Tarekat rekaan sendiri

Tarekat rekaan sendiri atau tarekat kesatria palsu adalah sebuah organisasi yang diklaim merupakan tarekat kesatria, namun tak diakui secara sah oleh negara-negara atau badan-badan internasional. Kebanyakan tarekat rekaan sendiri berkembang pada atau setelah pertengahan abad ke-18, dan beberapa diantaranya dibentuk pada saat ini. Kebanyakan berumur pendek dan berusia tak lebih dari beberapa dasawarsa.

Bacaan tambahan 
 Ordres et contre-ordres de chevalerie by Arnaud Chaffanjon, Mercure de France Paris 1982.
 Faux Chevaliers vrais gogos by Patrice Chairoff, Jean Cyrile Godefroy Paris 1985.
 The knightly twilight by Robert Gayre of Gayre, Lochore Enterprises Valletta 1973.
 Orders of knighthood, Awards and the Holy See by Peter Bander van Duren and Archbishop H.E. Cardinale (Apostolic Delegate in the United Kingdom), Buckinghamshire 1985.
 World Orders of Knighthood and Merit by Guy Stair Sainty(editor) and Rafal Heydel-Mankoo (deputy editor), Burke's Peerage 2006.
  Ephemeral Decorations, Gillingham, H. E. New York, 1935. American Numismatical Society: Numismatic Notes and Mongraphs 66.
 Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard, Knights of Fantasy: an overview, history, and critique of the self-styled 'Orders' called 'of Saint John' or 'of Malta', in Denmark and other Nordic countries, Turku 2002,

Pranala luar 

 History of Orders of Chivalry: A Survey
 International Commission for Orders of Chivalry
 Legitimacy and Orders of Knighthood, by François Velde
 The Self-Styled Orders, by Guy Stair Sainty
 Fake Titles
 Order of Malta Statement on Mimic Orders