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The Order of Christ, is an
"The common origin of the five Orders of Christ"
''Nobiliary law – Adelsrecht – Droit nobiliaire'' 2 June 2021, accessed 4 March 2023
Historically, those who were awarded a knighthood in the Order of Christ wore mantles with an embroidered cross. The Order of Christ became a central part of the military life of the Kingdom of Kongo, including many members of the aristocracy. A number of local rulers underwent investiture into the Order of Christ. The Order of Christ, as with the Order of Saint James of the Sword, continues to be granted by pretenders to the throne of the Kingdom of Kongo.
order of chivalry
An order of chivalry, order of knighthood, chivalric order, or equestrian order is an order (distinction), order of knights, typically founded during or inspired by the original Catholic Military order (religious society), military orders of the ...
continued by King Ãlvaro I of Kongo
Ãlvaro I Nimi a Lukeni lua Mvemba was a Manikongo (Mwene Kongo), or king of Kongo, from 1568 to 1587 and the founder of the Kwilu dynasty.
Biography
Ãlvaro's father was an unknown Kongo nobleman who died, leaving his mother to remarry to King ...
in 1607 after the Portuguese brought the Order of Christ to the Kingdom of Kongo
The Kingdom of Kongo ( kg, Kongo dya Ntotila or ''Wene wa Kongo;'' pt, Reino do Congo) was a kingdom located in central Africa in present-day northern Angola, the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Republic of the ...
. Ãlvaro I formed and granted knighthoods for the Order of Christ, with the Vatican ruling that Ãlvaro I and his successors held the '' fons honorum'' for the Order of Christ, thus being able to grant the order.R.A.U. Juchter van Bergen Quast"The common origin of the five Orders of Christ"
''Nobiliary law – Adelsrecht – Droit nobiliaire'' 2 June 2021, accessed 4 March 2023
Historically, those who were awarded a knighthood in the Order of Christ wore mantles with an embroidered cross. The Order of Christ became a central part of the military life of the Kingdom of Kongo, including many members of the aristocracy. A number of local rulers underwent investiture into the Order of Christ. The Order of Christ, as with the Order of Saint James of the Sword, continues to be granted by pretenders to the throne of the Kingdom of Kongo.
References
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