Order of Saint Louis

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The Order of Saint Louis was a prestigious French military order of chivalry established under the monarchy to honor exceptional service by Catholic officers.

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Label Occurrences
Order of Saint Louis canonical 5
Order of St. Louis 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chivalric order
military order
abolished 1792
associatedWith French Army
French Navy
awardedFor bravery in combat
long and distinguished military service
awardingBody French monarchy
awardingFrequency during wartime and peacetime military service
class Chevalier
Commander
surface form: Commandeur

Grand-Croix
country Kingdom of France
eligibility Catholic French military officers
finalAbolition 1830
foundedBy Louis XIV of France
genderRestriction restricted to men
grandMaster King of France
grantedPrivileges hereditary nobility for some higher-grade recipients
military pension to some recipients
headOfOrderTitle Grand Master
historicalEra Ancien Régime
surface form: Ancien Régime France
inception 1693
influenced Légion d'honneur
surface form: Legion of Honour
insigniaFeature central medallion with image of Saint Louis
golden Maltese cross
languageOfName French
motto Bellicae virtutis praemium
mottoLanguage Latin
mottoTranslation Reward for wartime valour
namedAfter Louis IX of France
Saint Louis
notableRecipient Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
Maurice de Saxe
Pierre André de Suffren
originalName Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis
purpose to reward exceptional military service
region Europe
reinstated 1814
religion Roman Catholicism
religiousRequirement recipients had to be Catholic
ribbonColor orange
seat Versailles
selectionCriteria officers with a minimum number of years of service
officers with proven bravery in battle
status defunct

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Edward Codrington awardReceived Order of Saint Louis
this entity surface form: Order of St. Louis
Sidney Smith awardReceived Order of Saint Louis
Louis Antoine de Bougainville awarded Order of Saint Louis
Marshal Auguste de Marmont awardReceived Order of Saint Louis
subject surface form: Auguste de Marmont
Étienne Maurice Gérard awardReceived Order of Saint Louis