Order of the Crescent: Difference between revisions

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The Order of the Crescent was established in 1448 by René of Anjou, King of Jerusalem, Sicily and Aragon.
The ambition of this order was to be placed at a comparable level of prestige to that of the Golden Fleece.

Knights of the Order
1. Louis de Beauvau
Baron of Beauvau and Château-Renard
Lord of Champigné and La Roche-sur-Yon
Marshal of Provence
2. Ferry VI de Lorraine
Count of Vaudémont
Baron of Joinville
3. Pierre de Mévolhon
Lord of Ribiers
4. Jean Cossa
Count of Troïa
Baron of Grimaud
Lord of Marignane and Grignac
5. René d'Anjou
King of Naples and Jerusalem
Duke of Anjou, Bar and Lorraine
Peer of France
Count of Provence
6. Hélion de Glandevès
Lord of Faucon-du-Claire
Co-Lord of Château-Arnoux and Châteauneuf-Val-Saint-Donat
Viguier de Marseille
7. Louis de Clermont-Gallerande
Lord of Gallerande
8. Tanneguy du Châtel
Viscount of La Bellière
9. Louis de Bournan
Lord of Coudray
Viguier de Marseille
10. Pierre de Glandevès
Lord of Château-Arnoux and Châteauneuf-Val-Saint-Donat
Viguier de Marseille
11. Gui II de Montmorency-Laval
Lord of Loué, Benais, Montsabert, La Faigne and Marcillé
12. Foulques d'Agoult
Baron of Mison, la Tour d'Aigues, Sault and Forcalquier
Lord of Thèze, Barret, Volone, La Bastide, Peypin and Niozelles
13. Raymond d'Agoult
Baron of Sault, Mison, la Tour d'Aigues
Lord of Cypières
14. Gilles de Maillé
Lord of Brezé
15. Guillaume de la Jumelière
Lord of la Guerche and Martigné-Briant
16. François Alexandre Sforza
Duke of Milan
17. Jacques Antoine Marcello
18. Jean de La Haye
Lord of Passavant
19. Pierre Ier de Champagne
Lord of Champagné, Pescheseul, Lonvoisin, Le Bailleul and Parcé
Prince of Montorio and Aquila
Premier Baron of Maine
Viceroy of Sicily
20. André de Haraucourt
Co-Lord of Haraucourt
Lord of Bayon, Ubéxy, Landécourt, Franconville, Séranville, Louppy, Dreuville, Maréville
21. Simon d'Anglure
Viscount of Estoges
22. Jean II de Lorraine
Duke of Calabria and Lorraine
23. Thierry III de Lenoncourt
Lord of Lenoncourt
24. Jean III du Bellay
25. Jean Amenard
Lord of Chanzé and Bouillé
26. Bertrand de Beauvau
Baron of Précigny
Lord of Sillé-le-Guillaume and Briançon
Steward of Anjou and Provence
27. Jean le Bègue du Plessis
Lord of Parnay
Viguier de Marseille
28. Jean de Fénestrange
29. Gérard de Ligneville
Lord of Tumejus

Later Knights
Saladin d'Anglure
Viscount of Etoges
Lord of Boursault, Fère-Champenoise and Nogent
Charles d'Anjou
Count of Maine, Guise, Gien and Mortain
Viscount of Châtellerault and Martigné
Lord of la Ferté Bernard
Peer of France
Gui d'Avaugour
Lord of Loges
Jean IV de Beauvau
Lord of Rochettes, Sermaizes and Essarts
Baron of Marnonville
Thibaut de Bournan
Jacques de Brézé
Count of Maulévrier
Baron of Bec-Crespin and Mauny
Grand Steward of Anjou, Normandie and Poitou
Charles de Castillon
Baron of Aubagne
Lord of Roquefort, Cassis, Saint-Marcel and Castellet
Brandelis de Champagne
Lord of Bazoges, Brouassin, Villaines, Vaucelles, Bazeilles
Antoine de Clérambault
Lord of Plessis-Clerambault
Gaspard Cossa
Gérard III de Haraucourt
Co-Lord of Haraucourt
Lord of Bayon and Ubéxy
Jean III de Harpenade
Lord of Belleville and Montaigu
Bertrand de La Haye
Lord of Maulévrier
Louis de La Haye
Lord of Maulévrier and Passavant
Hardouin de La Jaille
Philippe de Lenoncourt
Co-Lord of Lenoncourt
Lord of Gondrecourt, Serres, Frouard
N. Le Poulchre
Lord of la Motte-Messensé and la Pouqueray
Philippe Le Véneur
Baron of Tillières
Lord of Homme and Valquier
Bermont de Lévis
Baron of la Voulte
René du Matz
Lord of Durestal and Mathefélon
Guichard de Montberon
Lord of Avoir and Grézigné
Baron of Mortagne
Jean II de Nassau
Count of Nassau-Sarrebruck
Jacques de Pazzi
Lord of Aubignan
Viguier de Marseille
Foulques Riboulle
Lord of Assé
Robert de Saint-Séverin
Count of Colorno and Caiazzo
Jean VII de Salm
Count of Salm
Barthélemy de Valori
Duke of Gaëte
Marquis of Lecce
Lord of Marignane, Martigues and Iles-d'Or
Gabriel III de Valori
Baron of Châteaurenard
Lord of Marignane, Martigues, Rognac, Eguilles

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-Jean IV de Beauvau.svg|1. Louis de Beauvau<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Baron of Beauvau and Château-Renard<br>Lord of Champigné and La Roche-sur-Yon<br>Marshal of Provence</span>
+Beauvau Croissant.svg|1. Louis de Beauvau<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Baron of Beauvau and Château-Renard<br>Lord of Champigné and La Roche-sur-Yon<br>Marshal of Provence</span>
 Alsace Vaudemont.svg|2. Ferry VI de Lorraine<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Vaudémont<br>Baron of Joinville</span>
 Pierre de Mévolhon.svg|3. Pierre de Mévolhon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Ribiers</span>
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 Gilles de Maille.svg|14. Gilles de Maillé<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Brezé</span>
 Guillaume de Jumelière.svg|15. Guillaume de la Jumelière<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of la Guerche and Martigné-Briant</span>
-Sforza Crescent.svg|16. François Alexandre Sforza<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Milan</span>
+Sforza Croissant.svg|16. François Alexandre Sforza<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Milan</span>
 Marcello.svg|17. Jacques Antoine Marcello<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
 Jean Louis La Haye.svg|18. Jean de La Haye<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Passavant</span>
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 Charles Anjou.svg|Charles d'Anjou<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Maine, Guise, Gien and Mortain<br>Viscount of Châtellerault and Martigné<br>Lord of la Ferté Bernard<br>Peer of France</span>
 Avaugour.svg|Gui d'Avaugour<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Loges</span>
-Jean IV de Beauvau.svg|Jean IV de Beauvau<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Rochettes, Sermaizes and Essarts<br>Baron of Marnonville</span>
+Beauvau Croissant.svg|Jean IV de Beauvau<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Rochettes, Sermaizes and Essarts<br>Baron of Marnonville</span>
 de Bournan.svg|Thibaut de Bournan<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
 Breze.svg|Jacques de Brézé<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Maulévrier<br>Baron of Bec-Crespin and Mauny<br>Grand Steward of Anjou, Normandie and Poitou</span>