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	Order of the Golden Fleece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Order of the Golden Fleece (Spanish: Orden del Toisón de Oro) is an order of chivalry founded in 1430 by Duke Philip III of Burgundy to celebrate his marriage to the Portuguese princess Isabelle of Aviz.
		The order was explicitly denied to "heretics", and so became an exclusively Catholic award during the Reformation, though the choice of the pagan Golden Fleece of Colchis as the symbol of a Christian order caused some controversy.
		Neck Chain of a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, shown in the Schatzkammer in Vienna, Austria.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Order_of_the_Golden_Fleece (778 words)

	1628 Description of The Order of the Golden Fleece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The order was instituted for the protection of the Catholic Church.
		In 1477, on the marriage of Mary of Burgundy with Duke Maximilian, the grand mastership of the order passed to the House of Hapsburg.
		The last chapter of the original Order was held by Philip II of Spain in the cathedral of Ghent.
	www.orderofthegrail.org /order_of_golden_fleece.htm (313 words)

	Origins of the Golden Fleece
		The Order of the Golden Fleece was established in 1430 by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy in celebration of the properous and wealthy domaines united in his person that ran from Flanders to Switzerland.
		The sovereignty of the order, in hereditary possession of the House of Burgundy, was, in default of a male heir, destined for the husband of the heiress of the Duchy until the majority of her son.
		The legitimate Sovereign Heads of the order, Phillip V and Ferdinand VI, united the Golden Fleece to the Crown of Spain, the Duchy of Burgundy existing only in theory, having been annexed by France in the reign of Louis XI.
	www.antiquesatoz.com /sgfleece/origins.htm (1727 words)

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		of the Order of the Golden Fleece of Spain (1785).
		of the Order of the Golden Fleece of Spain (1795).
		Rcvd: GC of the Order of Vila Viçosa (6.2.1818), Dame of the Orders of Sta Isabela of Portugal, and Maria Luísa of Spain (9.10.1816).
	www.4dw.net /royalark/Brazil/brazil2.htm (1610 words)

	Medal Hound- Order of the Golden Fleece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Order of the Golden Fleece was established in 1430 under the House of Burgundy.
		In 1477, it was passed to the House of Hapsburg and was continued under the Spanish branch of the Hapsburgs.
		In 1700, Phillip V and Ferdinand VI united the Order to the Crown of Spain.
	www.emering.com /medals/spain/gf.html (100 words)

	Society of the Golden Fleece
		La Confrérie Amicale de la Toison d'Or is an association of those interested in the Order of the Golden Fleece, working to preserve its history and further the aims of the Order in bringing the peoples of mankind together for the common good.
		Knights of the Order of the Golden Fleece
		Knights of the Order Appointed by Joseph Bonaparte
	www.antiquesatoz.com /sgfleece (803 words)

	Order of the Golden Fleece - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Spain; Founded in 1429; Founded by Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy; Description of Badge and Motto - Golden fleece suspended from flaming flintstone in enamel; motto: Pretium laborum non vile ("Not cheap is the reward of labor").
		Chivalry : military orders: Order of the Golden Fleece
		Golden Fleece, Order of the: Duke of Berwick receiving the Order from Philip V
	encarta.msn.com /Order_of_the_Golden_Fleece.html (212 words)

	Inventory of the Order of the Golden Fleece (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Records, 1904-2002
		Order of the Golden Fleece (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).
		The Order's goal was to unite student leaders in the resolution of student problems for the betterment of campus life.
		The Order's goal was to unite student leaders in the resolution of student problems for the betterment of student life in general.
	www.lib.unc.edu /mss/uars/ead/40160.html (825 words)

	PGSA - Polish Orders of Chivalry
		Holders of this Order, during the time of August II, had to purchase numerous copies of the star of the Order as it was required to be worn on all outer garments, including the recipient's dressing gown.
		The Order of Saint Stanislaus by this time in history had become a powerful lobby group in the fight against communism and as well had established a network of trustworthy contacts throughout Eastern Europe which would no doubt serve as a means of distributing aid to those most in need.
		The Order of Military Virtue was revived by the Polish Republic in 1919, not as an order of chivalry but as the nation's highest gallantry award bestowed "for extreme courage on the field of battle".
	www.pgsa.org /polechiv.htm (2521 words)

	Medieval Orders of Chivalry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The members of the order were normally expected to stand with the master in battle, as did Sir Thomas Erpingham, chief of the archers at Agincourt.
		-The Golden Shield (1414), The Duke of Bourbon.
		In their view, the order was to serve not only as a symbol of their power; it could also be used to tie together the scattered dominions of the Burgundian state.
	www.hyw.com /hywdocs/Medieval.htm (225 words)

	What is Chivalry
		The Chivalric Orders are yet another link in the chain of the Wisdom Religion, from these Orders spring the Orders of the Quest: Albigenses, the Guilds, Knights Templar, Troubadours, Holy Grail...
		The order might be conferred by any man who was himself a knight, and many an esquire who had conducted himself valiantly in battle was knighted then and there by the superior whom he had till then served.
		The Order of the Saint Esprit was the most distinguished order of chivalry in France.
	www.orderofthegrail.org /chivalry.htm (658 words)

	Fleece Pillow -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		:''For the chivalric order, see Order of the Golden Fleece.'' In Greek mythology, the ram with the Golden Fleece (Okros Satsmisi in Georgian) was given to Nephele of Thessaly by Hermes for her to transport her children, Helle and Phrixus, away from Ino.
		There are claims the golden fleece of Argonaut fame was woven from a type of thread produced by mussels called byssus, which are used to attach mussels to surfaces.
		The badge of the Order was suspended from a jewelled collar with the motto "Pretium Laborum Non Vile" ("Not a bad reward for labor") engraved on the front of the central link, with Philip's motto "Non Aliud" ("I will have no other") on the back.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/55/fleece-pillow.html (779 words)

	Introduction to Valois Burgundy
		In this portrait the figure is shown wearing the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece and holds in his right hand the staff signifying membership in the court of the Duke of Burgundy.
		The Order of the Toison d'Or and the Chivalric Revival:
		The order's insignia of the Golden Fleece is suspended from a collar decorated with the devices of the ducal house.
	employees.oneonta.edu /farberas/arth/arth214_folder/burgundy_intro.html (7551 words)

	Golden Fleece Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Golden Fleece Award is presented to those public officials in the United States who the judges feel waste public money.
		Established in 1975 by William Proxmire, former U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, and issued until 1988, it was revived by the Advisory Board of the Taxpayers for Common Sense in 2000.
		Its name is a tangential reference to the Order of the Golden Fleece, and a play on the transitive verb to fleece, as in charging excessively for goods or services.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Golden_Fleece_Award (148 words)

	"Tell All" Gallery - Roman Catholicism - The Influence of Freemasonry on the Vatican - III
		Some orders were composed of knights who took religious vows, such as the Knights Hospitalers of St. John of Jerusalem.
		Papal Knights: The Pontifical Orders of Knighthood presently existing are, in their order of precedence: The Supreme Order of Christ, The Order of the Golden Spur, The Order of Pius IX, The Order of St. George the Great and The Order of Pope St. Sylvester.
		Religious but not pontifical orders of knighthood recognized by the Holy See are the Sovereign Military Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, and the Equestrian Order of the Holy Selpuchre of Jerusalem.
	www.cephasministry.com /masonic_influence_on_the_vatican_3.html (431 words)

	Austrian Medals
		The badge, a gold 'fleece' suspended from a highly stylized "B" (for Burgundy) was worn from the neck on a scarlet ribbon.
		The order was to be granted as a reward for acts of military valor and to perpetuate the memory of the brave officers receiving it.
		As with many high orders the decoration was to be returned to the Chancellery of the Order on the death of the holder.
	www.gwpda.org /medals/austmedl/austria.html (2276 words)

	The Benelux Royals Message Board: Knight Golden Fleece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The King was decorated with the Golden Fleece as well but apparently choose not to wear it.
		Re: Austrian Branch of the Golden Fleece: Otto I - MAXny 13/11/2006, 19:54:32
		Order of the Golden Fleece by Don Juan - Henri M. Order of the Golden Fleece by King Juan Carlos - Henri M. Re: Knight Golden Fleece - joris 11/11/2006, 18:07:07
	members3.boardhost.com /Beneluxroyal/msg/1163256113.html (310 words)

	Golden Fleece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Some background, this design is the emblem for the Order of the Golden Fleece, an order of knights created by Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy, in 1430.
		The emblem of the Golden Fleece and the Collar of the Golden Fleece have been used on thousands if not millions of coins in the last 500 years, it is by far one of the most familiar designs on Spanish coinage.
		In order to reduce fraud and facilitate commerce the government required all Spanish cobs to be turned in to the mint for melting and made into new money.
	www.macuquina.com /histories/fleece.htm (2397 words)

	Nominations to the Order of Golden Fleece by King Joseph I of Spain
		Created on 10 January 1430 (some sources say the year before) by Duke Philip III of Burgundy, the Order of the Golden Fleece was intended to revive traditions of European chivalry; its motto, ‘Pretium laborum non vile’ translates into ‘Not cheap is the reward of labor’.
		Sovereignty of the Order passed from Burgundy to the Austrian Hapsburgs in 1477 and to the Spanish Hapsburgs in 1519.
		In 1805, King Carlos IV of Spain awarded the Order of the Golden Fleece to Emperor Napoleon and to two of this three brothers (Joseph and Louis).
	www.napoleon-series.org /research/miscellaneous/c_fleece.html (731 words)

	#158 Medici Falchion
		The blade is etched with the personal coat of arms of Cosimo de' Medici 1519-1574 and encircled with the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece.
		As Duke of Florence between 1564, when he was inducted to the Order of the Golden Fleece and 1569 when he was created Grand Duke of Tuscany and his coat of arms changed, dates this sword to this specific period.
		The pommel is sculpted as a lions head, while the guard is a low relief of acanthus leaves with the curved quillions terminating in small lions heads and a lions face on the shell.
	www.armor.com /2000/catalog/item158.html (251 words)

	Links to Military Orders
		With an article on Papal Orders, the Supreme Order of Christ, the Order of the Golden Spur, the Order of Pius IX (Pian Order or Ordine Piano), the Order of Saint Gregory the Great, and the Order of Saint Sylvester Pope and Martyr.
		The Order of the Golden Fleece was founded by Philip, duke of Burgundy, to commemorate his wedding to Princess Isabel, Infant of Portugal, daughter of John I, King of Portugal, and of Phillipa of Lancaster, Queen of Portugal.
		The Royal Order of Charles III was founded in the XVIII th century by Charles III, King of Spain, as an Order of Knighood.
	www.jvarnoso.com /orders/links2.htm (4380 words)

	Osmanlı Tarihi Kültürü Medeniyeti Edebiyatı Sanatı
		5 The Burgundian Inheritance and the Order of the Golden Fleece
		The Order of the Golden Fleece was one of the most prestigious order in the Middle Ages and still exists today, alongside the Order of the Garter.
		The Legend of the Golden Fleece goes back to antiquity, a well-known Greek myth according to which Jason and the Argonauts stole the Golden Fleece from Colchis.
	www.osmanlimedeniyeti.com /wiki/Austrian_Crown_Jewels_.html (2134 words)

	Spanish Gold Coins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Comments: The obverse bears a portrait of Charles III with an abbreviated form of the legend "Charles III by the grace of God King of Spain." Note the punch used for the number 8 in the date is open on the left side f the top part of the number.
		The reverse bears the crowned Spanish arms surrounded by a deoration of the Order of the Golden Fleece.
		Comments: The obverse bears a portrait of Ferdinand VII with an abbreviated form of the legend "Ferdinand VII by the grace of God King of Spain and the Indes." The reverse bears the crowned Hapsburg arms surrounded by the order of the Golden Fleece.
	www.coins.nd.edu /ColCoin/ColCoinText/Sp-Gold.2.html (454 words)

	The Descendants of Queen Mary IV and III
		Dame of Honour of the (Bavarian) Order of Theresia, Dame of the (Bavarian) Order of Saint Elisabeth and of the (Austrian) Order of the Starry Cross
		Princess of Bavaria, Duchess in Bavaria (Prinzessin von Bayern, Herzogin in Bayern); Dame of Honour of the (Bavarian) Order of Theresia, Dame of the (Bavarian) Order of Saint Elisabeth
		Dame of the (Austrian) Order of the Starry Cross, Dame of Honour of the (Bavarian) Order of Theresia, Dame of the (Bavarian) Order of Saint Elisabeth
	www.jacobite.ca /genealogy.htm (11133 words)

	American Society of Indexers: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		His company produced a die from a drawing of a kohlrabi (taken from a seventeenth-century woodcut from a botany textbook), which was turned into golden (colored) pins.
		If we don't quite rise to the level of splendor of the medieval orders (no blue velvet garter with a gold buckle, I'm afraid, no ermine robes), we can at least convey our thanks and give those who have benefited ASI an interesting little pin whose history they will have fun explaining.
		Although still of very recent vintage, the Order of the Kohlrabi pin has become a much-coveted prize, and so it should be.
	www.asindexing.org /site/kohlrabi.shtml (601 words)

	Golden Fleece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 pl2.cs.utk.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece (Greek: Χρυσόμαλλον Δέρας) is that of the winged ram Chrysomallos (Χρυσόμαλλος).
		It figures in the tale of Jason and his band of Argonauts, who set out on a quest for the Fleece in order to place Jason rightfully on the throne of Iolcus in Thessaly.
		Phrixus then sacrificed the ram and hung its fleece on a tree (sometimes an oak tree) in a grove sacred to Ares, where it was guarded by a dragon.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Golden_Fleece (965 words)

	Table of contents for The Order of the Golden Fleece at Chapel Hill, 1904-2004
		Table of contents for The Order of the Golden Fleece at Chapel Hill, 1904-2004
		Table of contents for The Order of the Golden Fleece at Chapel Hill, 1904-2004 : America's first honor society for university leaders / G. Nicholas Herman.
		Order of the Golden Fleece (University of North Carolina).
	www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/ecip0514/2005016843.html (207 words)

	Order of the Golden Fleece - MSN Encarta
		Golden Fleece, Order of the, famous order of chivalry founded January 10, 1429, at Bruges in The Netherlands by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy,...
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	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_762529238/Golden_Fleece_Order_of_the.html (87 words)

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