- GOLDEN FLEECE, ORDER OF THE
- an order of knighthood founded by Philip III., Duke of Burgundy and the Netherlands in 1429, and instituted for the protection of the Church.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
GOLDEN FLEECE, ORDER OF THE
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