Order of Saint George (House of Habsburg)
The Order of Saint George is an Austrian chivalric order founded by the Habsburg emperor Frederick III and Pope Paul II in 1469. Established as a military order to advocate the Christian faith, its original implicite goal was to combat the Ottoman incursions into the Inner Austrian lands of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola. The order resided at Millstatt Abbey and in Wiener Neustadt, until in 1598 its properties were handed over to the Jesuit college in Graz.
Investiture of the first Grand Master of the Knights of St George by Pope Paul II
Certificate of the papal legate Michael Padena on the inauguration of Grand Master Johann Siebenhirter, 14 May 1469
Siebenhirter Tower, Millstatt Abbey
Prince Nikolaus von und zu Liechtenstein and Princess Margaretha von und zu Liechtenstein (by Norma de Saint Picman)
Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick III was Holy Roman Emperor from 1452 until his death in 1493. He was the penultimate emperor to be crowned by the pope, and the last to be crowned in Rome.
Portrait by Hans Burgkmair, c. 1500
Detail of Aeneas Piccolomini introduces Eleonora of Portugal to Frederick III by Pinturicchio (1454–1513)
A tapestry depicting the coronation of Frederick III, which misattributes the Pope in attendance as Pope Pius II.
Frederick III meeting with Charles the Bold
