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This is a list of flags used in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, a country in western Europe. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Luxembourg.

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1993 -	Flag of Luxembourg (Ratio: 3:5)	The flag is a horizontal tricolor of red, white, and blue. De facto used from 1848, but it was not officially adopted until 1993.
	1972 - 1993	Flag of Luxembourg (Ratio: 1:2)	The national flag in 1:2 ratio.

Ensign

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1972 -	Civil Ensign and Civil Air Ensign of Luxembourg	A banner of the coat of arms of Luxembourg. It is made of ten horizontal white and blue stripes with a red lion with yellow claws, teeth, tongue and crown over all.

Standard of the Grand Duke

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2001 -	Standard of the Grand Duke	An orange flag with the middle coat of arms of the Grand Duke.

Cities

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Capital city of Luxembourg
		Flag of Betzdorf, Luxembourg
		Flag of Diekirch

Historical Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	800-888	The Imperial Orilflamme of Charlemagne	A 3 pointed green field with 8 golden crosses and 6 flowers.
	1242-1443	Flag of The County and Duchy of Luxemburg	A banner of the coat of arms of Luxembourg. It is made of ten horizontal white and blue stripes with a red lion with yellow claws, teeth, tongue and crown over all.
	1443-1556	Flag of The Duchy of Burgundy under Philip the Good	A Banner of The Coat of Arms of The Duchy of Burgundy under The House of Valois-Burgundy
	1556-1684 1698-1700	Flag of The Seventeen Provinces, The Southern Netherlands and The Spanish Netherlands	A red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field.
	1556-1684 1698-1700	Civil ensign of the Spanish Netherlands	A horizontal tricolour of red, white and yellow, with the Cross of Burgundy in the centre.
	1684-1698 1701-1711 1814-1815	Flag of The Kingdom of France	A White Field with several Fleur-de-lis.
	1711-1713	Flag of The Electorate of Bavaria	A Quartered Banner of Arms. the 1st and 4th quarters, An array of 21 lozenges of blue and white. the 2nd and 3rd quarters are the lion of The Electorate of Palatinate. plus an inescutcheon with a golden orb on a red field in the center.
	1713-1795	Flag of The Archduchy of Austria	three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and red.
	1713-1740	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	Flag of The Austrian Netherlands	A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, white and gold with the arms of Austria.
	1789-1790	Flag of The Brabant Revolution	A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, black and yellow.
	1795-1814	Flag of The French First Republic and The First French Empire	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2).
	1815-1830 1839-1848	Flag of The United Kingdom of the Netherlands and The Kingdom of The Netherlands	A horizontal triband of red, white and blue.
	1830-1831	Flag of the Belgian Revolution	A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, yellow and red.
	1831-1839	Flag of The Kingdom of Belgium	A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 2:3 ratio.
	1848-1914 1918-1940 1944-1972	Flag of Luxembourg
	1914-1918	Flag of The German Empire used during the occupation of Luxembourg in World War I	A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom).
	1940-1945	Flag of Nazi Germany used during the occupation of Luxembourg in World War II	A red field, with a white disc with a black swastika at a 45-degree angle. Disc and swastika are exactly in the centre.

Historical Royal Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1556	Banner of arms of King Charles I
	1556	Banner of arms of Emperor Charles V
	1556	Banner of arms of Emperor Charles V
	1556-1580 1668-1684 1698-1700	Royal Standard or Royal Flag of the House of Habsburg.
	1580-1668	Banner of arms of the House of Austria (with the arms of Portugal).
	1580-1668	Royal Standard or Royal Flag of the House of Habsburg. (Inescutcheon of Portugal in the Royal arms)
	1668-1684 1698-1700	Banner of arms of the House of Austria (from 1668)
	1684-1698 1701-1711	Royal standard of Louis XIV
	1804-1814	Imperial standard of Napoléon I
	1814-1815	Royal Standard of Louis XVIII
	1815-1830 1839-1848	Royal Standard of The Dutch Monarch
	1815-1835	Standard of the Emperor Francis
	1848-1866	Standard of the Emperor Franz Joseph
	1914-1918	German Emperor's Standard

References

• (in English) Luxembourg at Flags of the World

• Lists and galleries of flags
• National symbols of Luxembourg
• Luxembourg-related lists