Order of Saint George (House of Habsburg)
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This article is about the historic order of chivalry. For the active order, see Order of St. George (Habsburg-Lorraine). For other uses, see Order of St. George (disambiguation).
The Order of Saint George (Latin: Ordo militaris Sancti Georgii; German: St. Georgs-Orden) is an Austrian chivalric order founded by the Habsburg emperor Frederick III and Pope Paul II in 1469.[citation needed] Established as a military order to advocate the Christian faith, its original implicite[spelling?] goal was to combat the Ottoman incursions into the Inner Austrian lands of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola. The order resided at Millstatt Abbey and in Wiener Neustadt, until in 1598 its properties were handed over to the Jesuit college in Graz.
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Order of Saint George | |
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Active | 1469 – 1598 |
Allegiance | Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (1469–1493) Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1493–1519) |
Type | Catholic religious order (military order) |
Headquarters | Millstatt Abbey Wiener Neustadt |
Patron | Saint George |
Attire | White mantle with a red cross |
Commanders | |
First Grand Master | Johann Siebenhirter (1469–1508) |
Second Grand Master | Johann Geumann (1508–1536) |
Third Grand Master | Wolfgang Prandtner (1536–1541) |
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