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Does the Order have a “fons honorum” meaning the sponsorship of a “de jure” or reigning sovereign i.e. king or prince?

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Does the Order have a “fons honorum” meaning the sponsorship of a “de jure” or reigning sovereign i.e. king or prince?

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No. As stated earlier, the founding members chose not to create an order of knighthood that derived its legitimacy from the fiat or sponsorship of a sovereign fons, but rather from the nobility of the ideals it sought to promote.