Order of the Mirror

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The Order of the Mirror , also Order of the Mirror or Order of the Mirror of the Virgin Mary, was a Spanish knightly order . It was donated by Infant Ferdinand of Castile in 1410. The occasion was the victory in Antequera over the Moors .

The order chain consisted of griffins alternating with lilies. The religious clothing was a white outer garment with a black cross over black undergarments . A mirror carried by the knights was possibly eponymous and was seen as effeminate and led to ridicule.

The existence of the order is not considered certain. Ferdinand von Biedenfeld remarked in 1841 that "there are noticeable doubts about its existence, because no historical evidence is given anywhere". Karl Julius Weber leads the order in his work Das Ritter-Wesen und die Templer (1822/24) in the section "Obsolete and uncertain orders".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Weber (1824) and Ackermann (1855) wrongly speak of "King", but Ferdinand had knocked out the crown of Castile in 1406 and only reigned for his underage nephew Johann II.
  2. ↑ Alexander Ross, Albert Reimarus: The world of different worship . Joachim Nosche, Amsterdam 1668, p. 433 ( full text in the Google book search).
  3. ↑ Ferdinand von Biedenfeld: History and constitution of all spiritual and secular, extinct and prosperous knight orders. First volume: Extinct medals. Voigt, Weimar 1841, p. 114 ( full text in the Google book search)
  4. ↑ Karl Julius Weber: The knight being and the Templars. Third volume. Second improved and enlarged edition. Carl Julius Weber's entire works, Volume 14. Hallberger, Stuttgart 1837, p. 467 ( full text in the Google book search).

literature

  • Gustav Adolph Ackermann: Order book of all in Europe flourishing and extinct orders and decorations . Rudolph and Dieterici, Annaberg 1855, p. 217 ( full text in the Google book search).
  • Aristide Michel Perrot: Historical collection of all still existing knight orders of the various nations: together with a chronological overview of the expired knight orders . Baumgärtner, Leipzig 1821, issue 4, p. 162 ( full text in the Google book search).
  • Alexander Ross: Different services around the world . Joh. Andreas Endters Heidelberg 1668, p. 609 ( full text in the Google book search).