The book of orders of knighthood and decorations of honour of all nations ... . roidered star with the inscription: * InFidelitate constans (Constant in loyalty). The two successors ofJohn William still further enlarged the statutes; but the last andstill prevailing ordinances are those promulgated by MaximilianJoseph IV. (first King of Bavaria) on the 18th May, 1808. He declared the Order the first in the kingdom, andbrought it into connection with that of Civil Merit, bydecreeing that candidates must be members of six yearsstanding of the latter.* The Order counts now only twelveKnights from
The book of orders of knighthood and decorations of honour of all nations ... . roidered star with the inscription: * InFidelitate constans (Constant in loyalty). The two successors ofJohn William still further enlarged the statutes; but the last andstill prevailing ordinances are those promulgated by MaximilianJoseph IV. (first King of Bavaria) on the 18th May, 1808. He declared the Order the first in the kingdom, andbrought it into connection with that of Civil Merit, bydecreeing that candidates must be members of six yearsstanding of the latter.* The Order counts now only twelveKnights from the ranks of Counts and Barons, exclusiveof the Sovereign, and the members whom the latter may, inaddition, choose to nominate from among the Princes, bothnative and foreign. The Chapter is annually held either on the29th September, the day of the renewal of the Order by theElector, John William, or on the 2nd February (the festivalof the Virgin Purification). The entrance fees are now 200ducats in gold (about £100) for Princes, and 100 ducats UA V AUI A. TahLe 1, PLATE 11.
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