24 October 2023

France Claims Texas

MM remembers the day that le Comte de Lasalle claimed what is now Texas for HMCM Louis XIV of France and Navarre.

From The Mad Monarchist (20 February 2012)


It was on this day in 1685 that the intrepid French explorer LaSalle established Fort St Louis at Matagorda Bay, claiming Texas for His Most Christian Majesty King Louis XIV of France and Navarre. To this day the fleur-de-lys still flies over Texas in honor of that occasion and our (albeit short-lived) connection to the Kingdom of France. Vive le Roi!

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