Orders

Twelve religious and military orders. Their foundation, suppression, transformation and present status are kept distinct — a modern body using an old name is not assumed to be the same institution.

12 entries

Continuing religious bodies
Knights Hospitaller
Founded c. 1099 · Continuing (Sovereign Order of Malta)
Jerusalem, then Rhodes, Malta and Rome
Dissolved
Knights Templar
Founded c. 1119–1120 · Suppressed 1312
Jerusalem (Temple Mount), later Acre and Cyprus; houses across Latin Europe
Continuing religious bodies
Teutonic Order
Founded 1190 · Continuing (Catholic religious order)
Acre, then Prussia; today Vienna
Contested continuity
Order of Saint Lazarus
Founded 12th century · Historical; revival contested
Jerusalem, later France
Now state or dynastic honours
Order of Santiago
Founded 1170 · Continuing as a noble order of the Spanish Crown
Cáceres and Uclés, Castile
Now state or dynastic honours
Order of Calatrava
Founded 1158 · Continuing as a noble order of the Spanish Crown
Calatrava la Vieja, Castile
Now state or dynastic honours
Order of Alcántara
Founded 1176 · Continuing as a noble order of the Spanish Crown
Alcántara, Extremadura
Now state or dynastic honours
Order of Avis
Founded Mid-12th century · Now a Portuguese state order
Évora and Avis, Portugal
Now state or dynastic honours
Order of Christ
Founded 1319 · Now a Portuguese state order
Tomar, Portugal
Now state or dynastic honours
Order of Montesa
Founded 1317 · Continuing as a noble order of the Spanish Crown
Montesa, Kingdom of Valencia
Continuing religious bodies
Order of the Holy Sepulchre
Founded Origins disputed · Continuing (pontifical order of knighthood)
Jerusalem and Vatican City
Dissolved
Order of Saint Thomas of Acre
Founded c. 1191 · Dissolved 1538
Acre and London