Knight of the Order of Alcantara, a Spanish Cistercian military order founded in 1176. In black cape over white tunic, armed with a sword. 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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