Knight of the Order of the Elephant, the oldest and most important Danish order. It was founded in 1462 by King Christian I. Copied from an illustration by Christoph Weigel in Philipp Bonanni’s Ritter-Ordern, 1728. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and Middle Ages, Vienna, 1802.

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