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Principal Extant Orders of Knighthood of Monarchical and
formerly
Monarchical
States
Albania
Order
of Scander Beg (5 cl
Anhalt
Order
of Albert the Bear (5 cl)
Austria-Hungary
Order
of the Golden Fleece (1 cl; 50 limit)
Order
of St Stephen of
Hungary
(3 cl)
Order
of the Starry Cross (1 cl for noble ladies)
Order
of Elisabeth (2 cl for ladies)
Baden
Order
of Fidelity (1 cl)
Bavaria
Order
of
Saint Hubert
(1 cl)
Order
of Saint George for the Defence of the Immaculate Conception (2 cl + grt
officers)
Order
of Saint Elizabeth (1 cl, for noble ladies)
Order
of Theresa (1 cl, for noble ladies)
Belgium
Order
of Leopold (7 cl)
Brazil
Order
of Pedro I (4 cl)
Order
of the Rose (6 cl, ladies & gentlemen)
Bulgaria
Order
of Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius (1 cl)
Order
of St Alexander (6 cl)
Denmark
Order
of the Elephant (1 cl)
Order
of the Dannebrog (5 cl)
France
Royal
Order of the Holy Spirit (1 cl; 100 limit) see Bourbon section for insert
Royal
Order of Saint Michael (1 cl)
Great Britain
Order
of the Garter (1 cl; 24 limit)
Order
of the Thistle (1 cl; 16 limit)
Order
of the
Bath
(3 cl)
Order
of Saint Michael & Saint George (3 cl)
Royal
Victorian Order (5 cl)
Order
of the
British Empire
(5 cl)
Order
of Saint John
(6 cl; 25 limit GC)
Greece
Order
of the Saviour (5 cl)
Hannover
Order
of Saint George (1 cl)
Guelphic
Order (3 cl)
Hesse
Order
of the Golden Lion of the House of
Hesse
Hohenlohe
Order
of the
Phoenix
Italy
Supreme
Order of the Annunciata (1 cl)
Order
of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (5 cl)
Civil
Order of
Savoy
(1 cl)
Order
of Merit of
Savoy
(5 cl)
Lippe
Order
of Leopold (2 cl; 1 med)
Luxembourg
Order
of the Golden Lion of the House of
Nassau
(1 cl)
Order
of Adolf of Nassau (civil & military) (4 cl)
Order
of the Oaken Crown (5 cl)
Mecklemburg (Grand Ducal House
now extinct, merged with Prussia)
Order
of the Vandals Crown of the House of Mecklemburg (3 cl)
Order
of the Griffon (4 cl)
Monaco
Order
of
Saint Charles
(5 cl)]
Montenegro
Order
of Saint Peter of Cetinje (single class dynastic Order usually, bot not always,
restricted to members of the dynasty).
Order
of Danilo I (5 cl)
Netherlands
House
Order of Orange-Nassau (5 cl)
Military
Order of Wilhelm (4 cl)
Order
of the
Netherlands
Lion (3 cl)
Order
of Saint Mary of the Teutons in the
Netherlands
, Bailiwick of
Utrecht
(Teutonic Order) (1cl)
Order
of Saint John of Jerusalem (Johanniter Order) (2 cl; 2 div) (under royal
protection)
Norway
Order
of Olav (5 cl)
Oldenburg
Order
of Merit of Duke Peter-Frederic-Ludwig (3 cl)
Parma
Royal
Constantinian Order of Saint George (3 cl, 2 div)
Order
of Merit of San Luigi
Portugal
Order
of Vila
Viçosa (3 cl)
Order
of Saint Isabel
Prussia
Order
of the Black Eagle (1 cl)
Order
of the House of Hohenzollern (jointly with the Prince of Hohenzollern) (4 cl)
Order
of Louise (2 cl, for ladies)
Order
of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, Bailiwick of Brandenburg (Johanniter
Order), formerly under Protection of House of Prussia
Roumania
Order
of Carol I (4 cl)
Russia
Order
of Saint Andrew (1 cl)
Order
of Saint Catherine the Martyr (2 cl, for ladies)
Order
of Saint Alexander Nevsky (1 cl)
Order
of Saint Anne (4 cl)
Order
of Saint Vladimir (4 cl)
Saxony
Order
of the Rue Crown (1 cl)
Order
of Sidonia (1 cl, for ladies)
Saxe-Weimar
Order
of Vigilance, or of the White Falcon of the House of Saxe-Weimar (3 cl)
Saxon-Duchies
Saxe-Ernestine
House Order
Yugoslavia
(
Serbia
)
Order
of the Star of KaraGeorge (4 cl)
Order
of the White Eagle (5 cl)
Order
of Saint Sava (5 cl)
Order
of the Yugoslav Crown (5 classes)
Spain
Order
of the Golden Fleece (1 cl)
Order
of Charles III (3 cl)
Military
Order of Saint Hermengildo (3 cl)
Order
of Isabella the Catholic (3 cl)
Military
Order of Saint Ferdinand (5 cl)
Order
of Merit (4 cl)
Order
of Naval Merit (4 cl)
Order
of Military Merit (4 cl)
Order
of Maria Luisa, not awarded since 1975 but still extant (3 cl, for ladies)
Military
Order of
Santiago
Military
Order of Calatrava
Military
Order of Alcántara
Military
Order of Montesa
Sweden
Order
of the Seraphim (1 cl)
Order
of the Sword (7 cl)
Order
of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, Johanniter Order (under royal
protection) (2 cl; 2 div)
Tuscany
Order
of Saint Stephen of
Tuscany
(3 cl)
Order
of
Saint Joseph
(3 cl)
Two Sicilies
Order
of Saint Januarius (1 cl; 60 limit)
Order
of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit (3 cl)
Constantinian
Order of Saint George (Farnese Inheritance)
Waldeck
Order of Civil Merit (3 cl)
Wurtemberg
Order
of the Crown (5 cl)
Order
of
Frederick
(5 cl)
Papal Orders
Supreme
Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Order
of the Golden Spur
Order
of Pius IX (Ordine Piano)
Order
of Saint Gregory the Great
Order
of Saint Sylvester Pope and Martyr
Equestrian
Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem (under Papal protection)
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