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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 sovereigns, princes of Wales, medieval ladies, modern royal knights and ladies, and stranger knights and ladies, none of whom counts toward the 24-member limit.
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 pinnacle of the British honours system (after the Victoria Cross and George Cross).
The monarch is known as the Sovereign of the Garter, and the Prince of Wales is known as a Royal Knight Companion of the Garter. [22] Male members of the Order are titled "Knights Companion" and female members are called "Ladies Companion". Formerly, the sovereign filled vacancies upon the nomination of the members.
Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley,KG [1] (c. 1460 – 31 January 1531) was an English nobleman created a Knight of the Garter (KG) in the beginning of King Henry VIII's reign. [2] He was chamberlain to Princess Mary (later Queen Mary I) from 1525 to 1528. [3]
The Queen did not take part in the traditional procession of Garter Knights and Ladies through the grounds of the Berkshire castle. Given her ongoing mobility issues, the decision was expected and ...
In 1348, he was invested as one of the founders and 13th Knight of the new Order of the Garter. [4] Around the same time as, or before, his first expedition, he secretly married the 12-year-old Joan of Kent, daughter of Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent and Margaret Wake, granddaughter of Edward I and Margaret of France.
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Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, KG, third founder knight of the Order of the Garter, shown wearing his garter robes over his tunic showing the arms of Beauchamp quartering Newburgh. Illustration from the 1430 Bruges Garter Book made by William Bruges (1375–1450), first Garter King of Arms