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The Order of the Red Eagle () was an
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of the
Kingdom of Prussia The Kingdom of Prussia (, ) was a German state that existed from 1701 to 1918.Marriott, J. A. R., and Charles Grant Robertson. ''The Evolution of Prussia, the Making of an Empire''. Rev. ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1946. It played a signif ...
. It was awarded to both military personnel and civilians, to recognize valor in combat, excellence in military leadership, long and faithful service to the kingdom, or other achievements. As with most German and other European orders, the Order of the Red Eagle could be awarded only to commissioned officers or civilians of approximately equivalent status. However, there was a medal of the order, which could be awarded to non-commissioned officers and enlisted men, lower ranking civil servants and other civilians.


History

The predecessor to the Order of the Red Eagle was founded on 17 November 1705, by the
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Georg Wilhelm of
Brandenburg-Bayreuth The Principality of Bayreuth () or Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (''Markgraftum Brandenburg-Bayreuth'') was an immediate territory of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a Franconian branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty. Since Burgrave Frederi ...
as the ''
Ordre de la Sincérité The Ordre de la Sincérité (), was an order of knighthood of the German Margrave of Bayreuth. The order's name came from 18th-century courtiers who spoke French. The order had fifty knights. It was later renamed the Order of the Brandenburg Red Ea ...
''. This soon fell into disuse but was revived in 1712 in Brandenburg-Bayreuth and again in 1734 in
Brandenburg-Ansbach The Principality or Margraviate of (Brandenburg) Ansbach ( or ) was a principality in the Holy Roman Empire centered on the Franconian city of Ansbach. The ruling Hohenzollern princes of the land were known as margraves, as their ancestors were ...
, where it first received the name of "Order of the Brandenburg Red Eagle". The statutes were changed in 1777 and the order named therein as the "Order of the Red Eagle". The order was conferred in one class, limited to fifty knights. The
Kingdom of Prussia The Kingdom of Prussia (, ) was a German state that existed from 1701 to 1918.Marriott, J. A. R., and Charles Grant Robertson. ''The Evolution of Prussia, the Making of an Empire''. Rev. ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1946. It played a signif ...
absorbed both Brandenburg-Bayreuth and Brandenburg-Ansbach in January 1792, and on 12 June 1792, King Frederick William II again revived the order as a Prussian royal order. After the
Order of the Black Eagle The Order of the Black Eagle () was the highest order of chivalry in the Kingdom of Prussia. The order was founded on 17 January 1701 by Elector Friedrich III of Brandenburg (who became Friedrich I of Prussia, Friedrich I, King in Prussia, the ...
, the Order of the Red Eagle was the second highest order of the kingdom in order of precedence. Every Knight of the Black Eagle now automatically became a member of the contemporary highest class of the Order of the Red Eagle. In 1810, King
Frederick William III Frederick William III (; 3 August 1770 – 7 June 1840) was King of Prussia from 16 November 1797 until his death in 1840. He was concurrently Elector of Brandenburg in the Holy Roman Empire until 6 August 1806, when the empire was dissolved. ...
revised the statutes of the order, expanding it into three classes. In 1830, a breast star was authorized for the Second Class and the First Class General Honor Decoration became the Fourth Class of the order. The statutes were further revised in 1861, and a Grand Cross was established as the highest class of the order. By change to the statutes of the Order of the Black Eagle, every member of that order was automatically invested with the new Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle, as well as with the Order of the Prussian Crown. By 1918, an affiliated soldier's medal had been made available to commoners and enlisted men. Following the Kaiser's abdication at the close of the
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, a new German constitution was signed into law on 11 August 1919, effectively putting a legal end to the monarchy. All orders and decorations formally conferred by the monarchy ceased to exist, but recipients of the Order of the Red Eagle continued to wear it with their other decorations during the eras of the
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, the
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, and the restored republic.


Classes

By the time of World War I, the order had evolved into four classes, two of them divided in two divisions each, and an affiliated medal: * 1st Class ** Grand Cross – enameled Maltese cross badge worn on a collar (the ''Kette'', or "chain") at ceremonial occasions or, at other formal occasions, on a sash on the right shoulder; plus a gilt, eight-pointed breast star worn on the left chest; typically awarded to male members of the royal family, to members of the Order of the Black Eagle, to
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, and to foreign royalty ** 1st Class – oversized, enameled cross pattée badge worn on a sash on the right shoulder, plus a silver, eight-pointed breast star on the left chest; available to general officers, high nobility, and heads of foreign state * 2nd Class – enameled cross pattée badge worn on a neck ribbon, plus a silver, four-pointed breast star on the left chest; available to general officers and nobility ** 2nd Class with star ** 2nd Class * 3rd Class – enameled cross pattée badge worn on a ribbon on the left chest; available to (usually no lower than) field grade officers and minor nobility * 4th Class – non-enameled cross pattée badge worn on a ribbon on the left chest; available to company grade officers * Medal – round gilt medal worn on a ribbon on the left chest; available to enlisted men Within these seven grades, however, were a bewildering array of variations. Among these were: * All classes but the Medal of the Red Eagle Order could be awarded with swords for distinction in wartime. The swords passed through the arms of the cross behind the center medallion. * All classes above the 4th Class could be awarded with "Swords on Ring", indicating that the recipient of that class without swords had earlier received a lower class of the order with swords. A pair of crossed swords were worn above the cross on the suspension ring or above the medallion on the upper arm of the breast star. * All classes could be awarded with or without crown as an added distinction. * The Grand Cross, 1st and 2nd Class could be awarded with oak leaves, indicating prior receipt of the next lower class of the order, and/or with diamonds, as a special distinction. * Royal family members (who were automatically awarded the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order, per statute of the Order of the Black Eagle) were awarded the Grand Cross "with crown." The Maltese cross badge was suspended from a miniature of the Prussian crown, which covered the usual suspension ring. * The Grand Cross was awarded at least once with crossed marshals' batons, as was awarded to Paul von Hindenburg. The crossed batons were worn above the Maltese cross badge of the Grand Cross, on its suspension ring. * The 3rd Class could be awarded with bow (''Schleife''), indicating prior receipt of the 4th Class. *
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who received the Order of the Red Eagle and who had cared for sick and wounded soldiers in the
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and the
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received the order with a miniature of the
Maltese cross The Maltese cross is a cross symbol, consisting of four " V" or arrowhead shaped concave quadrilaterals converging at a central vertex at right angles, two tips pointing outward symmetrically. It is a heraldic cross variant which develope ...
. * For 50 years of service, a Red Eagle recipient received the "Jubilee Number" (''Jubiläumszahl''), a round medallion with the number "50" on it, affixed to the suspension ring or to the oak leaves or the ring of the bow, if applicable. There were also a set of special versions, the Stars 1st through 4th Class, for non-Christians.


Insignia

The badge of the order for the Grand Cross was a gold ( gilt after 1916)
Maltese cross The Maltese cross is a cross symbol, consisting of four " V" or arrowhead shaped concave quadrilaterals converging at a central vertex at right angles, two tips pointing outward symmetrically. It is a heraldic cross variant which develope ...
enameled in white, with red enameled eagles between the arms of the cross; the gold central disc bore the Royal monogram, surrounded by a blue enameled ring bearing the motto of the Order, ''Sincere et Constanter''. The badge for the 1st to 3rd classes was a gold (gilt after 1916)
cross pattée A cross pattée or cross patty (, ), also known as a cross formée or cross formy, or even a Templar cross, is a type of Christian cross with arms that are narrow at the centre and often flared in a curve or straight line shape to be broader at th ...
, enameled in white; that for the 4th class was similar but with smooth, plain silver arms. After 1879 the silver arms of the 4th class cross were pebbled in texture and appearance. The central disc bore the red eagle on a white enamel background on the obverse, with the royal cipher of King Friedrich Wilhelm surmounted by the Prussian crown on the reverse. The enlisted man's medal was of a relatively simple, round design, topped with the Prussian crown, with a depiction of the regular badge in the center of the medal on the obverse, with the royal cipher of the reigning monarch on the reverse. The breast star of the order was (for the Grand Cross) a golden eight-pointed star, (for 1st Class) a silver eight-pointed star, or (for 2nd Class) a silver four-pointed star with a white enameled cross pattée, all with straight rays. The central disc bore the red eagle on a white enamel background, surrounded by a ring (enameled blue for Grand Cross, white for the others) bearing the motto of the Order, ''Sincere et Constanter''. After September 16, 1848, awards of all classes (except the medal) bestowed for military merit had two golden swords crossed through the central medallion. The traditional ribbon of the order was white with two orange stripes at the edges, but combat awards were frequently conferred with a black and white ribbon similar to that of the Iron Cross. Numerous variations of the ribbon existed, depending on the nature of the specific award.


Sovereigns (1705–1918)

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George William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth George William of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (German: ''Georg Wilhelm''; 16 November 1678 in Bayreuth – 18 December 1726 in Bayreuth) was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Family He was the first son of ...
(11/16/1678 – 12/18/1726), Sovereign of the ''Ordre de la Sincerité'', from November 17, 1705; and from 1712 to 12/18/1726. * Karl Wilhelm Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (5/12/1712 – 8/3/1757), revived the Order as its Sovereign, 1734 – August 3, 1757, renamed the order as the Order of the Red Eagle (Roter Adlerorden) * Karl Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth (2/24/1736 – 1/5/1806), Sovereign from August 3, 1757 to January 16, 1791, when the two territories were annexed by Prussia * Friedrich Wilhelm II, King of Prussia (9/25/1744 – 11/16/1797), revived the Order as its first Sovereign as a Prussian order, June 12, 1792 – 11/16/1797 *
Friedrich Wilhelm III Frederick William III (; 3 August 1770 – 7 June 1840) was King of Prussia from 16 November 1797 until his death in 1840. He was concurrently Elector of Brandenburg in the Holy Roman Empire until 6 August 1806, when the empire was dissolved ...
, King of Prussia (8/3/1770 – 6/7/1840), Sovereign from 11/16/1797 – 6/7/1840; revised the statutes in 1810 to add 2nd and 3rd classes; added 2nd class breast star and a 4th class, 1830 *
Friedrich Wilhelm IV Frederick William IV (; 15 October 1795 – 2 January 1861), the eldest son and successor of Frederick William III of Prussia, was King of Prussia from 7 June 1840 until his death on 2 January 1861. Also referred to as the " romanticist on the ...
, King of Prussia (10/15/1795 – 1/2/1861), Sovereign from 6/7/1840 to 1/2/1861 *
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. ...
, King of Prussia and German Emperor (3/22/1797 – 3/9/1888), Sovereign from 1/2/1861 to 3/9/1888; revised the statutes to add the Grand Cross, 1861 *
Friedrich III Frederick III may refer to: * Frederick III, Duke of Upper Lorraine (died 1033) * Frederick III, Duke of Swabia (1122–1190) * Friedrich III, Burgrave of Nuremberg (1220–1297) * Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (1240–1302) * Frederick III o ...
, King of Prussia and German Emperor (10/18/1831 – 6/15/1888), Sovereign from January to June 1888 *
Wilhelm II Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 18594 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until Abdication of Wilhelm II, his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire as well as th ...
, King of Prussia & German Emperor (1859–1941), invested 1/27/1869; Sovereign from June 15, 1888 to November 28, 1918.


Recipients

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Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Ernest II (; 21 June 181822 August 1893) was Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 29 January 1844 to his death in 1893. He was born in Coburg to Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. His father be ...
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Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick Ernest Augustus (Ernest Augustus Christian George; ; 17 November 1887 – 30 January 1953) was Duke of Brunswick from 2 November 1913 to 8 November 1918. He was a grandson of George V of Hanover, thus a Prince of Hanover and a Prince of the Unit ...
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Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse Ernest Louis (; 25 November 1868 – 9 October 1937) was the last Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, reigning from 1892 until 1918. Early life Ernest Louis was the elder son of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Alice of ...
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Botho zu Eulenburg Botho Wendt August Graf zu Eulenburg (31 July 1831 – 5 February 1912) was a Prussian statesman. Throughout the entire German Empire period he was, alongside Albrecht von Roon the only Minister President of Prussia not also to be Chancellor of ...
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Max von Fabeck Herrmann Gustav Karl Max von Fabeck (6 May 1854 – 16 December 1916) was a Prussian military officer and a German '' General der Infantarie'' during World War I. He commanded the 13th Corps in the 5th Army and took part in the Race to the Sea on ...
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Ferdinand II of Portugal ''Dom (title), Dom'' Ferdinand II (; 29 October 1816 – 15 December 1885), also known as Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and as "the King-artist" (), was King of Portugal from 16 September 1837 to 15 November 1853 as the husband and co-ruler ...
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Hermann von François Hermann Karl Bruno von François (31 January 1856 – 15 May 1933) was a German ''General der Infanterie'' during World War I, and is best known for his key role in several German victories on the Eastern Front in 1914. Early life and military ...
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Eduard von Fransecky Eduard Model Accessories is a Czech Republic, Czech manufacturer of plastic models and finescale model accessories. History Formed in 1989 in the city of Most (city), Most, Eduard began in a rented cellar as a manufacturer of photoetching, ...
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Franz Joseph I of Austria Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I ( ; ; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the Grand title of the emperor of Austria, other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 1848 until his death ...
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Frederik VIII of Denmark Frederik VIII (; 3 June 1843 – 14 May 1912) was King of Denmark from 29 January 1906 until his death in 1912. As the eldest son of King Christian IX, nicknamed the '' Father-in-law of Europe'', Frederick was related to royalty throughout E ...
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Frederik IX of Denmark Frederik IX (Christian Frederik Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg; 11 March 1899 – 14 January 1972) was King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972. Frederik was born into the House of Glücksburg during the reign of his great-grandfather King Chr ...
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Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse Frederick Charles Louis Constantine, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse (; ; 1 May 1868 – 28 May 1940), was the brother-in-law of the German Emperor, Wilhelm II. He was elected King of Finland on 9 October 1918, but renounced the throne on 1 ...
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Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Frederick Francis II (German: ''Friedrich Franz II;'' 28 February 1823 – 15 April 1883) was a Prussian officer and Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 7 March 1842 until 15 April 1883. Biography He was born in Schloss Ludwigslust, the ...
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Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Frederick Francis III (; 19 March 1851 – 10 April 1897) was the penultimate Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Biography He was born in Schloss Ludwigslust as the son of Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his first ...
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Frederick III, German Emperor Frederick III (Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl; 18 October 183115 June 1888), or Friedrich III, was German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days between March and his death in June 1888, during the Year of the Three Emperors. Known informal ...
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Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern () (30 August 1891 – 6 February 1965) was the eldest son of William, Prince of Hohenzollern and Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. He had a twin brother, Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenzollern- ...
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Walthère Frère-Orban Hubert Joseph Walthère Frère-Orban (; 24 April 1812 – 2 January 1896) was a Belgian liberal statesman who served as the Prime Minister of Belgium from 1868 to 1870 and again from 1878 to 1884. Early life He was born at Liège, received his ...
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Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828–1885) Prince Friedrich Karl Nikolaus of Prussia (20 March 1828 – 15 June 1885) was the son of Prince Charles of Prussia (1801–1883) and his wife, Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1808–1877). Prince Friedrich Karl was a grandson of King ...
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Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia (; 14 November 1865 – 13 September 1931) was a son of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia and Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau, married in 1854. Family On 24 June 1889, he married in Berlin Princ ...
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Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu was a scion of the Japanese imperial family and a career naval officer who served as chief of staff of the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1932 to 1941. Early life Prince Hiroyasu was born in Tokyo as Prince Narukata, the eldest son of Prince F ...
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Prince Fushimi Sadanaru was the 22nd head of the Fushimi-no-miya shinnōke (branch of the Imperial Family). He was a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army. Early life Prince Sadanaru was born in Kyoto as the fourteenth son of Prince Fushimi Kuniie (1802–18 ...
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Max von Gallwitz Max Karl Wilhelm von Gallwitz (2 May 1852 – 18 April 1937) was a German general from Breslau (Wrocław), Silesia, who served with distinction during World War I on both the Eastern and Western Fronts. Biography Gallwitz grew up in a Catho ...
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George II of Greece George II (; 19 July ld Style and New Style dates, Old Style: 7 July1890 – 1 April 1947) was King of Greece from 27 September 1922 until 25 March 1924, and again from 25 November 1935 until his death on 1 April 1947. The eldest son of King ...
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George V 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 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936. George w ...
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Friedrich von Gerok (officer) Karl Christof Friedrich von Gerok (26 May 1854 – 18 September 1937 in Stuttgart) was an officer of Württemberg, general of the infantry of the XXIV Reserve Corps (German Empire), XXIV Reserve Corps during World War I. Career Gerok entered the ...
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Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz Wilhelm Leopold Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz (12 August 1843 – 19 April 1916), also known as ''Goltz Pasha'', was a Prussian field marshal and military writer. Early life and ancestry Goltz was born in Adlig Bielkenfeld, East Prussia (later ...
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Heinrich von Gossler Heinrich Wilhelm Martin von Goßler (29 September 1841, in Weißenfels, Province of Saxony – 10 January 1927, in Berlin-Wilmersdorf) was a Prussian General of the Infantry and Minister of War.Brose, Eric Dorn. The Kaiser's Army: The Pol ...
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Guangxu Emperor The Guangxu Emperor (14 August 1871 – 14 November 1908), also known by his temple name Emperor Dezong of Qing, personal name Zaitian, was the tenth Emperor of China, emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the ninth Qing emperor to rule over China ...
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Gustaf V Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf; 16 June 1858 – 29 October 1950) was King of Sweden from 8 December 1907 until his death in 1950. He was the eldest son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Sophia of Nassau, a half-sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxe ...
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Gustaf VI Adolf Gustaf VI Adolf (Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf; 11 November 1882 – 15 September 1973) was King of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until his death in 1973. He was the eldest son of Gustaf V and his wife, Victoria of Baden. Before Gustaf ...
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Prince Gustav of Denmark Prince Gustav of Denmark (Christian Frederik Vilhelm Valdemar Gustav; 4 March 1887 – 5 October 1944) was a member of the Danish royal family. He was the fourth and youngest son and seventh child of Frederik VIII of Denmark, King Frederik VIII an ...
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Haakon VII of Norway Haakon VII (; 3 August 187221 September 1957) was King of Norway from 18 November 1905 until his death in 1957. The future Haakon VII was born in Copenhagen as Prince Carl of Denmark. He was the second son of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess ...
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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 Wilhelm Gustav Karl Bernhard von Hahnke (1 October 1833 in Berlin – 8 February 1912) was a Prussian Field Marshal, and Chief of the German Imperial Military Cabinet from 1888 to 1901. Biography Born into an old Prussian family of offic ...
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Prince Harald of Denmark Prince Harald of Denmark (''Harald Christian Frederik''; 8 October 1876 – 30 March 1949) was a member of the Danish Royal Family. He was the third son and fourth child of Frederick VIII of Denmark and his wife, Lovisa of Sweden, and thus brothe ...
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Max von Hausen Max Clemens Lothar Freiherr von Hausen (December 17, 1846 – March 19, 1922) was a German military officer during the First World War. He participated in the Austro-Prussian and Franco-German Wars and became ''Generaloberst'' of Saxon troops a ...
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Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (; 10 November 185821 November 1928) was the last reigning Prince Reuss Younger Line from 1913 to 1918. Then he became Head of the House of Reuss Younger Line from 1918 to 1928. Early life Heinrich was bo ...
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Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929) Prince Heinrich of Prussia (; 14 August 1862 – 20 April 1929) was a younger brother of German Emperor and King of Prussia Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Wilhelm II and a Prince of Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia. Through his mother, he was also a gr ...
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Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1825–1901) Hermann George Bernard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (4 August 1825 at Altenstein Castle – 31 August 1901 in Berchtesgaden Berchtesgaden () is a municipality in the district Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, in southeastern Germany, near the b ...
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Karl Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld Karl Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld (4 September 1796 – 2 September 1884) was a Prussian ''Generalfeldmarschall''. He served in many military conflicts throughout the 19th century and was given major commands throughout each conflict. Origin ...
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Prince Konrad of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst Konrad Maria Eusebius Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (16 December 1863 – 21 December 1918) was an Austrian aristocrat and statesman. He briefly served as Prime Minister of Austria (Cisleithania) in Austria-Hungary in 1906. Earl ...
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Henning von Holtzendorff Henning Rudolf Adolf Karl von Holtzendorff (9 January 1853 – 7 June 1919) was a German admiral during World War I, who became famous for his December 1916 memo about unrestricted submarine warfare against the United Kingdom. He was a recipient ...
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Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler Dietrich Graf von Hülsen-Haeseler (13 February 1852 – 14 November 1908) was an infantry general of the German Empire. He attended the Prussian Military Academy, War College and was attached to the German General Staff in 1882. In 1889 he was ...
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Isma'il Pasha Isma'il Pasha ( ; 25 November 1830 or 31 December 1830 – 2 March 1895), also known as Ismail the Magnificent, was the Khedive of Egypt and ruler of Sudan from 1863 to 1879, when he was removed at the behest of Great Britain and France. Shari ...
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Prince Joachim of Prussia Prince Joachim Franz Humbert of Prussia (17 December 1890 – 18 July 1920) was the youngest son and sixth child of Wilhelm II, German Emperor, by his first wife, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. He committed suicide at age 29. Prince Joa ...
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Prince Johann of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Prince Johann of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (5 December 1825 – 27 May 1911) was the ninth of the ten children of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kasse ...
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Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg (; given names ''John Albert Ernest Constantine Frederick Henry''; 8 December 1857 – 16 February 1920) was a member of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin who served as the regent of two states of the German Empir ...
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Prince Julius of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Prince Julius of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (14 October 1824, Gottorp, Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Schleswig, Duchy of Schleswig, Schleswig– 1 June 1903, Itzehoe, Province of Schleswig-Holstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Kingdom o ...
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Georg von Kameke Arnold Karl Georg von Kameke (14 April 1817, in Pasewalk – 12 October 1893, in Berlin) was a Prussian General of the Infantry and Minister of War. Life Arnold Karl Georg von Kameke was the son of Prussian army officer Georg Christian Fried ...
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Prince Kan'in Kotohito was the sixth head of a cadet branch of the Japanese imperial family, and a career army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff from 1931 to 1940. During his tenure as the Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army Gen ...
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Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern Karl Anton von Hohenzollern may refer to: *Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (born 1811), reigning Prince of Hohenzollern and Prussian prime minister *Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern (born 1868) Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ( ...
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Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern Karl Anton von Hohenzollern may refer to: *Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (born 1811), reigning Prince of Hohenzollern and Prussian prime minister *Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern (born 1868) Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ( ...
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Katsura Tarō Prince was a Japanese politician and general who served as prime minister of Japan from 1901 to 1906, from 1908 to 1911, and from 1912 to 1913. He was a '' genrō'', or senior statesman who helped dictate policy during the Meiji era, and is th ...
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Mahboob Ali Khan Asaf Jah VI, also known as Sir Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Siddiqi (17 August 1866 – 29 August 1911), was the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad. He ruled Hyderabad State, one of the princely states of India, between 1869 and 1911. Early life Mahboob Al ...
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Hans von Kirchbach Rudolph Bodo Hans von Kirchbach (born 22 June 1849 in Auerbach (Vogtland) – died 23 July 1928 in Dresden) was a Royal Saxon army officer who was a Generaloberst in the First World War and awarded the Pour le Mérite. Life and military career H ...
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Hugo von Kirchbach Hugo Ewald Graf von Kirchbach (23 May 1809 – 26 October 1887) was a Prussian general who commanded the Prussian V Corps during the Franco-Prussian War. Biography He was born in 1809 at Neumarkt in Silesia, to the Saxon noble family of Kir ...
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Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa of Japan, was the second head of a ōke, collateral branch of the Imperial Household of Japan, Japanese imperial family. He was formerly enshrined in Tainan Shrine, Tainan-Jinja, Taiwan, under the name ''Kitashirakawa no Miya Yoshihisa-shinnō ...
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Eduard von Knorr Ernst Wilhelm Eduard von Knorr (8 March 1840 – 17 February 1920) was a German admiral of the Kaiserliche Marine who helped establish the German colonial empire. Life Born in Saarlouis, Rhenish Prussia, Knorr entered the Prussian Navy in ...
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Robert Koch Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch ( ; ; 11 December 1843 – 27 May 1910) was a German physician and microbiologist. As the discoverer of the specific causative agents of deadly infectious diseases including tuberculosis, cholera and anthrax, he i ...
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Hans von Koester Hans Ludwig Raimund von Koester (29 April 1844 – 21 February 1928) was a German naval officer who served in the Prussian Navy and later in the Imperial German Navy. He retired as a Grand Admiral. Career overview Born Hans Ludwig Raimund Koester ...
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Prince Komatsu Akihito was a Japanese career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army, who was a member of the Fushimi-no-miya, one of the ''shinnōke'' branches of the Imperial Household of Japan, Imperial Family of Japan, which were eligible to succeed to the Chrysant ...
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Leopold I of Belgium Leopold I (16 December 1790 – 10 December 1865) was the first king of the Belgians, reigning from 21 July 1831 until his death in 1865. The youngest son of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Leopold took a commission in the Imperial Rus ...
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Leopold II of Belgium Leopold II (9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) was the second king of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909, and the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908. Born in Brussels as the second but eldest-surviving son of King Leo ...
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Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (Leopold George Duncan Albert; 7 April 185328 March 1884) was the eighth child and youngest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Leopold was later created Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence, and Baron Arklow. He ...
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Prince Leopold of Bavaria Prince Leopold of Bavaria (Leopold Maximilian Joseph Maria Arnulf; 9 February 1846 – 28 September 1930) was born in Munich, the second son of Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria (1821–1912) and his wife Archduchess Augusta of Austria (1825– ...
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Alexander von Linsingen Alexander Adolf August Karl von Linsingen (10 February 1850 – 5 June 1935) was a German general during World War I. Military service Linsingen joined the Prussian Army in 1868 and rose to Corps Commander (II Corps (German Empire), II Corps) ...
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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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Walter von Loë Friedrich Karl Walter Degenhard Freiherr von Loë (9 September 1828 – 6 July 1908) was a Prussian soldier and aristocrat. Loë had the distinction of being one of the few Roman Catholics to reach the rank of ''Generalfeldmarschall'' (field marsh ...
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Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse Louis IV (; 12 September 1837 – 13 March 1892) was the Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 13 June 1877 until his death in 1892. Through his marriage to Queen Victoria's second daughter Alice, he was connected to the British royal family. T ...
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Louis XVIII Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired (), was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815. Before his reign, he spent 23 y ...
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Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (; 9 November 1907 – 26 September 1994) was a member of the princely House of Hohenzollern, which occupied the Prussian and German thrones until the abolition of those monarchies in 1918. He was also notewo ...
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Prince Louis of Battenberg Louis Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven (24 May 185411 September 1921), formerly Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg, was a British naval officer and German prince related by marriage to the British royal family. Although ...
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Joseph Maximilian von Maillinger Joseph Maximilian Fridolin Ritter von Maillinger (4 October 1820 – 6 October 1901) was a Bavarian General der Infanterie and War Minister under Ludwig II of Bavaria. Biography Von Maillinger was born in Passau. After passing his company off ...
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Albrecht Gustav von Manstein Albert Ehrenreich Gustav von Manstein (24 August 1805 in Willkischken – 11 May 1877 in Flensburg) was a Prussian general who served during the Austro-Prussian War and the Franco-Prussian War. He was the adoptive grandfather of Erich von Mans ...
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Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel Edwin Karl Rochus Freiherr von Manteuffel (24 February 1809 – 17 June 1885) was a Prussian ''Generalfeldmarschall'' noted for his victories in the Franco-Prussian War, and the first Imperial Lieutenant () of Alsace–Lorraine from 1879 until h ...
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Manuel II of Portugal Dom (title), Dom Manuel II (Manuel Maria Filipe Carlos Amélio Luís Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga Francisco de Assis Eugénio de Saxe-Coburgo-Gotha e Bragança; 15 November 1889 – 2 July 1932), sometimes known as Manuel the Unfortunate () or ...
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Joseph Freiherr von Maroicic Joseph Freiherr Maroicic von Madonna del Monte (6 April 1812 – 17 October 1882) was an Austrian general of Croats, Croatian descent. Early career Joseph Maroicic was born on 6 April 1812 in Svidník, Oberswidnik, in the Sáros County of the Kin ...
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Georg von der Marwitz Georg Cornelius Adalbert von der Marwitz (7 July 1856 – 27 October 1929) was a Prussian cavalry general, who commanded several Imperial German armies during the First World War on both the Eastern and Western fronts. Early military career M ...
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Klemens von Metternich Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Prince of Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein ( ; 15 May 1773 – 11 June 1859), known as Klemens von Metternich () or Prince Metternich, was a German statesman and diplomat in the service of the Austrian Empire. ...
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Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (25 October 1832 – 18 December 1909) was a Russian Empire Field Marshal, the fourth son and seventh child of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia. He was the first owner of the New Michae ...
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Helmuth von Moltke the Elder Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (; 26 October 180024 April 1891) was a Kingdom of Prussia, Prussian Generalfeldmarschall, field marshal. The chief of staff of the Prussian Army for thirty years, he is regarded as the creator of a new, more ...
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Helmuth von Moltke the Younger Graf Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von Moltke (; 25 May 1848 – 18 June 1916), also known as Moltke the Younger, was a German general and Chief of the Great German General Staff, a member of the House of Moltke. He was also the nephew of '' Genera ...
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Rudolf Montecuccoli Rudolf Graf Montecuccoli degli Erri (22 February 1843 – 16 May 1922) was chief of the Austro-Hungarian Navy from 1904 to 1913 and largely responsible for the modernization of the fleet before the First World War. Overview Montecuccoli was b ...
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Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg (24 October 1829 in Eisenberg – 13 May 1907 in Arco, Austria-Hungary), was a member of the ducal house of Saxe-Altenburg. He was the father of Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. Family He was the third bu ...
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Georg Alexander von Müller Georg Alexander von Müller (24 March 1854 – 18 April 1940) was an Admiral of the Imperial German Navy and a close friend of the Wilhelm II, Kaiser in the run up to the World War I, First World War. Career Müller grew up in Sweden, where hi ...
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Napoleon III Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was President of France from 1848 to 1852 and then Emperor of the French from 1852 until his deposition in 1870. He was the first president, second emperor, and last ...
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Oscar II Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik; 21 January 1829 – 8 December 1907) was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death in 1907 and King of Norway from 1872 to 1905. Oscar was the son of King Oscar I and Queen Josephine. He inherited the Swedish and Norweg ...
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Prince Oskar of Prussia Oskar Karl Gustav Adolf Prince of Prussia (27 July 1888 – 27 January 1958) was the fifth son of German Emperor Wilhelm II and Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. Biography Birth and family Prinz Oskar of Prussia ...
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Alexander August Wilhelm von Pape Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are A ...
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Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg (; 19 September 1852 – 17 May 1923) was a member of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and general of the Mecklenburg cavalry. Life Duke Paul Frederick was born in Ludwigslust Castle as the second eldes ...
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Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg and Hertefeld, Count of Sandels (12 February 1847 – 17 September 1921) was a diplomat of the German Empire who achieved considerable influence as close friend of Wilhelm II, German Emperor. He was the central memb ...
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Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders Prince Philippe of Belgium, Count of Flanders (; 24 March 1837 – 17 November 1905), was the third born and second surviving son of King Leopold I of Belgium and Louise d'Orléans. He was the brother of Leopold II of Belgium and Empress Carlo ...
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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 () to Kaiser Wilhel ...
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Naser al-Din Shah Qajar Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (; ; 17 July 1831 – 1 May 1896) was the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. During his rule there was internal pressure from the people of Iran, as well as external ...
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Albrecht von Roon Albrecht Theodor Emil Graf von Roon (; 30 April 1803 – 23 February 1879) was a Prussian soldier and statesman. As Minister of War from 1859 to 1873, Roon, along with Otto von Bismarck and Helmuth von Moltke, was a dominating figure in Pruss ...
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Prince Rudolf of Liechtenstein A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ...
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Reinhard Scheer Carl Friedrich Heinrich Reinhard Scheer (30 September 1863 – 26 November 1928) was an Admiral in the Imperial German Navy (''Kaiserliche Marine''). Scheer joined the navy in 1879 as an officer cadet and progressed through the ranks, commandi ...
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Alfred von Schlieffen Graf Alfred von Schlieffen (; 28 February 1833 – 4 January 1913) was a German field marshal and strategist who served as chief of the Imperial German General Staff from 1891 to 1906. His name lived on in the 1905–06 " Schlieffen Plan", ...
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Kurd von Schlözer Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syria. Consisting of ...
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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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Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1896–1978) Prince William Victor Charles Augustus Henry Sigismund of Prussia (; 27 November 1896 at Kiel – 14 November 1978 at Esparza, Costa Rica), was the second son of Prince Henry of Prussia and Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine.Eilers, Marlene. ...
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Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer, (30 October 185726 September 1922), styled The Honourable Charles Spencer until 1905 and known as Viscount Althorp between 1905 and 1910, was a British courtier and Liberal politician from the Spencer ...
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Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz (27 December 1796 – 2 August 1877) was a Prussian '' Generalfeldmarschall''. He was born at Eisenach and joined the army of Prussia during the War of Liberation. Over the Seven Weeks' War he led the V Corp ...
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Vladimir Sukhomlinov Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sukhomlinov ( rus, Владимир Александрович Сухомлинов, p=sʊxɐˈmlʲinəf; – 2 February 1926) was a Russian general in the Imperial Russian Army who served as the Chief of the General Staf ...
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Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen Ludwig Samson Heinrich Arthur Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen (18 June 181526 April 1881) was a Bavarian general. Early life Born in Darmstadt, on the day of Waterloo, Ludwig was a descendant from the old family of von der Tann, whic ...
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Karl Tersztyánszky von Nádas Karl Tersztyánszky von Nádas, officially Károly Tersztyánszky, also alternatively written Tersztyánszky de Nádas (28 October 1854 – 7 March 1921) was an Austro-Hungarian general who served in World War I. Biography Tersztyánszky was born ...
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Alfred von Tirpitz Alfred Peter Friedrich von Tirpitz (; born Alfred Peter Friedrich Tirpitz; 19 March 1849 – 6 March 1930) was a German grand admiral and State Secretary of the German Imperial Naval Office, the powerful administrative branch of the German Imperi ...
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Prince Valdemar of Denmark Prince Valdemar of Denmark (27 October 1858 – 14 January 1939) was a member of the Danish royal family. He was the third son and youngest child of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. He had a lifelong naval career. Early l ...
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Victor I, Duke of Ratibor Victor I, Duke of Ratibor, Prince of Corvey, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (; 10 February 181830 January 1893) was a member of House of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst and later Duke of the Silesian duchy of Ratibor (, ) and Prince of Corve ...
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Victor II, Duke of Ratibor Victor II, Duke of Ratibor, Prince of Corvey, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (; 6 September 18479 August 1923) was a member of the Hohenlohe, House of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst and Duke of the Duchies of Silesia, Silesian duchy of Duchy of ...
* Konstantin Bernhard von Voigts-Rhetz * Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1889–1945) *
Alfred von Waldersee Alfred Heinrich Karl Ludwig Graf von Waldersee (8 April 18325 March 1904) was a German ''Generalfeldmarschall'' (Field Marshal) who served as Chief of the Imperial German General Staff and Commander of the International Relief Force during the ...
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Field marshal (United Kingdom), Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (; 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was a British Army officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during t ...
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Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach Prince Wilhelm of Urach, Count of Württemberg, 2nd Duke of Urach (''Wilhelm Karl Florestan Gero Crescentius''; German: ''Fürst Wilhelm von Urach, Graf von Württemberg, 2. Herzog von Urach''; 3 March 1864 – 24 March 1928), was a German princ ...
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Wilhelm, German Crown Prince Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Crown Prince of Prussia (Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst; 6 May 1882 – 20 July 1951) was the eldest child of the last German emperor, Wilhelm II, and his consort Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, an ...
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Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland Prince Wilhelm of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland (Carl Wilhelm Ludvig; 17 June 1884 – 5 June 1965) was a Swedish and Norwegian prince. He authored many books (primarily in Swedish) as ''Prins Wilhelm''. Personal life Wilhelm was born at ...
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William I, German Emperor 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. ...
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William, Prince of Hohenzollern William, Prince of Hohenzollern () (7 March 1864 – 22 October 1927) was the eldest son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern and Infanta Antónia of Portugal. William was an older brother of Ferdinand of Romania. His first cousins included (amo ...
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William, Prince of Wied William V, Prince of Wied (; 22 August 184522 October 1907) was a German army officer and politician, elder son of Hermann, Prince of Wied. He was the father of William, Prince of Albania and brother of Queen Elisabeth of Romania. By birth he ...
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Friedrich Graf von Wrangel Friedrich Heinrich Ernst Graf von Wrangel (13 April 1784 – 2 November 1877) was a ''Generalfeldmarschall'' of the Prussian Army. A Baltic German, he was nicknamed "Papa Wrangel" and was a member of the Baltic noble family of Wrangel. Earl ...
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Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1846–1877) Duke Eugen of Württemberg (; 20 August 1846 – 27 January 1877) was a German prince and a staff officer of Württemberg. Early life and family Duke Eugen was born at Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe, second child and first son of Duke Eugen o ...
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Yamagata Aritomo Prince was a Japanese politician and general who served as prime minister of Japan from 1889 to 1891, and from 1898 to 1900. He was also a leading member of the '' genrō'', a group of senior courtiers and statesmen who dominated the politics ...
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Yamamoto Gonnohyōe , was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and twice Prime Minister of Japan from 1913 to 1914 and again from 1923 to 1924. Biography Early life Yamamoto was born in Kagoshima in Satsuma Province (now Kagoshima Prefecture) as the sixth son ...
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Nikola Zhekov Nikola Todorov Zhekov (; ; 6 January 1865 – 1 November 1949) was the Minister of War of Bulgaria in 1915 and served as commander-in-chief from 1915 to 1918 during World War I. Biography Nikola Zhekov was born 1865 in Sliven. He was accepted ...
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Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828–1875) Prince Adalbert Wilhelm Georg Ludwig of Bavaria (Munich, 19 July 1828 – Nymphenburg Palace, 21 September 1875) was the ninth child and fourth son of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Marriage In Madrid on 25 August 185 ...
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Albert, Prince Consort Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria. As such, he was consort of the British monarch from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his ...
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Alexander of Battenberg Alexander Joseph (; 5 April 1857 – 17 November 1893), known as Alexander of Battenberg, was the first prince (''knyaz'') of the autonomous Principality of Bulgaria from 1879 until his abdication in 1886. The Bulgarian Grand National Assembl ...
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Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz General Alfred Candidus Ferdinand, Prince of Windischgrätz (; 11 May 178721 March 1862), a member of an old Austro- Bohemian House of Windischgrätz, was a Field Marshal in the Austrian army. He is most noted for his service during the Napo ...
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Gustav Bachmann Gustav Bachmann (July 13, 1860 in Cammin, Rostock – August 31, 1943 in Kiel) was a German naval officer, and an admiral in World War I. He headed the German Imperial Admiralty Staff briefly from February 1915, before being forced out in Septemb ...
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Alexander Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn Prince Alexander Magnus Friedrich Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn (, Alexander Petrovich Barklay-de-Tolli-Veymarn; December 22, 1824 – May 8, 1905), born as Alexander Magnus Friedrich von Weymarn, was a Baltic German military commander who served i ...
* Friedrich von Bernhardi * Hans Alexis von Biehler * Herbert von Bismarck * Day Bosanquet * Felix Graf von Bothmer * Adalbert von Bredow * Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow * Heinrich von Bülow (diplomat) * Eduard von Capelle * Ernest Cassel * Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein * Leopold Wilhelm von Dobschütz * Ludvig Douglas * Eduard, Duke of Anhalt * Carl August Ehrensvärd (1858–1944) * Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg * Archduke Franz Karl of Austria * Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen * August Neidhardt von Gneisenau * Hans von Gronau * Gustav, Prince of Vasa * Jakob von Hartmann * Samu Hazai * Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg * Friedrich von Ingenohl * Archduke John of Austria * Kalākaua * Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria * Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore * Kodama Gentarō * Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst * Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt * Charles Liedts * Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria * Duke Charles of Mecklenburg * Christoph Johann von Medem * Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly * Ivan Nabokov * August Ludwig von Nostitz * Jean-Baptiste Nothomb * Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov * Prince Paul of Württemberg * Ernst von Pfuel * Georg Dubislav Ludwig von Pirch * Ernst von Plener * Hugo von Pohl * Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo * Joseph Radetzky von Radetz * Antoni Wilhelm Radziwiłł * Wilhelm Eugen Ludwig Ferdinand von Rohr * Willem Rooseboom * Saionji Kinmochi * Saitō Makoto * Friedrich von Scholtz * Ludwig von Schröder * Archduke Stephen of Austria (Palatine of Hungary) * Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten * Hermann von Strantz *
Vladimir Sukhomlinov Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sukhomlinov ( rus, Владимир Александрович Сухомлинов, p=sʊxɐˈmlʲinəf; – 2 February 1926) was a Russian general in the Imperial Russian Army who served as the Chief of the General Staf ...
* Julius von Verdy du Vernois * Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière * William II, Elector of Hesse * Prince William of Baden (1829–1897) * Prince William of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld * Ludwig von Wolzogen * Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857) * Arthur Zimmermann ;2nd Class * Akiyama Yoshifuru * Ilya I. Alekseyev * Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1771–1833) * William Balck * Martin Chales de Beaulieu * Paul Behncke * Konstantin von Benckendorff * Wilhelm von Bismarck * Friedrich Boedicker * Paul von Bruns * Hans von Bülow (general), Hans von Bülow * Christian Conrad Sophus Danneskiold-Samsøe (1836–1908) * Evgraf Davydov * Hermann Deiters * Karl von Einem * Ludwig Elster * Oskar Enqvist * Friedrich Albrecht zu Eulenburg * Ivan Fullon * Georg Freiherr von Gayl * Sidney Greville * Wilhelm Groener * Erich von Gündell * Ernst August Hagen * Friedrich von Hassel * Franz von Hipper * Eberhard von Hofacker * Oskar von Hutier * Paisi Kaysarov * August von Kleist * Konstantin Poltoratsky * Hermann von Kuhl * Julius Kühn * Alfred von Kühne * Karl Ledderhose * Alexander Mikhailovich Lermontov * Otto von Lossow * Friedrich Graf von der Schulenburg * Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley * Curt von Morgen * Otto von Moser * Dmitry Neverovsky * Georg Heinrich Ludwig Nicolovius * Ferdinand von Quast * Wilhelm von Ramming * Hubert von Rebeur-Paschwitz * Nikolai Reitsenshtein * Ludwig von Reuter * Eduard Schensnovich * Heinrich Scheuch * Ehrhard Schmidt * Leopold von Schrötter * Carl Georg Schwing * Arkady Skugarevsky * Wilhelm Souchon * Adolf von Trotha * Nikita Volkonsky * Oskar von Watter ;3rd Class * Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg * Nikolai Dimitrievich Dabić * Gunther von Etzel * Victor Franke * Ivan Fullon * Hasan bey Agalarov * Ernst von Hoeppner * Adolf Wild von Hohenborn * Ferdinand Jühlke * Karl Wilhelm Heinrich von Kleist * Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger (theologian) * Wilhelm Lamey * Leberecht Maass * Hugo Meurer * Jan Willem Louis van Oordt * Ferdinand von Parseval * Johann Heinrich Richartz * Manfred von Richthofen * Alfred Saalwächter * Eberhard Graf von Schmettow * Constantin von Tischendorf * Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein * Ferdinand Franz Wallraf ;Other or Unknown Classes * Konrad Adenauer * Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev * Ali bin Hamud of Zanzibar * Marcos Antônio de Araújo, Viscount of Itajubá *
Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein (Auguste Viktoria Friederike Luise Feodora Jenny; 22 October 1858 – 11 April 1921) was the last German Empress and Queen of Prussia by marriage to Wilhelm II, German Emperor. Biography Early life and fa ...
* Theodor Avellan * Karl Gustav von Baggovut * Pyotr Bagration * Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly * Jacob Friedrich Behrend * Ernst von Bibra * Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck * Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher * Karl August Ferdinand von Borcke * Gustav Jacob Born * Władysław Grzegorz Branicki * Adolf von Brudermann * Rudolf von Brudermann * Meno Burg * Paul von Buri * Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo * Yefim Chaplits * Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden * Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden * Christian of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1752–1817) * Gustav Cohn * John Edmund Commerell * Carl Emanuel Conrad * Dmitry Bagration-Imeretinsky * Fleetwood Edwards * Karl Friedrich Eichhorn * Howard Craufurd Elphinstone * Friedrich August Elsasser * Grigori Engelhardt * William Fane De Salis (admiral) * Walther Forstmann * Frederick William III, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck * Frederick Charles Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck * Annibale de Gasparis * Friedrich von Georgi * Jean-Léon Gérôme * Dmitry Golitsyn * James Grierson (British Army officer), James Grierson * Wilhelm Heinrich von Grolman * Ian Hamilton (British Army officer) * Carl Jacob Hammarsköld * Eduard Heis * William Hespeler * Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg * Paul von Hindenburg * Dietrich Hogemann * Heinrich Jacobi (archaeologist) * John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe * Rudolf Jordan (painter) * Archduke Joseph August of Austria * Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen * Thomas Kelly-Kenny * Colin Richard Keppel * Pyotr Kikin * Franz Körte * Semyon Kozak * Prince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen * Ignacy Krasicki * Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry * Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden * Gari Melchers * Aleksey Melissino * Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley * Krzysztof Celestyn Mrongovius * George Murray (British Army officer) * Charles Napier (Royal Navy officer) * Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko * Daniel Nordlander * Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken * Charles Sprague Pearce * Karl von Plettenberg * Kazimierz Porębski * George Edward Post * Dighton Probyn * Antoni Radziwiłł * Pablo Riccheri * Julius Roeting * Carl Ludwig Sahl * John Francis Charles, 7th Count de Salis-Soglio * Peter, 5th Count de Salis-Soglio * Max Sandreczky * Aleksei Scherbatov * Ernst Christian Julius Schering * Albert Schulz * Manuel Silvela y Le Vielleuze * Mikhail Skobelev * Pavlo Skoropadskyi * Thomas Smith-Dorrien-Smith *
Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer, (30 October 185726 September 1922), styled The Honourable Charles Spencer until 1905 and known as Viscount Althorp between 1905 and 1910, was a British courtier and Liberal politician from the Spencer ...
* Konstantin Stanislavski * Wolfgang Straßmann * Ludwig August von Stutterheim * Wilhelm Ternite * Otto Tschirch * Diedrich Uhlhorn * Antonio Aguilar y Correa, Marquis of Vega de Armijo * Godfried van Voorst tot Voorst * Baldwin Wake Walker * Ricardo Wall * Friedrich Wilhelm Weber * Friedrich Wigger * Wilhelm II, German Emperor * Sir James Wylie, 1st Baronet * Oskar von Xylander * Aleksey Yermolov (general), Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov * Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan What follows are some additional details on a fair cross section of individuals who are known to have received the Order in any of its several classes, listed in order of precedence. The Order of the Red Eagle frequently was conferred upon foreign nationals, both royal and non-royal, to honor their individual positions or work and to further diplomatic relations with their nations, in much the same way that the Order of the Bath still is conferred by the British monarchy.


Grand Cross (1861–1918)

German / Prussian * Augusta of Saxe-Weimar, Empress Augusta (1811–1890), wife and empress consort of Kaiser Wilhelm I * GFM Albrecht von Roon, Albrecht Theodore Emil, Graf von Roon (1803–1879) – previous 3rd Class Knight, automatically awarded the Grand Cross in conjunction with being awarded with the Order of the Black Eagle, ca 1866, for service during the war with Austria, immediately after his success at the battle of Nikolsburg. * Otto Theodor von Manteuffel, Otto Theodor Freiherr von Manteuffel (1805–1882), Prussian Minister of the Interior (Prime Minister), 1848; awarded the Grand Cross, with Scepter and Crown, by Friedrich Wilhelm IV * Prince Heinrich of Prussia, second son of Friedrich III and brother of Wilhelm II * Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Empress Augusta Viktoria (1858–1921), wife and empress consort of Kaiser Wilhelm II *
Otto von Bismarck Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (; born ''Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck''; 1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898) was a German statesman and diplomat who oversaw the unification of Germany and served as ...
(1815–1898), German statesman, Prussian chancellor and prime minister of the German Empire *
Max von Fabeck Herrmann Gustav Karl Max von Fabeck (6 May 1854 – 16 December 1916) was a Prussian military officer and a German '' General der Infantarie'' during World War I. He commanded the 13th Corps in the 5th Army and took part in the Race to the Sea on ...
(1854–1916), with oakleaves, Prussian General * Gen-Lt. Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin (1838–1917), aviator, inventor of the airship, and founder of Zeppelin Airship Company * GFM (later Reichspräsident) Paul von Hindenburg (1847–1934), invested with the Grand Cross, with Oak Leaves and Swords *
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 ...
(1847–1909) with oak leaves and swords, was an admiral of the German Imperial Navy * GFM Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Helmuth von Moltke (the Elder), (1800–1891), Chief of the German General Staff * William, German Crown Prince, Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Crown Prince of the German Empire (1882–1951), invested c. his 10th birthday, 1892 *
Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia Prince Wilhelm Eitel Friedrich Christian Karl of Prussia (7 July 1883 – 8 December 1942) was the second son of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany by his first wife, Princess Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. He was bo ...
(1883–1942), second son of Kaiser Wilhelm II * Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884–1948), Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884–1948), third son of Kaiser Wilhelm II *
Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia Prince August Wilhelm Heinrich Günther Viktor of Prussia (29 January 1887 – 25 March 1949), nicknamed "Auwi", was the fourth son of German Emperor Wilhelm II by his first wife, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. A vocal supporter of Na ...
(1887–1949), fourth son of Kaiser Wilhelm II *
Prince Oskar of Prussia Oskar Karl Gustav Adolf Prince of Prussia (27 July 1888 – 27 January 1958) was the fifth son of German Emperor Wilhelm II and Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. Biography Birth and family Prinz Oskar of Prussia ...
(1888–1958), fifth son of Kaiser Wilhelm II * Bernhard von Bülow, Bernhard Freiherr von Bülow (1849–1929), Minister of Foreign Affairs, conferred, January 6, 1898, for his successes in advancing relations with China. *
Prince Joachim of Prussia Prince Joachim Franz Humbert of Prussia (17 December 1890 – 18 July 1920) was the youngest son and sixth child of Wilhelm II, German Emperor, by his first wife, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. He committed suicide at age 29. Prince Joa ...
(1890–1920), sixth son of Kaiser Wilhelm II * Dr. Karl Heinrich Schönstedt, Prussian Minister of Justice, invested with the Grand Cross of the Order on the occasion of Kaiser Wilhelm II's birthday, January 27, 1900 * Ernst von Hammerstein-Loxten, Ernst Frhr von Hammerstein-Loxten (1827–1914), Prussian Minister of Agriculture, conferred on the occasion of Kaiser Wilhelm II's birthday, January 27, 1900 * Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner, Arthur Count von Posadowsky-Wehner (1845–1932), Prussian Minister of the Interior and Vice Chancellor, conferred on the occasion of Kairser Wilhelm II´s birthday, January 27, 1902 * Prince Friedrich Sigismund of Prussia (1891–1927), Prince Friedrich Sigismund of Prussia (1891–1927), nephew of Kaiser Wilhelm II, pilot during the Great War, invested with the Grand Cross with Crown * Paul von Breitenbach (1850–1930), German Statesman; invested with the Grand Cross of the Order, 1913, by statute of the Order of the Black Eagle * Großadmiral
Alfred von Tirpitz Alfred Peter Friedrich von Tirpitz (; born Alfred Peter Friedrich Tirpitz; 19 March 1849 – 6 March 1930) was a German grand admiral and State Secretary of the German Imperial Naval Office, the powerful administrative branch of the German Imperi ...
(1849–1930); conferred with the Order of the Red Eagle, Grand Cross, with Crown; also conferred with the
Order of the Black Eagle The Order of the Black Eagle () was the highest order of chivalry in the Kingdom of Prussia. The order was founded on 17 January 1701 by Elector Friedrich III of Brandenburg (who became Friedrich I of Prussia, Friedrich I, King in Prussia, the ...
* Korvettenkapitän Gerhard Stubenrauch (b. 1880) – previously awarded the Knight's Cross, 4th Class, Stubenrauch was the commander of all naval aviation in the Kaiserlich Marine Foreign * George IV of the United Kingdom, George IV, King of Great Britain (1762–1830), invested 6/9/1814 * William IV of the United Kingdom, William IV, King of Great Britain (1765–1837), invested 6/9/1814 * Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince Talleyrand (France) * Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Prince Metternich-Winnebourg-Ochsenhausen (German: Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar Fürst von Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein), Austrian Foreign Minister, 1809–1848 * Andreas Razumovsky, Prince Andreas Rasoumoffsky (1752–1836), PC (Russia) * Gustavus, Count de Stackelberg, PC (Russia) * Karl Nesselrode, Karl, Count of Nesselrode (1780–1862), Privy Councilor (Russia) * Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh & Saxe-Coburg_Gotha (1844–1900, GB), invested 5/7/1864 * Alexander III of Russia, Alexander III, Tsar of Russia (1845–1894) * Gen Sir Dighton Probyn (1833–1924), VC, GCB – invested at GC / 1st Class (India / GB) * Gen. Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny (1840–1914), (GB) * Edward VII of the United Kingdom, Edward VII, King of Great Britain (1841–1910), invested 1/17/1869 * Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850–1942, GB), invested 1873 *
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (Leopold George Duncan Albert; 7 April 185328 March 1884) was the eighth child and youngest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Leopold was later created Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence, and Baron Arklow. He ...
(1853–1884, GB), invested 3/31/1879 * Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883–1938, GB), invested 1/13/1883 * Milan I of Serbia, Milan I, King of Serbia (1868–1889), invested 1886 *
Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa of Japan, was the second head of a ōke, collateral branch of the Imperial Household of Japan, Japanese imperial family. He was formerly enshrined in Tainan Shrine, Tainan-Jinja, Taiwan, under the name ''Kitashirakawa no Miya Yoshihisa-shinnō ...
(1847–1895), Japanese imperial family and soldier, invested December 1889 * Itō Hirobumi, Marquis Itō Hirobumi (1841–1909), Prime Minister of Japan, received the GC 12/22/1886, later received the GC in brilliants 12/14/1901 * Yamagata Aritomo, Marquis Yamagata Aritomo (1838–1922), Prime Minister of Japan, invested June 1899 * Aoki Shūzō, Viscount Aoki Shūzō (1844–1914), Japanese minister to Berlin, received the GC 1/26/1895, later received the GC in brilliants 6/18/1897 * The
Guangxu Emperor The Guangxu Emperor (14 August 1871 – 14 November 1908), also known by his temple name Emperor Dezong of Qing, personal name Zaitian, was the tenth Emperor of China, emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the ninth Qing emperor to rule over China ...
(1871–1908), 11th Qing Emperor of China, invested 1898 * Li Hongzhang, First Class Marquis Suyi Li Hongzhang (1823–1901), Chinese politician and diplomat, invested 6/14/1896 * Yuan Shikai (1859–1916), Chinese politician and general * Nicholas de Giers, Nikolay Karlovich Giers (1820–1895), Russian Foreign Minister and architect of the Franco-Russian Alliance; Grand Cross (by statute of the Order of the Black Eagle), July 23, 1888 * Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Alfred of Edinburgh (1874–1899, GB), invested June 1889 * George V of the United Kingdom, George V, King of Great Britain (1865–1936), invested 7/3/1890 * Duke of Fife, Alexander, Duke of Fife (1849–1912, GB), invested 1892 * Gen.-Lt. Constantin von Alvensleben (1809–1892), invested with the Grand Cross, 1892, by statute of the Order of the Black Eagle * FM Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen, Archduke Friedrich of Austria-Hungary (1856–1936), GC / 1st Class (also held the Ord of the Black Eagle from October 22, 1892) – invested c. 1895 *
Porfirio Díaz José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori (; ; 15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915) was a General (Mexico), Mexican general and politician who was the dictator of Mexico from 1876 until Mexican Revolution, his overthrow in 1911 seizing power in a Plan ...
, President of Mexico (1876–1880, 1884–1911) * St John Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton, St John Brodrick, British Secretary of State for War (1856–1942), invested in September 1902 when he visited Prussia for German Army maneuvers. * Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (formerly Prince Adolphus Duke of Teck) (1868–1927, GB), invested 1903 * Katsura Tarō, Count Katsura Tarō (1848–1913), Japanese politician and soldier, October 4, 1906 * Haakon VII of Norway, Haakon VII, King of Norway (1872–1957), invested 5/27/1907 * Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI - Nizam (sovereign prince) of Hyderabad, a principality in India; honorary (British and Indian) lieutenant general, invested 1911 * Albert I of Belgium, Albert I, King of the Belgians (1875–1934) * Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, LTG Rt. Hon Charles William Stewart, Lord Stewart (GB) British soldier, politician and nobleman, great-grandfather of Winston Churchill * MG Carl Löwenhielm, Count of Löwenhielm (Sweden / Norway) * Franz Joseph I of Austria, Franz Josef I, Emperor of Austria-Hungary (1830–1916) * Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse & by Rhine (1837–1892), son-in-law of Queen Victoria; brother-in-law of Friedrich III; uncle of Wilhelm II * Gen der INF Otto von Bülow – Nov 15, 1917, by statute regarding conferral of the Order of the Black Eagle * Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1868–1937), grandson of Queen Victoria, husband of Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh, cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm II, invested with the Grand Cross or the 1st Class (?) * General der Infanterie Friedrich Sixt von Armin (1851–1936), awarded the Grand Cross by statute of the Order of the Black Eagle, conferred, 1917 *
Prince Leopold of Bavaria Prince Leopold of Bavaria (Leopold Maximilian Joseph Maria Arnulf; 9 February 1846 – 28 September 1930) was born in Munich, the second son of Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria (1821–1912) and his wife Archduchess Augusta of Austria (1825– ...
(1846–1930); Awarded the Grand Cross with Swords; also a member of the Order of the Black Eagle * Prince Franz of Bavaria (1875–1957); awarded the Grand Cross by statute of the Order of Black Eagle * Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Naser al-Din Shah (1831–1896), Shah of Persia (1848–1896) * Mozaffar al-Din Shah Qajar, Mozaffar al-Din Shah (1853–1907), Shah of Persia (1896–1907) * Pavlo Skoropadskyi, hetman of the Ukrainian State. Granted in 1918 * Marcos Antônio de Araújo, Viscount of Itajubá. Ambassador of Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil to the King of Hanover and King of Prussia.


Knights 1st Class (1705–1918)

German * Wilhelm von Humboldt, Wilhelm Frhr von Humboldt (1767–1835) (Prussia), German language scholar and statesman * Karl August von Hardenberg, Karl August, Prince of Hardenburg (1750–1822), Chancellor of State (Prussia), 1804–1806; 1807; and 1810–1822 * Ernst von Pfuel - Prussian Army, Prussian general and Prime Minister of Prussia, awarded the 1st Class with Oak Leaves (1836) and Diamonds (1842). Previously awarded the 2nd Class with Oak Leaves (1830) and Star (1831); 3rd Class (1827) * Ludwig von Massow, awarded the 1st Class with Oak Leaves * Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse (1806–1877), awarded the 1st Class with Swords * Grand Admiral
Alfred von Tirpitz Alfred Peter Friedrich von Tirpitz (; born Alfred Peter Friedrich Tirpitz; 19 March 1849 – 6 March 1930) was a German grand admiral and State Secretary of the German Imperial Naval Office, the powerful administrative branch of the German Imperi ...
, awarded the Order, 1st Class, with Oak Leaves, on the occasion of Kaiser Wilhelm II's birthday, January 27, 1900 (Source: The New York Times) * Dr. Studt, Minister of Public Instruction, awarded the Order, 1st Class, on the occasion of Kaiser Wilhelm II's birthday, January 27, 1900 * Count Hochberg, awarded the Order, 1st Class, on the occasion of Kaiser Wilhelm II's birthday, January 27, 1900 * Generalleutnant á la suite Viktor Adolph Theophil von Podbielski (1844–1916), hussar general, Prussian Minister of Agriculture, Postmaster General, and President of the German Olympic Committee; awarded 1st Class with oak leaves and crossed swords, on the occasion of Kaiser Wilhelm II´s birthday January 27, 1902 * Theodor von Holleben, German Ambassador to the United States; awarded 1st Class with oak leaves after the visit of Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929), Prince Henry of Prussia to the US, March 1902. * Baron Hermann Speck von Sternburg, Prussian Consul to Calcutta, German Ambassador to the United States, awarded the 1st Class, Jan 5, 1903 * Anton von Werner (1871–1914), awarded the Order, 1st Class, 1912; previously awarded the 2nd Class * GenObst Felix Graf von Bothmer of Bavaria (1852–1937), conferred with the Order, 1st Class, January 17, 1914 * Gen-Lt Philipp von Hellingrath of Bavaria (1862–1939), awarded the 1st Class with Swords, Nov 14, 1918; previously awarded the 2nd Class (7 Jun 1914) * Henry William, Baron de Bülow awarded the Order 1st Class, Envoy Extraordinary & Minister Plenipotentiary to Her Majesty Queen Victoria * Eduard von Jachmann, Prussian Vice Admiral, awarded 1st Class with Swords Foreign * Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince Talleyrand of France, Envoy of Emperor Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte) of the French, to Russia, 1807; conferred with both the Order of the Black Eagle and the Red Eagle, before 1807 * Alexander Kurakin, Prince Alexander Borisovich Kourakin of Russia, Envoy of Tsar Alexander I of Russia, to France, 1807; conferred with both the Black Eagle Order and Red Eagle Order, before 1807 * Leopold II of Belgium, Prince Leopold of Belgium (future Leopold II), Duke of Brabant, awarded the Order, 1st Class * Count Maximilian van Lerchenfeld-Koefering, Chamberlain to the King of Bavaria, and envoy to the United States; conferred before 1845 * Giustino Fortunato (1777–1862), Giustino Fortunato (1777–1862), prime minister of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, conferred with the Red Eagle Order in 1850 * Lieutenant General Pierre-Dominique Bazaine (1786–1838) French mathematician and engineer * Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, awarded the Order, 1st Class (for non-Christians), 1851 * Vicomte Vincent-Victor Henri de Vaublanc, Chamberlain to the King of Bavaria, October 21, 1856 * Kemal Effendi, Turkish Ambassador to Berlin, awarded the Order, 1st Class (for non-Christians), July 2, 1857 * Prince Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan (1850–1918), son of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Naser al-Din Shah, King of Persia. * President Paul Kruger (1825–1904), President of the Transvaal (first award in 1884, elevated to First Class in 1896) *
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(1830–1920), Austrian field marshal, Austro-Hungarian General Staff, chief of the general staff of the Common Army, Imperial and Royal Army of Austria-Hungary, awarded in 1888; elevated to First Class in Diamonds, 6 September 1891 * Marquis Saionji Kinmochi (1849–1940), Japanese minister to Berlin, October 15, 1891 * Edward Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon (1846–1914), Lord-in-Waiting, in connection with the visit of Emperor Wilhelm II to the United Kingdom in late 1899. * Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Marshall, Colonel of the 1st Royal Dragoons, in connection with the visit of Emperor Wilhelm II to the United Kingdom in late 1899. * Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny (1840–1914), Adjutant-general of the British Forces, invested in September 1902 when he visited Prussia for German Army maneuvers. * Lieutenant-General Sir John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, John French (1852–1925), invested in September 1902 when he visited Prussia for German Army maneuvers. * Baron Saitō Makoto (1858–1936), Japanese Navy Minister, February 26, 1907 * Liang Cheng (1864–1917), Chinese minister to Berlin, March 6, 1913


Knights 2nd Class (1810–1918)

German * Mayer Carl Frhr von Rothschild (1820–1886), King's Court-Banker for Frankfurt, awarded the 2nd Class (for non-Christians), August 14, 1857 * Dr. Albert Sigismund Jaspis (1809–1885), Generalsuperintendant of Pommern in Stettin, awarded the 2nd Class, with Bow, by Kaiser Wilhelm I, 1/18/1863 * Anton von Werner (1871–1914), court painter to the Prussian royal family; awarded the Order 2nd Class, Jan 20, 1895, and awarded the breast star of the 2nd Class, Mar 30, 1902 * Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff, Johann Heinrich Frhr von Bernstorff (1862–1939), Ambassador to the United States, conferred with the Order, 2nd Class, on December 24, 1909 * Gen der INF Otto von Below (1857–1944), awarded the Order, 2nd Class, with oak leaves and with breast star, bef. 1914 * Gen. der INF Karl von Fasbender, Karl Rttr von Fasbender of Bavaria (1852–1933), conferred with the Order, 2nd Class, with Crown, and with breast star * Gen der INF Paul Rttr von Kuenßl of Bavaria (1862–1928), awarded the 2nd Class with swords, 12 JUN 1915; previously awarded the 4th Class, pre-World War I * Gen-Lt Nikolaus Rttr von Endres of Bavaria (1862–1938), awarded the 2nd Class with swords24 AUG 1917; previously awarded the 3rd Class with swords, pre-World War I * Gen-Lt (later Gen der KAV) Alfred von Kühne (1853–1945); awarded the 2nd Class in 1912 when he first retired from the army. * Gen der Kav Ludwig von Gebsattel, Ludwig Freiherr von Gebsattel of Bavaria (1857–1930), awarded the 2nd Class with breast star; previously awarded the 3rd Class with Crown * Gen-Lt (later Gen der KAV) Otto von Stetten of Bavaria (1862–1937); awarded the 2nd Class, prior to World War I * Gen-Lt ( and later Gen der ARTy) Hermann frhr von Stein (1859–1928); awarded the 2nd Class with swords & the 2nd Class breast star with swords, 20 JAN 1917; previously awarded the 3rd Class, prior to World War I * Gen-Maj ( later Gen-Lt) Ludwig Rttr von Tutschek of Bavaria (1864–1937); awarded the 2nd Class with Swords, 3 Feb 1917; previously awarded the 4th Class, prior to World War I * Gen-Lt (later Gen der INF) Hermann von Kuhl (1858–1956); awarded the 2nd Class with Oak Leaves and swords, and the 2nd Class breast star, 15 JAN 1916 & 12 JAN 1918 * Gen-Lt Wilhelm Groener, Wilhelm Gröner of Württemberg (1867–1939), awarded the 2nd Class with Crown & Swords, and with breast star, 15 Jun 1918; previously awarded the 2nd Class w/o breast star (16 AUG 1917), 3rd Class (19 JUL 1913), 4th Class with Crown (17 Sep 1909); & 4th Class (11 SEP 1907) * Gen-Lt Constantin Wilhelm Albert Müller, awarded the breast star of the Order, 2nd Class, with Oak leaves and Swords, by Kaiser Wilhelm II, 10/23/1918; Previously awarded the 3rd Class with Crown and Swords * Vice ADM Franz von Hipper (?), German hero of the Battle of the Jutland; awarded the Order, 2nd Class; previously awarded the 3rd Class with Bow and 4th Class with Crown * Vizeadmiral (Vice Admiral) and Admiral à la suite (honorary [full] Admiral) Bernhard Otto Curt von Prittwitz und Gaffron (1849–1922); veteran of the Austro-Prussian War and Franco-Prussian War, closely linked with Großadmiral (Grand Admiral) Prince Heinrich of Prussia, his frequent predecessor in various naval command stations. * Baron Guenther Heinrich von Berg (1765–1843) Statesman, Doctor of Law, Judge, Legislator. Invested 28 June 1820. * Bernard Hebeler (1794–1862) Prussian Consul-General awarded the Order 2nd Class, by Frederick William IV of Prussia, 1842 Foreign * Mustafa-ed-din Bey, Turkish First Dragoman, awarded the 2nd Class (for non-Christians), September 14, 1855 * Mohammed Essad Safvet-Effendi, Turkish Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, awarded the 2nd Class (for non-Christians), September 14, 1855 * Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe of Great Britain (1859–1935), awarded the Order, 2nd Class, with swords, for actions in China during the Boxer Rebellion, where he served as a captain. * Captain Edward Henry Bayly, Royal Navy, Captain of HMS Aurora (1887), HMS ''Aurora'', awarded the Order, 2nd class, with swords, for services in China during the Boxer Rebellion. * Charles Thomas Jackson, American physician and scientist who was active in medicine, chemistry, mineralogy, and geology. * Frederick J.V. Skiff, Field Museum of Chicago, Paris Exhibition (1900) organizer, and Director of Exhibits, St. Louis Exhibition (1906), awarded 2nd Class, Jan 12, 1906, for work with the St. Louis World's Fair * J.P. Morgan (1837–1913), American Banker, honored after giving an original letter from Martin Luther to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor Charles V back to Germany, June 26, 1911 * Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University, for building the exchange program between American and German professors, and winner of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize * Professor Hugo Münsterberg, Harvard Exchange Professor at Berlin, awarded the Order, 2nd Class, August 23, 1911 * James Speyer, American banker and president of the banking house Speyer & Company, awarded the 2nd Class, Jan 20, 1912 * His Princely Highness Pakubuwono X (1866–1939), the 10th Susuhunan, ruler of the past Surakarta (now in present Surakarta, Indonesia), awarded the Order, 2nd Class, with Star. * Wilhelm Lenk von Wolfsberg, Wilhelm Freiherr Lenk von Wolfsberg (1809–1894), Austrian Feldzeugmeister, owner of the Corps Artillery Regiment No. 4 and scientist, awarded the 2nd Class in 1861 * Maj-Gen the Hon Edward James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley CB, CMG, DSO, MVO (1857–1934) of Great Britain's King's Royal Rifle Corps. * Dudley Marjoribanks, 3rd Baron Tweedmouth (1874–1935), invested in September 1902 when he visited Prussia for German Army maneuvers.


Knights 3rd Class (1810–1918)

* Jan Willem Louis van Oordt (1808–1884), awarded the Knights Cross, 3rd Class, for services to the Imperial Navy, 1850 * Major (later Field Marshal)
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(1803–1879) – awarded the Knights Cross, 3rd Class for actions and service during the Baden insurrection, 1848 * Oberst (Colonel) Louis Lust, commander of the Captain-Cadet School, awarded the Knight's Cross, 3rd Class, with Bow, by Kaiser Wilhelm I, 12/19/1878 * Captain Hans-Wilhelm von Dresky (later Rear Admiral) – awarded the Knight's Cross, 3rd Class, with swords and ribbon, for actions while in command of the cruiser SMS Habicht. * Hermann Wissmann, Hermann von Wissmann, awarded the 3rd Class with Crown and Swords, September 3, 1894 * Oberst Friedrich von Scholl, awarded the 3rd Class with Crown and Swords, 1895 * Oberst Pavel, awarded the 3rd Class with Crown and Swords for actions in Cameroon, 1902 * Hauptmann (army Captain) Franke, awarded the 3rd Class with Crown and Swords, for actions in South West Africa (Namibia), 1904 * Käptain zur Sea (naval Captain) Pohl, awarded the 3rd Class with Crown and Swords for actions in East Asia, 1905 * Oberst (future Generalleutnant) Constantin Wilhelm Albert von Müller, awarded the 3rd Class with Crown and Swords for actions in Cameroon, 1905 * John Schroers, Chairman of Education and the Educational Congresses, and later Director of the St. Louis World's Fair, 1904–1906; awarded the 3rd Class, Feb 23, 1905, for work with the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis World's Fair * Oberstleutnant von Estorff, awarded the 3rd Class with Crown and Swords for actions in South West Africa, 1905 * Howard J. Rogers, Chief of the Department of Education & Social Economics, involved with Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis Exhibition (1906); awarded the 3rd Class, Jan. 12, 1906, for work with the St. Louis World's Fair * Oberst Constantin von Falkenhayn, commander of 5. Badisches Infantry-Regiment Nr 113, awarded the 3rd Class, with Bow, June 1913 * George II of Greece, Georg, Crown Prince of Greece (Later King George II of Greece), awarded the 3rd Class with Crown and Swords, 1913 * Gen der Art. Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen of Bavaria (1862–1953); Received the Order, 3rd Class, before World War I * Gen der Kav Ludwig von Gebsattel, Ludwig Freiherr von Gebsattel, awarded the 3rd Class with Crown; later awarded the 2nd Class with breast star * Oberst (later Gen-Maj) Hans Rttr von Hemmer of Bavaria (1869–1931); awarded 3rd Class with swords, 15 MAY 1915; previously awarded the 4th Class, pre-World War I * R-Adm Franz von Hipper; awarded the 3rd Class with Crown, date unknown * Oberst (Colonel) Richard Franz Joseph Haegele, awarded the 3rd Class, with Bow and Swords (two times black, three white striped ribbon), 12/14/1916 * Oberst , awarded the 3rd Class, with Bow and Swords (2 x black, 3 x white), 12/22/1917 * Rittmeister (cavalry Captain) Manfred von Richthofen, Manfred Albrecht Frhr von Richthofen (1892–1918) also known as "The Red Baron", awarded the 3rd Class, with Crown & Swords, for earning an unprecedented 70th aerial victory as Germany's top fighter ace of the Great War, April 6, 1918. This was one of only two such awards during the Great War for someone of company grade rank. * Oberst Klehmet, awarded the 3rd Class, with Bow and Swords (2 x black, 3 x white), 5/25/1918 * Oberstleutnant Maercker, awarded the 3rd Class with Crown and Swords for actions during the Great War, November 16, 1918 * Mathew Kiely, Chief of Police St. Louis, Missouri (1901–1906), received the Order 3rd Class for his department's commendable performance during the 1902 visit of Prince Henry * Lt.Col. E. H. Swayne, Somerset Light Infantry without swords *George Limbrey Sclater-Booth, 2nd Baron Basing, Lt.Col. George Limbrey Sclater-Booth, 2nd Baron Basing, 1st The Royal Dragoons without swords * ''Vizeadmiral'' Alfred Meyer-Waldeck, date unknown''German Imperial Naval Cabinet, Marinekabinett'' (Hrsg.): ''Rangliste der Kaiserlich Deutschen Marine.'' E.S. Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1914, p. 110 (in German).


Knights 4th Class (1830–1918)

* Maj. E.D.Bally, Somerset Light Infantry * Sevki Bey, District Governor of Aclun (Northern Syria, Ottoman Empire), awarded the 4th Class * Ernst von Bibra, Dr. Ernst Freiherr von Bibra 1854 (1806 – 1878) was a German Naturalist (Natural history scientist) and author. Ernst was a botanist, zoologist, metallurgist, chemist, geographer, travel writer, novelist, duellist, art collector and trailblazer in ethnopsychopharmacology. * Hauptmann Curt von Brandenstein, 1879–1964, Pour le Me'rite 26.9.1918, HOH w/ Swords, Hessian Bravery medal, Leibregiment Grossherzogin (3. Grossherzoglich Hessisches) Nr.117 * Captain von Dresky (later Rear Admiral) – awarded the 4th Class, with swords, for actions at Miang while in command of the cruiser SMS ''Habicht'' * Hauptmann (Captain) Constantin von Falkenhayn, awarded the 4th Class, for service in the Füsilier-Regiment Fürst Karl-Anton von Hohenzollern (Hohenzollernsches) Nr 40, January 1900 * Rittmeister Richard Franz Joseph Haegele, awarded the 4th Class, 10/21/1901, for service as commander of the East Asian Field Bakery in the Prussian Army; Later awarded the 4th Class with Swords, for actions in South West Africa (modern day Namibia) * Heinrich Johannes Halke, awarded the 4th Class, 1/18/1886 * Rittmeister (later Generalmajor) Arthur Hay, prior-enlisted cavalry officer, May 12, 1901 * General Wilhelm Heye, awarded the 4th Class with swords * Leutnant Paul von Hindenburg (later GFM & Reichspräsident) – awarded the 4th Class, with swords, after actions against the Austrians at Königrätz, July 3, 1866 * Charles John Hexamer (1862–1921), co-founded and first president of the National German-American Alliance, awarded in 1904 * Tarleton Hoffman Bean (1846–1916), first Curator of Fishes at the Smithsonian Institution; Director of the Forestry and Fisheries exhibit at the Paris Exhibition, 1900; Chief of the Departments of Fish, Game and Forestry, St. Louis World's Fair, 1902–05; awarded the 4th Class, Jan 12, 1906, for work with the St. Louis World's Fair * First Lieutenant Carl Hermann Arthur Finster (1865–1929), Author and Diplomat, 1908 * Joseph Austin Holmes (1859–1915), geologist, and first director of the Bureau of Mines, credited with advances in mine safety, and for the slogan "Safety First"; Chief of Mines and Metallurgy at the St. Louis World's Fair, 1904–1906; awarded the 4th Class, Jan 12, 1906, for work with the St. Louis World's Fair * F.D. Hirschberg, Chairman of Reception and Entertainment, St Louis World's Fair, 1904–1906; awarded the 4th Class, Jan 12, 1906, for work with the St. Louis World's Fair * Prof. Otto Jaekel (1863–1929), geologist and paleontologist, awarded April 3, 1913 * Obst-Lt (later Gen der Artillerie) Friedrich Kreß von Kressenstein, Friedrich Frhr. Kreß von Kressenstein of Bavaria (1870–1948); awarded the 4th Class prior to World War I * John H. McGibbons, Secretary of Awards for Division of Exhibitions, St. Louis World's Fair, 1904–1906; awarded the 4th Class, Jan 12, 1906, for work with the St. Louis World's Fair * Lt.Col. Hon. George Henry Morris, Irish Guards * Dr. Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer, botanist and conchologist, 1875 * Premierleutnant (First Lieutenant) Ernst von Prittwitz und Gaffron, awarded the 4th Class in 1864 * Carl Friedrich Rohte, awarded the 4th Class, 8/22/1907, for service to the Crown * Hermann Aleksander Eduard von Salza, Russian Navy, 1910 * Ernst Friederich Ludwig Scheyder, Amtsrat, presented with Red Eagle August 10, 1911, for dedicated service to the crown * Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856–1915), mechanical engineer; President of the American Society of mechanical Engineers, who is credited for innovations in management principles; awarded the 4th Class, Jan. 12, 1906, for work with St. Louis World's Fair * Adolf Werner (Artillery Officer), awarded the 4th Class, 1904 * Lt.Col. L.E.C.Worthington-Wilmer, Somerset Light Infantry Image:Red_Eagle-Certificate.jpg, Order of the Red Eagle, 4th Class, certificate given to Ernst Friedrich Ludwig Scheyder in 1911 Image:Ernst-Friedrich-Ludwig-Scheyder-Photo.jpg, Ernst Friedrich Ludwig Scheyder


Medal for Enlisted Men

* Musicmeister Jacob Peuppus, 2. Infanterie-Regiments Kronprinz; awarded November 16, 1900 * Feldwebel August Keller, 2. Infanterie-Regiments Kronprinz; awarded November 16, 1900 * Sergenten Maximilian Büchert, 2. Infanterie-Regiments Kronprinz; awarded November 16, 1900 * Wachtmeister Otto Grieszing, 1. Schwerin Reiter-Regiment Prinz Karl von Bayern; awarded November 16, 1900 * Matthias Kürmeher, 4. Infanterie-Regiments, König Wilhelm von Württemberg; awarded June 15, 1903 * Karl Lemnitz, 2. Fuß-Artillerie-Regiments, Königliche von Preußen; awarded June 15, 1903 * Fortunatus Klun, Hof-Saal-Kammerdiener, Saaldienst, Obersthofmeister Staab, Austria Hungary; awarded 1903 * Adolf Zimmerman, Hof-Saal-Türhüter, Saaldienst, Obersthofmeister Staab, Austria Hungary; awarded 1903 * Thomas Drozda, Hof-Saal-Türhüter, Saaldienst, Obersthofmeister Staab, Austria Hungary; awarded 1903 * Franz Fahnier, Hof-Saal-Türhüter, Saaldienst, Obersthofmeister Staab, Austria Hungary; awarded 1903 * Josef Kramlinger, Hof-Saal-Türhüter, Saaldienst, Obersthofmeister Staab, Austria Hungary; awarded 1903 * Josef Blaha, Hof-Saal-Türhüter, Saaldienst, Obersthofmeister Staab, Austria Hungary; awarded 1903 * Georg Schögl, Hof-Saal-Türhüter, Saaldienst, Obersthofmeister Staab, Austria Hungary; awarded 1903


Sources

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Tilsit, July 7, 1807. * ''Verordnungsblatt des Königlich bayerischen Kriegsministeriums'', Munich: Kingdom of Bavaria, 1900 * ''Verordnungsblatt des Königlich bayerischen Kriegsministeriums'', Munich: Kingdom of Bavaria, 1903


References

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