A thread on an important symbol: the #maltesecross of the #KnightsHospitaller and it’s use in #definingpower #elite #networks #deepstate #worldgovernment
The #maltesecross of the #KnightsHospitaller are displayed by the Order of St John, Royal Victorian Order & Order of the Bath (GCB) - dynastic orders / orders of chivalry in the UK honours system.
The last 8 Lord Mayor’s of the City of London Corporation, all Knights in the Order of St John - the British branch of the #knightshospitaller
The city brands itself as the oldest continuous municipal ‘democracy’ and serves as the model for the British Parliament.
Papal orders of knighthood display the #maltesecross of #knightshospitaller. The #HolySee is the worldwide, universal ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Roman Church, a political, sovereign entity of international law, governing the nation of the Vatican City. #papalorders
#SovereignMilitaryOrderofMalta #SMOM a Catholic religious order, display the #maltesecross of #KnightsHospitaller and are fount of the Alliance of the Orders of St John, sovereign entity of international law, ‘a ‘state’ within the state’ of the Holy See. #holysee #catholicchurch
#Australia showing the #maltesecross of the #knightshospitaller
#definingpower #orderofstjohn #knightsofmalta #Queensland #governorgeneral
#Sweden displays the #maltesecross of the #knightshospitaller
#definingpower #orderofstjohn #orderofvasa #orderoftheseraphim #orderofthepolarstar
#German branch of the #OrderofStJohn #johanniter branch of the #knightshospitaller of which most members are German nobles. This branch of thenorder is controlled by Prince Oscar of Prussia, relative of Elizabeth II. #Prussia #Germany
Monarch of #Norway displays a #maltesecross of the #knightshospitaller via the #OrderofStOlav
#definingpower #norway #elite #power
King of the #Netherlands, and his mother (former Queen), showing the #maltesecross, signifying the allegiance to the #knightshospitaller of the #Dutch nation. #orderofstjohn #orderoforrangenassau #orderofthenetherlandslion
#orderofthegoldenlion
King of Spain displaying the #maltesecross of the #knightshospitaller via #orderofNobleLadies #orderofIsabellatheCatholic
#orderofCharlesIII
#definingpower #power #elite #Spain
Belgium displaying the #maltesecross, symbol of the #knightshospitaller via #orderofleopold #orderofleopoldII #Belgium #Orders #HolySee #Crusade
Sovereign of Monaco displaying the #maltesecross of the #KnightsHospitaller via the #orderofStCharles
Grand Duke of #Luxembourg, 1st cousin of the King of Belgium, with a net worth of $4 billion wearing a #maltesecross of the #KnightsHospitaller via the #sovereignmilitaryorderofmalta
#power #definingpower #elite #RomanEmpire #Germanic #GrandDuchy #Crusade
Simeon, King of the Bulgarians wearing a #maltesecross of the #KnightsHospitaller, former Prime Minister of #Bulgaria and relative of Elizabeth II, the Republic of Bulgaria’s #OrderofBravery also displays the symbol #HolySee #goldenfleece #saxecoburggotha #germanic
#President of the #Republic of #Malta receives honours from #SMOM and the variant flag of the ‘Republic’ shows the #maltesecross of the #KnightsHospitallers
Portugal displays the symbol of the #maltesecross of the #KnightsHospitaller on it’s Order of Merit - the #President of the ‘Republic’ also sits as a Grand Master of a royal military order of the Catholic Church, the #militaryorderofchrist
4 orders of the ‘Republic’ of #Poland display the #maltesecross of the #KnightsHospitaller #Republic #crusades
The ‘Republic’ of Philippines highest national recognition, the Quezon Service Cross, displays the #maltesecross of the #KnightsHospitaller
Austrian ‘Republic’ show the #maltesecross symbol of the #KnightsHospitaller in their nations highest decorations #crusader #Republic #HolySee #definingpower #Austria
#OrderofStJanuarius, dynastic order of House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, shows the #maltesecross of the #KnightsHospitaller and it’s two claimants Prince Pedro and Prince Carlo are also Knights of #SovereignMilitaryOrderofMalta pictured here (3/4) with the Roman Pontiff #crusaders
Order of St Stephen, military and religious dynastic order of the Roman church controlled by Archduke Sigismund, Grand Duke of Tuscany of House Habsburg-Tuscany, bearing the #maltesecross of the #knightshospitaller #crusades #pretenders
Also the Order of St Michael and St George!
Mexican presidents bearing the sign of the #maltesecross of the #KnightsHospitaller via the #OrderofIsabellatheCatholic and #OrderofStMichaelandStGeorge and #OrderoftheSeraphim
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