the order of the garter was founded in 1348.
the order of the garter was founded in 1348.
when was the order of the garter founded?
in 1348
at the same time, edward expanded the ranks of the peerage upwards, by introducing the new title of duke for close relatives of the king. furthermore, edward bolstered the sense of community within this group by the creation of the order of the garter, probably in 1348. a plan from 1344 to revive the round table of king arthur never came to fruition, but the new order carried connotations from this legend by the circular shape of the garter. edward's wartime experiences during the crécy campaign (1346–7) seem to have been a determining factor in his abandonment of the round table project. it has been argued that the total warfare tactics employed by the english at crécy in 1346 were contrary to arthurian ideals and made arthur a problematic paradigm for edward iii, especially at the time of the institution of the garter. there are no formal references to king arthur and the round table in the surviving early fifteenth-century copies of the statutes of the garter, but the garter feast of 1358 did involve a round table game. thus there was some overlap between the projected round table fellowship and the actualized order of the garter. polydore vergil tells of how the young joan of kent, countess of salisbury – allegedly the king's favourite at the time – accidentally dropped her garter at a ball at calais. king edward responded to the ensuing ridicule of the crowd by tying the garter around his own knee with the words "honi soit qui mal y pense" – shame on him who thinks ill of it.
edward iii of england
order of the star (france)









































the order of the star () was an order of chivalry founded on 6 november 1351 by john ii of france in imitation of the order of the garter founded in 1347 by edward iii of england. the inaugural ceremony of the order took place on 6 january 1352 at saint-ouen, from which it is sometimes called the order of knights of the noble house of saint ouen.
order of the star (france)