ANNUNCIADA, ANNUNTIADA, or ANNUNCIATA, an order of knighthood in Savoy, first instituted by Amadeus I. in the year 1409. Their collar was of 15 links, interwoven one with another, in form of a true lover's knot; and the motto F. E. R. T., signifying Fortitudo ejus Rhodum tenuit. Amadeus VIII. gave the name Annunciada to this order, which was formerly known by that of the knot of love; changing at the same time the image of St. Maurice, patron of Savoy, which hung at the collar, for that of the Virgin Mary; and, instead of the motto above mentioned, substituting the words of the angel's salutation.