ELEPHANT, ORDER OF THE WHITE

ELEPHANT, ORDER OF THE WHITE
   a Danish order of knighthood, restricted to 30 knights, the decoration of which is an elephant supporting a tower; it was instituted by Canute IV., king of Denmark, at the end of the 12th century.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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