Order of the Starry Cross
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The Order of the Starry Cross is an imperial Austrian dynastic order for Catholic noble ladies, founded in 1668. The order still exists under the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
Badge and ribbon of the order
Autriche Ordre de la Croix Étoilée
Eleonora Gonzaga (born 1630)
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Eleonora Gonzaga was by birth Princess of Mantua, Nevers and Rethel from the Nevers branch of the House of Gonzaga, and was Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia by ma
Order of the Starry Cross
…dynastic order for Catholic noble ladies, founded in 1668. The order still exists under the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. The Order was founded in 1668 by Eleonora Gonzaga of Mantua, dowager empress of the Holy Roman Empire. This all-female order was confirmed by Pope Clement IX on 28 June 1668 and was placed under the…
Portrait by Frans Luycx, c. 1650
Empress Eleonora as Diana, by Frans Luycx, ca. 1651.
Eleonora as a widow