Knights of St. Stephen

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The Knights of St. Stephen were a Tuscan Catholic military order founded in the 16th century to combat Ottoman and Barbary piracy in the Mediterranean.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Knights of St. Stephen canonical 4
Knights of Saint Stephen 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic military order ⓘ
chivalric order ⓘ
activity naval expeditions against Barbary corsairs ⓘ
naval expeditions against Ottoman Empire ⓘ
participation in Mediterranean naval warfare ⓘ
affiliation House of Medici ⓘ
allegiance Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
approvedBy Pope Pius IV ⓘ
associatedCity Florence ⓘ
basedIn Livorno ⓘ
Pisa ⓘ
ceremonialLanguage Latin ⓘ
coatOfArms red cross of Saint Stephen on a white field ⓘ
combatant Barbary corsairs ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
country Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
foundedBy Cosimo I de' Medici ⓘ
foundingCentury 16th century ⓘ
foundingLocation Pisa ⓘ
grantedBy Papal bull ⓘ
hasPart church of Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri ⓘ
convent in Pisa ⓘ
headquartersLocation Livorno ⓘ
Pisa ⓘ
heritageDesignation part of Tuscan maritime history ⓘ
historicalEra Early modern period ⓘ
linked to: Early Modern period
ideology Catholic crusading tradition ⓘ
inception 1561 ⓘ
jurisdiction Tuscan territories ⓘ
linked to: Tuscany
language Italian ⓘ
membershipRequirement Catholic nobility ⓘ
militaryBranch naval forces ⓘ
motto In hoc signo vinces ⓘ
namedAfter Saint Stephen ⓘ
notableCommander Cosimo I de' Medici ⓘ
Ferdinando I de' Medici ⓘ
patronSaint Saint Stephen ⓘ
primaryTheaterOfOperations Central Mediterranean ⓘ
Western Mediterranean ⓘ
purpose defense of Christian shipping ⓘ
protection of Tuscan coasts ⓘ
to combat Barbary piracy in the Mediterranean ⓘ
to combat Ottoman piracy in the Mediterranean ⓘ
region Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
serviceBranch navy ⓘ
status historical order ⓘ
typeOfOrganization religious-military order ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Piazza dei Cavalieri → namedAfter → Knights of St. Stephen ⓘ
War of Candia → belligerent → Knights of Saint Stephen ⓘ
linked to: Knights of St. Stephen
Knights’ Square → namedAfter → Knights of St. Stephen ⓘ
Palazzo del Consiglio dei Dodici → occupant → Knights of St. Stephen ⓘ