Current Orders of Chivalry
The Catholic Monarchs Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon introduced a military honours system which was approved by the Pope Adrian V in 1523. They awarded titles and hereditary honours to nobles and soldiers. Of those titles only the following still exist today:
- Orden de Calatrava (Order of Calatrava), St. Raymond of Fitero, first abbott of the cistercian monastery of Fitero (Navarre), 1158.
- Order of Santiago (Order of Santiago), King Ferdinand II of León, 1170.
- Order of Alcántara (Order of Alcántara), St. Julian de Pereiro, 1176.
- Orden de Santa María de Montesa y San Jorge de Alfama (Order de St. Mary of Montesa and St. George of Alfama) commonly known as Orden de Montesa (Order of Montesa), King James II of Aragon and Pope John XXII, 1317.
- Orden de San Juan (Order of St. John)
- Orden del Santo Sepulcro (Order of the Holy Sepulchre)
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