The Friedrich Order (german: Friedrichs-Orden or ''Friedrichsorden'') was an
order of merit
The Order of Merit (french: link=no, Ordre du Mérite) is an order of merit for the Commonwealth realms, recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or for the promotion of culture. Established in 1902 by K ...
of the German
Kingdom of Württemberg. It was instituted on 1 January 1830 by the second king of Württemberg,
Wilhelm I in remembrance of his father, King
Friedrich I Frederick I may refer to:
* Frederick of Utrecht or Frederick I (815/16–834/38), Bishop of Utrecht.
* Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine (942–978)
* Frederick I, Duke of Swabia (1050–1105)
* Frederick I, Count of Zol ...
. 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.
[Nimmergut Katalog 2008] 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
Eugen Freiherr von Albori (or also known as Baron Eugen von Albori), (27 September 1838 – 4 September 1915) was an Austrian Administrator of the Government, administrator. He served as the Austrian governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia & H ...
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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)
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Alexis, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt
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Prince August of Württemberg
Friedrich August Eberhard, Prince of Württemberg (; 24 January 1813, in Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley ...
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Gustav Bachmann
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Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck
Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Bismarck (28 July 1783 – 18 June 1860) was a German lieutenant general, diplomat and military writer. He wrote several major military-political works and military histories, which were very pro-Napoleon.
Life
He was ...
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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
Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin, Prince of Bülow (german: Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin Fürst von Bülow ; 3 May 1849 – 28 October 1929) was a German statesman who served as the foreign minister for three years and then as the chancellor of t ...
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Stephan Burián von Rajecz
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Carl, Duke of Württemberg
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Charles I of Württemberg
Charles (german: Karl Friedrich Alexander; 6 March 18236 October 1891) was King of Württemberg, from 25 June 1864 until his death in 1891.
Early life
Charles was born on 6 March 1823 in Stuttgart as the son of King William I and his third wif ...
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Bohuslav, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin
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Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
, spouse =
, issue =
, house = Hohenzollern-Hechingen
, father = Friedrich Hermann Otto, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
, mother = Princess Pauline of Courland
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, birth_place = Schloss ...
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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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, spouse =
, issue = William II of Württemberg
, house ...
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Woldemar Freedericksz
Count Adolf Andreas Woldemar Freedericksz (russian: links=no, Владимир Борисович Фредерикс, Vladimir Borisovich Frederiks; 1 July 1927) was a Finno-Russian statesman who served as Imperial Household Minister between 189 ...
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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
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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
Dietrich Graf von Hülsen-Haeseler (February 13, 1852 – November 14, 1908) was an infantry general of the German Empire.
He attended the War College and was attached to the German General Staff in 1882. In 1889 he was made aide de camp to Kai ...
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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
Kraft Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (2 January 1827 – 16 January 1892) was a Kingdom of Prussia, Prussian general and military writer during the time of the German Empire.
Early life
Kraft Karl August zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen was born ...
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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
Duke Nicholas of Württemberg (german: Herzog Nikolaus von Württemberg; 1 March 1833 – 22 February 1903) was an officer in the army of the Austrian Empire.
Biography Early life and family
Duke Nicholas was born at Carlsruhe, Kingdom of ...
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Adolphe Niel
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Duke Paul Wilhelm of Württemberg
Duke Friedrich ''Paul Wilhelm'' of Württemberg (german: Friedrich Paul Wilhelm, Herzog von Württemberg; 25 June 1797, in Bad Carlsruhe, Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia – 25 November 1860, in Mergentheim, Kingdom of Württemberg) was a member of ...
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Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
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Philipp Ernst, 8th Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst Philipp Ernst Maria, 8th Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (b. Schillingsfürst, 5 June 1853 – d. Bad Reichenhall, 26 December 1915).
Early life
Philipp Ernst Maria was the eldest son of Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürs ...
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Duke Philipp of Württemberg
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Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg
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Hans von Plessen
Hans Georg Hermann von Plessen (26 November 1841 – 28 January 1929) was a Prussian Colonel General with the rank of Generalfeldmarschall and Canon of Brandenburg. He held the office of His Majesty's Orderly Adjutant General (german: SM diensttue ...
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Antoni Wilhelm Radziwiłł
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Duke Robert of Württemberg
, image = DukeRobertWürttemberg.jpg
, caption =
, spouse = Archduchess Maria Immakulata of Austria
, issue =
, house = House of Württemberg
, father = Duke Philipp of Württemberg
, mother ...
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Gustav Rümelin
Gustav Rümelin (26 March 1815 – 28 October 1889) was a German statistician, pedagogue and author.
Biography
Rümelin was born in Ravensburg. After studying theology at Tübingen, he devoted himself to teaching, became rector of a Latin school ...
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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
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Francis, Duke of Teck
, house = Teck
, father = Duke Alexander of Württemberg
, mother = Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde
, birth_name = Count Francis von Hohenstein
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Esseg, Slavonia, Austrian Empir ...
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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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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
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Friedrich von Scholl Friedrich may refer to:
Names
*Friedrich (surname), people with the surname ''Friedrich''
*Friedrich (given name), people with the given name ''Friedrich''
Other
*Friedrich (board game), a board game about Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' ...
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Karl von Wedel
Commanders 2nd Class
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Karl von Bülow
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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
Prince Rudolf of Liechtenstein (18 April 1838 – 15 December 1908) was an Austrian aristocrat, a general in the Common Army and one of the highest officials in the court of Emperor Franz Joseph I.
Biography
Rudolf was the youngest child and ...
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Ernst von Prittwitz und Gaffron
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Adolf von Trotha
Adolf von Trotha (1 March 1868 – 11 October 1940) was a German admiral in the ''Kaiserliche Marine''. After the German revolution he briefly served as the first ''Chef der Admiralität'', which replaced the imperial ''Reichsmarineamt''. After ...
Knights 1st Class
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Paul Bader
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Ludwig Beck
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Gottlob Berger
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Moritz von Bissing
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Walther von Brauchitsch
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Charles of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
Prince Charles Ferdinand William of Solms-Lich-Hohensolms (27 June 1866, in Lich – 26 July 1920) was a German politician. He was president of the First Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. His sister, Princess Eleonore of So ...
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Kurt Eberhard
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Walther Fischer von Weikersthal
Walther Fischer von Weikersthal (15 September 1890 – 11 February 1953) was a German general in the German Army during World War II. A career officer who also served in the Army of Württemberg in World War I and the Weimar Republic's ''Reichswe ...
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Werner von Fritsch
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Curt Haase
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Paul Hausser
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Waldemar Henrici
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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) was a German field marshal during World War II. Popularly known as the Desert Fox (, ), he served in the ''Wehrmacht'' (armed forces) of Nazi Germany, as well as servi ...
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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
Wilhelm Hugo Sperrle (7 February 1885 – 2 April 1953), also known as Hugo Sperrle, was a German military aviator in World War I and a Generalfeldmarschall in the Luftwaffe during World War II.
Sperrle joined the Imperial German Army in 1903. ...
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Hans Graf von Sponeck
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Aaron Tänzer
Aaron Tänzer (german: Aron Tänzer, hu, Tänzer Áron; also german: Arnold Tänzer; January 30, 1871 – February 26, 1937, Göppingen) was a rabbi in Austria and Germany, chaplain and author.
Biography
He was born in Pressburg, Austria-Hung ...
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Walther Wever (general)
Knights 2nd Class
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Carl Bolle Carl Bolle or Karl Bolle may refer to:
* Carl Bolle (naturalist)
Carl August Bolle (sometimes also ''Karl Bolle'') (21 November 1821, Schöneberg (Berlin) – 17 February 1909) was a German naturalist and collector.
Bolle was born at Berl ...
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Hermann Kling
Hermann Kling (17 February 1880 - 20 January 1957) was a German politician (Christian Social People's Service, CSVD, Christian Democratic Union of Germany, CDU).
Life
Hermann Jakob Kling was born in Owen, Germany, Owen, a small protestant town set ...
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Friedrich Sixt von Armin
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 Germany
1918 disestablishments in Germany
19th-century establishments in Württemberg
Awards established in 1830
Awards disestablished in 1918