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2. Order of Saint Louis - Wikipedia

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   Officers of the Order included, after the Grand Master, a Trésorier , a Greffier and a Huissier (Gentleman Usher). The badge of the order consisted of a portrait of Saint Louis surrounded by the motto « LUD(OVICUS) M(AGNUS) IN(STITUIT) 1693 » ("Louis the Great instituted it in 1693"). The reverse features a sword interlaced with a laurel ...

3. Category:Order of Saint Louis recipients - Wikipedia

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   This category contains biographical articles about individuals who have received The Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis (French: Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint-Louis). The order was founded on April 5, 1693 by Louis XIV and named after Saint Louis . It was intended as a reward for exceptional officers, and is notable as the first ...

4. Historical orders, decorations, and medals of France - Wikipedia

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   Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis (1693) Order of the Bee 1703; Order of the Terrace 1716; Order of the Banner 1723; Order of Military Merit also Institution du Military Merit (1759) Order of the Rose 1780; On January 1, 1791, the Order of Saint Louis and the Order of Military Merit were merged into the Military Decoration (French ...

5. Order of chivalry - Wikipedia

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   Order of Saint Lazarus, founded in 1098 at a leper hospital in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and is one of the lesser known orders. Order of Saint Stanislaus, founded by King Stanislaus II Augustus Poniatowski of Poland in 1765; Ludwigsorden (Order of Louis) of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, founded 1807, abolished 1918

6. Order of the Holy Spirit - Wikipedia

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   Prior to the creation of the Order of the Holy Spirit in 1578 by King Henry III, the senior order of chivalry in France had been the Order of Saint Michael. [2] The idea flashed to him in Venice, where he had seen the original manuscript of an Order of the Saint Esprit or Droit Desir founded in 1353 by Louis of Anjou, titular king of Jerusalem and Sicily and husband of Joanna, queen of Naples ...

7. Médaillon Des Deux Épées - Wikipedia

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   The medal was established on 16 April 1771 by King Louis XV for the Army, and on 25 December 1774 by King Louis XVI for the Navy. It was created to encourage non-commissioned officers and other ranks with at least 24 years of service, but could not receive the Order of Saint Louis or the Institution of Military Merit, to

8. File:Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint-Louis Chevalier ribbon ...

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   Dahomey Expedition commemorative medal 1892; Dardanelles campaign medal; Escapees' Medal; François Louis Rousselet de Châteaurenault; French commemorative medal; Grand Order of National Merit; Historical orders, decorations, and medals of France; Honour medal for courage and devotion; Honour medal for firefighters; Honour medal of railroads

9. Order of Military Merit (France) - Wikipedia

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   Order of Saint Louis Awarded to Catholics The Order of Military Merit , which was initially known as the Institution of Military Merit ( French : Institution du Mérite militaire ), was a French military order that was created on 10 March 1759 by King Louis XV for non-Catholic military officers who had assisted the French state.