Order of Michael the Brave: Difference between revisions

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Romania's highest chivalric order, the Order of Michael the Brave was instituted by King Ferdinand the Unifier in the early stages of the Romanian War of Unification
and was named in honour of Michael the Brave, a late 16th century Prince of Wallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia,
the first Romanian to rule over the three Danubian Principalities.

Standards
Order of Michael the Brave
Head of the Order
also the King of Romania

Heads of the Order
Ferdinand I the Unifier
King of Romania
1916-1927
Charles II
King of Romania
1930-1940
Michael I
King of Romania
1927-1930 and 1940-1947

Knights in the Romanian War of Unification
Prince Emanuele Filiberto
2nd Duke of Aosta
Knighted in 1919
Armando Diaz
1st Duke of the Victory
Marshal of Italy
Knighted in 1919
Joseph Joffre
Marshal of France
Knighted in 1919
Michael Pătrașcu the Brave
Prince of Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldavia
Knighted post mortem in 1920
John J. Pershing
General of the Armies
Knighted in 1920
Douglas Haig
1st Earl Haig of Bemersyde
Field Marshal
Knighted in 1920
Edmund Allenby
1st Viscount Allenby
Field Marshal
Knighted in 1920
Ferdinand Foch
Marshal of France
Knighted in 1920
Philippe Pétain
Marshal of France
Knighted in 1920
Józef Piłsudski
Chief of State of the Republic of Poland
Marshal of Poland
Knighted in 1920
Alexander I
King of Yugoslavia
Knighted in 1922
George V
King of Great Britain and Ireland
Knighted in 1924
David Beatty
1st Earl Beatty
Admiral of the Fleet
Knighted in 1924
Albert I
King of the Belgians
Knighted in 1924
Pietro Badoglio
1st Duke of Addis Abeba
Marshal of Italy
Knighted in 1926
Louis Franchet d'Esperey
Marshal of France
Knighted in 1928
Henri Mathias Berthelot
Divisional General of the French Army
Knighted in 1929
Constantin Prezan
Marshal of Romania
Knighted in 1930
Alexandru Averescu
Marshal of Romania
Knighted in 1930
Tinctures conjectured

Knights in the Romanian War of Reunification
Ion Antonescu
Conducător of the State
Marshal of Romania
Knighted in 1941
Was not armigerous, but used a personal standard
Hermann Göring
Reichsmarschall
Knighted in 1941
Erich Raeder
Großadmiral
Knighted in 1941
Walther von Brauchitsch
Generalfeldmarschall
Knighted in 1941
Wilhelm Keitel
Generalfeldmarschall
Knighted in 1941
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Baron Mannerheim
6th President of Finland
Marshal of Finland
Knighted in 1941
Gerd von Rundstedt
Generalfeldmarschall
Knighted in 1942
Fedor von Bock
Generalfeldmarschall
Knighted in 1942
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist
Generalfeldmarschall
Knighted in 1942
Friedrich Paulus
Generalfeldmarschall
Knighted in 1943
Umberto II
King of Italy
Knighted in 1943
Fyodor Tolbukhin
Marshal of the Soviet Union
Knighted in 1947
Ivan Susaikov
Colonel General in the Soviet Army
Knighted in 1947
Josip Broz Tito
1st President of Yugoslavia
Marshal of Yugoslavia
Knighted in 1947

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 Berthelot.svg|Henri Mathias Berthelot<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Divisional General of the French Army<br>Knighted in 1929</span>
 Unknown Arms.svg|Constantin Prezan<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Romania<br>Knighted in 1930</span>
-Unknown Arms.svg|Alexandru Averescu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Romania<br>Knighted in 1930</span>
+Averescu.svg|Alexandru Averescu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Romania<br>Knighted in 1930<br>Tinctures conjectured</span>
 </gallery>
 <gallery caption="Knights in the Romanian War of Reunification" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
-Unknown Arms.svg|Ion Antonescu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Conducător'' of the State<br>Marshal of Romania<br>Knighted in 1941</span>
+Ruler of Romania, 1940.svg|Ion Antonescu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Conducător'' of the State<br>Marshal of Romania<br>Knighted in 1941<br>Was not armigerous, but used a personal standard</span>
 Hermann Göring.svg|Hermann Göring<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Reichsmarschall''<br>Knighted in 1941</span>
 Unknown Arms.svg|Erich Raeder<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Großadmiral''<br>Knighted in 1941</span>
 Brauchitsch.svg|Walther von Brauchitsch<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Generalfeldmarschall''<br>Knighted in 1941</span>
 Kettler.svg|Wilhelm Keitel<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Generalfeldmarschall''<br>Knighted in 1941</span>
-Metal-Argent.svg|Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Baron Mannerheim<br>6th President of Finland<br>Marshal of Finland<br>Knighted in 1941</span>
+Mannerheim.svg|Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Baron Mannerheim<br>6th President of Finland<br>Marshal of Finland<br>Knighted in 1941</span>
 Rundstedt.svg|Gerd von Rundstedt<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Generalfeldmarschall''<br>Knighted in 1942</span>
 Bock.svg|Fedor von Bock<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Generalfeldmarschall''<br>Knighted in 1942</span>