Order of Christ
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Order of Christ may refer to:
- Order of Christ (Portugal)Order of Christ (Portugal)The Military Order of Christ previously the Royal Order of the Knights of Our Lord Jesus Christ was the heritage of the Knights Templar in Portugal, after the suppression of the Templars in 1312...
– former Knights Templar Order awarded initially by the kings of Portugal, now by the Portuguese state - Order of Christ (Brazil)Order of Christ (Brazil)The Imperial Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ , simply named Order of Christ, is an order of chivalry instituted by emperor Pedro I of Brazil on 7 December 1822, on the basis of the Portuguese Order of Christ founded by King Dom Dinis and Pope John XXII in 1316-1319. Knights of the Order of Christ...
– a former branch of the Portuguese Order of Christ in the Empire of Brazil, now a defunct Brazilian order - Order of Christ (papacy)Order of Christ (papacy)The Supreme Order of Christ is the highest order of chivalry being awarded by the Pope. According to some scholars owes its origin to the same Order of Christ of the Knights Templar, from which came the Order of Christ that was awarded by the Kings of Portugal and the Emperors of Brazil...
– the Papal Order - Order of Christ (Kongo Empire) – instituted in the Kongo Empire by Álvaro IÁlvaro I of KongoÁlvaro I Nimi a Lukeni lua Mvemba was a Manikongo , or king of Kongo, from 1568 to 1587.-Biography:Álvaro's father was an unknown Kongo nobleman who died, leaving his mother to remarry to King Henrique I. When Henrique I died fighting on the eastern frontier, he had left Álvaro as his regent...
of the Kongo and his son Álvaro II of Kongo