Ordre de la Concorde

The Ordre de la Concorde, German: Orden der Eintracht, was instituted in 1660 by Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, during his Grand Tour in Bourdeaux.

Christian Ernst had attended the Meeting on the Isle of Pheasants of Louis XIV of France and Philip IV of Spain, where the Orders of the Golden Fleece, Santiago, Calatrava and Alcántara and the cordon bleu, worn by the of the Spaniards and the Frenchmen respectively, are said to have inspired him to found his own order of chivalry.

The motto was surrounded by two green enamelled olive branches, each passing through a golden crown and touching under a princely hat.

The lapel showed the letters C E M Z B (Christian Ernst Margrave of Bayreuth) surmounted by an elector's hat.

It was only after the foundation of the Ordre de la Sincérité by Prince Georg Wilhelm in 1705 that Christian Ernst decided to renew the order in 1710.