Order of the Dove

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The Order of the Dove (also known as the Order of Reason ) was an English knightly order . The founder was King Henry of England in 1399 in his first year as a king. The order was created for the nobility and for honoring merits in war.

Order decoration

The decoration of the order was a silver dove flying downwards on a round gold medallion . This medallion was surrounded by stripes and was worn on a gold chain around the neck .

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The Order of the Dove (Castile) or Dove Order of the same name is a Castilian knightly order that was founded by King John I in 1379 or 1390.

literature

  • Heinrich August Pierer: Universal dictionary of the present and the past. Pierer, Altenburg 1845.
  • Heinrich Karl Ernst von Koehler, Ludolf Stephani: Hke Koehler's collected writings. Imperial Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 1853.