions.
Ensign
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1831–present
Civil ensign of Belgium
A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 2:3 ratio.
1950–present
State ensign of Belgium
A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red defaced by a lion
rampant ensigned by a crown, both
sable (black), the lion armed and
langued
gules (red).
Military
Sub-national
Regions and communities
Provinces
Municipalities
Royal standards
Monarch
Each royal standard for a monarch is a square rouge ponceau banner of the royal arms, personalised with the
king's cypher in each corner.
Historical flags
Flag
Date
Use
Description
800-888
[2]
Imperial Orilflamme of
Charlemagne
A 3 pointed green field with 8 golden crosses and 6 flowers.
early 1400s
[2]
Imperial Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor
An
Imperial Eagle displayed with a halo sable armed and langued gules
862–1797
[2]
Flag of the
County of Flanders
A yellow flag with a black lion in the center.
900–1477
[2]
Flag of the
County of Hainaut
A yellow quartered banner with black and red lions.
1183–1794
[2]
Flag of the
Duchy of Brabant
A golden lion on a black field.
1482–1714
[2]
Flag of
Spanish Netherlands
A white flag with the
cross of
Burgundy .
1713–1740
[2]
Flag of the
Archduchy of Austria
A yellow field with a black double headed eagle with a crown on top and carrying the tricolored arms of Austria on his chest.
1781–1786
[3]
Flag of the
Austrian Netherlands
A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, white and gold with the arms of Austria.
1789
Flag of the
Brabant Revolution
A yellow field bordered with red and black triangles and the brabant lion in the center.
1789–1790
Flag of the Brabant Revolution
A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, black and yellow.
~1790s
Flag of the
Prince-Bishopric of Liège , also of the
Republic of Liège
A bicolour, with two equal vertical bands of red and yellow.
1830–1831
Flag of the
Belgian Revolution
A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, yellow and red.
c. 1865
Fanion of the
Belgian Legion during the
French intervention in Mexico
Tricolour of the
Mexican Empire , superimposed with the Belgian tricolour to top left.
1883–1920
Flag of
Neutral Moresnet
A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, white and blue.
Brussels
Wallonia
Colonial
Political flags
House flags of Belgian freight companies
Other
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1957–present
Unofficial flag of
Benelux
A Dutch tricolour superimposed with a rampant lion and black square
1955–present
Flag of Europe
A circle of 12 5-pointed gold (yellow) stars on a blue field.
References
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Names in
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non-sovereign (dependent) territories, disputed states and/or former countries.
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