Female order of the Band

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|title= Female Order of the Band

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|caption= Emblem of the Female order of the Band.

|awarded_by = John I of Castile

|type= Chivalric order in one class

|established= 1387

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|status = Disestablished

|grades = Dame

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The Female order of the Band is a female honorific order founded in 1387, bestowed upon the women of Palencia, in Castile and León (Crown of Castile, current Spain). It was founded by John I of Castile in 1387 in order to honor the memory of the knight women who helped the defense of Palencia in the siege by English troops; their courage contributed greatly to the defenders success in inflicting significant loss on the besiegers.{{Cite web |url=http://www.agalera.net/ordenes_93.htm |title=ORDEN DE LAS DAMAS DE LA BANDA", agalera.net |access-date=2016-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419154950/http://www.agalera.net/ordenes_93.htm |archive-date=2016-04-19 |url-status=dead }} He gave the Palencian noble knight women the privilege of carrying the golden bend "such as bringing the knights of the Order of the Band" created by Alfonso XI in 1332.[http://www.erroreshistoricos.com/curiosidades-historicas/militar/1485-las-mujeres-en-las-ordenes-de-caballeria.html "THE WOMEN IN THE KNIGHT ORDERS"]