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From: "William A. Reitwiesner" <>
Subject: Re: Golden Fleece / Gulden Vlies
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 1996 10:50:59 EDT


posted:

>Since a couple of weeks I am collecting information on the Knights of the
>Golden Fleece (Ridders van het Gulden Vlies). I do have a list of all the
>knights who were accepted between 1430 and approximately 1960. What I now
>need
>is a list of the knight after 1960. Is there somewhere information to find
>about these "new" knights? What I need is: name, titles, year of birth and
>death.

1960???

There are several different Orders of the Golden Fleece. One was awarded
by the Emperor in Vienna (Holy Roman and later Austrian) and another by the
Spanish King. These monarchs were deposed a long time before 1960. There
are various pretenders who claim the right to award the Fleece (and several
have done so), but whether these claims are valid or not is outside the
scope of this newsgroup. Try rec.heraldry or alt.talk.royalty.

William Addams Reitwiesner

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