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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II >>>>>>
and HRH Prince Phillip - The Duke of Edinburgh
The House of Windsor >>>>>>
bestow many Orders of Chivalry
The Rewards of Virtue
During the middle ages, the word Chivalry referred to the knightly class on horseback ' Cavalry or Chivalry '. The French word Chevalier is the root of the word Chivalry, which in simple terms means ' a Mounted Man - a Chevalier or - a 'Horseman'.
In time chivalry came to be associated with attributes like Courtesy, Bravery, Honour, the Protection of Women, Children and Orphans. Knights organised themselves into various secular and religious orders to uphold these virtues.
The Teutonic Knights Protectors of The House of Lichtenberg and authorised by The Principality or Lichtenberg, do like other Royal Houses and Orders of Chivalry, retain the right under Fons Honorum, to bestow, or grant Noble titles and Orders of Chivalry, on worthy persons, given our legal Fons Honorum rights, emanating from King Charles 'Charlemagne' through our Patron Princess Maya - The Baroness de Haynau.
As noted on a previous page and worth repeating, Charlemagne's achievements in life, in battle and as founding Father of Europe and Chivalry, resulted in Charlemagne receiving the exemplary honour from the most prestigious Chivalric Organisation in Europe, The Almanach de Chivalry, whereby he was named, The Supreme Guardian & Patron of Chivalry. All legitimate European Royals are members, including Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II - and Princess Maya The Baroness de Haynau and her family, are rightly proud of this universal honour to their ancestor.
King Edward the 3rd, of England, introduced the ‘Order of the Garter’ in 1348 with his famous son the Black Prince and thus began the British Honours system. However Charlemagne, 742-814, the Father of Modern Europe and all European Chivalry and Knighthood, had begun conferring Honours from around 780 and some three hundred years later circa 1100, the Venerable Order of St John and other Knightly Order’s, had also bagun the practice of bestowing honours on great warriors for conspicuous acts of bravery and achievement in battle. Charlemagne and other Orders of Chivalry predated British honours by as much as 600 years.
Crusade Order’s such as ‘The Knights of the Teutonic Order’, Order of St John, SMOM et al, are the oldest surviving Order’s of Chivalry in the World. King Richard 1st the Lionheart, or in French Coeur de Lion, was inspired by Arthurian Legend and tales of chivalry from early crusaders and even named his sword Excalibur. By tradition there cannot be more than 24 knights of the Garter, however the first investiture saw the elevation of England’s first 26 Knights, the additional two being Edward 111 and his son, however when King Edward introduced the Order of the Garter as shown in the robe procession of Queen Elizabeth 2 (see photo above), he restricted it to just 24 members.
Many chivalric orders have emerged since these early days, and admission is normally earned when one offers (e.g.) a significant DONATION or GIFT, or ones time to something special over many years, such as the Damehood given Mother Theresa, by one of our Chivalric Orders, or it can be for Services to Medicine - The Arts - Charity - Music - etal and etal, but it can also be simply for Royal favour.
Orders of Chivalry and Knighthood carry specific titles and emblems such as Neck Orders, Lapel Pins, Minitures - Ribbons - Sashes, etc, and knights also have Banners and are authorised to prepare a Coat of Arms.
In London a good place to visit for any Chivalric Memorabilia is Hand & Lock at;
86 Margaret Street London W1W 8TE Telephone Nr: + 44 ( 0 ) 20 7580 7488
Their website is : www.handembroideryshop.co.uk
Full address for their extensive range of historical artifacts and other products is :
http://www.handembroideryshop.co.uk /acatalog/COLLECTIBLE_&_HISTORICAL_MILITARIA.html
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