Order of Saint Isabel
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The Order of Saint Isabel is an honorific dynastic order of which the Grand Master is the Duchess of Braganza.
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[edit] History
Created by John VI of Portugal on 4 November 1801, in recognition for the devotion of Elizabeth of Aragon, the Queen Saint. John VI invested Carlota Joaquina, his wife, as Grand Master of the order.
The Order is exclusively for dames and it distinguished catholic noble women. The total of members that this order could have was twenty-six.
In 1910, the Monarchy collapsed and the Republican Government abolishe the Order, however King's Manuel II of Portugal wife in exile and after his death the Duchess of Braganza continued to used the order's insignia of Grand Master. Recently Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza re-established the Order of of Saint Isabel, as an honorific dynastic order of the Portuguese Royal Family, and became his Sovereign of this dynastic order. The Duchess of Braganza is the current Grand Master and has already distinguished several women.
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The order's sash is pale pink and has a white stripe in the middle. The crowned medallion as a picture of the Queen Saint giving money to a poor men and it is surrounded by a frame with roses (allusion to the Queen's miracle). The insignia's motto is Pauperum Solatio.
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[edit] Bibliography & Image
- Secretariado de Estado da Cultura. Tesouros Reais. Lisbon: Textype - Artes Gráficas, Ld.ª, 1992. ISBN 972-9496-12-9
