Ordre de l'Étoile - Revision history

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			[[image:etoile.png\|thumb\|right\|A depiction of the emblem from 1557]]

	The '''Ordre de l'Étoile''' is a [[chivalric order]], formed in 1351 by [[Jean II]] of [[France]], evidently inspired by the [[England\|English]] [[Order of the Garter]]. The [[knight]]s of the [[order]] swore never to cede in [[battle]], and as a result most of them died in the [[Battle of Poitiers]] in 1356. The order did not survive its founding [[king]].		The '''Ordre de l'Étoile''' is a [[chivalric order]], formed in 1351 by [[Jean II]] of [[France]], evidently inspired by the [[England\|English]] [[Order of the Garter]]. The [[knight]]s of the [[order]] swore never to cede in [[battle]], and as a result most of them died in the [[Battle of Poitiers]] in 1356. The order did not survive its founding [[king]].

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	The '''Ordre de l'Étoile''' is a [[chivalric order]], formed in 1351 by [[Jean II]] of [[France]], evidently inspired by the [[England\|English]] [[Order of the Garter]]. The [[knight]]s of the [[order]] swore never to cede in [[battle]], and as a result most of them died in the [[Battle of Poitiers]] in 1356. The order did not survive its founding [[king]].		The '''Ordre de l'Étoile''' is a [[chivalric order]], formed in 1351 by [[Jean II]] of [[France]], evidently inspired by the [[England\|English]] [[Order of the Garter]]. The [[knight]]s of the [[order]] swore never to cede in [[battle]], and as a result most of them died in the [[Battle of Poitiers]] in 1356. The order did not survive its founding [[king]].

	The [[motto]] of the order is thought to be ''~~monstrant~~ regibus astra viam''.		The [[motto]] of the order is thought to be ''Monstrant regibus astra viam'', which translates as ''The star shows the way to kings''.

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	The '''Ordre de l'Étoile''' is a [[chivalric order]], formed in 1351 by Jean II of [[France]], evidently inspired by the [[England\|English]] [[Order of the Garter]]. The [[knight]]s of the order swore never to cede in battle, and as a result most of them died in the [[Battle of Poitiers]] in 1356. The order did not survive its founding [[king]].		The '''Ordre de l'Étoile''' is a [[chivalric order]], formed in 1351 by [[Jean II]] of [[France]], evidently inspired by the [[England\|English]] [[Order of the Garter]]. The [[knight]]s of the [[order]] swore never to cede in [[battle]], and as a result most of them died in the [[Battle of Poitiers]] in 1356. The order did not survive its founding [[king]].

	The [[motto]] of the order is thought to be ''monstrant regibus astra viam''.		The [[motto]] of the order is thought to be ''monstrant regibus astra viam''.

Conrad Leviston at 14:23, 3 November 2006

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The '''Ordre de l'Étoile''' is a [[chivalric order]], formed in 1351 by Jean II of [[France]], evidently inspired by the [[England|English]] [[Order of the Garter]]. The [[knight]]s of the order swore never to cede in battle, and as a result most of them died in the [[Battle of Poitiers]] in 1356. The order did not survive its founding [[king]].

The [[motto]] of the order is thought to be ''monstrant regibus astra viam''.