The Order of the Yellow Ribbon was founded in 1600 in
Nevers
Nevers ( , ; la, Noviodunum, later ''Nevirnum'' and ''Nebirnum'') is the prefecture of the Nièvre Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in central France. It was the principal city of the ...
by French-Italian nobleman
Charles III, Duke of Nevers, nephew of the French king
Henry III, and knights would be imposed very peculiar tasks.
Details and insignia
They would have to practice the Italian game "
la mara
Ida Marie Lipsius (30 December 1837 in Leipzig2 March 1927 in Schmölen), alias La Mara, was a German writer and music historian.
Life
Lipsius was born as daughter of the later director of the Leipzig Thomasschule Karl Heinrich Adelbert Lipsiu ...
" (raising of even or odd numbers of fingers), to ride on a
gray horse
A gray horse (or grey horse) has a coat color characterized by progressive depigmentation of the colored hairs of the coat. Most gray horses have black skin and dark eyes; unlike some equine dilution genes and some other genes that lead to depi ...
with red-dyed bridle and to share their goods.
Ackermann writes that, according to some sources, partner exchange would also belong to the obligations of membership .
The French king forbade the Order soon after its founding. This remarkable
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 ...
, one that could be perceived as a mockery of existing chivalric orders, is nevertheless included in the
historical orders of France This page is a list of the orders of chivalry and orders of merit awarded by France, in the order they were established or incorporated in France, and their origins.
Kingdom of the Franks, Merovingian and Carolingian periods (485–987)
* Order of ...
.
See also
*
Order of the Annunciation, founded in 1619 by
Charles III, Duke of Nevers too.
Sources
*
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
Yellow Ribbon
The yellow ribbon is used for various purposes. It may be worn on a person, placed on a vehicle, around a tree, or for a neck tie.
History and etymology
Early Puritan history
The song/poem ''"She wore a yellow ribbon"'' has appeared in variou ...
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