EAGLE, ORDER OF THE BLACK

EAGLE, ORDER OF THE BLACK
   an order of knighthood founded by the Elector of Brandenburg in 1701; with this order was ultimately incorporated the ORDER OF THE RED EAGLE, founded in 1734 by the Markgraf of Bayreuth.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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