The book of orders of knighthood and decorations of honour of all nations ... . o be: * Gentilshommes de nom etdarmes sans reproche. In 1516, Pope Leo X. consented toincrease the number to fifty-two, including the head. After the accession of Charles V., in 1556, the Austro-Spanish, or rather, the Spanish-Dutch line of the house ofAustria, remained in possession of the Order. In 1700, theEmperor Charles VL and King Philip of Spain both laid claimto it. The former, however, on leaving Spain—which he couldnot maintain by force of arms—took with him to Vienna thearchives of the Order, the inaugur
The book of orders of knighthood and decorations of honour of all nations ... . o be: * Gentilshommes de nom etdarmes sans reproche. In 1516, Pope Leo X. consented toincrease the number to fifty-two, including the head. After the accession of Charles V., in 1556, the Austro-Spanish, or rather, the Spanish-Dutch line of the house ofAustria, remained in possession of the Order. In 1700, theEmperor Charles VL and King Philip of Spain both laid claimto it. The former, however, on leaving Spain—which he couldnot maintain by force of arms—took with him to Vienna thearchives of the Order, the inauguration of which he solemnizedthere, in 1713, with vast splendour; but Philip V. of Spaindeclared himself Grand Master, and formally protested, at theCongress of Cambrai, (1721), against the pretensions of theGerman Emperor. The dispute, though subsequently settledby the intercession of France, England and Holland, wasfrequently renewed, until the Order was tacitly introduced intoboth countries, and it now passes by the respective names of the ) A L STRIA. Table I. PLATE 4.
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