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[[Image:Wreaths at fall crown 2007.JPG|500px|thumb|The Ladies of the Rose at Fall Crown 2007 making the traditional wreaths for the incoming Prince and Princess]]The Caidan Roses.
[[Image:Roses.jpg|500px|thumb|The Ladies of the Rose at the Rose Tournament, GWW 2008]]
[[Image:GWW 2016 Roses 2.jpg|1000px|thumb|right|Ladies of the Rose at the Valkyrie Rose Tournament, [[Great Western War 2016]]. Click on the photo to see who's who.]]
[[Image:Roses Tournament-GWW 2014.JPG|1000px|thumb|right|The Ladies of the Rose at the Valkyrie Rose Tournament, GWW 2014. Click on the photo to see who's who.]]


The Order of the Rose was founded January 6, 1968 (A.S. II) by Queen Sheryl of Thespis (now known as Countess [[Amina Sherana de Talavera]]) to honor those who had been Queen or who had been the lady to a fighter who had won one of the first tourneys when there were no queens. Today, this Order exists throughout the Known World.
The Order of the Rose for the SCA was founded January 6, 1968 (A.S. II) by Queen Sheryl of Thespis (now known as Countess [[Amina Sherana de Talavera]]) to honor those who had been Queen or who had been the lady to a fighter who had won one of the first tourneys when there were no queens. Today, this Order exists throughout the Known World.


In the Caidan Coronation ceremony, when a former Queen becomes a Countess, the Queen presents her with a yellow rose and says, "Be welcomed into the Order of the Rose, whose token this is."
In the Caidan Coronation ceremony, when the reigning Royal Consort steps down and becomes a Countess or Count, the newly-crowned Consort presents their predecessor with a yellow rose, which was the traditional symbol of a queen in the SCA. As the new Countess or Count received a golden rose when they stepped up, and now receives it as a token of inclusion in the SCA-wide Order, with the words, "Be welcomed into the Order of the Rose, whose token this is."


==Members==
<b>One of the most important events the Order of the Rose sponsors is the annual [[Valkyrie Rose Tournament]].</b>


===Caidan Duchy===
==Period Historic Precedent==
*[[Adriana von Vogelsang]]
*[[Arianna ny Shane]]
*[[Arianyn du Penryn]]
*[[Black Aislynn Straithbaern]]
*[[Ceinwen ferch Rhys ap Gawain]]
*[[Chamayn of Castile]]
*[[Darla of Castle Kirk]]
*[[Déshivé Luciana d'Avignon]]
*[[Diana de Savigny]]
*[[Faizah al-Zarqa]]
*[[Felinah Tifarah Arnvella Memo Hazara Khan-ad-Din]]
*[[Kolfinna kottr]]
*[[Natalya de Foix]]
*[[Neptha of Thebes]]


===Caidan County===
In feudal times, a red rose was a symbol of fealty and a token of annual rent. but around the years 1040 - 1051 CE, the Roman Catholic Pope Leo IX annually exacted a golden rose from the Monastery of the Holy Cross in Alsace. As the custom developed, this rose was a single blossom made of pure gold tinted red and later set with gems and scented with musk and balsam. It was blessed by the Pope on the fourth Sunday of Lent, Laetare Sunday, and presented to the individual, church, sanctuary, or city government deemed most deserving by the Holy See. The first woman so honored was Joanna I, Queen of Naples, in 1368, but other women were honored afterwards as well. English queens who received the Golden Rose included Queen Mary Tudor, daughter of King Henry VIII, in 1555; and Henrietta Maria, queen consort of Charles I, in 1625.
*[[Albra Katerine Marie Isabelle Bautiste]]
*[[Alysandra the Whyte Moor]]
*[[Amsha al Sirhan]]
*[[Arielle la Floer]]
*[[Ascelyn Schirleah]]
*[[Battista de Lagos]]
*[[Berengaria of Hythe]]
*[[Caroline Marie de Fontenailles]]
*[[Carynsa Leland of Roseberry]]
*[[Cassaundra Igraine of Gwynedd]]
*[[Catalina Oro Sol]]
*[[Ciar Lasse MacGregor]]
*[[Crystal Corazón del León Borbón]]
*[[Ealasaid nic Chlurain]]
*[[Fiona Julienne nic Lowry]]
*[[Ilaria Veltri degli Ansari]]
*[[Isabel Antonia de Aranjuez]]
*[[Iðuna breiðrazi]]
*[[Karina al Quihira]]
*[[Kissa Irminwhit]]
*[[Larissa Alwynn Clarewoode]]
*[[Leonora Morgana]]
*[[Levana Nicholette de Lyon]]
*[[Luciana Maria Novella Di Carlo]]
*[[Lyn of Whitewolfe]], also an Atenveldt Duchess
*[[Mora de Buchanan]]
*[[Nuala níc Ailín]]
*[[Ristil ingen Cathail]]
*[[Seanach an tSeanachaidhe]]
*[[Tressa Helana Beaumaris]]
*[[Trifona Anastasiia Dodovicha]]
*[[Tristana de Winter]]
*[[Troy of Nodham Whyre]]
*[[Una Orcadiana]]


===Honorary Caidan Roses===
==Order of the Rose==


====Caidan Viscounty====
===Queen===
Our Caidan Principality Viscountesses will always be considered honorary Caidan Roses.
<gallery perrow=2 heights=150px widths=200px>
*[[Arabella Lyon de Rohese]]
File:Yssbell.jpg|HRM Iseabail is consort to HRM [[Sven Örfhendur]], who won Crown on March 2, 2024. TRMs ascended the Throne on July 13, 2024.
*[[Bevin Fraser of Sterling]], also a Western Countess
</gallery>
*[[Denysa de las Mariposas]]
*[[Elaine the Merciful]]
*[[Lorissa du Griffin]]
*[[Rosemary of Talmont]]
*[[Vivian Aurore de la Mer]]


====Imported Royal Consorts====
===Crown Prince Consort===
As a courtesy, all former Royal Consorts who live in Caid are invited to join the Caidan Order of the Rose while they reside in our realm.  
<gallery perrow=2 heights=150px widths=200px>
File:Prince_Brocc_Fall_Crown.jpg|Crown Prince Consort [[Brocc of Alderden|Brocc]] is consort to Crown Prince [[Valentine Martyn|Valentine]], who won Crown on September 07, 2024. TRHs will ascend the Throne on January 04, 2025.
</gallery>


'''Duchy'''
===Caidan Duchesses===
*[[Patrice d'Cilla]], Western Duchess
Ladies who have reigned at least twice as Queen of Caid.
'''County'''
 
*[[Amina Sherana de Talavera]], Western Countess
<gallery perrow=10 heights=150px widths=100px>
*[[Andrea of Clear Mount]], Western Countess
Image:Adriana.jpg|[[Adriana von Vogelsang]]
*[[Constance MacCallum of Hoghton]], Atenveldt Countess
Image:Aisha Fall Crown 2015.jpg|[[A'isha bint Shamir]] (Resides in Gleann Abhann)
'''Viscounty'''
Image:Arianna2.jpg|[[Arianna ny Shane]] (Resides in the East Kingdom)
*[[Catheryn Cameron Stewart Morgan]], Drachenwald [East] Viscountess
Image:Arianyn.jpg|[[Arianyn du Penryn]]
*[[Jimena Montoya]], Mists [West] Viscountess
Image:Aislynn.jpg|[[Black Aislynn Straithbaern]]
*[[Krysta MacIntyre]], Mists [West] Viscountess
Image:Bridget_Queen.jpg|[[Bridget Lucia MacKenzie]]
*[[Ruarai Moriarty]], Cynagua [West] Viscountess
Image:Cassandra.jpg|[[Cassandra Zoë Paganel]] (Resides in the West)
Image:Ceinwen.jpg|[[Ceinwen ferch Rhys ap Gawain]] (Resides in Ansteorra)
Image:Chamayn.jpg|[[Chamayn of Castile]]
Image:Darla.jpg|[[Darla of Castle Kirk]]
Image:Deshive.jpg|[[Déshivé Luciana d'Avignon]] (Deceased)
Image:Diana.jpg|[[Diana de Savigny]] (Deceased)
Image:Eilidh2_Queen.jpg|[[Eilidh na Tire Dharigh]]
Image:Faizeh.jpg|[[Faizah al-Zarqa]]
Image:Felinah.jpg|[[Felinah Tifarah Arnvella Memo Hazara Khan-ad-Din]]
Image:Kara_QC1.jpg|[[Kara the Twin of Kelton]]
Image:Kolfinnaasqueen.jpg|[[Kolfinna kottr]] (Deceased)
Image:Mora.jpg |[[Mora de Buchanan]]
Image:Natalya.jpg|[[Natalya de Foix]]
Image:Neptha.jpg|[[Neptha of Thebes]] (Resides in the West)
Image:Princess_Staeina.jpg|[[Stæina Hálfdanardóttir]]
Image:Tahira4.jpg|Tahira [[Acilia Drusilla]]
Image:PrincessTsyra2019.jpg|[[Tsyra tsheere Nanoup]]
</gallery>
 
===Caidan Rose Counts and Countesses===
Those who have reigned once as Queen or Royal Consort of Caid.
 
<gallery perrow=10 heights=150px widths=100px>
Image:Albra.jpg|[[Albra Katerine Marie Isabelle Bautiste]]
Image:Alysandra.jpg|[[Alysandra the Whyte Moor]] (Resides in the East Kingdom)
Image:Amsha.jpg|[[Amsha al Sirhan]] (deceased)
Image:Arielle.jpg|[[Arielle la Floer]]
Image:AscelynSchirleah.jpg|[[Ascelyn Schirleah]]
File:Countess Issa 1.jpg | [[Basilissa Artemidorou]] (also known as Issa)
Image:Battista.jpg|[[Battista de Lagos]]
Image:Berengaria.jpg|[[Berengaria of Hythe]] (Resides in An Tir)
Image:Caroline_Rose.jpg|[[Caroline Marie de Fontenailles]]
Image:Carynsa.jpg|[[Carynsa Leland of Roseberry]] (resides in An Tir)
Image:Cassaundra.jpg|[[Cassaundra Igraine of Gwynedd]]
Image:CatalinaOroSol.jpg|[[Catalina Oro Sol]] (Resides in Lochac)
Image:Ciarlasse.jpg|[[Ciar Lasse MacGregor]]
Image:Crystal.jpg|[[Crystal Corazón del León Borbón]]
Image:KingDawidJUN2018.jpg|[[Dawid Radzowycz]]
Image:Queen_Drada_de_Variis.jpg|[[Drada de Variis]]
Image:Ealasaid.jpg|[[Ealasaid nic Chlurain]]
Image:Eleanor_Rose.jpg|[[Eleanor di Michelozzo Gianfigliazi]] (Resides in Ansteorra)
Image:Fiona.jpg|[[Fiona Julienne nic Lowry]]
Image:Illaria.jpg|[[Ilaria Veltri degli Ansari]] (Resides in An Tir)
Image:Isabel Regina.jpg|[[Isabel Antonia de Aranjuez]]
Image:Ithuna.jpg|[[Iðuna breiðrazi]]
Image:Karina.jpg|[[Karina de Elephantide]] (Resides in Avacal)
Image:PrincessKatherine2020.jpg|[[Katherine of Hornechurch]]
Image:Kissa.jpg|[[Kissa Irminwhit]] (Resides in Meridies)
Image:Larissa.jpg|[[Larissa Alwynn Clarewoode]] Duchess (Atenveldt) (Resides in Ansteorra)
Image:Leonora.jpg|[[Leonora Morgana]]
Image:Levana.jpg|[[Levana Nicholette de Lyon]]
Image:Lorissa CP Prize 2009.JPG|[[Lorissa du Griffin]]
Image:ContessaLuciana1998a.jpg|[[Luciana Maria Novella Di Carlo]]
Image:Lyn.jpg|[[Lyn of Whitewolfe]], Duchess (Atenveldt)
Image:HRM_Marisa_QC.jpg|[[Marisa Rus]]
File:Mercedes.jpeg|[[Mercedes Eirnadóttir]]
Image:Nuala.jpg|[[Nuala níc Ailín]] (Resides in Atenveldt)
Image:Ristil.jpg|[[Ristil ingen Cathail]]
Image:Seanach.jpg|[[Seanach an tSeanachaidhe]]
Image:040115 HRH Sigridr.jpg|[[Sigriðr in irska]]
Image:Thaleia_headshot.jpg|[[Thaleia Lakedaimonia]]
Image:Tressa.jpg|[[Tressa Helana Beaumaris]]
Image:Anastasiia.jpg|[[Trifona Anastasiia Dodovicha]]
Image:Tristana.jpg|[[Tristana de Winter]]
Image:Troy.jpg|[[Troy of Nodham Whyre]]
Image:Una.jpg|[[Una Orcadiana]]
</gallery>
 
====Caidan Viscountesses====
Ladies who reigned as Princess of Caid when it was a Principality of the [[West]] Kingdom are also members of the Caidan Order of the Rose.
 
<gallery perrow=7 heights=150px widths=100px>
Image:Arabella.jpg|[[Arabella Lyon de Rohese]]
Image:Bevin.jpg|[[Bevin Fraser of Stirling]], Countess (West) (Resides in Atlantia)
Image:Denysa.jpg|[[Denysa de las Mariposas]]
Image:Elaine.jpg|[[Elaine the Merciful]]
Image:Rosemary.jpg|[[Rosemary of Talmont]]
Image:Vivian.jpg|[[Vivian Aurore de la Mer]]
</gallery>
 
====Royal Ladies from Other Realms====
As a courtesy, all former Royal ladies who live in Caid are invited to join the Caidan Order of the Rose while they reside in our realm.
 
<gallery perrow=7 heights=150px widths=100px>
Image:Patrice.jpg|[[Patrice d'Cilla]], Duchess (West) - [[Dreiburgen]]
Image:Amina.jpg|[[Amina Sherana de Talavera]], Countess (West); founder of the Society's Order of the Rose - [[Angels]]
Image:Andrea.jpg|[[Andrea of Clear Mount]], Countess (West)
Image:Catheryn.jpg|[[Catheryn Cameron Stewart Morgan]], Viscountess, Drachenwald - [[Gyldenholt]]
Image:Whilja_Rose2.jpg|[[Whilja de Gothia]], Viscountess, Drachenwald
Image:Ruarai.jpg|[[Ruarai Moriarty]], Viscountess, Cynagua (West)
</gallery>
 
These ladies have resided in Caid but have since moved to other realms.
 
<gallery perrow=6 heights=150px widths=100px>
Image:Inara_wiki_091916.jpg|[[Umm Sitt al-Sirr Fatimah al-Zahra' bint Rashid| Inara]], Viscountess, Mists (West) (Lives in the [[West]] again)
Image:JaneCorwin.jpg|[[Jane Corwin]], Countess (Calontir) (Moved to the [[West]] in 2014)
Image:jimena.jpg|[[Jimena Montoya]], Viscountess, Mists (West) (Lives in the [[East]] as of 2011)
Image:violante.jpg|[[Violante do Porto]], Countess (West) (Lives in the [[Middle]])
</gallery>


==Activities==
==Activities==
[[Image:RoseTea_Potrero2015.jpg|500px|thumb|Taken at HRH [[Sigriðr in irska]]'s Rose Tea, [[Potrero War 2015]]: (L-R) Duchess [[Chamayn of Castile]], Duchess [[Kara the Twin of Kelton]], Countess [[A'isha bint Shamir]] and Ariadne, Duchess [[Felinah Tifarah Arnvella Memo Hazara Khan-ad-Din]], Duchess [[Faizah al-Zarqa]], Countess [[Leonora Morgana]], Countess [[Iðuna breiðrazi]], Countess [[Amina Sherana de Talavera]], Comptesse [[Albra Katerine Marie Isabelle Bautiste]], Countess [[Bridget Lucia Mackenzie]], Countess [[Thaleia Lakedaimonia]] and Diana the Huntress, Her Royal Highness [[Sigriðr in irska]], and HRM [[Eilidh na Tire Dharigh]]]]


Activities of the members of the Caidan Roses.
===Tea in Honor of the Royal Consort===
 
Traditionally, the Royal Consort is honored by the Order of the Rose in Caid at an afternoon gathering hosted by the current Consort's predecessor. This is a time for the Order of the Rose to reminisce about Caid's history and share their assembled wit and wisdom with the Consort's Champion.
===Tea in Honor of the Crown Princess===
Traditionally, the Crown Princess is honored by the Ladies of the Rose in Caid at an afternoon gathering hosted by her "grandmama" (the current Queen's predecessor.) This is a time for the Ladies of the Rose to reminisce about Caid's history and share their assembled wit and wisdom with the Crown Princess.


===Wreaths for Crown Tourney===
===Wreaths for Crown Tourney===
The Ladies of the Rose prepare the rose and rosemary wreaths which are bestowed upon the victor of the Lists and his/her consort. At Closing Court, the Ladies of the Rose come forward and present roses to the assembled royalty.
The Order of the Rose prepare the rose and rosemary wreaths which are bestowed upon the victor of the Lists and his/her consort. At Closing Court, the Order of the Rose come forward and present roses to the assembled royalty.


===Queen's Champion Procession===
===Consort's Champion Procession===
Customarily, the Queen invites all the Ladies of the Rose present at the Queen's Champion Tourney (the day after Coronation) to accompany Her as she processes around the field to greet Her new subjects.  
Customarily, the Queen invites all the members of the Order of the Rose present at the Consort's Champion Tourney (the day after Coronation) to process around the field to greet the Consort's new subjects.  


===Elevation Ceremonies===
===Elevation Ceremonies===
When a Queen becomes a Countess or Duchess, she is entitled to a procession which often includes Ladies of the Rose whom she has chosen to accompany her and participate in the ceremony.
When a Consort becomes a Countess, Count, Duchess, or Duke, they are entitled to a procession which often includes Order of the Rose whom the Consort chooses to accompany them and participate in the ceremony.


===Regalia===
===Regalia===
The Caidan Roses work in conjunction with the [[Deputy Seneschal for Regalia]] on all Regalia items.
One of main projects that the Caidan Roses oversee is the care, refurbishment, and retirement of the Kingdom Regalia. The Kingdom Regalia Officer is Viscountess [[Lorissa du Griffin]].


==Handbooks==
===Caidan Tournaments===
One of the hardest jobs is to be a reigning Monarch, and you often need all the help you can get. Below are the handbooks given to incoming Princesses and their staff to help with the reign. It is worthwhile to read if you are dreaming of someday holding the job.
*Hosting the [[Valkyrie Rose Tournament]] at GWW.
*[[Princess Handbook]]
 
*[[Chamberlain Handbook]]
===Crown Prints Prize Tourney===
The Ladies of the Rose support the efforts of the Chronicler's Office by providing raffle baskets that cover a wide range of SCA interests.


==Staff==
==Staff==
The Caidan Roses Staff.
The following are the Order of the Rose who have accepted the responsibility for various activities related to the members of the Order in Caid.


===Rose Secretary===
===Rose Liaison===
The secretary takes care of all official business relating to the Order of the Rose in Caid. Especially correspondence and regalia storage and delivery.
The Rose Liaison handles all official business relating to the Order of the Rose in Caid, especially correspondence, as well as regalia storage and delivery.
*[[Felinah Tifarah Arnvella Memo Hazara Khan-ad-Din]]
*Duchess [[Bridget Lucia MacKenzie]] at [mailto:rose@sca-caid.org rose@sca-caid.org]
*[mailto:rose@sca-caid.org rose@sca-caid.org]


===Rose Webwright===
===Rose Webwright===
The Webwright updates the Caidan Roses web site, please send all pictures and corrections here.
The Webwright updates the Caidan Roses web site and this wiki page. Please send all pictures and corrections to her.
*[[Kolfinna kottr]]
*Duchess [[Bridget Lucia MacKenzie]] at [mailto:rosewebwright@sca-caid.org rosewebwright@sca-caid.org]
*[mailto:rosewebwright@sca-caid.org rosewebwright@sca-caid.org]


===Rose Wreaths===
===Rose Wreaths===
Manager for the assembly, material and constructions of the wreaths for Crown tournament.
Organizer of the assembly, materials and constructions of the wreaths for Crown tournaments.
*[[Albra Katerine Marie Isabelle Bautiste]]
*Comptesse [[Albra Katerine Marie Isabelle Bautiste]] at [mailto:rosewreaths@sca-caid.org rosewreaths@sca-caid.org]
*[mailto:rosewreaths@sca-caid.org rosewreaths@sca-caid.org]
 
===Rose CP Prize===
===Valkyrie Rose Tourney===
Handles the Crown Prints Prize booth for the Caidan Roses.
Organizer of the Caidan Valkyrie Rose Tourney held at Great Western War:
*[[Natalya de Foix]]
*Outgoing: Duchess [[Faizah al-Zarqa]] at [mailto:rosetourney@sca-caid.org rosetourney@sca-caid.org]
*[mailto:rosecpprize@sca-caid.org rosecpprize@sca-caid.org]
*Incoming: Countess [[Trifona Anastasiia Dodovicha]]
 
===Kingdom Regalia===
*Countess [[Lorissa du Griffin]] at [mailto:regalia@sca-caid.org regalia@sca-caid.org]
 
===New Caidan Crowns Project===
Knowing the surpassing skill of Caid's artisans, it was the desire of the Order of the Rose to highlight them through the creation of an additional set of Crowns to complement those already part of the Royal Regalia. In December 2012, the design submitted by Maestra [[Flavia Beatrice Carmigniani]] was chosen, and Master [[Otuell Gowe]] began work on the new Crowns. Based on an authentic "plaque" design, the new crowns were completed in 2014.
 
<gallery perrow=3 heights=250px widths=200px>
Image:CaidPlaqueCrowns.jpg|The Otuell-Flavia crowns based on an authentic plaque design
</gallery>
 
 
[[Observations about Current Crowns and Coronets]]
 
===History of Caid===
The Compendium Caidis Editor-in-Chief THL [[Lachlan of Cromarty|Lachlan Cromarty]] and his team of editors are working tirelessly to detail Caid's history in words and pictures here on the wiki. If you wish to become part of the effort, contact him at [mailto:caidhistory@sca-caid.org caidhistory@sca-caid.org]. As of 01/07/2017, Baroness [[Catharine Hawkwod da Barbiano]] will step up as Caid's first official Historian. She may also be reached at that email address.


===Rose Tourney===
==Photos==
Manager for the Caidan Rose Tourney to be held at Great Western War.
<gallery perrow=2 heights=300px widths=300px>
*[[Faizah al-Zarqa]]
Image:Wreaths at fall crown 2007.JPG| (L-R) Duchess [[Natalya de Foix]], Duchess [[Felinah Tifarah Arnvella Memo Hazara Khan-ad-Din]], Viscountess [[Jimena Montoya]], Comptesse [[Albra Katerine Marie Isabelle Bautiste]], HRM-West Ginevra da Ravenna, Countess [[Trifona Anastasiia Dodovicha]], HRM-Caid [[Iðuna breiðrazi]], Duchess [[Chamayn of Castile]], Comitesse [[Una Orcadiana]], Countess [[Leonora Morgana]], and Viscountess [[Lorissa du Griffin]]
*[mailto:rosetourney@sca-caid.org rosetourney@sca-caid.org]
</gallery>


==More Information==
==More Information==
*[[Rose|Award Information about the Rose]]
*[[Regalia]]
*[[Regalia]]
*[[Royals]]
*[[Royals]]
*[http://rose.sca-caid.org/ Caidan Rose Official Web Site]
*[[Roses Nicknames]]
*See Also: [[:Category:Roses|Alphabetical listing]]
*[http://rose.sca-caid.org/ Caidan Roses page on the Kingdom website]


{{roses}}
[[Category:Roses]]

Latest revision as of 18:34, 7 September 2024

The Ladies of the Rose at the Rose Tournament, GWW 2008
Ladies of the Rose at the Valkyrie Rose Tournament, Great Western War 2016. Click on the photo to see who's who.
The Ladies of the Rose at the Valkyrie Rose Tournament, GWW 2014. Click on the photo to see who's who.

The Order of the Rose for the SCA was founded January 6, 1968 (A.S. II) by Queen Sheryl of Thespis (now known as Countess Amina Sherana de Talavera) to honor those who had been Queen or who had been the lady to a fighter who had won one of the first tourneys when there were no queens. Today, this Order exists throughout the Known World.

In the Caidan Coronation ceremony, when the reigning Royal Consort steps down and becomes a Countess or Count, the newly-crowned Consort presents their predecessor with a yellow rose, which was the traditional symbol of a queen in the SCA. As the new Countess or Count received a golden rose when they stepped up, and now receives it as a token of inclusion in the SCA-wide Order, with the words, "Be welcomed into the Order of the Rose, whose token this is."

One of the most important events the Order of the Rose sponsors is the annual Valkyrie Rose Tournament.

Period Historic Precedent

In feudal times, a red rose was a symbol of fealty and a token of annual rent. but around the years 1040 - 1051 CE, the Roman Catholic Pope Leo IX annually exacted a golden rose from the Monastery of the Holy Cross in Alsace. As the custom developed, this rose was a single blossom made of pure gold tinted red and later set with gems and scented with musk and balsam. It was blessed by the Pope on the fourth Sunday of Lent, Laetare Sunday, and presented to the individual, church, sanctuary, or city government deemed most deserving by the Holy See. The first woman so honored was Joanna I, Queen of Naples, in 1368, but other women were honored afterwards as well. English queens who received the Golden Rose included Queen Mary Tudor, daughter of King Henry VIII, in 1555; and Henrietta Maria, queen consort of Charles I, in 1625.

Order of the Rose

Queen

Crown Prince Consort

Caidan Duchesses

Ladies who have reigned at least twice as Queen of Caid.

Caidan Rose Counts and Countesses

Those who have reigned once as Queen or Royal Consort of Caid.

Caidan Viscountesses

Ladies who reigned as Princess of Caid when it was a Principality of the West Kingdom are also members of the Caidan Order of the Rose.

Royal Ladies from Other Realms

As a courtesy, all former Royal ladies who live in Caid are invited to join the Caidan Order of the Rose while they reside in our realm.

These ladies have resided in Caid but have since moved to other realms.

Activities

Tea in Honor of the Royal Consort

Traditionally, the Royal Consort is honored by the Order of the Rose in Caid at an afternoon gathering hosted by the current Consort's predecessor. This is a time for the Order of the Rose to reminisce about Caid's history and share their assembled wit and wisdom with the Consort's Champion.

Wreaths for Crown Tourney

The Order of the Rose prepare the rose and rosemary wreaths which are bestowed upon the victor of the Lists and his/her consort. At Closing Court, the Order of the Rose come forward and present roses to the assembled royalty.

Consort's Champion Procession

Customarily, the Queen invites all the members of the Order of the Rose present at the Consort's Champion Tourney (the day after Coronation) to process around the field to greet the Consort's new subjects.

Elevation Ceremonies

When a Consort becomes a Countess, Count, Duchess, or Duke, they are entitled to a procession which often includes Order of the Rose whom the Consort chooses to accompany them and participate in the ceremony.

Regalia

One of main projects that the Caidan Roses oversee is the care, refurbishment, and retirement of the Kingdom Regalia. The Kingdom Regalia Officer is Viscountess Lorissa du Griffin.

Caidan Tournaments

Crown Prints Prize Tourney

The Ladies of the Rose support the efforts of the Chronicler's Office by providing raffle baskets that cover a wide range of SCA interests.

Staff

The following are the Order of the Rose who have accepted the responsibility for various activities related to the members of the Order in Caid.

Rose Liaison

The Rose Liaison handles all official business relating to the Order of the Rose in Caid, especially correspondence, as well as regalia storage and delivery.

Rose Webwright

The Webwright updates the Caidan Roses web site and this wiki page. Please send all pictures and corrections to her.

Rose Wreaths

Organizer of the assembly, materials and constructions of the wreaths for Crown tournaments.

Valkyrie Rose Tourney

Organizer of the Caidan Valkyrie Rose Tourney held at Great Western War:

Kingdom Regalia

New Caidan Crowns Project

Knowing the surpassing skill of Caid's artisans, it was the desire of the Order of the Rose to highlight them through the creation of an additional set of Crowns to complement those already part of the Royal Regalia. In December 2012, the design submitted by Maestra Flavia Beatrice Carmigniani was chosen, and Master Otuell Gowe began work on the new Crowns. Based on an authentic "plaque" design, the new crowns were completed in 2014.


Observations about Current Crowns and Coronets

History of Caid

The Compendium Caidis Editor-in-Chief THL Lachlan Cromarty and his team of editors are working tirelessly to detail Caid's history in words and pictures here on the wiki. If you wish to become part of the effort, contact him at caidhistory@sca-caid.org. As of 01/07/2017, Baroness Catharine Hawkwod da Barbiano will step up as Caid's first official Historian. She may also be reached at that email address.

Photos

More Information