Louis XIV grants the knighthood of the Holy Ghost to his grandson, 1710, Louis XIIII metant le Cordon bleu a Monsieur de Bourgogne pere de Louis XV. roy de France regnant / Ludovici regnatis patrem (... ) (title on object), Louis XIV awards the knighthood of the Holy Spirit (Cordon Bleu de l'Ordre du Saint-Esprit) to his grandson Louis (later King Louis XV), son of Louis of France, dauphin of France and duke of Burgundy, 1710. The child is held by his mother, Maria Adelheid of Savoy. The knighthood was traditionally awarded to the king's children immediately after their birth

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