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Knight of the Order of Montesa, 1865. Knight of the Order of Montesa in the previous era to its union with that of San Jorge de Alfama, wearing war dress, before 1399. Military order established by King Jaime II of Aragon in 1317 to take the place of the Order of the Temple. From "Historia de la Ordenes de Caballería y de las Condecoraciones Españolas" (History of the Orders of Chivalry and the Spanish Decorations), Madrid, Spain, 1865.