Stranger Knights of the Garter

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chivalric order membership class honorary membership category

Stranger Knights of the Garter are foreign monarchs or high-ranking nobles who are appointed as honorary members of England’s prestigious Order of the Garter.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Extra Knights of the Garter	1
Stranger Knights and Ladies of the Garter	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chivalric order membership class ⓘ honorary membership category ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution	British monarchy ⓘ Crown in right of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Crown of the United Kingdom
associatedWithLocation	St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England ⓘ surface form: St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Windsor Castle ⓘ
ceremonialOccasion	Garter Day service at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	various foreign states ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Stranger Knights of the Garter ⓘ surface form: Extra Knights of the Garter Foreign Knights of the Garter ⓘ Stranger Knights and Ladies ⓘ surface form: Stranger Knights
hasEligibilityCriterion	must be a foreigner ⓘ must be of royal or princely rank or equivalent ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasMemberType	foreign high-ranking noble ⓘ foreign monarch ⓘ foreign prince ⓘ non-British head of state ⓘ
hasMotto	Honi soit qui mal y pense ⓘ
hasNotableFormerMember	Emperor Hirohito ⓘ surface form: Emperor Hirohito of Japan King Baudouin of Belgium ⓘ King Hussein of Jordan ⓘ Juan Carlos I of Spain ⓘ surface form: King Juan Carlos I of Spain Olav V of Norway ⓘ surface form: King Olav V of Norway
hasNotableMember	Akihito ⓘ surface form: Emperor Akihito of Japan Naruhito ⓘ surface form: Emperor Naruhito of Japan Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ⓘ surface form: Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg Abdullah II of Jordan ⓘ surface form: King Abdullah II of Jordan Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden ⓘ surface form: King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden Felipe VI ⓘ surface form: King Felipe VI of Spain Harald V of Norway ⓘ surface form: King Harald V of Norway Willem-Alexander ⓘ surface form: King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
hasPurpose	honour foreign rulers ⓘ recognize friendship with the British Crown ⓘ strengthen diplomatic relations ⓘ
hasRegaliaElement	Garter collar ⓘ Garter mantle ⓘ Garter riband ⓘ Garter star ⓘ
isAppointedBy	reigning monarch of the Order of the Garter ⓘ sovereign of the United Kingdom ⓘ
isExcludedFrom	statutory numerical limit of Knights Companion ⓘ
isHonorary	true ⓘ
isLimitedTo	non-Commonwealth foreigners ⓘ
isNonStatutoryMemberClass	true ⓘ
isNotEntitledTo	use post-nominal letters KG in the United Kingdom ⓘ
isRankedWithin	highest orders of chivalry open to foreigners in the UK ⓘ
partOf	Order of the Garter ⓘ
sharesPrecedenceWith	Knights Companion of the Order of the Garter ⓘ surface form: Knights Companion of the Garter
wearsInsigniaOf	Order of the Garter ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter → appoints → Stranger Knights of the Garter ⓘ

Stranger Knights of the Garter → hasAlternativeName → Stranger Knights of the Garter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Extra Knights of the Garter

Collar of the Order of the Garter → usedBy → Stranger Knights of the Garter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stranger Knights and Ladies of the Garter

Badge of the Order of the Garter → wornBy → Stranger Knights of the Garter ⓘ

Garter mantle → wornBy → Stranger Knights of the Garter ⓘ

Garter riband → wornBy → Stranger Knights of the Garter ⓘ