![]() ![]() The knights of this Order established themselves in Poznan. ![]() The Sovereign and Military Order of Saint John of Jerusalem made its entry into Poland in the year 1170. The Polish military brotherhoods then faded into history. These Orders existed in the twelth century in northern Poland only until the arrival of the Teutonic Knights after the fall of the Holy Land. These early dragonet societies included the Brotherhood of the Dragon, the Knights of Dobrzyn and the Knights of Christ. The nobility at times in the nations history, did raise “Dragonet Brotherhoods” which were quasi military orders mobilized to deal with the specific threat of Prussian paganism on its northern borders. Order of chivalry code code#The ancient Polish code of chivalry forbade the bearing of titles, and the formulation of chivalric orders was looked upon with disdain they were both regarded as a means of creating a division amongst a group of equals. The Polish system of nobility was based on the principles of equality amongst an exclusive caste of peers, who had earned their spurs in blood and bravery. Later elected kings (after the extinction of the Jagiallion Dynasty in 1572) continued to carry these quartered arms with their own arms “borne in pretence” upon the shield as an escutchen. The quartered arms of the Piast/Jagiello family became the coat of arms of this Commonwealth. The arms of the family Jagiello were an armoured knight in natural colours seated on a rearing horse with shield grasped and sword raised, the field being blue.įrom this union was founded the Commonwealth of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Prior to the marriage Jagiello was baptized and took the christian name of Ladisllaus II. Order of chivalry code series#In 1386, the Polish Princess Hedwig, a relative of Casimir III, gained the throne of Poland through a series of concessions to the Polish nobility – included in which was an arranged marriage with the Pagan Lithuanian Prince Jagiello. His death in 1370 brought to an end the direct line of the ancient Piast kings. The Piast dynasty ruled Poland from 966 until the death in the latter part of the fourteenth century of King Casimir III “The Great”. The arms of the Piast family was a silver eagle borne upon a red shield. Under the power and unity of the Piast kings the nation of Poland expanded. Mieszko I is regarded as the first official King of Poland, and the founder of the dynastic Piast kings. In the year of Our Lord 966, the first Polish King, Mieszko I, embraced Christianity, forsaking the Pagan Gods of his ancestors and placing the protection of his kingdom under the shield of the Holy Roman Empire. ![]() Intrinsically linked with Poland’s one thousand years of history is a millennium of Roman Catholicism from which the Polish people have united and drawn enormous strength during the very darkest hours of the nation’s history. Throughout the recorded history of the Polish nation, which at times has been bathed in blood and sorrow, the Roman Catholic religion has provided a fundamental element of cohesion centered upon a deep belief in Nationhood, Fatherland and God. THE ORDER OF POLONIA RESTITUTA (Order Odrodzenia Polski).THE ORDER OF MILITARY VIRTUE (Order Virtuti Militari).THE ORDER OF SAINT STANISLAUS (Order Swietego Stanislawa).THE ORDER OF THE WHITE EAGLE (Order Orla Bielego). ![]()
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