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| x Charles I of Hungary |
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Order of Saint George |
Charles I (1288 – 16 July 1342), also known as Charles Robert (Caroberto), was the first King of Hungary and Croatia (1308–42) of the House of Anjou. He was also descended from the old Hungarian Árpád dynasty. His claim to the throne of Hungary was...
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| x Edward III of England |
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Order of the Garter |
Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was King of England from 1327 until his death and is noted for his military success. Restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II, Edward III went on to transform the...
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| x Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy |
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Order of the Most Holy Annunciation |
Amadeus VI (January 4, 1334, Chambéry – March 1, 1383), nicknamed the Green Count (Italian: Il Conte Verde) was Count of Savoy from 1343 to 1383. He was the eldest son of Aimone, Count of Savoy and Yolande of Montferrat.
In 1349 Humbert II de La...
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| x Queen Victoria |
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Royal Victorian Order |
Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India.
Victoria...
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| Order of the Indian Empire | |||
| Order of the Star of India | |||
| x George IV of the United Kingdom |
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Royal Guelphic Order |
George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also of Hanover from the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later...
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| Order of St Michael and St George | |||
| x John V, Duke of Brittany |
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Order of the Stoat |
John V the Conqueror KG (in Breton Yann V, in French Jean V) (1339 – 1 November 1399) was Duke of Brittany and Count of Montfort, from 1345 until his death.
He was son of John de Montfort and Joanna of Flanders. His father claimed the title John IV,...
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| x Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor |
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Order of the Dragon |
Sigismund of Luxemburg KG (Hungarian: Zsigmond, Croatian: Žigmund, Czech: Zikmund) (14 February 1368 – 9 December 1437) was King of Hungary, of Croatia from 1387, of Bohemia from 1419, and Holy Roman Emperor for four years from 1433 until 1437, the...
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| x Philip III, Duke of Burgundy |
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Order of the Golden Fleece |
Philip the Good KG (French: Philippe le Bon, Dutch: Filips de Goede), also Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (July 31, 1396 – June 15, 1467) was Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death. He was a member of a cadet line of the Valois dynasty (the then...
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| x Louis XI of France |
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Order of Saint Michael |
Louis XI (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called the Prudent (French: le Prudent), was the King of France from 1461 to 1483. He was the son of Charles VII of France and Mary of Anjou, a member of the House of Valois.
During his 22-year reign, Louis...
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| x Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany |
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Order of Saint Stephen |
Cosimo I de' Medici (12 June 1519 – 21 April 1574) was Duke of Florence from 1537 to 1574, reigning as the first Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1569.
Cosimo was born in Florence, on June 12, 1519, the son of the famous condottiere Giovanni dalle Bande...
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| x Christian V of Denmark |
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Order of the Elephant |
Christian V (15 April 1646 – 25 August 1699), was king of Denmark and Norway from 1670 to 1699, the son of Frederick III of Denmark and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He married Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) on 14 May...
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| x Peter I of Russia |
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Order of St. Andrew |
Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov (Russian: Пётр Алексе́евич Рома́нов, Пётр I, Pyotr I, or Пётр Вели́кий, Pyotr Velikiy) (9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1725) ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the...
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| x Frederick I of Sweden |
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Royal Order of the Seraphim |
Frederick I, Swedish: Fredrik I, (17 April 1676 – 25 March 1751) was a prince consort of Sweden from 1718 to 1720, and a King of Sweden from 1720 until his death and (as Frederick I) also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1730. He ascended to the...
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| Order of the Polar Star | |||
| Order of the Sword | |||
| x James II of England |
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Order of the Thistle |
James II & VII (14 October 1633 – 16 September 1701) was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Roman Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland,...
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| x George V of the United Kingdom |
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Order of the British Empire |
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War (1914–1918) until his death in 1936.
George was a...
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| x Selim III |
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Order of the Crescent |
Selim III (Ottoman Turkish: سليم ثالث Selīm-i sālis) (December 24, 1761 – July 28/29, 1808) was the reform-minded Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807. The Janissaries (Janissaries) eventually deposed and imprisoned him, and placed his...
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| x King Arthur |
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King Arthur is a legendary British leader of the late 5th and early 6th centuries, who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. The details of Arthur's story are...
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| x Pope Gregory XVI |
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Order of St. Gregory the Great |
Pope Gregory XVI (18 September 1765 – 1 June 1846), born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846. He had adopted the name Mauro upon entering the religious order of the Camaldolese. Strongly...
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| x Knights Templar |
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Order of Christ |
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (Latin: Pauperes commilitones Christi Templique Solomonici), commonly known as the Knights Templar, the Order of the Temple (French: Ordre du Temple or Templiers) or simply as Templars,...
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| x Alfonso VIII of Castile |
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Order of Santiago |
Alfonso VIII (11 November 1155 – 5 October 1214), called the Noble or el de las Navas, was the King of Castile from 1158 to his death and King of Toledo. He is most remembered for his part in the Reconquista and the downfall of the Almohad Caliphate...
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| x Louis XIV of France |
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Order of Saint Louis |
Louis XIV (5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), known as Louis the Great or the Sun King (French: le Roi-Soleil), was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. He holds the distinction of being the longest-reigning king in European...
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| x Nicholas I of Montenegro |
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Order of Saint Peter of Cetinje |
Nikola I Mirkov Petrović-Njegoš (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола I Мирков Петровић-Његош) (October 7 [O.S. September 25] 1841 – March 1, 1921) was the only king of Montenegro, reigning as king from 1910 to 1918 and as prince from 1860 to 1910. He was also...
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| x Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro |
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Order of Prince Danilo I |
Prince Danilo I Petrović-Njegoš (Serbian Cyrillic: Данило Петровић Његош), (known once as Vladika Danilo II), (May 25, 1826, Njeguši, Montenegro – August 13, 1860, Kotor, Austria in today's Montenegro), son of Stiepo/Sava Petrović-Njegoš and wife...
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| x Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor |
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Order of Leopold |
Francis II (German: Franz II, Erwählter Römischer Kaiser) (12 February 1768 – 2 March 1835) was the last Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 1792 until 6 August 1806, when he dissolved the Empire after the disastrous defeat of the Third Coalition by...
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| x Leopold II of Belgium |
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Order of the African Star |
Leopold II (French: Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor, Dutch: Leopold Lodewijk Filips Maria Victor) (9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) was the king of the Belgians. Born in Brussels the second (but eldest surviving) son of Leopold I and Louise...
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| Royal Order of the Lion | |||
| x Imre Thököly |
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Order of Vitéz |
Count Imre Thököly de Késmárk (Thököly/Tököly/Tökölli Imre in Hungarian, Mirko Thököly in Croatian, Imrich Tököli in Slovak; April 25, 1657 – September 13, 1705) was a Hungarian statesman, leader of an anti-Habsburg uprising, Prince of Transylvania,...
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| x Emperor Meiji |
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Order of the Golden Kite |
The Emperor Meiji (明治天皇, Meiji-tennō) (3 November 1852 – 30 July 1912) or Meiji the Great (明治大帝, Meiji-taitei) was the 122nd emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 3 February 1867 until his death. He...
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| Order of the Chrysanthemum | |||
| Order of the Rising Sun | |||
| x Napoleon Bonaparte |
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Légion d'honneur |
Napoleon Bonaparte (French: Napoléon Bonaparte [napoleɔ̃ bɔnɑpaʁt]) (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of...
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| x René I of Naples |
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Ordre du Croissant |
René of Anjou (Rei Rainièr in Occitan) (16 January 1409 – 10 July 1480), also known as René I of Naples and Good King René (French Le bon roi René), was Duke of Anjou, Count of Provence (1434–1480), Count of Piedmont, Duke of Bar (1430–1480), Duke...
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| x Charles IX of Sweden |
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Jehova Order |
Charles IX of Sweden also Carl, Swedish: Karl IX (4 October 1550 – 30 October 1611) was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. He was the youngest son of King Gustav I of Sweden and his second wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud, brother of Eric XIV and...
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| x Gustav III of Sweden |
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Order of Vasa |
Gustav III (Stockholm, 24 January [O.S. 13 January] 1746 – Stockholm, 29 March 1792 ) was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Adolph Frederick and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, she a sister of Frederick the Great of...
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| x Frederick I of Prussia |
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Order of the Black Eagle |
Frederick I (German: Friedrich I.) (11 July 1657 – 25 February 1713), of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was (as Frederick III) Elector of Brandenburg (1688–1713) and Duke of Prussia in personal union (Brandenburg-Prussia). The latter function he upgraded...
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| x Luigi Einaudi |
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Order of Merit of the Italian Republic |
Luigi Einaudi, Cavaliere di Gran Croce decorato di Gran Cordone OMRI (March 24, 1874 – October 30, 1961) was an Italian politician and economist. He served as the second President of the Italian Republic between 1948 and 1955.
Einaudi was born... |
| x Charles Albert of Sardinia |
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Civil Order of Savoy |
Charles Albert (Carlo Alberto Amedeo; 2 October 1798 – 28 July 1849) was the King of Piedmont-Sardinia from 1831 to 1849. He succeeded his distant cousin Charles Felix, and his name is bound with the first Italian statute and the First War of...
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| x Victor Emmanuel II of Italy |
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Order of the Crown of Italy |
Victor Emanuel II (Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso; 14 March 1820 – 9 January 1878) was king of Sardinia from 1849 until, on 17 March 1861, he assumed the title King of Italy to become the first king of a united Italy...
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| x Giuseppe Saragat |
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Order of Vittorio Veneto |
Giuseppe Saragat (Italian pronunciation: [ʤuˈzɛppe ˈsaːraɡat]; 19 September 1898 – 11 June 1988) was an Italian politician who was the fifth President of the Italian Republic from 1964 to 1971.
Saragat was born in Turin, from Sardinian parents.
He...
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| x Enrico De Nicola |
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Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity |
Enrico De Nicola (Italian pronunciation: [enˈriːko de niˈkɔːla]; 9 November 1877 – 1 October 1959) was an Italian jurist, journalist, politician, and provisional Head of State of the newborn republic of Italy from 1946 to 1948.
Enrico De Nicola was...
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| x Victor Emmanuel III of Italy |
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Order of Merit for Labour |
Victor Emmanuel III (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele III; 11 November 1869 – 28 December 1947) was a member of the House of Savoy and King of Italy (29 July 1900 – 9 May 1946). In addition, he claimed the thrones of Ethiopia and Albania as Emperor of...
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| Colonial Order of the Star of Italy | |||
