The Order of the Belt of Hope was a knighthood order which was founded in 1389 by King
Charles VI of France
Charles VI (3 December 136821 October 1422), nicknamed the Beloved (french: le Bien-Aimé) and later the Mad (french: le Fol or ''le Fou''), was King of France from 1380 until his death in 1422. He is known for his mental illness and psychotic ...
and dedicated it to "Our Lady who bring back home the lost hunters".
Other sources including Menestrier named
Louis II, Duke of Bourbon
Louis de Bourbon, called the Good (4 February 1337 – 10 August 1410), son of Peter de Bourbon and Isabella de Valois (the sister of French King Philip VI), was the third Duke of Bourbon.
Louis inherited the duchy after his father Duke Pe ...
as founder, maybe making a mistake with the
Order of Our Lady of the Thistle.
Ackermann mentions this
chivalric order
An order of chivalry, order of knighthood, chivalric order, or equestrian order is an order of knights, typically founded during or inspired by the original Catholic military orders of the Crusades ( 1099–1291) and paired with medieval concep ...
as
historical order of France.
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Gustav Adolph Ackermann Gustav Adolph Ackermann (16 January 1791 – 19 February 1872) was a German lawyer and author of a notable book on European knightly orders.
Ackermann was born in Auerbach in Vogtland, Saxony. He was ''Königlich Sachsischer Appelationsrat'' oyal ...
, '' Ordensbuch, Sämtlicher in Europa blühender und erloschener Orden und Ehrenzeichen''.
Annaberg, 1855, p 244 n°189 "Orden des Gürtels der Hoffnung"
Google Books(Former orders of France : p. 205-214)
Belt of Hope
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