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582 APPENDIX B and place of Investiture. The names of the Commissioners appointed for such investiture are placed within square brackets. In these missions the splendid formality, attending the investiture, has enhanced the value of that " most noble " Order, above all others, in the eyes of European Sovereigns. 1469/70, Feb. 4. Charles, Duke of Burgundy. [Galhard, Seigneur de Duras, Thomas Vaghan, John Russell, Archdeacon of Berkshire, and Garter]. 1490, Sep. 12. Maximilian, King of the Romans. [Sir Charles Somerset, later Earl of Worcester]. 1493, May 19. Suessa. Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, later Alfonso II, King of Naples. 1523, Dec. 8. Nuremberg. Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, later Ferdinand I, Emperor. [Lord Morley, Sir William Hussey, Dr. Edward Lee, Aixhdeacon of Colchester, and Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Garter]. 1527, Nov. 10. Paris. Fran9ois I, King of France. [Arthur (Plantagenet), Viscount Lisle, K.G., and Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Garter]. 1534/5, Feb. 21. Edinburgh. James V, King of Scotland. [Lord William Howard, later Lord Howard of Effingham]. I55i,june20. Chateau Brienne. Henri II, King of France. [William (Parr), Marquess of Northampton]. 1554, Nov. 6. Auxyijn the Camp). Emanuele Philiberto, Duke of Savoy. [Edward, Lord Clinton, later Earl of Lincoln, and Sir Gilbert Dethick, Garter King]. [.'1564, May]. Paris. Charles IX, King of France. [Henry (Carey), Lord Hunsdon]. 1567/8, Jan. 4. Vienna. Maximilian II, Emperor. [Thomas (Ratcliffe), Earl of Sussex]. 1 58 1, Aug. 14. Frederik II, King of Denmark. [Peregrine (Bertie), Lord Willoughby of Eresby]. 1585/6, Feb. 18. Paris. Henri III, King of France and of Poland. [Henry (Stanley), Earl of Derby]. 1603, June to Aug. Copenhagen. Christiern IV, King of Denmark. [Roger (Manners), Earl of Rutland]. 1603, Nov. 6. Stuttgart. Friedrich, Duke of WCrtemberg. [Robert (Spencer), Lord Spencer of Wormleighton]. 1 612/3, Feb. 4. The Hague. Maurits, Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau. 1627, Apr. 24. The Hague. Frederik Hendrik, Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau. [Dudley (Carleton), Lord Carleton, later Viscount Dorchester]. 1649, Sep. 19. St. Germain-en-lay e. Eduard, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria. 1653, Apr. 14. The Hague. Henri Charles de la Tremo'llle, Duke of Thouars. 1653, May 4. The Hague. Willem III, Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau, later William III, King of England.