Orders of Chivalry Their Origin and European Context David J. Butler, Ph.D. Academic Director, Irish Ancestry Research Centre, University of Limerick

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Orders of ChivalryTheir Origin and European
ContextDavid J. Butler, Ph.D.Academic
Director,Irish Ancestry Research Centre,
University of Limerick
Orders of Chivalry Their Origin and European
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Orders of Chivalry Their Origin and European
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• Layout of Presentation
• Introduction to Orders of Chivalry
• The Military Monastic Orders (1100 1291)
  Origins Organisation
• The Monarchical Orders of Chivalry (1335 1470)
• Monarchical Orders
• Confraternal Orders
• Princely Orders
• Fraternal Orders
• Votive Orders
• The Cliental Pseudo-Orders
• Honorific Pseudo-Orders
• From Chivalry to Honorific Orders of Chivalry
  (1560 to present)
• The Papal Orders and Orders awarded by The Holy
  See/founded by Pope
• The Orders of Chivalry of The United Kingdom
• Some European Orders of Chivalry
• The Masonic Orders of Chivalry Knights Templar
  and Knights of Malta
• The Revived Most Venerable Order of St John of
  Jerusalem
• The Military and Hospitaller Order of St Lazarus
  of Jerusalem

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• THE PAPAL ORDERS
• ORDERS AWARDED BY THE HOLY SEE OR FOUNDED BY
  PAPAL BULL
• The Supreme Order of Christ
• The Order of the Golden Spur
• The Order of Pius IX (Pian Order or Ordine Piano)
• The Order of Saint Gregory The Great
• The Order of Saint Sylvester Pope and Martyr
• Orders of Chivalry under direct Papal protection
• The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Malta
• The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher

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The Supreme Order of Christ Fra Ludovico The
76th Grand Master of the Sovereign Military and
Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of
Rhodes, and of Malta (1931-51)
The Order of the Golden Spur
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Knight of Saint Gregory The Great (to
left) Knights of The Equestrian Order of the
Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (below)
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Orders of Chivalry founded by Papal Bull (limited
to R.C. Membership)The Sacred Military
Constantinian Order of Saint George The four
Spanish Military Orders Santiago, Calatrava, Alc
ántara and Montesa H.M. The King of Spain
The Sacred Military Order of Saint Stephen (of
Tuscany) - dynastic The Royal Order of Saint
George for the Defence of the Immaculate
Conception dynastic (Royal House of
Bavaria)
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The Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint
George G.M. His Royal Highness the Infante of
Spain Don Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Calabria
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Orders founded or confirmed by Papal Bulls but
which are Collar Orders given in one grade that
of Knight The Supreme Order of the
Annunciation (Savoy-Italy) The Order of the
Golden Fleece (HM The King of Spain) The Order
of the Holy Spirit (France, dormant) The Order
of Saint Michel (France, dormant)
 The Illustrious Royal Order of Saint Januarius
(Spain)
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The Supreme Order of the Annunciation (Savoy-Italy
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The Royal Illustrious Order of Saint Januarius
(Royal House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies GM, HRH The
Duke of Calabria)
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Emperor Franz Joseph, Grand Master of the Order
of the Golden Fleece (Austria)
Prince Albert (1842), Knight of the Order of the
Golden Fleece (Spain)
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• The Orders of Chivalry of the United Kingdom
• The Most Noble Order of the Garter (1348)
• The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the
  Thistle (1687)
• The Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick
  (1783)
• The Most Honourable Order of The Bath (1725)
• The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
  Saint George (1818)
• The Distinguished Service Order (1886)
• The Royal Victorian Order (1896)
• The Order of Merit (1902)
• The Imperial Service Order (1902)
• The Most Excellent Order of The British Empire
  (1917)
• The Order of The Companions of Honour (1917)

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H.M. The Queen, as Sovereign of The Most Noble
Order of The Garter, at The Garter Day
Procession, Windsor Castle Established in 1348,
by Edward III, the order is the oldest of its
kind in the world.
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The Thistle (above) St Patrick (right)
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Prince Albert as Grand Master of The Order of The
Bath
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Saint Michael and Saint George
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Royal Victorian Order
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Order of the British Empire
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The Royal Houses of Norway and United Kingdom
Order Exchange
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The Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana was
instituted in 1995 to honour the independence of
the Estonian state The Collar and star badge
(see, left) was awarded President MacAleese in
2001.
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Masonic Knight of Malta (left) Preceptor (chair)
of Masonic Knights Templar Preceptory UK
(right) Oldest recorded minute worldwide
(Scotland, 1769) Ireland from 1779)
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Masonic Knights Templar (UK and Ireland left
USA, above)
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H.M. The Queen Sovereign of The Most Venerable
Order of the Hospital of Saint John of
Jerusalem HRH Prince Richard, Duke of
Gloucester, Grand Prior of the Order.
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