Order of the Thistle

Summary

Order of the Thistle is an orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom^[1]. It draws 659 Wikipedia views per month (orders_decorations_and_medals_of_the_united_kingdom category, ranking #2 of 6).^[2]

Key Facts

• Order of the Thistle is in the country of United Kingdom^[3].
• Order of the Thistle's image is recorded as Insignia of Knight of the Thistle.png^[4].
• Order of the Thistle's instance of is recorded as orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom^[5].
• Order of the Thistle's founder is recorded as James II of England^[6].
• thistle is named after Order of the Thistle^[7].
• Order of the Thistle's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 158239484^[8].
• Order of the Thistle's GND ID is recorded as 1055855610^[9].
• Order of the Thistle's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n00023750^[10].
• Order of the Thistle's Commons category is recorded as Order of the Thistle^[11].
• +1687-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Order of the Thistle^[12].
• Order of the Thistle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01zvcb^[13].
• Order of the Thistle's location of formation is recorded as London^[14].
• Order of the Thistle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Order of the Thistle^[15].
• Order of the Thistle's Commons gallery is recorded as Order of the Thistle^[16].
• Order of the Thistle's conferred by is recorded as monarch of the United Kingdom^[17].
• Order of the Thistle's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0014870^[18].
• Order of the Thistle's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[19].
• Order of the Thistle's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Most-Ancient-and-Most-Noble-Order-of-the-Thistle^[20].
• Order of the Thistle's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Nemo me impune lacessit'}^[21].
• Order of the Thistle's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle'}^[22].
• Order of the Thistle's service ribbon image is recorded as Order of the Thistle UK ribbon.svg^[23].
• Order of the Thistle's category for recipients of this award is recorded as Category:Knights of the Thistle^[24].
• Order of the Thistle's next lower rank is recorded as Order of St Patrick^[25].
• Order of the Thistle's next higher rank is recorded as Order of the Garter^[26].
• Order of the Thistle's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Tistelordenen^[27].

Why It Matters

Order of the Thistle draws 659 Wikipedia views per month (orders_decorations_and_medals_of_the_united_kingdom category, ranking #2 of 6).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]