Order of Henry the Lion
The House Order of Henry the Lion was the House Order of the Duchy of Brunswick. It was instituted by William VIII, Duke of Brunswick on 25 April 1834. The ribbon of the Order was red with yellow edges. It had five grades: Grand Cross, Commander with Sash, Commander, Knight 1st Class, Knight 2nd Class, plus Medal of Merit for Science and Arts, the Cross of Merit and the Medal of Honour.[1][2]
Order of Henry the Lion | |
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Breast star of the Grand Cross of the Order of Henry the Lion | |
Awarded by Duke of Brunswick | |
Type | Order |
Motto | IMMOTA FIDES (in Latin) |
Status | Dynastic Order |
Grades | Five |
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RecipientsEdit
- Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg
- Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Prince Albert of Prussia (1809–1872)
- Prince Albert of Prussia (1837–1906)
- Prince Aribert of Anhalt
- Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
- Prince August of Württemberg
- Prince Augustus of Prussia
- Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1792–1862)
- Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
- Otto von Bismarck
- Bernhard von Bülow
- Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1844–1894)
- Chulalongkorn
- Constantine I of Greece
- Eduard, Duke of Anhalt
- Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
- Prince Ernest Augustus, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale
- Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
- Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Franz Joseph I of Austria
- Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden
- Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
- Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt
- Frederick III, German Emperor
- Frederick William IV of Prussia
- Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen
- Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia
- Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- George I of Greece
- George V of Hanover
- George, King of Saxony
- Erich von Gündell
- Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg
- Gustav, Prince of Vasa
- Wilhelm von Hahnke
- Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler
- Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg
- Prince Julius of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
- Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria
- Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia
- Maximilian von Laffert
- Fritz von Loßberg
- Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
- Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria
- Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria
- Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel
- Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Emperor Meiji
- Klemens von Metternich
- Milan I of Serbia
- Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
- Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg
- August Ludwig von Nostitz
- Duke Philipp of Württemberg
- Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg
- Hans von Plessen
- Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia
- Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria
- Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Eberhard Graf von Schmettow
- Archduke Stephen of Austria (Palatine of Hungary)
- Otto Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
- Alfred von Tirpitz
- Prince Valdemar of Denmark
- Alfred von Waldersee
- Wilhelm II, German Emperor
- William I of Württemberg
- William I, German Emperor
- William II of Württemberg
- William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
- Duke William of Württemberg
- William, Duke of Brunswick
- William, Prince of Hohenzollern
- Friedrich Graf von Wrangel
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "House Order of Henry the Lion". Orders and Medals Society of America.
- ^ "Brunswick: House Order of Henry the Lion". Medals of the World.