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Order of Montesa Orden de Montesa | |
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Type | Religious Order of Honour and formerly a military order |
Country | Spain |
Royal house | House of Bourbon-Spain |
Religious affiliation | Catholic |
Sovereign | King Felipe VI |
Precedence | |
Equivalent | Order of Santiago Order of Calatrava Order of Alcántara |
The Order of Montesa (Valencian: Ordre de Montesa, Aragonese and Spanish: Orden de Montesa) is a Christian military order, territorially limited to the old Crown of Aragon. It was named after the castle of Montesa, its headquarters.