The Ordre of the Thistle (Order off the Thistle) is a Scottish order of Chevalerie , instituted the June 6th 1687, by the king of England Jacques II and king d' Écosse under the name of Jacques VII, who reigned on the two countries of 1685 with 1689. This day, it makes eight knights and it is necessary to await 1703 so that the queen Anne {{Ire}} regulates the number of knights with twenty. The king, who is the Large Master (or the queen), the queen mother and two royal knights is members of office, sixteen knights Scot are named. Their currency is Nemo Me Impune Lacessit , which means: “Nobody causes me with impunity”. The seat of the Order is located in the Saint-Gilles cathedral of Edinburgh, Thistle Chapel.

The badges are a gold escutcheon on which a holy André is illustrated carrying his cross, and a plate representing a thistle with gold sheet with the currency Nemo Me Impune Lacessit .

The tradition reports that a transitory order bearing the same name, would have existed at the 16th century, under the king Jacques II of Scotland, but nothing makes it possible to attest it. Louis II of Bourbon-Cop, duke of Bourbon, had instituted in 1670, at the time of its marriage with Anne, girl of the Dolphin of Auvergne, an order of the Thistle which remained little.

Concerning the thistle and of Scotland

According to the legend, the history occurs to the 11th century, during the invasions Viking S. During the seat of the castle of Stains, the Danish invaders decides to tackle the night and goes until being exposed, to profit from the effect of surprise. Crossing a field of thistles, their cries of pain awake the soldiers Scot, who pursue them and gain a memorable victory.

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