The book of orders of knighthood and decorations of honour of all nations ... (1858)
Burke, Bernard, Sir, 1814-1892 · London : Hurst and Blackett · leaf 622
ardinal Ruffo, at the head ofthe armed Neapolitans, brought back, triumphant to Naples,King Ferdinand IV. who had fled to Sicily, and, in com-memoration of the happy event, the restored monarch founded,on the 1st April, 1800, this Order: Ordine di San Ferdinandoe del Merito. After the re-occupation…
Orders of knighthood and chivalry · Military and religious orders · Heraldry
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