Order of the Garter

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order of chivalry order of knighthood

The Order of the Garter is the highest order of chivalry in the United Kingdom, a prestigious and historic knighthood founded in medieval England and bestowed by the monarch for exceptional service.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Order of the Garter canonical 151
Most Noble Order of the Garter 7
Honi soit qui mal y pense (Order of the Garter association) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf order of chivalry ⓘ
order of knighthood ⓘ
associatedWith St George ⓘ
awardedFor public service ⓘ
service to the nation ⓘ
service to the sovereign ⓘ
ceremonialDress Garter hat with plume ⓘ
Garter mantle ⓘ
ceremony Garter Day ⓘ
chapel St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England ⓘ
surface form: St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
country United Kingdom ⓘ
founder Edward III of England ⓘ
foundingLocation Kingdom of England ⓘ
hasCategory 1348 establishments in England ⓘ
British orders of chivalry ⓘ
hasHeadOfOrder British monarch ⓘ
hasMemberCategory foreign monarchs ⓘ
supernumerary members ⓘ
hasOffice Chancellor of the Order of the Garter ⓘ
Garter Principal King of Arms ⓘ
Prelate of the Order of the Garter ⓘ
Register of the Order of the Garter ⓘ
Usher of the Black Rod ⓘ
hasPostNominalLetters KG ⓘ
LG ⓘ
headTitle Sovereign of the Garter ⓘ
highestRankingOrderIn British honours system ⓘ
inception 1348 ⓘ
includes Royal Knights and Ladies ⓘ
Stranger Knights and Ladies ⓘ
insignia Badge of the Order of the Garter ⓘ
Collar of the Order of the Garter ⓘ
Garter ⓘ
Star of the Order of the Garter ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
maximumNumberOfCompanions 24 ⓘ
membershipType Knight Companion ⓘ
Lady Companion ⓘ
motto Honi soit qui mal y pense ⓘ
mottoLanguage Old French ⓘ
mottoTranslation Shame on him who thinks evil of it ⓘ
namedAfter garter ⓘ
orderPrecedence highest order of chivalry in the United Kingdom ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Church of England ⓘ
selectionMethod personal gift of the sovereign ⓘ
symbol dark blue garter edged in gold ⓘ
symbolInscription Honi soit qui mal y pense ⓘ
typeOfAward dynastic order ⓘ

Referenced by (164)

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

Saint George of Lydda → patronSaintOf → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi → foreignHonour → Order of the Garter ⓘ
College of St George, Windsor Castle → associatedWith → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Tony Blair → awardReceived → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Haakon VII of Norway → honor → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Knights Companion of the Order of the Garter → partOf → Order of the Garter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Most Noble Order of the Garter
Douglas Haig → awardReceived → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Collar of the Order of the Garter → usedBy → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Collar of the Order of the Garter → connectedTo → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Alan Brooke → awardReceived → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Haile Selassie I → awarded → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander → awardReceived → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher → awardReceived → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham → awarded → Order of the Garter ⓘ
1st Earl Alexander of Tunis → awardReceived → Order of the Garter ⓘ
LG is used for Lady of the Garter → isTitleIn → Order of the Garter ⓘ
subject surface form: Lady of the Garter
Henry Maitland Wilson → awardReceived → Order of the Garter ⓘ
King Baudouin of Belgium → honor → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Albert I of Belgium → awardReceived → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Edmund Hillary → awardReceived → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Ladies Companion of the Order of the Garter → partOf → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Ladies Companion of the Order of the Garter → isMemberOf → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Ladies Companion of the Order of the Garter → confersMembershipIn → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Ladies Companion of the Order of the Garter → wearsInsigniaOf → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Dean and Canons of Windsor → associatedWith → Order of the Garter ⓘ
King Umberto I of Italy → awarded → Order of the Garter ⓘ
subject surface form: Umberto I of Italy
Secretary of the Order of St Michael and St George → relatedTo → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Rushworth → awardReceived → Order of the Garter ⓘ
subject surface form: John Rushworth Jellicoe
Lord Louis Mountbatten → awardReceived → Order of the Garter ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Frederick → awardReceived → Order of the Garter ⓘ
subject surface form: Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter → partOf → Order of the Garter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Most Noble Order of the Garter
Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter → headOf → Order of the Garter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Most Noble Order of the Garter
Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter → principalMemberOf → Order of the Garter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Most Noble Order of the Garter
Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter → associatedWith → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Order of Saint Patrick → modelledOn → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Prelate of the Order of the Garter → partOf → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Prelate of the Order of the Garter → positionHeldIn → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Lord Wavell → awardReceived → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Lord Irwin → honour → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Edward of Windsor → founded → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Founding of the Order of the Garter → establishedOrder → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Usher of the Order of the Garter → partOf → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Edward the Black Prince → associatedWith → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Stranger Knights of the Garter → partOf → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Stranger Knights of the Garter → wearsInsigniaOf → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Garter motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense" → associatedWith → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Garter motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense" → usedBy → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Garter motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense" → emblemOf → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool → memberOf → Order of the Garter ⓘ
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg → honor → Order of the Garter ⓘ