Order of the Yellow Ribbon
The Order of the Yellow Ribbon was a French knightly order . The founder was the Duke of Nevers , Charles II. The foundation year was 1600 (1606). The order was a society of Catholic and non-Catholic knights .
The statutes and ceremonies were seen as ridiculous. As an example of this “virtue”, the knights had to be able to use the Italian finger play “la Mora” (even / odd). The horses to be ridden had to be gray horses, which were saddled and harnessed red. The medal was a yellow ribbon that the new knights wrapped over the right shoulder to the left hip.
The motto of the order was: “Domine, probasti me” meaning “Lord, you have tested me”.
The order was abolished by Henry IV , King of France and Navarre. He was the founder's uncle .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Aristide Michel Perrot: Historical collection of all still existing knight orders of the different nations . Baumgärtner'sche Buchhandlung Verlag, Leipzig 1821, p. 466
literature
- Gustav Adolph Ackermann, Order book of all orders and decorations that have flourished and died in Europe, Rudolph and Dieterici, Annaberg 1855, p. 211
- Pierre, Hippolyt Helyot, P. Hippolyt Helyot's detailed history of all spiritual and secular monastic and knightly orders ..., Volume 8, Arkstee and Merkus, 1756, p. 540