Genealogy Projects tagged with Knightly Order on the Geni Family Tree

Chivalric Orders Umbrella

Briefly put, Orders may be either be;# Military orders ,# Chivalric/Knighthood orders or# Orders of MeritA military order is any one of a variety of Christian societies of knights that were founded from the Middle Ages onwards for the purpose of crusading, either in the Holy Land or against Islam (for example, in Spain during the Reconquista) or against pagans (for example, against the Cathars ...