Taking Edward III's fascination with King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table into account, it is reasonable to assume that being a Knight of the Order of the Garter would be exciting. All insignia are returned to the order on the death of the holder. The monarch is the Grand Master and there are usually 25 Knights of the Order. In the medieval ceremony, knights of the Garter had to swear to certain rules of behaviour such as never fighting on opposing sides, never to leave England without the king's permission, and to always wear the garter at tournaments and battle. If there are to be any new knights invested in the order, there is a morning service in the Throne Room of Windsor Castle. All this garb, as described by "The Elizabeth II Pocket Bible," are returned upon the death of a companion. In 1344 the king said that he wished "to found a Round Table in the same manner and form as the Lord Arthur once King of England had established it ". Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. A more plausible theory as to where the garter came from is offered by a 19th century reference work. Thirty-six knights of the Garter have been beheaded, with Henry VIII alone accounting for six. At least 18 were at the Battle of Crcy. Nonetheless, members have fallen from honour and forfeited their rank. Edward III, king of England and lord of Ireland, ruled, according to the BBC, from 1327 until his death in 1377. The former Prime minister Margaret Thatcher was made a member, for example. This procession may be viewed by the public, but the limited number of spaces means that applications must be sent months in advance. During the Middle Ages ladies were associated with the Order, although unlike today they did not enjoy full membership. Submitted by Mark Cartwright, published on 23 May 2018. Corrections? As emphasized by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, it was limited, exclusive, and meant to signify great honor. Afterwards Duke of Lancaster. Then in 1901, Edward VII named his wife Queen Alexandra to the order. He was to be Arthur, and those in the Order were to be his knights of the Round Table. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. George IV, well-known for his vanity, left 55 different Garter badges of varying styles. When companions of the Order of the Garter are in full regalia they make for a dashing sight. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Edward, the Black Prince (son of Edward the III) was the first Knight of the Order of the Garter. Lady Jane's extremely short and disputed reign ended before anyone could be appointed to the Garter. The way is lined by security and ceremonial soldiers, such as the beefeaters and yeoman guards. As described by Britannica, there are 24 knights or ladies who are appointed by the monarch with the sovereign and the prince of Wales added. The king inaugurated the Order of the Garter with a great feast and joust, but the identity of the lady thus granted immortality is uncertain. Cite This Work Then there is the garter star, a white star with the cross of St. George, which is to be worn when not wearing their robes. Aside from the splendid finery members of the order may wear, they are also entitled to put the letters KG after their name and add Sir or Lady to their forename. It seems that the only requirement is to show up at the annual Garter Day procession in June. For the full article, see, https://www.britannica.com/summary/The-Most-Noble-Order-of-the-Garter, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland summary, Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven summary. Legend holds that it was created after an incident in which Edward was dancing with the Countess of Salisbury, when Originally, existing knights elected new knights, but now appointment to the order is solely at the discretion of the British monarch. Books Many, if not all of those chosen to be knights in this initial group were companions in arms from the war in France. This emphasis faded, and eventually the power of appointment shifted entirely to the monarch. These members are called "Companions". As far as can be told, members of the order today have performed all their major accomplishments and received the honor for their lifetime of work. The more romantic (and later) explanation for the origin of the garter involves a certain ball in Calais, France. Being that there are only 24 available slots, it is one of the most exclusive clubs in the world. With the renaming came a large renovation. These 'achievements' are taken down on the knight's death and the insignia are returned to the Sovereign. First, for the particular prestige that has always been attached to the order, and second for its survival to the present day. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. The companions hold a short service where new companions are installed into their stalls before departing by carriage or car. Conferment of the order entails adoption into knighthood and the right to use the title Sir. Holders of the order add KG after their names. This group includes the Sovereign (the King or Queen of Britain) and no more than 25 full members. "Medieval Prosopography" reports that the new companions were selected based on their military abilities. The original medieval membership consisted of the English king and the Prince of Wales, each with 12 companions, as if at a tournament. These elite brotherhoods were designed to also pull together the greatest fighters and most useful military knowledge and experience so that in times of war the order would prove a useful part of the army's command structure. Son of John Balliol, king of Scots, and himself titular king of Scots (133256). For only $5 per month you can become a member and support our mission to engage people with cultural heritage and to improve history education worldwide. Related Content The spiritual heart of the Order of the Garter is St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. They offer that garters were used as a symbol of witchcraft, and the king was merely saving the countess from accusations. World History Foundation is a non-profit organization registered in Canada. This group includes the Sovereign (the King or Queen of Britain) and no more than 25 full members. The Order of the Garter is, however, the most prestigious chivalric order in the country. As one of the most distinguished and exclusive orders of knighthood, (there is only one rank, that of Knight Companion), the orders roll has contained many illustrious names. Each member was granted the right to wear a dark blue garter as a symbol of their membership and new rank. Finally, such secular chivalric orders were a good way for a sovereign to ensure the loyalty of their best knights who otherwise may have joined an order whose members, instead, swore allegiance to the church (the then-defunct Knights Templar being an example of such an order). After lunch, a magnificent procession with all members in their full regalia winds through Windsor Castle from Saint George's Hall to the chapel.
Achievements of select former Knights of the Garter, William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton, Reynold Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham of Sterborough, Elizabeth de Mowbray, Countess of Nottingham, lvaro Vaz de Almada, 1st Count of Avranches, Margaret Beauchamp, Baroness Beauchamp of Powick, Alfonso V, King of Aragon, Sicily and Naples, Walter Devereux, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, Hercules d'Este, Duke of Modena and Ferrara, Philip, Archduke of Austria and Duke of Burgundy, Gerald Mr FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, Charles, Infant of Spain, Archduke of Austria and Duke of Burgundy, Ferdinand, Infant of Spain, Archduke of Austria, Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Baron Wriothesley, Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, Charles Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham, Henry le Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton, Thomas Howard, 1st Baron Howard de Walden, Thomas Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton, Henry Frederick, Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay, Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, Thomas Howard, 3rd Viscount Howard of Bindon, Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbttel, Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, Bernard de Nogaret de Foix, Duc d'pernon, William Seymour, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, William Cavendish, 1st Marquess of Newcastle, Frederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg, John Gaspar Ferdinand de Marchin, Comte de Granville, Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester, Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Frederic Herman de Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg, William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire, George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lneburg, John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Prince George Augustus of Brunswick-Lneburg, William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire, Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough, Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 7th Earl of Dorset, Prince Frederick Louis of Brunswick-Lneburg, Prince Ernest Augustus of Brunswick-Lneburg, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, Charles William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Henry Pelham-Clinton, 9th Earl of Lincoln, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Earl of Hertford, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, George Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales, Charles William Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbttel, Granville Leveson-Gower, Viscount Trentham, William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield, George Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford, Francis Ingram-Seymour-Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford, Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira, Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Marquess of Wellington, Alexander I, Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Marquess of Buckingham, George Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley, Francis Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford, Charles Sackville-Germain, 5th Duke of Dorset, Nicholas I, Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, George Ashburnham, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham, Augustus William Maximilian Frederick Lewis, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbttel, Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland, Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury, Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby, Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam, Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland, Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster, Frederick William Nicholas Charles, Crown Prince of Prussia, William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam, Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland, George Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne, Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse and the Rhine, Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, Alexander II, Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, Hugh Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster, Ernst August of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Alexander III, Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, William Compton, 4th Marquess of Northampton, Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland, William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny, Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry, Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovich of Russia, Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane, Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, also Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts, Frederick William Victor Augustus Ernest, Crown Prince Imperial of Germany, Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, Prince Emanuel Philibert of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Albany, also Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland, Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond, Charles Wynn-Carington, 1st Earl Carrington, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Earl of Crewe, William Compton, 5th Marquess of Northampton, Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, Adolf Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield, George Curzon, 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston, Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury, Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry, Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent, H. H. Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire, Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, Harold Alexander, 1st Viscount Alexander of Tunis, Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland, Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale, William Leveson-Gower, 4th Earl Granville, William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor, A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory, Geoffrey Waldegrave, 12th Earl Waldegrave, R.A. Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale, Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk, Gordon Richardson, Baron Richardson of Duntisbourne, James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, Lavinia Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley, John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover, Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire, Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, Thomas Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill, Nicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers, Eliza Manningham-Buller, Baroness Manningham-Buller, Charles Kay-Shuttleworth, 5th Baron Shuttleworth, Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, List of current members of the Order of the Garter, List of Knights and Ladies of the Thistle, List of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, List of Knights and Dames Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, List of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire, The Society of the Friends of St George's and Descendants of the Knights of the Garter, St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle: Order of the Garter, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_knights_and_ladies_of_the_Garter&oldid=1145737380, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Sovereign of the order upon establishing it, Later Earl of Bedford.
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Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton, Henry Frederick, Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay, Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, Thomas Howard, 3rd Viscount Howard of Bindon, Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbttel, Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, Bernard de Nogaret de Foix, Duc d'pernon, William Seymour, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, William Cavendish, 1st Marquess of Newcastle, Frederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg, John Gaspar Ferdinand de Marchin, Comte de Granville, Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester, Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Frederic Herman de Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg, William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire, George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lneburg, John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Prince George Augustus of Brunswick-Lneburg, William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire, Robert 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Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbttel, Granville Leveson-Gower, Viscount Trentham, William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield, George Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford, Francis Ingram-Seymour-Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford, Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira, Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Marquess of Wellington, Alexander I, Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Marquess of Buckingham, George Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley, Francis Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford, Charles Sackville-Germain, 5th Duke of Dorset, Nicholas I, Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, George Ashburnham, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham, Augustus William Maximilian Frederick Lewis, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbttel, Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland, Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury, Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby, Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam, Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland, Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster, Frederick William Nicholas Charles, Crown Prince of Prussia, William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam, Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland, George Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne, Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse and the Rhine, Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, Alexander II, Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, Hugh Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster, Ernst August of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Alexander III, Emperor and Autocrat of 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