| Order | Founded | Habit | Emblem | Comments |
| Templars (Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon) | Established c. 1118-1120. Papal confirmation 1128. | White | Red Cross | 1307-08 – Charges of heresy. 1312 – Order officially oppressed. 1314 – last Grand Master, Jacques de Molay burned at stake |
| Hospitallers (Order of the Hospital of St. John) | Hospital founded c.1070. Papal confirmation 1113. Turned military c.1126 | Black, later red | White cross | 1248 –papal bull gives black surcoat 1259 – changed to red |
| Teutonic Knights (Teutonic Knights of the Hospital of St. Mary of Jerusalem) | Established 1198. | White | Black cross | Membership restricted to Germans. |
| Knights of Santiago (Knights of St. James of the Sword or Compostella) | Esta blushed Possibly c. 1120, more probably 1171. Papal confirmation 1175 | White, later black | Espada (a red cross with the bottom arm extended to resemble a short sword blade. 14th century and later sources show hilt and guards ending in fleurs-de-lys. | |
| Knights of Alcántra (Knights of San Julian de Pereyro before 1213) | Probably established 1156. Papal confirmation 1177. | White | Green cross with fleurs-de-lys ends from 1397. | |
| Knights of Calatrava (Knights of Salvatierra 1197-1212) | Established 1157. Papal confirmation 1164. | White | Red cross with fleurs-de-lys ends from 1397. | |
| Knights of Avis (Knights of St. Benedict or Evora before 1211). | Established as a non-religious Order 1147. Papal confirmation as a religious military Order 1166. | White | Green cross from c. 1325. | |
| Knights of Monte Gaudio | Established 1173 | Red* | Silver star | Absorbed by Templars c.1200. |
| Knights of Our Lady of Montjoie (Knights of Trufac after 1187). | Papal confirmation 1180. | Parti-coloured red and white cross. | Originally in Middle East, retire to Spain in 1187 after Hattin.Name changes to Trufac with move to Spain. Absorbed by Knights of Calatrava 1221. | |
| Knights of Trujillo | Established 1197. | White | Absorbed by the Knights of Calatrava and Alcántra 1218. | |
| Knights of St. George of Alfama. | Established 1201 | White | Red Cross from 1400. | United with Knights of Our lady of Montesa 1400. |
| Knights of the Order of St. Lazarus | Turned military c. 1123 | Black | Green Cross from 16th century | A leper order. |
| Knights of St. Thomas Acon (Knights of St. Thomas of Canterbury at Acre) | Established 1191. Turned military 1217-1221. | White | Red Cross with white scallop at centre. | English Order originally founded as a nursing brethren in Acre during 3rd crusade. Membership restricted to English. No brother knights recorded after 1357. |
The following two orders are different from the above:
| Order | Founded | Habit | Emblem | Comments |
| The Sword Brothers (Knights of Christ) | Established 1196. Papal confirmation 1207. | White | Red cross above red sword pointed downwards. | Absorbed by Teutonic Knights 1237. |
| Knights of Dobrzyn | Established 1228. | White | Red star above red sword pointed downwards. | Absorbed by Teutonic Knights 1235 |
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