Book of Chivalry member of the nobility to one of the most respected knights in France, especially under the kingship of Jean II of France. Jean created the Company of the Star in 1352, intending the chivalric order to outshine that of his rival, Edward III of England, who had shortly before created the Order of the Garter. Charny was promptly made a member of the Company of the Star, and it is believed that he wrote his "Book of Chivalry" in this context. However, the Company began to lose members immediately due to losses on the battlefield, both in civil wars and
Order of the Holy Sepulchre shown the official titles of the ranks in English ("Italian, French, German, Spanish"): In English, a female member of this Order is sometimes titled "Lady". In accordance with standard chivalric practice in English, female members may be called "Dame" (from the Latin title "Domina", Italian "Dama", etc.) and this is the usual practice in most Lieutenancies: "Dame" is the usual English title of a female member of an order of chivalry; a "Lady" in terms of orders of chivalry is usually the wife of a member although there are exceptions, for example female members of the U.K. Order of the