Order of the Oak

The Order of the Oak was founded in the year 723 by Carlias Ximénez, King of Navarre. The King had discovered a cross in an oak and saw this miracle as a sign of victory, on the eve of a day where a battle against the Moors took place, according to what Rammelsberg writes.

The motto of the order was "Non tebo Millia me circumdantium" ("I don't ??? thousands surrounding me").

The order is despite the Spanish origin by many authoritative sources, Ackermann, Rammelsberg, de la Roque, Marianus, Andreas Favyn and Moret counted it to be among the historical orders of France.

Reports of knighthood orders before the Crusades are unreliable. Again, very good to a later legend.

Sources

• Gustav Adolph Ackermann, Ordensbuch, Sämtlicher in Europa blühender und erloschener Orden und Ehrenzeichen. Annaberg, 1855, , p 244 n°188 - Google Book (Former orders of France : p. 205-214 + addings p. 244)