Order of Gratitude (Courland)

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The Order of Gratitude ( L'Ordre de la reconnaissance ) was an order of knights in the Duchy of Courland .

It was donated by Friedrich Wilhelm Kettler , Duke of Courland, on May 12, 1710 in Libau .

The motto of the order was: "morior dum dorior"

With the death of the founder on January 17, 1711 the order expired.

literature

  • Ludwig Brunier, Kurland: Descriptions of the country and its people, Verlag Heinrich Matthes, Leipzig 1868, pp. 157–175 ( excerpt from the Google book search)