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The Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis (French: Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint-Louis) is a dynastic order of chivalry founded 5 April 1693 [1] [2] by King Louis XIV, named after Saint Louis (King Louis IX of France).
The Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis is a corporation, founded in 1586 in Münzthal (Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche in French) in Lorraine. It is the oldest glass manufacturer in France with roots dating back to 1586 and the first crystal glass manufacturer in continental Europe (1781).
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 ...
Saint-Cloud soft-paste porcelain flower holder, in Chinese "Famille Rose" style, 1730–1740. Louis XIV had received 1,500 pieces of porcelain from the Siamese Embassy to France in 1686, but the manufacturing secret had remained elusive.
The martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket, champlevé, 1180s (detail) Detail of grisaille painted plate with the Rape of Europa, Jean de Court, c. 1560; the full piece. Limoges enamel has been produced at Limoges, in south-western France, over several centuries up to the present. There are two periods when it was of European importance.
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 ...
When Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine, William IX's granddaughter, married King Louis VII of France in 1137, she gave him the rock crystal vase as a wedding present. The inscription finally says that the king gave it to Suger , [ 2 ] who in turn offered it to the saints, to be kept at the Abbey of St.-Denis which he had rebuilt.
One of the engravings from the description of the treasury by Michel Félibien, 1706.Among other objects, it depicts Joyeuse (far left), the Cross of Saint Eligius (left), the bust reliquary of Saint Benedict (center), the Screen of Charlemagne (right); and on the front row, from left to right, Suger's Eagle, the Navette de Saint Denis, the Sardonyx Ewer, and the Crown of Charlemagne.