I've been browsing the internet and come across several fascinating medieval orders of chivalry that sadly didn't survive the lifetime of their founder. This list is incomplete, I'm sure
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So, which of these would be likely/coolest to have survive, and how could we do it?
[*]Saint-George, Hungary (1325-95?),
[*]Sash or Band, Castile (1330-1474?),
[*]Garter, England (1344-present),
[*]Star, France (1351-64?),
[*]Knot, Naples (1352-62?),
[*]Collar or Annunziata in Savoie (1362-present),
[*]Tress, Austria (1365-95?),
[*]Golden Shield, founded by Louis de Bourbon (1367-1410?),
[*]Saint George, Aragon (1371-1410?)
[*]Ermine, Brittany (1381-1522),
[*]Ship, Naples (1381-6?),
[*]Salamander, Austria (1390-1463?),
[*]Jar, Aragon (1403-1516),
[*]Dragon (Renversé), Hungary (1408-93),
[*]Golden Fleece in Burgundy (1430-present),
[*]Eagle, Austria (1433-93)
[*]Saint Maurice, Savoie (1434),
[*]Elephant, Denmark, Norway and Sweden (1457?-1523?), later revived
[*]Ermine, Naples (1465-94),
[*]Saint-Michel, France (1469-1791).
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[*]Ordre de la Cosse de Genêt (Order of the Broom-Pod), founded by Charles VI of France ca. 1388,
[*]Order of the camail or Porcupine, created by Louis d'Orléans in 1394,
[*]Order of the Dove, Castile, 1390,
[*]Order of the Scale of Castile, ca. 1430,
[*]Order of the Thistle of Scotland.
[*]Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, bestowed by the custodian of the Holy Sepulchre to knights who made the pilgrimage, starting in the 15th century. It was formally organized into an order of merit by the Pope in 1868.
[*]Knights of St. Catherine of Mount-Sinai, bestowed in similar conditions from the 12th to the 15th century.
[*]Order of the Golden Spur, a papal order, many times reformed.
[*]Knights of the Bath, in England. The name was used again for an order of merit created in 1725.
[*]Compagnie of the Black Swan, created by 3 princes and 11 knights in Savoy in 1350,
[*]Corps et Ordre du Tiercelet (a kind of falcon), founded by the vicomte de Thouars and 17 barons in Poitou between 1377 and 1385,
[*]Ourdre de la Pomme d'Or founded by 14 knights in Auvergne in 1394,
[*]Alliance et Compagnie du Levrier founded by 44 knights in the Barrois in 1416 for 5 years, converted into a Confraternal order of Saint-Hubert in 1422.
[*]Order of Saint George, founded by Charles I of Hungary in 1325-6,
[*]Order of Saint Catherine, founded ca. 1335 by Humbert, Dauphin du Viennois,
[*]Order of St. Anthony, founded in 1384 by Albrecht I of Bavaria (although this order may not have been knightly).
[*]Society of the Eagle, founded by Albrecht von Habsburg in 1433,
[*]Selschapp unnser Liuen Frowen (Society of Our Lady, a.k.a. Order of the Swan, founded in 1440 by Friedrich II of Brandenburg,
[*]St. Hubertus Orden (Order of Saint Hubert), founded in 1444 by Gerhard V of Jülich and Berg,
[*]Ordre du Croissant (Order of the Crescent), founded by René d'Anjou in 1448,
[*]Society of St. Jerome, founded in 1450 by Friedrich II of Wettin, Elector of Saxony
So, which of these would be likely/coolest to have survive, and how could we do it?