Order of Saint Hubert
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The Royal Order of Saint Hubert, or sometimes is a Roman Catholic dynastic order of knighthood founded in 1444 or 1445 by Gerhard VII, Duke of Jülich-Berg. He sought to commemorate his victory over the House of Egmond at the Battle of Linnich on 3 November, which is Saint Hubert's day.
Collar of the Grand Master, plus exemplars of the Knights Cross, Order of Saint Hubert
Hubert of Liège was the patron saint of hunters and knights.
Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, also known as Wilhelm the Rich, grandmaster of the Order at his ascension to the dukedom in 1539. Engraving by Heinrich Aldegrever.
Charles IV Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, wearing the collar and medallion of the guardian of the order
Hubertus
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Hubertus or Hubert was a Christian saint who became the first bishop of Liège in 708 A.D. He is the patron saint of hunters, mathematicians, opticians and metalworkers. Known as the "Apostle of the Ardennes", he was called upon, until the early 20th century, to cure rabies through the use of the traditional Saint Hubert's Key.
Saint Hubert (Franz Mayer & Co., St. Patrick's Basilica, Ottawa, Canada)
"The Conversion of Holy Hubertus", Wilhelm Räuber (1849–1926)
Saint Hubertus being consecrated Bishop by Pope Sergius I.
The exhumation of Saint Hubert in the church of Saint Peter at Liège, by Rogier van der Weyden, c. 1437.