French Third Restoration

In the 1871 legislative elections, royalists won a majority in the National Assembly, with a split between Legitimists supporting Henri d'Artois and Orléanists backing Philippe d'Orléans, Count of Paris.

[3] Despite efforts by royalist leaders, including Patrice de Mac Mahon, the monarchist factions could not reconcile their differences.

Henry rejected a compromise whereby the fleur-de-lys would be the new king's personal standard, and the tricolour would remain the national flag.

Henri traveled to Paris and tried to negotiate with the government, to no avail; and on 20 November, the National Assembly confirmed Marshal The 1st Duke of Magenta as Chief of State of France for the next seven years.

[5] Without broad political consensus, the National Assembly dissolved the royalist commission on 31 October 1873, ending the immediate prospects for restoration.

Plaque, at the château de Chambord , of the 5 July 1871 declaration, known as the "declaration of the white flag" ( déclaration du drapeau blanc ), by Henri, Count of Chambord (Henri V).
The French tricolore with the royal crown and fleur-de-lys was possibly designed by the count in his younger years as a compromise [ 6 ]