Order of the Garter: Difference between revisions

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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.
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

Arms of the Order of the Garter
File:Saint George.svg

Founder
Edward III
King of England

Founding Members
1. Edward
Prince of Wales
2. Henry of Grosmont
Earl of Lancaster
3. Thomas de Beauchamp
11th Earl of Warwick
4. Jean III de Grailly
captal de Buch
5. Ralph de Stafford
2nd Baron Stafford
6. William de Montacute
2nd Earl of Salisbury
7. Roger Mortimer
2nd Earl of March
8. John de Lisle
2nd Baron Lisle
9. Bartholomew de Burghersh
10. John de Beauchamp
11. John de Mohun
2nd Baron Mohun
12. Hugh de Courtenay
13. Thomas Holland
14. John de Grey
15. Richard Fitz-Simon
16. Miles Stapleton
17. Thomas Wale
18. Hugh Wrottesley
19. Neil Loring
20. John Chandos
21. James Audley
22. Otho Holand
23. Henry Eam
24. Sanchet d'Abrichecourt
25. Walter Paveley

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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.<br>
 [[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]]
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