Order of the Tower and Sword

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order of knighthood order of merit state order

The Order of the Tower and Sword is Portugal’s highest honorific order, awarded for exceptional military or civilian merit and acts of great bravery.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Ordem Militar da Torre e Espada 1
Ordem Militar da Torre e Espada, do Valor, Lealdade e Mérito 1
Order of the Tower and Sword, of Valour, Loyalty and Merit 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf order of knighthood ⓘ
order of merit ⓘ
state order ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Order of the Tower and Sword ⓘ
surface form: Ordem Militar da Torre e Espada

Order of the Tower and Sword ⓘ
surface form: Ordem Militar da Torre e Espada, do Valor, Lealdade e Mérito

Order of the Tower and Sword ⓘ
surface form: Order of the Tower and Sword, of Valour, Loyalty and Merit
awardedFor acts of great bravery ⓘ
exceptional civilian merit ⓘ
exceptional military merit ⓘ
awardingAuthority President of Portugal ⓘ
chancellor Chancellor of the Portuguese Honorific Orders ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
domain civil decorations ⓘ
military decorations ⓘ
eligibility Portuguese citizens ⓘ
foreign nationals ⓘ
establishedBy King Afonso V of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedInYear 1459 ⓘ
grandMaster President of Portugal ⓘ
hasClass Commander ⓘ
Grand Collar ⓘ
Grand Cross ⓘ
Grand Officer ⓘ
Knight ⓘ
Officer ⓘ
headTitle Grand Master ⓘ
highestOrderOf Portuguese honors system ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
motto Valor, Lealdade e Mérito ⓘ
mottoLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
mottoTranslation Valour, Loyalty and Merit ⓘ
notableRecipient Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
Humberto Delgado NERFINISHED ⓘ
Winston Churchill ⓘ
partOf Portuguese system of honorific orders ⓘ
precedenceOver Order of Liberty ⓘ
Order of Prince Henry ⓘ
reformedBy Prince Regent John of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
reformedInYear 1808 ⓘ
republicanReformYear 1917 ⓘ
1939 ⓘ
ribbonColor blue ⓘ
status currently awarded ⓘ
symbolizes defence of the realm ⓘ
heroism ⓘ
loyal service to Portugal ⓘ
typeOfMerit loyalty ⓘ
merit ⓘ
valor ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Order of the Tower and Sword → alsoKnownAs → Order of the Tower and Sword ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ordem Militar da Torre e Espada
Order of the Tower and Sword → alsoKnownAs → Order of the Tower and Sword ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ordem Militar da Torre e Espada, do Valor, Lealdade e Mérito
Order of the Tower and Sword → alsoKnownAs → Order of the Tower and Sword ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of the Tower and Sword, of Valour, Loyalty and Merit
Sidney Smith → awardReceived → Order of the Tower and Sword ⓘ
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho → hasHonor → Order of the Tower and Sword ⓘ