Sovereign of the Order of the Thistle

E159921

chivalric office monarchical title

The Sovereign of the Order of the Thistle is the reigning British monarch who serves as head of Scotland’s highest and most prestigious order of chivalry.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sovereign of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle	1
Sovereign of the Order of the Thistle canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chivalric office ⓘ monarchical title ⓘ
associatedBuilding	St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: Thistle Chapel, St Giles’ Cathedral
associatedWith	Scotland ⓘ
ceremonialFunction	leads processions of the Order of the Thistle ⓘ presides at installations of Knights and Ladies of the Thistle ⓘ
ceremonialLocation	St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ
confersTitle	Order of the Thistle ⓘ surface form: Knight of the Thistle Lady of the Thistle ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currentHolder	Charles Philip Arthur George ⓘ surface form: Charles III
eligibility	automatically held by the reigning British monarch ⓘ
foundedBy	James II of England ⓘ James VII of Scotland ⓘ
hasInsignia	badge of the Order of the Thistle ⓘ collar of the Order of the Thistle ⓘ star of the Order of the Thistle ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	Order of the Thistle statutes ⓘ
hasPrivilege	may appoint extra knights and ladies beyond statutory limit in special circumstances ⓘ
hasRank	head of Scotland’s highest order of chivalry ⓘ
hasRole	appointing authority for Knights and Ladies of the Thistle ⓘ fount of honour for the Order of the Thistle ⓘ
headOf	Order of the Thistle ⓘ
heldBy	reigning British monarch ⓘ
inception	1687 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Scots ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
legalBasis	letters patent of 1687 ⓘ
motto	Nemo me impune lacessit ⓘ
orderPrecedence	highest order of chivalry in Scotland ⓘ second-highest order of chivalry in the United Kingdom after the Order of the Garter ⓘ
partOf	Order of the Thistle ⓘ
previousHolder	Anne ⓘ Edward VII ⓘ Elizabeth II ⓘ George I of Great Britain ⓘ surface form: George I George II of Great Britain ⓘ surface form: George II George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: George III George IV of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: George IV George V ⓘ George VI ⓘ Victoria ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Church of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Church of Scotland (ceremonial)
seat	Buckingham Palace ⓘ Palace of Holyroodhouse ⓘ
style	Sovereign of the Order of the Thistle self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sovereign of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle
symbol	thistle ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lady of the Thistle → isSubordinateTo → Sovereign of the Order of the Thistle ⓘ

Sovereign of the Order of the Thistle → style → Sovereign of the Order of the Thistle self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sovereign of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle