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Knighthood.
of the different orders of knighthood , both in the civic decorations on tho route of the entry of the Princess into London and in the ceremony of the marriage in St . George's Ghapel , Windsor . We may follow up the interest thus awakened by an enumeration of the different orders of knighthood of European fame . The word knight is derived from the Saxon enight . It
originally signified a soldier or horseman of war ; but , in the Middle Ages , referred to a vassal that held his lands by serving his lord on horseback . In modern times it has become a title of distinction conferred upon persons whom the sovereign deems it fit to honour . There have have been upwards of fifty orders of knighthood established in Europe . Of these the oldest in the world is
that of the Eound Table , —the almost mythical companions of which are best known as King Arthur ' s Knights . It is scarcely needful to say that the order most in esteem is that of the Garter . The knights of this order , in their robes , collars , and stars , and blue garters decked with goldpearlsand precious stonesformed the brihant
, , , background of the marriage ceremonial iu the Ghapel at Windsor . They are personages of great rank , having for a sovereign guardian her Majesty the Queen . The Prince of Wales is a knight of this order . It will be remembered that over a general's uniform he wore the gorgeous robes of a knight of the garter at tho celebration of his marriage . The husband of the Princess Eoyal and the brother of
the late Prince Consort are both knights of this order . It is said to have been founded by Eel ward III ., as every one has heard , after picking up the garter of the beautiful Countess of Salisbury , with whom he had been dancing ; in confirmation of a remark he made to the smiling lords present , that ho would make that garter of world-wide reputation . This most chivalrous society is a college or corporation , having a common seal , belonging to it , and consisting of twenty-five companions , who are noblemen of the realm or princes of foreign countries , besides the
Sovereign . There are also attached to the order twentysix poor knights , who are supposed to have no other means than an allowance given them . They are called the Poor Knights of AVindsor , because the sent of this order is Windsor Castle , aud the consistory of the order is St . George's Chapel . The officers belonging to the order are the prelate of the garter , the chancellor of the
garter , the register ( who is always Dean of Windsor ) , the principal king at arms , and the usher of the garter . The order of the Knights of the Temple , though now extinct , was once too powerful to be placed lower in the list . It is uncertain whether this order was founded by Pope Gelatins or by Baldwin II ., King of Jerusalem , circa A . D . 1117 . These monkish knihts at first dwelt in part
g of tho building that belonged to the Temple of Jerusalem , not far from our Saviour ' s sepulchre , where they charitably entertained Christian strangers and pilgrims , and clad in armour , led them through the Holy Land , to view the different points of interest connected with the mission of the Messiah . Growing too rich , too powerful , and less reliious in their livestheir order was abolished b
g , y Pope Clement V . in 1309 ; and their possessions divided among the Knights of St . John of Jerusalem and other religious orders . The order of St . John of Jerusalem had its first foundation and abode in the Holy City . Thence the knights removed their residence to the Isle of Eliodes ; but being dispossessed of this by the Turks iu 1523 , the Emperor
Charles V . allowed them to make Malta their chief seat , on condition that they would send him a falcon every year as an acknowledgment . The property of this order was also very large ; but it was not forfeited till the reign of Henry VIII . Up to this period the prior of the knights of this order in Englaud and Scotland had a right to a seat in the House of Lords . The Knights of the Holy Sepulchre were a very ancient body , instituted by Helena , the mother of Constantine Much of the magnificence attained was due to the insignia
the Great , who , at the age of eighty , journeyed to Palestine , ancl assisted in the finding of the holy cross . Knights of the Bath were formerly a religions order . They were obliged to bathe themselves on the eve preceding their creation , and observe several other religious rites . The order of the Bue , or of St . Andrew , is of
wellknown Scottish origin . James I . instituted the order of [ Nova Scotia iu the West Indies , the knights of which were to wear a ribbon of an orange-tawny colour . Aud the same monarch divided the hitherto combination of title , knight-baronet . A " plantation " was in formation at Ulster , and the persons making disbursements in furtherance of this object
were advanced to the distinct dignity of baronet , —a rank that was henceforward to take precedence in all writings , sessions , and salutations of ordinary knights , knightsbannerets , and knights bachelors . A knight-banneret ( from the Dutch lannether ) is a knight made on the battle-field , under the standard . In se . veval centuries successive sovereigns marked their
approbation of individual valour on the field of battle by the ceremony of cutting off the point of the standard of the person they wished to honour , thus making it a banner , aud the person so distinguished a knightbauueret . Knights bachelors are of the lowest order of knighthood , yet of very aucieut origin . The foundation of the
order is traced back to a custom of the Germans , who , as soon as the State considered a young man fit to manage arms , furnished him with a shield and a javelin before a large assembly or full council . In less remote ages part of the ceremony of investing a young mau with the girdle of knighthood consisted in his solemnly entering a church , and placing the sword , which had been presented to him with the girdle , on the altar , and vowing his services to the glory of God . Eventually it become customary to receive the honour of knighthood ,
not in public assembly , but at the hands of a prince ; kings sending their sons to neighbouring princes to be thus distinguished . To the sword aud girdle of this period 'the development of chivalry , added gilt spurs . Henry III . made an order called the Knights of Christian Charity , for the benefit of poor captains and maimed soldiers .
The terms carpet-knight , and knight of the chamber , used sometimes in a depreciatory sense , signify a knight created iu times of peace by the sovereign in a carpeted palace , in distinction from ( a knight who has won his spurs upon the blood-stained battle-field . Of foreign orders we must make first mention of the Danish knihts of the Elephantreminding our readers
g , that the Danish castellated elephants and ravens , surmounting the Venetian masts ou London Bridge , formed an especial decoration of significence on the route of the Eoyal procession . The French have numerous orders of knighthood : — The knights of Saint-Esprit , or Holy Ghost , created bthe French king Henry III . at his return from
y , Poland , who was born and crowned king on Whit Sunday . The knights of the order of the Virgin Mary in Mount Carmel were appointed by Henry TV , in 1 * 307 , consisting of 100 French gentlemen . The knights of St . Michael the Archangel , whose order was established by Louis XL , in 1469 , to consist
of thirty-six knights , ofwhomthe sovereign was tobe chief . The Knights of St . Magdalen appointed by St . Louis to prevent duels . The Order of the Thistle , a Bourbon order of knighthood . Motto : Memo ne impwno lacessit , i . e ., Hone that provokes me goes away unpunished . The Order of the Porcupine , whose motto was Gomiwus and Hminus , till Louis XII . crowned the Porcupine with another , Ultas avos Trojas . The Order of the Lily in Navarre .
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Knighthood.
of the different orders of knighthood , both in the civic decorations on tho route of the entry of the Princess into London and in the ceremony of the marriage in St . George's Ghapel , Windsor . We may follow up the interest thus awakened by an enumeration of the different orders of knighthood of European fame . The word knight is derived from the Saxon enight . It
originally signified a soldier or horseman of war ; but , in the Middle Ages , referred to a vassal that held his lands by serving his lord on horseback . In modern times it has become a title of distinction conferred upon persons whom the sovereign deems it fit to honour . There have have been upwards of fifty orders of knighthood established in Europe . Of these the oldest in the world is
that of the Eound Table , —the almost mythical companions of which are best known as King Arthur ' s Knights . It is scarcely needful to say that the order most in esteem is that of the Garter . The knights of this order , in their robes , collars , and stars , and blue garters decked with goldpearlsand precious stonesformed the brihant
, , , background of the marriage ceremonial iu the Ghapel at Windsor . They are personages of great rank , having for a sovereign guardian her Majesty the Queen . The Prince of Wales is a knight of this order . It will be remembered that over a general's uniform he wore the gorgeous robes of a knight of the garter at tho celebration of his marriage . The husband of the Princess Eoyal and the brother of
the late Prince Consort are both knights of this order . It is said to have been founded by Eel ward III ., as every one has heard , after picking up the garter of the beautiful Countess of Salisbury , with whom he had been dancing ; in confirmation of a remark he made to the smiling lords present , that ho would make that garter of world-wide reputation . This most chivalrous society is a college or corporation , having a common seal , belonging to it , and consisting of twenty-five companions , who are noblemen of the realm or princes of foreign countries , besides the
Sovereign . There are also attached to the order twentysix poor knights , who are supposed to have no other means than an allowance given them . They are called the Poor Knights of AVindsor , because the sent of this order is Windsor Castle , aud the consistory of the order is St . George's Chapel . The officers belonging to the order are the prelate of the garter , the chancellor of the
garter , the register ( who is always Dean of Windsor ) , the principal king at arms , and the usher of the garter . The order of the Knights of the Temple , though now extinct , was once too powerful to be placed lower in the list . It is uncertain whether this order was founded by Pope Gelatins or by Baldwin II ., King of Jerusalem , circa A . D . 1117 . These monkish knihts at first dwelt in part
g of tho building that belonged to the Temple of Jerusalem , not far from our Saviour ' s sepulchre , where they charitably entertained Christian strangers and pilgrims , and clad in armour , led them through the Holy Land , to view the different points of interest connected with the mission of the Messiah . Growing too rich , too powerful , and less reliious in their livestheir order was abolished b
g , y Pope Clement V . in 1309 ; and their possessions divided among the Knights of St . John of Jerusalem and other religious orders . The order of St . John of Jerusalem had its first foundation and abode in the Holy City . Thence the knights removed their residence to the Isle of Eliodes ; but being dispossessed of this by the Turks iu 1523 , the Emperor
Charles V . allowed them to make Malta their chief seat , on condition that they would send him a falcon every year as an acknowledgment . The property of this order was also very large ; but it was not forfeited till the reign of Henry VIII . Up to this period the prior of the knights of this order in Englaud and Scotland had a right to a seat in the House of Lords . The Knights of the Holy Sepulchre were a very ancient body , instituted by Helena , the mother of Constantine Much of the magnificence attained was due to the insignia
the Great , who , at the age of eighty , journeyed to Palestine , ancl assisted in the finding of the holy cross . Knights of the Bath were formerly a religions order . They were obliged to bathe themselves on the eve preceding their creation , and observe several other religious rites . The order of the Bue , or of St . Andrew , is of
wellknown Scottish origin . James I . instituted the order of [ Nova Scotia iu the West Indies , the knights of which were to wear a ribbon of an orange-tawny colour . Aud the same monarch divided the hitherto combination of title , knight-baronet . A " plantation " was in formation at Ulster , and the persons making disbursements in furtherance of this object
were advanced to the distinct dignity of baronet , —a rank that was henceforward to take precedence in all writings , sessions , and salutations of ordinary knights , knightsbannerets , and knights bachelors . A knight-banneret ( from the Dutch lannether ) is a knight made on the battle-field , under the standard . In se . veval centuries successive sovereigns marked their
approbation of individual valour on the field of battle by the ceremony of cutting off the point of the standard of the person they wished to honour , thus making it a banner , aud the person so distinguished a knightbauueret . Knights bachelors are of the lowest order of knighthood , yet of very aucieut origin . The foundation of the
order is traced back to a custom of the Germans , who , as soon as the State considered a young man fit to manage arms , furnished him with a shield and a javelin before a large assembly or full council . In less remote ages part of the ceremony of investing a young mau with the girdle of knighthood consisted in his solemnly entering a church , and placing the sword , which had been presented to him with the girdle , on the altar , and vowing his services to the glory of God . Eventually it become customary to receive the honour of knighthood ,
not in public assembly , but at the hands of a prince ; kings sending their sons to neighbouring princes to be thus distinguished . To the sword aud girdle of this period 'the development of chivalry , added gilt spurs . Henry III . made an order called the Knights of Christian Charity , for the benefit of poor captains and maimed soldiers .
The terms carpet-knight , and knight of the chamber , used sometimes in a depreciatory sense , signify a knight created iu times of peace by the sovereign in a carpeted palace , in distinction from ( a knight who has won his spurs upon the blood-stained battle-field . Of foreign orders we must make first mention of the Danish knihts of the Elephantreminding our readers
g , that the Danish castellated elephants and ravens , surmounting the Venetian masts ou London Bridge , formed an especial decoration of significence on the route of the Eoyal procession . The French have numerous orders of knighthood : — The knights of Saint-Esprit , or Holy Ghost , created bthe French king Henry III . at his return from
y , Poland , who was born and crowned king on Whit Sunday . The knights of the order of the Virgin Mary in Mount Carmel were appointed by Henry TV , in 1 * 307 , consisting of 100 French gentlemen . The knights of St . Michael the Archangel , whose order was established by Louis XL , in 1469 , to consist
of thirty-six knights , ofwhomthe sovereign was tobe chief . The Knights of St . Magdalen appointed by St . Louis to prevent duels . The Order of the Thistle , a Bourbon order of knighthood . Motto : Memo ne impwno lacessit , i . e ., Hone that provokes me goes away unpunished . The Order of the Porcupine , whose motto was Gomiwus and Hminus , till Louis XII . crowned the Porcupine with another , Ultas avos Trojas . The Order of the Lily in Navarre .