 The new order was dedicated to the Holy Spirit to commemorate the fact that Henry III was elected as King of Poland (1573) and inherited the throne of France (1574) on two Pentecosts.The new order was also identified with the "Order of the Knot" ("Ordre du Nœud", also known as "Ordre du Saint-Esprit au Droit Désir" "Order of the Holy Spirit of the Right Will") which had been founded in 1352/3 by Louis I of Naples.This had been one of the short-lived chivalric orders popular among the high nobility at the time.