Historical orders of France
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This page is a list of the orders of knighthood and Orders of Merit
awarded by France
, in the order they were established or incorporated in France, and their origins.
Order of Merit (disambiguation)
Order of Merit may refer to:Extant national orders:* Order of Merit of Antigua and Barbuda, see Commonwealth realms orders and decorations* Order of Merit * Order of Merit of the Bahamas* Order of Merit of the Police Forces...
awarded by France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, in the order they were established or incorporated in France, and their origins.
485-987
- Order of Saint Remigius 485 (probably a legend)
- Order of the Rooster and the Dog 496 (probably a legend)
- Order of the Oak 723 (probably a legend)
987-1328
- Order of the LionOrder of the Lion (France)The Order of the Lion was an order of knighthood set up by Enguerrand I of Coucy , to keep alive the memory of his killing a dangerous lion. It was short-lived and was forgotten after its founder's death...
1080 - Order of Saint LazarusOrder of Saint LazarusThis article concerns the order of knighthood named after Saint Lazarus. For other uses of the name Lazarus, see Lazarus .The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem is an order of chivalry which originated in a leper hospital founded by the Knights Hospitaller in 1098 by the...
1099 - Order of the Temple, also known as the Templars, set up in Jerusalem by 7 French knights in 1118. The Order had its headquarters in Paris but was so spread across Europe it cannot be accounted a solely French order
- Order of Our Dear Lady of the Poor of Aubrac 1120
- Order of the Holy GhostOrder of the Holy GhostThe order was responsible for running hospitals - Hospitals of the Holy Ghost - throughout Europe for centuries, and in its heyday the number of its houses ran into many hundreds...
1198 - Order of the Faith and PeaceOrder of the Faith and PeaceThe Order of the Faith and Peace or Order of the Sword was a military order in Gascony in the mid-13th century.The order was first mentioned by Pope Gregory IX in 1231 in a letter to magistro militiae ordinis sancti Jacobi ejusque fratribus tam presentibus quam futuris ad defensionem fidei et pacis...
1229 - Order of the Ship and the Mossel 1269
- Militia of the Faith of Jesus ChristMilitia of the Faith of Jesus ChristThe Militia or Order of the Faith of Jesus Christ was an ephemeral military order founded in Languedoc in or shortly before 1221, It owed its origins probably to Folquet de Marselha, the Bishop of Toulouse; Simon IV de Montfort, leader of the Albigensian Crusade; and possibly to Dominic of...
(first half of the 13th century) - Order of the Cuckoo Flower 1234
1328-1589
- Order of Saint LazarusOrder of Saint LazarusThis article concerns the order of knighthood named after Saint Lazarus. For other uses of the name Lazarus, see Lazarus .The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem is an order of chivalry which originated in a leper hospital founded by the Knights Hospitaller in 1098 by the...
1099 - Order of the StarOrder of the Star (France)The Order of the Star was an order of chivalry founded on 6 November 1351 by John II of France in imitation of the Order of the Garter recently founded by Edward III of England...
, also known as the Order of Our Lady of the Noble House 1351 - Order of the Golden Shield 1369
- Order of the Green Shield 1369
- Order of Our Lady of the Distel 1370
- Order of the ErmineOrder of the ErmineThe Order of the Ermine was a chivalric order of the 14th and 15th centuries in the Duchy of Brittany. The ermine is the emblem of Brittany...
1381 - Order of the Belt of Hope 1389
- Order of the Crown 1390
- Order of Saint George 1390
- Order of the Porcupine 1394
- Order of the Passion of Christ 1400
- Order of the White Lady rond 1400
- Order of the Hop rond 1400
- Order of the Golden Chains 1414
- Order of the Greyhound 1416
- Order of the Wedding 1416
- Order of Hubert 1423
- Order of the Waning Moon (Provence) 1448
- Order of Saint MichaelOrder of Saint MichaelThe Order of Saint Michael was a French chivalric order, founded by Louis XI of France in 1469, in competitive response to the Burgundian Order of the Golden Fleece founded by Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy, Louis' chief competitor for the allegiance of the great houses of France, the Dukes of...
(1469) - Order of the Ladies of the Knot 1498
- Order of the Holy GhostOrder of the Holy GhostThe order was responsible for running hospitals - Hospitals of the Holy Ghost - throughout Europe for centuries, and in its heyday the number of its houses ran into many hundreds...
(1578) - Order of Christian Mercy 1589