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Founded in 1348, the Most Noble Order of the Garter is the highest order of chivalry in England, and later in the United Kingdom. <br>Membership is limited to the Sovereign, the Prince of Wales, and no more than 24 Companions chosen by the Sovereign.
Founded in 1348, the Most Noble Order of the Garter is the highest order of chivalry in England, and later in the United Kingdom. <br>Membership is limited to the Sovereign, the Prince of Wales, and no more than 24 Companions chosen by the Sovereign.<br><br>
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[[Order of the Garter|Foundation]] | [[Order of the Garter - Plantagenet|Plantagenet]] | [[Order of the Garter - Lancaster|Lancaster]] | [[Order of the Garter - York|York]] | [[Order of the Garter - Tudor|Tudor]] | [[Order of the Garter - Stuart|Stuart]] | [[Order of the Garter - Hanover|Hanover]] | [[Order of the Garter - Windsor|Windsor]]<br>
Image: Plantagenet 1340.svg|Edward III<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of England</span>
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<div><ul>  
Image: Edward, the Black Prince.svg|1. Edward<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Prince of Wales</span>
<li style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom;color: #292929;font-size:15px;text-align:center;line-height: 0.3em;font-family:Caudex; margin-bottom:40px">[[File:Garter.svg|thumb|380px|]]
Image: Henry de Lancaster.svg|2. Henry of Grosmont<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Earl of Lancaster</span>
<br><span style="font-size:88%;"></span></li>
Image: Richard Beauchamp.svg|3. Thomas de Beauchamp<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">11th Earl of Warwick</span>
</div></ul>  
Image: Grailly.svg|4. Jean III de Grailly<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">captal de Buch</span>
Image: Stafford.svg|5. Ralph de Stafford<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Baron Stafford</span>
Image: William Montagu.svg|6. William de Montacute<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Earl of Salisbury</span>
Image: Mortimer.svg|7. Roger Mortimer<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Earl of March</span>
Image: De Lisle.svg|8. John de Lisle<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Baron Lisle</span>
Image: Burghersh.svg|9. Bartholomew de Burghersh<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: John de Beauchamp Warwick.svg|10. John de Beauchamp<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: Mohun.svg|11. John de Mohun<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Baron Mohun</span>
Image: Hugh Courtenay.svg|12. Hugh de Courtenay<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: Thomas Holland.svg|13. Thomas Holland<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: Grey of Rotherfield.svg|14. John de Grey<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: Richard Fitz-Simon.svg|15. Richard Fitz-Simon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: Miles Stapleton.svg|16. Miles Stapleton<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: Thomas Wale.svg|17. Thomas Wale<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: Hugh Wrottesley.svg|18. Hugh Wrottesley<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: Neil Loring.svg|19. Neil Loring<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: Chandos.svg|20. John Chandos<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: James Audley.svg|21. James Audley<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: Otho Holand.svg|22. Otho Holand<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: Henry Eam.svg|23. Henry Eam<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: Sanchet D'Abrichecourt.svg|24. Sanchet D'Abrichecourt<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: Walter Paveley.svg|25. Walter Paveley<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
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<gallery caption="Edward III" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
<div><ul>
Image: FitzWarin of Wantage.svg|26. William FitzWarin<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
<li style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom;color: #292929;font-size:15px;text-align:center;line-height: 0.3em;font-family:Caudex; margin-bottom:40px">[[File:Plantagenet 1340.svg|thumb|320px|Edward III]]
Image: Ufford.svg|27. Robert d'Ufford<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Earl of Suffolk</span>
<br><span style="font-size:88%;">King of England</span></li>
Image: William de Bohun.svg|28. William de Bohun<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Earl of Northampton</span>
</div></ul>  
Image: Renaud de Cobham.svg|29. Reginald de Cobham<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Baron Cobham</span>
 
Image: Richard de la Vache.svg|30. Richard de la Vache<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
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Image: Thomas Ughtred.svg|31. Thomas Ughtred<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Baron Ughtred</span>
Edward, the Black Prince.svg|1. Edward of Woodstock<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Prince of Wales and Aquitaine<br>Duke of Cornwall</span>
Image: Walter Manny.svg|32. Walter de Manny<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Baron Manny</span>
Henry de Lancaster.svg|2. Henry of Grosmont<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">4th Earl of Lancaster<br>1st Duke of Lancaster</span>
Image: Frank van Hale.svg|33. Frank van Hale<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Richard Beauchamp.svg|3. Thomas de Beauchamp<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">11th Earl of Warwick</span>
Image: Thomas Ufford.svg|34. Thomas Ufford<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Jean III de Grailly.svg|4. Jean III de Grailly<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Captal de Buch</span>
Image: Lionel of Antwerp.svg|35. Lionel of Antwerp<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Earl of Ulster</span>
Stafford.svg|5. Ralph de Stafford<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Earl of Stafford</span>
Image: John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster.svg|36. John of Gaunt<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
William Montagu.svg|6. William de Montacute<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Earl of Salisbury<br>King of Mann</span>
Image: Edmund of Langley, Duke of York.svg|37. Edmund of Langley<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Mortimer.svg|7. Roger Mortimer<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Earl of March</span>
Image: Despencer.svg|38. Edward le Despencer<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Baron le Despencer</span>
De Lisle.svg|8. John de Lisle<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Baron Lisle</span>
Image: John Sully.svg|39. John Sully<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Burghersh.svg|9. Bartholomew de Burghersh<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Baron Burghersh</span>
Image: Latimer.svg|40. William Latimer<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">4th Baron Latimer</span>
John de Beauchamp Warwick.svg|10. John de Beauchamp<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Baron Beauchamp de Warwick</span>
Image: Bohun.svg|41. Humphrey de Bohun<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">7th Earl of Hereford</span>
Mohun.svg|11. John de Mohun<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Baron Mohun</span>
Image: Enguerrand de Coucy.svg|42. Enguerrand de Coucy<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Hugh Courtenay.svg|12. Hugh de Courtenay<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Earl of Devon</span>
Image: De Percy.svg|43. Henry Percy<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Thomas Holland.svg|13. Thomas Holland<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Earl of Kent</span>
Image: Ralph Basset of Drayton.svg|44. Ralph Basset<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">4th Baron Drayton</span>
Grey of Rotherfield.svg|14. John de Grey<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield</span>
Image: Richard Pembridge.svg|45. Richard Pembridge<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Richard Fitz-Simon.svg|15. Richard Fitz-Simon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Pensthorpe, Bawsey<br> and Glosthorp</span>
Image: Neville.svg|46. John Neville<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">3rd Baron Neville de Raby</span>
Miles Stapleton.svg|16. Miles Stapleton<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Bedale and Ingham</span>
Image: Namur Ancient.svg|47. Robert de Namur<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Thomas Wale.svg|17. Thomas Wale<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Weedon Pinkney</span>
Image: Laurence de Hastings.svg|48. John Hastings<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Earl of Pembroke</span>
Hugh Wrottesley.svg|18. Hugh Wrottesley<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Wrottesley</span>
Image: Thomas de Grandison.svg|49. Thomas de Grandison<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Neil Loring.svg|19. Neil Loring<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of  Chalgrave</span>
Image: Bryan.svg|50. Guy de Bryan<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Baron Bryan</span>
Chandos.svg|20. John Chandos<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Viscount of Saint-Sauveur<br>Lord of Radbourne</span><!-- The arms of John Chandos are mistakenly illustrated as the arms of the Snodhill branch, distant cousins of his. Sir John Chandos was a member of the Radbourne branch which carried "Argent, a pile gules". There are numerous contemporary sources/armorials which illustrate arms of him and his father correctly, the garter stall was made some 50 years after he already died as well as Willament's Roll which was made about 35 years after his death. -->  
Image: Guichard d'Angle.svg|51. Guichard d'Angle<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Earl of Huntingdon</span>
James Audley.svg|21. James Audley<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Stratton Audley</span>
Image: |52. Alan Buxhull<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Otho Holand.svg|22. Otho Holand<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Ashford, Chesterfield<br> and Dalbury</span>
Image: |53. Thomas de Beauchamp<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">12th Earl of Warwick</span>
Henry Eam.svg|23. Henry Eam<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Bradenash</span>
Image: |54. John V<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Brittany</span>
Sanchet D'Abrichecourt.svg|24. Sanchet d'Abrichecourt<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Bugnicourt</span>
Image: |55. Thomas Banastre<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Walter Paveley.svg|25. Walter Paveley<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Brook</span>
Image: |56. William de Ufford<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Earl of Suffolk</span>
Image: |57. Hugh de Stafford<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Earl of Stafford</span>
Image: |58. Thomas Holland<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Earl of Kent</span>
Image: |59. Thomas Percy<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: |60. William Beauchamp<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: |61. Richard<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Prince of Wales</span>
Image: |62. Henry Bolingbroke<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">3rd Earl of Derby</span>
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Latest revision as of 10:35, 11 June 2025

Founded in 1348, the Most Noble Order of the Garter is the highest order of chivalry in England, and later in the United Kingdom.
Membership is limited to the Sovereign, the Prince of Wales, and no more than 24 Companions chosen by the Sovereign.

Foundation | Plantagenet | Lancaster | York | Tudor | Stuart | Hanover | Windsor



  • Edward III

    King of England