Military

January 12 – Duke of Alva

January 12, 2026

January 6 – St. Joan of Arc was born on this day over 600 years ago

January 5, 2026

December 23 – The Knights of Aviz and Their Cistercian Founder

December 22, 2025

King Charles leads Remembrance Sunday wreath-laying ceremony and march

November 13, 2025

Princess Catherine attends Armistice Day service at National Memorial Arboretum for the first time

November 13, 2025

November 11 – Patron of Veterans and Soldiers

November 10, 2025

September 29 – Military Orders of St. Michael

September 29, 2025

July 18 – A soldier of hell who became a soldier of heaven

July 17, 2025

Military, Social, and Religious History of Chivalry and Knighthood

July 10, 2025

Armbands for India, Trooping the Colour 2025

June 23, 2025

June 17 – Sobieski

June 16, 2025

November 11 – Patron of Veterans and Soldiers

November 11, 2024

Catholic, Crusader, Leper and King: The Life of Baldwin IV and the Triumph of the Cross

May 16, 2024

April 25-26 – Mother of Good Counsel, who inspired the Albanians to resist the Turks

April 25, 2024

December 1 – The Virgin Mary appears to General Gaston de Sonis after his army’s losses at Patay promising that France would survive

November 28, 2022

El Cid Rejoices With His Good Fortune

November 17, 2022

The Enemies of El Cid Poison King Alfonso VI of Castile Against Him Again

November 3, 2022

October 28 – Uncommon Valor

October 27, 2022

October 1 – The martial and pious death of Don John of Austria: “A man sent by God”

September 29, 2022

September 29 – In battle or in prison, he never missed Mass

September 26, 2022

El Cid Becomes Lord of Valencia

August 25, 2022

August 25 – How do you portray a saint?

August 22, 2022

The Almoravid King of Seville Attacks El Cid in Valencia and Is Routed

July 21, 2022

July 18 – A soldier of hell who became a soldier of heaven

July 14, 2022

June 15 – The Northern Crusades

June 13, 2022

Trooping the Colour 2022

June 6, 2022

May 30 – Most Valiant King

May 26, 2022

The Cid and King Don Alfonso VI of León and Castile Conquer Toledo

May 12, 2022

May 16 – Leper King

May 12, 2022

El Cid Is Banished From the Kingdom of León and Castile

May 5, 2022

April 26 – She inspired the Albanians to resist the Turks

April 25, 2022

April 23 – The Original Knight in Shining Armor

April 21, 2022

The Moors of Alcocer Weep as the Banished Cid Leaves Them

March 10, 2022

February 17 – He burned the pagan temple

February 14, 2022

October 28 – Uncommon Valor

October 25, 2021

October 7 – Lepanto: Turkish might buckles in the grandest naval battle of History

October 4, 2021

September 29 – Military Orders of St. Michael

September 27, 2021

September 29 – In battle or in prison, he never missed Mass

September 27, 2021

The Cid Captures Castrejon To Supply His Troops

September 16, 2021

September 14 – His gallant defeat saved Canada from the French Revolution

September 13, 2021

September 11 – His fame will last forever as that of a gallant soldier and a true Christian

September 9, 2021

September 12 – Simon de Montfort Crushes the Albigensians at Muret

September 9, 2021

September 7: Richard the Lionheart defeats Saladin at Arsuf – Video

September 6, 2021

September 7 – Milkos Zrinyi

September 6, 2021

Changing of the Guards returns to Buckingham Palace after more than a year

August 26, 2021

August 25 – How do you portray a saint?

August 23, 2021

August 21 – La Vallete

August 19, 2021

May 30 – Most Valiant King

May 27, 2021

May 30 – When God chose sides in war between two Christian nations, He sent her to win it

May 27, 2021

May 14 – The Right to Revolt

May 13, 2021

The Sublime Glory of the Holy Land’s Military Orders

March 18, 2021

November 11 – Patron of Veterans and Soldiers

November 9, 2020

November 12 – Constable of France: he fought his entire life and died in battle at age 74

November 9, 2020

September 29 – Military Orders of St. Michael

September 28, 2020

May 30 – Most Valiant King

May 28, 2020

Highly Aristocratic Institutions

March 5, 2020

September 29 – Military Orders of St. Michael

September 26, 2019

Trooping the Colour parade marks official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II for 2019

June 17, 2019

Noblewomen Pawn Jewels to Buy Cork Legs for Soldiers

January 3, 2019

December 23 – The Knights of Aviz and Their Cistercian Founder

December 20, 2018

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