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    The Most Noble Order of the Garter is an order of chivalry founded by Edward III of England in 1348. The most senior order of knighthood in the British...
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    A garter is an article of clothing comprising a narrow band of fabric fastened about the leg to keep up stockings. In the eighteenth to twentieth centuries...
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  • The Most Noble Order of the Garter is a British order of chivalry. It is the world's oldest national order of knighthood in continuous existence and the...
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  • The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III of England in 1348. Dates shown are of nomination or installation; coloured rows indicate...
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    Garter, is the oldest documented order of chivalry in the United Kingdom, dating to the middle fourteenth century. In 1783 an Irish equivalent, the Most...
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    King Edward III founded the Order of the Garter around the time of his claim to the French throne. The traditional year of foundation is usually given...
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    active "dynastic state order" (e.g. Order of the Garter), otherwise a "non-national dynastic order", as the head of a formerly reigning royal house operating...
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    The Chancellor of the Order of the Garter is an officer of the Order of the Garter. When the Order of the Garter was founded in 1348 at St George's Chapel...
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    Garter Principal King of Arms (also Garter King of Arms or simply Garter) is the senior king of arms and officer of arms of the College of Arms, the heraldic...
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  • Knights Companion of the Order of the Garter, Ladies and wives of Knights of the Order of the Thistle, and wives of Knights of the Order of St Patrick. Baronets'...
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    Honorary Members. The Order of the Bath is the fourth-most senior of the British orders of chivalry, after the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the Most Ancient...
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    Wogan. King George V founded the order to fill gaps in the British honours system: The orders of the Garter, Thistle, and of St Patrick honoured royals...
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    order of chivalry, following the Order of the Garter, Order of the Thistle, Order of St Patrick and Order of the Bath. It is the senior order of chivalry...
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    Chapel of the Order of the Garter. St George's Chapel was founded in the 14th century by King Edward III and extensively enlarged in the late 15th century...
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  • 2024 Special Honours (category 2024 awards in the United Kingdom)
    As part of the British honours system, Special Honours are issued at the Monarch's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer to the awards...
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    England, the Most Noble Order of the Garter, is the oldest order of chivalry in the British Isles, dating from the mid-fourteenth century. The Scottish...
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    although there are exceptions: for example female members of the British Order of the Garter may be called either "Lady (Royal and/or Supernumerary) Companion"...
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    St George's House (Windsor Castle) (category Social history of the United Kingdom)
    1597, for the festival of the Order of the Garter, though specific evidence for this seems lacking. The Council of St George's House comprises the Representative...
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    the then most senior orders of chivalry, the Most Noble Order of the Garter and the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, had been made on ministerial...
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  • Wives of eldest sons of knights: Knights Companion of the Order of the Garter Knights of the Order of the Thistle Knights of the Order of St Patrick Knights...
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    element of the Order of the Garter; the design attempts to create an illusion of additional height through the gothic woodwork along the ceiling. The Lantern...
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    Order of the Golden Fleece, England's Order of the Garter, Denmark's Order of the Elephant and Scotland's Order of the Thistle, were created during that era...
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    knights or dames of the Order of the Garter. The following is a list is of all Spencer members of this order, across all branches of the family, along with...
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    from the chain of the Order of the Garter is referred to as "the George". The first of the Orders of Knighthood were the military orders of crusaders who...
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    after The Most Noble Order of the Garter, The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, The Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick, The Most Honourable...
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    The honour bestowed is commonly, but not invariably, membership of the UK's most senior order of chivalry, the Order of the Garter. The practice of creating...
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    The Bruges Garter Book is a 15th-century Anglo-Norman illuminated manuscript containing portraits of the founder knights of the Order of the Garter. It...
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    hand the awards ceremonies for England's Order of the Garter and Austria's Order of the Golden Fleece and noticed the loyalty and pride of the awardees[citation...
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    Royal Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Extra Lady of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian...
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    Knight (redirect from Knighthood, Orders of)
    such as the Roman Catholic Sovereign Military Order of Malta, the Protestant Order of Saint John, as well as the English Order of the Garter, the Swedish...
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