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Order of Saint Michael
The Order of Saint Michael (French: Ordre de Saint-Michel) was a French chivalric order, founded by Louis XI of France on 1 August 1469, in competitive response to the Burgundian Order of the Golden Fleece founded by Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy, Louis' chief competitor for the allegiance of the great houses of France, the Dukes of Orléans, Berry, and Brittany. As a chivalric order, its goal was to confirm the loyalty of its knights to the king. Originally, there were a limited number of knights, at first thirty-one, then increased to thirty-six including the king. An office of Provost was established in 1476. The Order of St Michael was the highest Order in France until it was superseded by the Order of the Holy Spirit. As would be expected, the first knights were among the most powerful nobles in France, close relatives of the king and a few from other royal houses in Europe. Originally, the number of members (called companions) was limited to thirty-five. In 1565, during the Wars of Religion, when loyalties were strained and essential, Charles IX increased the membership to fifty but there may have been as many as seven hundred knights under Henry III in 1574. The Order of St. Michael dedicated to the Archangel Michael conveyed to every member a gold badge of the image of the saint standing on a rock in combat with the serpent. The motto the order was "immensi tremor oceani" (meaning the tremor of the immense ocean) derived from the idea of Saint Michael looking out over the Atlantic from Mont Saint Michel. It was suspended from an elaborate gold collar made of cockleshells (the badge of pilgrim, especially those to Santiago de Compostela) linked with double knots. The statutes state that the badge could be hung on a simple chain, and later it was suspended from a black ribbon. When the Order of St Michael was founded, the famous illuminator Jean Fouquet was commissioned to paint the title miniature of the Statutes, showing the king presiding over the knights (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fr. 19819). The original plan was for the knights to meet yearly on 29th September at Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy. Such an isolated location was impractical causing Charles VIII to transfer the chapel of Saint-Michel-du-Palais, part of Paris' medieval royal residence the Palais de la Cité which the kings no longer used, to the control of the order in 1496. By letters patent dated 15 August 1555, the seat of the Order was transferred to the royal Château de Vincennes outside Paris. The Order of St. Michael was abolished by Louis XVI on 20 June 1790. After being revived by Louis XVIII on 16 November 1816 but the king took little interest in the order and no new knights were added after 1816. The Order was again abolished by the French authorities in 1830. The Order's last member died in 1850.
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- Artist(s):
- Louis Carrogis Carmontelle
Mr le Duc de Chartres, dans sa belle jeunesse
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- Clothing
- Man
- Order of Saint Michael
- Order of the Holy Spirit
- Portrait
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- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Louis Carrogis Carmontelle
Le Prince de Condé
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- Drawing
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- Hat
- Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé
- Man
- Order of Saint Michael
- Order of the Holy Spirit
- Park
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- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Louis Carrogis Carmontelle
Louis François Joseph de Bourbon-Conti, comte de la Marche
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- Drawing
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- Man
- Order of Saint Michael
- Order of the Holy Spirit
- Park
- Portrait
- Sword
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- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Louis Carrogis Carmontelle
Le bailli de Champignelles
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- Drawing
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- Forest
- Horse
- Knights Hospitaller
- Man
- Order of Saint Michael
- Portrait
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- 18th century
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BUSTE DE CHARLES IX (SAINT-GERMAIN-EN-LAYE, 1550 - VINCEN...
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- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Charles IX of France
- Cuirass
- Embroidery
- Flower
- France
- Lilium
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- 16th century
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Buste de Henri II (Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 1519 - Paris,15...
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- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crown (headgear)
- Cuirass
- Flower
- France
- Henry II of France
- Lilium
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- 16th century
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Statuette acéphale d'un roi de France vêtu d'un manteau f...
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- Sculpture
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- Man
- Order of Saint Michael
- Overcoat
- Tunic
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- 16th century
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- Artist(s):
- Francesco Bordoni
Louis XIII (Fontainebleau, 1601-Saint-Germain en Laye, 16...
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- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Collar (clothing)
- Louis XIII of France
- Man
- Order of Saint Michael
- Order of the Holy Spirit
- Portrait
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- 17th century
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FAUNESSE TENANT DES ECUSSONS ; DANS SA MAIN GAUCHE UNE RA...
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- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Necklace
- Order of Saint Michael
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- 16th century
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Porte de la salle du Grand Consistoire au Capitole de Tou...
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- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Flower
- Leaf
- Leather
- Order of Saint Michael
- Volute
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- Date:
- 16th century
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Portrait du chancelier Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Pontcha...
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- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Justice
- Man
- Minister (government)
- Order of Saint Michael
- Order of the Holy Spirit
- Portrait
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- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Pierre-Victor Galland
Henri IV en buste dans un médaillon
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- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Henry IV of France
- Man
- Order of Saint Michael
- Portrait
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- 19th century
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Henri IV chez Michau (Projet d'illustration pour la Parti...
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- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Henry IV of France
- Order of Saint Michael
- Order of the Holy Spirit
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Panneau aux armes de France
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- Field(s):
- Tapestry
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cornucopia
- Crown (headgear)
- Flower
- Flower bouquet
- Hand
- Lilium
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Designation:
- égouttoir
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- Portrayed subject:
- Order of Saint Michael
- Order of the Holy Spirit
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Designation:
- plat
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- Portrayed subject:
- Order of Saint Michael
- Order of the Holy Spirit
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Hendrik Goltzius
Henri IV en buste (titre factice)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Henry IV of France
- Order of Saint Michael
- Order of the Holy Spirit
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 17th century
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