The Armorial Achievements Of The Sovereign Military And Hospitaller Order Of Saint Lazarus Of Jerusalem (With) Some Royal Augmentations Granted By The Stuart Kings Of England And Scotland by Hazleton, Alan Weaver - 1950

Unpublished, Circa 1950, 1950. Original Manuscript . Hardcover. Near Fine. Engraved Bookplate, Arms, And Stamp Of The Order. 18 Pp.; 8 + 3 Pp. Bound Unprinted Book, Green Cloth, With Text And Illustrations Including A Large Bookplate "Ordini Sancti Lazari In Jerusalem / Ex Libris" Printed In Black And White; Another Bookplate Of The Order "Atavis Et Armi", Printed In Black; And A Perforated, Unpriced Stamp "Ayuda A Los Leprosos De San Lazaro" Crosses, Two Figures, Printed In Black And Green, With Designer's Initials F. B. M. Handwritten Titles And Text For Each Essay. Hazleton Was President Of The "American Society Of Heraldry". The Order Quickly Abandoned Their Military Activities After The Fall Of Acre In 1291. As A Result Of This Catastrophe The Leper Hospital Of St. Lazarus Of Jerusalem Disappeared; However, Its Commanderies In Europe, Together With Their Revenues, Continued To Exist. In 1308 King Philip Iv Of France Gave The Order His Temporal Protection. In 1490, Pope Innocent Viii Attempted To Amalgamate The Order And Transfer Its Possessions To The Knights Of St. John. The Order Of Saint Lazarus Resisted This Move And The Order Of St. John Never Came Into Possession Of This Property Except In Germany. In France, The Bull Of Suppression Was Ignored And French Grand Masters Appointed. The Order Of Saint John Claimed The Possession Of The French Holdings But Their Claim Was Legally Rejected In 1547 By The Parliament Of Paris. In 1565 Pope Pius Iv Annulled The Bulls Of His Predecessors And Restored All Possessions To The Order So That He Might Give The Grand Magistry To A Favorite, Giovanni De Castiglione. But The Latter Did Not Succeed In Securing The Devolution Of The Commanderies In France. By The End Of The 16Th Century, The Order Had Retained A Significant Presence Only In France And In Italy. With The Death Of The Papal Favorite, Castiglione, In 1572, The Grand Magistry Of The Order Was Rendered Vacant And Pope Gregory Xiii United The Italian Branch With The Order Of Saint Maurice To Set Up The Order Of Saints Maurice And Lazarus. This Order Was Then Linked In Perpetuity With The Crown Of Savoy And Thenceforth The Title Of Its Grand Master Was Hereditary In That House. By The Time Of Pope Clement Viii The Order Had Two Houses, One At Turin, Was To Contribute To Combats On Land, While The Other, At Nice, Had To Provide Galleys To Fight The Turks At Sea. But When Thus Reduced To The States Of The Duke Of Savoy, The Order Merely Vegetated Until The French Revolution, Which Suppressed It. In 1816 The King Of Sardinia, Victor Emmanuel I, Re-Established The Titles Of Knight And Commander Of Sts. Maurice And Lazarus, As Simple Decorations, Accessible Without Conditions Of Birth. This Became A National Order Of Chivalry On The Unification Of Italy In 1861, But Has Been Suppressed By Law Since The Foundation Of The Republic In 1946. Since 1951 The Order Has Not Been Recognized Officially By The Italian State. However, The House Of Savoy In Exile Continued To Bestow The Order. Today, It Is Granted To Persons Eminent In The Public Service, Science, Art, Letters, Trade, And Charitable Works. In France, A Decree Of 30 July 1791 Suppressed All Royal And Knightly Orders In France. Another Decree The Following Year Confiscated All The Order's Properties. The Holy See, Which Had Originally Created The Order, On The Other Hand Did Not Suppress The Order; While Louis, Count Of Provence, Then Grand Master Of The Order, Who Later Became Louis Xviii, Continued To Function In Exile And Continued Admitting Various Dignitaries To The Order. In Different Museums, There Are Preserved A Number Of Paintings Of Russian And Baltic Nobles, Admitted To The Order After 1791. In This List Are General John Lamb, Prince Suvorov, Count Pahlen, Count Sievers Etc. Some Of The New Knights Are Listed In Almanach Royal From 1814 To 1830. King Louis Xviii, The Order's Protector, And The Duc De Châtre, The Order's Lieutenant-General, Both Died In 1824. In 1830, A Royal Decree Caused The Order To Lose Its Royal Protection In France.