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 Jean-Baptiste Symon de Solémy wearing the insigna of Commandor of the order of Saint Louis
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The Order of Saint Louis ("ordre royal et militaire de Saint Louis") was a military Order of Chivalry founded on April 5, 1696 by Louis XIV and named after Saint Louis. It was intended as a reward for exceptional officers, and is notable as the first decoration that could be granted to non-nobles. It is roughly the ancestor of the Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honour), with which it shares the red ribbon (though the Légion d'honneur is awarded to military personnel and civilians alike) Image File history File links Port de lOrdre de Saint-Louis from fr, [1], by frUtilisateur:Luciani File links The following pages link to this file: Order of Saint Louis ...
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An Order is a decoration, awarded by a government to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity. ...
April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ...
The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long. ...
For the musical group of the same name, see Louis XIV (band). ...
Only representation of Saint Louis known to be true to life - Early 14th century statue from the church of Mainneville, Eure, France King Louis IX of France or Saint Louis (April 25, 1214/1215–August 25, 1270) was King of France from 1226 until his death. ...
Knights badge of the Legion of Honour The Légion dhonneur (Legion of Honor (AmE) or Legion of Honour (ComE)) is an Order of Chivalry first established by Napoléon Bonaparte, First Consul of the French Republic, on May 19, 1802. ...
The King was the Great Master of the order, and the Dauphin was automatically part of it as well. The entire order included 8 Grand-Croix (Grand Cross), 28 Commanders and a variable number of Knights. The Order also had a trésorier (treasurer), a greffier (registrar) and a huissier. For other uses, see Dauphin (disambiguation). ...
The chain of a huissier in the French Senate. ...
The medal included a portait of Saint Louis surrounded by the motto « LUD(OVICUS) M(AGNUS) IN(STITUIT) 1693 » ("Louis the Great instituted it in 1693"). The general assembly of the Order was held on August 25, the feast day of Saint Louis, in the residence of the King. August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ...
Conditions to obtain the medal did not include nobility; however, Catholic faith was mandatory, as well as at least ten years' service as a commissioned officer in the Army or the Navy. Members of the Order received a pension. Hereditary nobility was granted to a knight son and grandson of knights. Another decoration, the Institution du Mérite militaire ("Institution for military Merit') was created for the protestants officers in service of the french king.
Until the death of Louis XIV, the medal was awarded to outstanding officers only, but it gradually came to be an award that most officers would receive during their career. On January 1, 1791, during the French Revolution, a decree changed the name to décoration militaire ("military decoration"). It was subsequently withdrawn on October 15, 1792. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ...
1791 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
The French Revolution (1789-1799) was a period in the history of France. ...
October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ...
1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
One of the first acts of Louis XVIII was to reinstate the Order of Saint Louis, awarding it to officers of the Royal and Imperial armies alike. In 1830 the new king Louis-Philippe abolished the order, wich was never recreated. Louis XVIII (November 17, 1755 - September 16, 1824) was King of France and Navarre from 1814 (although he declared that he considered his reign to have begun in 1795) until his death in 1824, with a brief break in 1815 due to Napoleons return in the Hundred Days. ...
Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Louis-Philippe of France (October 6, 1773–August 26, 1850) reigned as the Orléanist king of the French from 1830 to 1848. ...
Decreat by his majesty the king Louis XIV of France - Louis, by the grace of God King of France and Navarre, to all present and yet to come, hail.
- The officers of our troops have distinguished themselves by so many actions of considerable virtue and courage, in the conquest which it pleased God to bless the justice of our arms, that, ordinary awards becoming insufficient to the affection and the thankfulness which we have for them, we have deemed it necessary to seek new ways to reward their zeal and fidelity.
- In this view have we decided to establish a purely military Order to which, in addition to the external marks of honour which are associated to it, we shall guarantee revenues and pensions which shall rise in proportion to them growing more and more worthy through their behaviour.
- We have decided that only officers still serving in our troops shall be introduced and that virtue, merit and distinguished service in our armies shall be the only criteria to enter. We shall also in the future give a particular attention to increase the advantages of this order, so that we shall ever have the satisfaction to always be able to grant graces to the officers, and on the other hand, seeing rewards guaranteed by valour, they would every day bear renewed ardour in deserving them by their actions.
- In these causes, with the advice of our council, and our certain science, full power and royal authority, we have created, instituted and built, by the present, our military Order with the name of Saint Louis, and with the forms, statutes, ordinances and rules as follow: (...)
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