Order of the Dragon
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title:
Order of the Dragon
text:
The Order of the Dragon was a monarchical chivalric order only for selected higher aristocracy and monarchs, founded in 1408 by Sigismund of Luxembourg, who was then King of Hungary and Croatia and later became Holy Roman Emperor. It was fashioned after the military orders of the Crusades, requiring its initiates to defend the cross and fight the enemies of Christianity, particularly the Ottoman Empire. The Order flourished during the first half of the 15th century, primarily in Germany and Ital
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description:
Renaissance-era European chivalric order
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Dragon
date created:
2004-02-15T22:38:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T09:05:05Z
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