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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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<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>
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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>
Image: Thomas Ughtred.svg|31. Thomas Ughtred<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Baron Ughtred</span>
Image: Walter Manny.svg|32. Walter de Manny<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Baron Manny</span>
Image: Frank van Hale.svg|33. Frank van Hale<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: Thomas Ufford.svg|34. Thomas Ufford<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></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>
Image: John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster.svg|36. John of Gaunt<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: Edmund of Langley, Duke of York.svg|37. Edmund of Langley<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: Despencer.svg|38. Edward le Despencer<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Baron le Despencer</span>
Image: John Sully.svg|39. John Sully<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: Latimer.svg|40. William Latimer<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">4th Baron Latimer</span>
Image: Bohun.svg|41. Humphrey de Bohun<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">7th Earl of Hereford</span>
Image: Enguerrand de Coucy.svg|42. Enguerrand de Coucy<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: De Percy.svg|43. Henry Percy<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: Ralph Basset of Drayton.svg|44. Ralph Basset<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">4th Baron Drayton</span>
Image: Richard Pembridge.svg|45. Richard Pembridge<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: Neville.svg|46. John Neville<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">3rd Baron Neville de Raby</span>
Image: Namur Ancient.svg|47. Robert de Namur<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: Laurence de Hastings.svg|48. John Hastings<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Earl of Pembroke</span>
Image: Thomas de Grandison.svg|49. Thomas de Grandison<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: Bryan.svg|50. Guy de Bryan<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Baron Bryan</span>
Image: Guichard d'Angle.svg|51. Guichard d'Angle<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Earl of Huntingdon</span>
Image: Alan Buxhull.svg|52. Alan Buxhull<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: Richard Beauchamp.svg|53. Thomas de Beauchamp<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">12th Earl of Warwick</span>
Image: Jean de Montfort.svg|54. John V<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Brittany</span>
Image: Thomas Banastre.svg|55. Thomas Banastre<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: Ufford.svg|56. William de Ufford<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Earl of Suffolk</span>
Image: Stafford.svg|57. Hugh de Stafford<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Earl of Stafford</span>
Image: Edmund Woodstock.svg|58. Thomas Holland<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Earl of Kent</span>
Image: De Percy.svg|59. Thomas Percy<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: William de Beauchamp.svg|60. William Beauchamp<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Image: Edward, the Black Prince.svg|61. Richard<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Prince of Wales</span>
Image: Henry Bolingbroke.svg|62. Henry Bolingbroke<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">3rd Earl of Derby</span>
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Image: John Burley.svg|63. John Burley<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></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: Lewis Clifford.svg|64. Lewis Clifford<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></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: Bermond Arnaud de Preissac.svg|65. Bermond Arnaud de Preissac<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 of Woodstock.svg|66. Thomas of Woodstock<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: Thomas Felton.svg|67. Thomas Felton<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Stafford.svg|5. Ralph de Stafford<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Earl of Stafford</span>
Image: John Holland.svg|68. John Holland<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: John Burley.svg|69. Simon Burley<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: Miles Stapleton.svg|70. Bryan Stapleton<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
De Lisle.svg|8. John de Lisle<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Baron Lisle</span>
Image: John Burley.svg|71. Richard Burley<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: Tomas Mowbray.svg|72. Thomas Mowbray<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Earl of Nottingham</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: Robert de Vere.svg|73. Robert de Vere<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">9th Earl of Oxford</span>
Mohun.svg|11. John de Mohun<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Baron Mohun</span>
Image: FitzAlan.svg|74. Richard FitzAlan<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">11th Earl of Arundel</span>
Hugh Courtenay.svg|12. Hugh de Courtenay<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Earl of Devon</span>
Image: Nicholas Sarnesfeld.svg|75. Nicholas Sarnesfeld<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: Edward of Norwich.svg|76. Edward<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Earl of Rutland</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: Henry Hotspur de Percy.svg|77. Henry Percy<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: John Devereux.svg|78. John Devereux<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Baron Devereux</span>
Miles Stapleton.svg|16. Miles Stapleton<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Bedale and Ingham</span>
Image: Hugh Courtenay.svg|79. Peter Courtenay<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: Despencer.svg|80. Thomas le Despencer<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Baron le Despencer</span>
Hugh Wrottesley.svg|18. Hugh Wrottesley<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Wrottesley</span>
Image: Julich-Hengebach.svg|81. William I<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Guelders and Jülich</span>
Neil Loring.svg|19. Neil Loring<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of  Chalgrave</span>
Image: Hainaut-Bavaria.svg|82. William VI<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Holland</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: Bourchier.svg|83. John Bourchier<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Baron Bourchier</span>
James Audley.svg|21. James Audley<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Stratton Audley</span>
Image: John de Beaumont.svg|84. John Beaumont<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">4th Baron Beaumont</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: William le Scrope.svg|85. William le Scrope<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Henry Eam.svg|23. Henry Eam<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Bradenash</span>
Image: John FitzAlan.svg|86. William Arundel<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
Sanchet D'Abrichecourt.svg|24. Sanchet d'Abrichecourt<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Bugnicourt</span>
Image: John Beaufort.svg|87. John Beaufort<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Earl of Somerset</span>
Walter Paveley.svg|25. Walter Paveley<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Brook</span>
Image: Edmund Woodstock.svg|88. Thomas Holland<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">3rd Earl of Kent</span>
Image: Montagu.svg|89. John Montacute<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">3rd Earl of Salisbury</span>
Image: Hainaut-Bavaria.svg|90. Albert I<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Bavaria</span>
Image: Simon Felbrigge.svg|91. Simon Felbrigge<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></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