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The Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece (Spanish: Insigne Orden del Toisón de Oro, German: Orden vom Goldenen Vlies) is a Catholic order of chivalry founded in Bruges by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in 1430, to celebrate his marriage to Isabella of Portugal.
- List of knights of the Golden Fleece - Wikipedia
later King Felipe VI of Spain. 21st Head and Sovereign of...
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In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece (Ancient Greek:...
- Grand Master of the Order of the Golden Fleece - Wikipedia
The sovereign or grand master is the head of the Order of...
- List of knights of the Golden Fleece - Wikipedia
later King Felipe VI of Spain. 21st Head and Sovereign of the Order of the Golden Fleece José María Pemán: 1897: 1981: 1982: Olav V, King of Norway: 1903: 1991: 1983: King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden [citation needed] - 1, 183rd Knight: 1946-Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg: 1921: 2019: Grand Duke from 1964 until abdication in 2000 1985
In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece (Ancient Greek: Χρυσόμαλλον δέρας, romanized: Khrysómallon déras, lit. 'Golden-haired pelt') is the fleece of the golden-woolled, winged ram, Chrysomallos, that rescued Phrixus and brought him to Colchis, where Phrixus then sacrificed it to Zeus.
The Order of the Golden Fleece, order of knighthood founded in Burgundy in 1430 and associated later especially with Habsburg Austria and with Spain. The order was founded by Philip III the Good, duke of Burgundy, at Bruges in Flanders in 1430, to commemorate his wedding there to Isabella of.
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During the rule of the Burgundians, over five hundred years ago, a significant new knighthood emerged, the Order of the Golden Fleece. Traces have been preserved both in Bruges and in various other places in Europe of this exclusive organisation, which still exists today.
The sovereign or grand master is the head of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Prior to the Napoleonic wars the Grand Master was always identical with the monarch controlling the Spanish or Austrian Netherlands, although afterwards the order split into separate Austrian and Spanish branches.
One of the most ancient, prestigious and best-known European orders of chivalry – the Order of the Golden Fleece – was founded by Philip III, Duke of Burgundy, in Bruges in 1430.
