Other Translations
Dieu et mon droit has been translated in several ways, including "God and my right," "God and my right hand," "God and my lawful right," and "God and my right shall me defend."
The literal translation of Dieu et mon droit is "God and my right". However, Kearsley's Complete Peerage, published in 1799, translates it to mean "God and my right hand". (In standard French that would be Dieu et ma droite, not mon droit.) The Kearsley volume appeared during publication of the 1st edition (1796–1808) of the German Brockhaus Encyclopedia, which emphasised the raising of the "right hand" during installations and coronations of German Kings.
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