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The Order of Santiago (/ ˌ s ɒ n t i ˈ ɑː ɡ oʊ /; Spanish: Orden de Santiago [sanˈtjaɣo]) is a religious and military order founded in the 12th century. It owes its name to the patron saint of Spain , Santiago ( St. James the Greater ).
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Cross of the Order of Santiago.. Alonso de Cárdenas was a Spanish noble who was the 44th and 47th (and last) Grand Master of the Order of Santiago before the title passed to the Catholic Monarchs as the need for a powerful military order outside the direct control of the king ceased to exist with the end of the Reconquista.
Afonso de Albuquerque, Portuguese Governor of the Indies (1509–1515), wearing a cloak with the cross of the Order of Santiago. The Order of Santiago played a leading role in the early India expeditions, a legacy project from the reign of John II. Vasco da Gama, Paulo da Gama, D. Francisco de Almeida, D. Afonso de Albuquerque and Duarte de ...
This page is a list of the grand masters of the Order of Santiago. Don Álvaro de Luna with the cloak of the order. Pedro Fernández de Castro (1170–1184) Fernando Díaz (1184–1186) Sancho Fernández de Lemos (1186–1195). Killed in the battle of Alarcos. Gonzalo Rodríguez (1195–1204) [a] Suero Rodríguez (1204–1206) [b]
Estêvão da Gama was the eldest son (out of four) of a certain Vasco da Gama of Olivença and Dona Teresa da Silva. In the 1460s, Estêvão was a knight in the household of the royal prince Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu, and, at some point, entered the military Order of Santiago.
For more information, see Order of Santiago. Pages in category "Knights of Santiago" The following 139 pages are in this category, out of 139 total. This list ...
In heraldry, the cross is also called the Santiago cross or the cruz espada (English: sword cross). [1] It is a charge, or symbol, in the form of a cross.The design combines a cross fitchy or fitchée, one whose lower limb comes to a point, with either a cross fleury, [2] the arms of which end in fleurs-de-lis, or a cross moline where the ends of the arms are forked and rounded.