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:''See also: [[Annunciation]], [[Order of the Most Holy Annunciation]]''

'''Annunciade''' (and various alternate spellings) is a denomination common to several orders, both [[religious order|religious]] and [[military order|military]], instituted with a view of the [[Annunciation]].

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==Military orders==

''Main article: [[Order of the Most Holy Annunciation]]''

The Knights of the Annunciation was a military order instituted in [[1350]], by [[Amadeus VI of Savoy|Amadeus]], [[duke of Savoy]]. It was at first called the Order of the True Lover's Knots, in memory of a bracelet of hair presented to the founder by a Lady, but upon the election of [[Amadeus VIII]] to the [[pontificate]] in [[1439]], it changed its name for that of the Annunciation of the angel [[Gabriel]].