Orders, Decorations, and Medals of Spain - Former Orders of Chivalry

Former Orders of Chivalry

Crown of Aragón

  • Cofradía de Belchite (Brotherhood of Belchite), Alfonso the Battler, King of Aragón (1122).
  • Orden de San Salvador de Monreal (Order of St. Salvador of Monreal), Alfonso the Battler (1124).
  • Orden del Hacha (Order of the Axe), Ramón Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona (1149).
  • Orden de Montjoie (Order of Mountjoy), Rodrigo Álvarez (1173).
  • Orden de San Jorge de Alfama (Order of St. George of Alfama), Peter II (1201).
  • Orden de Santa María de la Merced (Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy), St. Peter Nolasco, supported by James I (1218).
  • Orden de San Pedro Mártir (Order of St. Peter Martyr), Saint Dominic (1216).
  • Orden del Armiño (Order of the Ermine), Alfonso V (1436).

Crown of Castile

  • Orden de los Hermanos Hospitalarios de Burgos (Order of Brothers Hospitallers of Burgos), Alfonso VIII (1212).
  • Order of Santa María de España (Order of St. Mary of Spain), Alfonso X (1270).
  • Orden de la Escama (Order of the Scale), Alfonso XI (1313).
  • Orden de la Banda (Order of the Band), Alfonso XI (1330).
  • Orden de la Paloma (Order of the Dove), John I (1379).
  • Orden de la Razón (Order of the Reason), John I (1385).
  • Orden de las Azucenas y de la Jarra (Order of the Annunciation Lilies and the Vase) commonly known as Orden de la Terraza (Order of the Terrace), Ferdinand of Antequera, Infante of Castile (Ferdinand I as King of Aragón) (1403).

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