The Friedrich Order ( or ''Friedrichsorden'') was an
order of merit
The Order of Merit () is an order of merit for the Commonwealth realms, recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or the promotion of culture. Established in 1902 by Edward VII, admission into the order r ...
of the German
Kingdom of Württemberg
The Kingdom of Württemberg ( ) was a German state that existed from 1806 to 1918, located within the area that is now Baden-Württemberg. The kingdom was a continuation of the Electorate of Württemberg, which existed from 1803 to 1806.
Geogr ...
. It was instituted on 1 January 1830 by the second king of Württemberg,
Wilhelm I
Wilhelm I (Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig; 22 March 1797 – 9 March 1888) was King of Prussia from 1861 and German Emperor from 1871 until his death in 1888. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he was the first head of state of a united Germany. ...
in remembrance of his father, King
Friedrich I. In 1918, the end of the monarchy meant the abolition of the order.
Classes
The order was created with a single class, conferring nobility. On 3 January 1856, the Order was recreated with four classes were created and on 29 September 1870 a Knight 1st Class and a
military division with swords were added (existing Knights were appointed Knights 1st Class). In 1892 the "Medal of the Order of Frederick" was added to the order. An additional rank was created on 6 March 1899, the Grand Cross with Crown (or Crown of the Grand Cross).
The classes were:
:Grand Cross with Crown
:Grand Cross
:Commander 1st Class
:Commander 2nd Class
:Knight 1st Class
:Knight 2nd Class
:Medal
The ribbon was skyblue.
Recipients
Grand Crosses
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Duke Adam of Württemberg
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Eugen von Albori
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Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
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Alexander, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg
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Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1804–1885)
Duke Alexander Paul Ludwig Konstantin of Württemberg (9 September 18044 July 1885) was a German nobleman. His son, Francis, Duke of Teck, was the father of Mary of Teck, queen consort to George V of the United Kingdom.
Life
He was born on 9 S ...
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Alexis, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt
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Prince August of Württemberg
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Gustav Bachmann
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Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck
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Herbert von Bismarck
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Max von Boehn (general)
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Paul von Breitenbach
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Bernhard von Bülow
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Stephan Burián von Rajecz
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Carl, Duke of Württemberg
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Charles I of Württemberg
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Bohuslav, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin
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Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
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Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
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Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
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Géza Fejérváry
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Prince Frederick of Württemberg
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Woldemar Freedericksz
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Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia
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Friedrich von Gerok (officer)
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Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz
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Heinrich von Gossler
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Gottlieb Graf von Haeseler
Gottlieb Ferdinand Albert Alexis Graf von Haeseler (January 19, 1836 – October 25, 1919) was a German military officer of the Imperial Wilhelmine period, with final military rank, rank of ''Generalfeldmarschall''.
Biography
Haeseler was bor ...
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Wilhelm von Hahnke
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Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz
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Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1825–1901)
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Paul von Hindenburg
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Eberhard von Hofacker
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Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler
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Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern
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Hans von Kirchbach
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Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
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Prince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
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Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen
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Alexander von Linsingen
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Otto von Moser
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Georg Alexander von Müller
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Duke Nicholas of Württemberg
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Adolphe Niel
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Duke Paul Wilhelm of Württemberg
Duke Friedrich ''Paul Wilhelm'' of Württemberg (; 25 June 1797, in Pokój, Opole Voivodeship, Bad Carlsruhe, Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia – 25 November 1860, in Bad Mergentheim, Mergentheim, Kingdom of Württemberg) was a member of the List of ...
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Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
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Philipp Ernst, 8th Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
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Duke Philipp of Württemberg
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Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg
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Hans von Plessen
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Antoni Wilhelm Radziwiłł
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Duke Robert of Württemberg
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Gustav Rümelin
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Willem Anne Schimmelpenninck van der Oye
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Alfred von Schlieffen
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Gustav von Senden-Bibran
Gustav Ernst Otto Egon Freiherr (Baron) von Bibran-Modlau, Senden-Bibran (23 July 1847, Rokitki, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Reisicht, Lower Silesia, Germany – 23 November 1909 in Berlin) was an admiral of the Kaiserliche Marine, German I ...
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Heinrich von Stephan
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Francis, Duke of Teck
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Alfred von Tirpitz
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Reginald Tower
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Julius von Verdy du Vernois
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Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein
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Alfred von Waldersee
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Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach
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Wilhelm, Duke of Urach
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William II of Württemberg
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Duke William of Württemberg
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Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1846–1877)
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Ferdinand von Zeppelin
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August zu Eulenburg
Commanders 1st Class
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Friedrich von Beck-Rzikowsky
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Max von Bock und Polach
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Paul Puhallo von Brlog
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Josias von Heeringen
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Leopold von Ranke
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Martin Chales de Beaulieu
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Ewald von Lochow
Ewald Constantin Ferdinand Friedrich von Lochow (1 April 1855 in Petkus – 11 April 1942 in Berlin-Charlottenburg) was a Prussian officer and later General of Infantry during World War I. He was a recipient of Pour le Mérite with Oakleaves.
...
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Friedrich von Scholl
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Karl von Wedel
Commanders 2nd Class
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Karl von Bülow
Karl Wilhelm Paul von Bülow (24 March 1846 – 31 August 1921) was a German field marshal commanding the German 2nd Army during World War I from 1914 to 1915.
Early life
Bülow was born in Berlin on 24 March 1846 into a distinguished Prussian ...
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August von Heeringen
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Wilhelm Heye
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Eduard von Kallee
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Walther Reinhardt
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Prince Rudolf of Liechtenstein
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Ernst von Prittwitz und Gaffron
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Adolf von Trotha
Knights 1st Class
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Paul Bader
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Ludwig Beck
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...
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Gottlob Berger
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Moritz von Bissing
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Walther von Brauchitsch
Walther Heinrich Alfred Hermann von Brauchitsch (4 October 1881 – 18 October 1948) was a German ''Generalfeldmarschall'' (Field Marshal) and Commander-in-Chief (''Oberbefehlshaber'') of the German Army during the first two years of World War ...
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Charles of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
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Kurt Eberhard
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Walther Fischer von Weikersthal
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Werner von Fritsch
Thomas Ludwig Werner Freiherr von Fritsch (4 August 1880 – 22 September 1939) was a German ''Generaloberst'' (Full General, full general) who served as Oberkommando des Heeres, Commander-in-Chief of the German Army (Wehrmacht), German Army fro ...
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Curt Haase
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Paul Hausser
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Waldemar Henrici
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Paul Hocheisen
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Leonhard Kaupisch
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Maximilian von Laffert
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Oswald Lutz
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Erich von Manstein
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Franz Mattenklott
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Curt von Morgen
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Erwin Rommel
Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel (; 15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944), popularly known as The Desert Fox (, ), was a German '' Generalfeldmarschall'' (field marshal) during World War II. He served in the ''Wehrmacht'' (armed forces) of ...
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Richard Ruoff
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Ehrhard Schmidt
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Hans Schmidt (general of the Infantry)
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Hugo Sperrle
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Hans Graf von Sponeck
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Aaron Tänzer
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Walther Wever (general)
Knights 2nd Class
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Carl Bolle
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Hermann Kling
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Friedrich Sixt von Armin
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Wilhelm Burgdorf
Others
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Paul von Bruns
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Walther Schroth
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Oskar von Watter
References
{{Orders of Imperial Germany
Orders, decorations, and medals of Württemberg
1830 establishments in the German Confederation
1918 disestablishments in Germany
19th-century establishments in Württemberg
Awards established in 1830
Awards disestablished in 1918