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Person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity.
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State of the Teutonic Order
1 linksMedieval crusader state, located in Central Europe along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea.
Medieval crusader state, located in Central Europe along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea.
The crusades, involving many of Europe's knights, lasted for sixty years.
Heraldry
2 linksDiscipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings , as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree.
Discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings , as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree.
If the armiger has the title of baron, hereditary knight, or higher, he may display a coronet of rank above the shield.
Kite shield
2 linksLarge, almond-shaped shield rounded at the top and curving down to a point or rounded point at the bottom.
Large, almond-shaped shield rounded at the top and curving down to a point or rounded point at the bottom.
To compensate for their awkward nature, kite shields were equipped with enarmes, which gripped the shield tightly to the arm and facilitated keeping it in place even when a knight relaxed their arm; this was a significant departure from most earlier circular shields, which possessed only a single handle.
Gilles de Rais
0 linksGilles de Rais (date of birth unknown, not earlier than 1405 – 26 October 1440), Baron de Rais, was a knight and lord from Brittany, Anjou and Poitou, a leader in the French army, and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc.
Henry Percy (Hotspur)
0 linksSir Henry Percy (20 May 1364 – 21 July 1403), nicknamed Hotspur, was an English knight who fought in several campaigns against the Scots in the northern border and against the French during the Hundred Years' War.
Francis Drake
0 linksSir Francis Drake (c.
Sir Francis Drake (c.
Elizabeth I awarded Drake a knighthood in 1581 which he received on the Golden Hind in Deptford.
Heinrich von Winkelried
0 linksHeinrich von Winkelried (d.
Heinrich von Winkelried (d.
after 1303), known as Schrutan or Strut "the giant", was a medieval knight in what is now Central Switzerland.
Adrian von Bubenberg
0 linksAdrian von Bubenberg (born c. 1424 in Bern; died August 1479 in Bern) was a Bernese knight, military commander and mayor (Schultheiss) of Bern in 1468-1469, 1473-1474 and 1477-1479.
Heater shield
2 linksForm of European medieval shield, developing from the early medieval kite shield in the late 12th century in response to the declining importance of the shield in combat thanks to improvements in leg armour.
Form of European medieval shield, developing from the early medieval kite shield in the late 12th century in response to the declining importance of the shield in combat thanks to improvements in leg armour.
The heater shield was used by almost every class of society in medieval Europe, from knights to typical soldiers.
Jean II Le Maingre
0 linksJean II Le Maingre (Old French: Jehan le Meingre), also known as Boucicaut (28 August 1366 – 21 June 1421), was a French knight and military leader.