Order of the Ladies of the Cord

The Order of the Ladies of the Cord (French: L'Ordre des Dames chevalières de la Cordelière or Ordre de la Cordelière), was a ladies order founded by the French queen Anne of Brittany in 1498.

The order was founded after the death of her husband king Charles VIII.

Some sources speak of the node in the Scourge of the Savior, others from the cord of the sacred Francis of Assisi and still others of deliverance from the pressing duty of the unfortunate and involuntary marriage of Charles and Anna.

The symbol of the belt cord was also used in manuscript ordered by Anne of Brittany, for example, in the prayer book that let make between 1492 and 1495 for her son, Charles-Orland, the Dauphin.

The motto of the order was J'ay le corps délié ("I have the body untied").

Cordelière
Château de Blois, gable of the chapel's entrance showing crowned initials of Louis XII and Anne with their arms surrounded by the Orders of Saint Michael and the Cord.