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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<br>and was named in honour of Michael the Brave, a late 16th century Prince of Wallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia,<br>the first Romanian to rule over the three Danubian Principalities.
Badge of the Order of Michael the Brave.svg|Instituted by King Ferdinand I at the start of the Romanian War of Unification and named in honour of Prince Michael the Brave, the first to rule over the three Danubian Principalities around the year 1600
 
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Badge of the Order of Michael the Brave.svg
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Order of Michael the Brave (standard).svg|Order of Michael the Brave
Order of Michael the Brave (standard).svg|Order of Michael the Brave
King of Romania, 1922.svg|Head of the Order<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">also the King of Romania</span>
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Romania 1921.svg|Ferdinand I ''the Unifier''<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Romania<br>1916-1927</span>
Romania 1921.svg|Charles II<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Romania<br>1930-1940</span>
Romania 1921.svg|Michael I<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Romania<br>1927-1930 and 1940-1947</span>
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<gallery caption="Sovereigns" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
<gallery caption="Knights in the Romanian War of Unification" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
Kingdom of Romania 1921.svg|Ferdinand I ''the Unifier''<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Romania</span>
Savoy-Aosta.svg|Prince Emanuele Filiberto<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Duke of Aosta<br>Knighted in 1919</span>
Kingdom of Romania 1921.svg|Charles II<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Romania</span>
Armando Diaz.svg|Armando Diaz<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Duke of the Victory<br>Marshal of Italy<br>Knighted in 1919</span>
Kingdom of Romania 1921.svg|Michael I<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Romania</span>
Joseph Joffre.svg|Joseph Joffre<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of France<br>Knighted in 1919</span>
Michael Pătrașcu 'the Brave'.svg|Michael Pătrașcu ''the Brave''<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Prince of Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldavia<br>Knighted ''post mortem'' in 1920</span>
Unknown Arms.svg|John J. Pershing<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">General of the Armies<br>Knighted in 1920</span>
Douglas Haig.svg|Douglas Haig<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Earl Haig of Bemersyde<br>Field Marshal<br>Knighted in 1920</span>
Allenby.svg|Edmund Allenby<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Viscount Allenby<br>Field Marshal<br>Knighted in 1920</span>
Ferdinand Foch.svg|Ferdinand Foch<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of France<br>Knighted in 1920</span>
Philippe Pétain.svg|Philippe Pétain<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of France<br>Knighted in 1920</span>
Piłsudski.svg|Józef Piłsudski<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Chief of State of the Republic of Poland<br>Marshal of Poland<br>Knighted in 1920</span>
Yugoslavia (1918–1941).svg|Alexander I<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Yugoslavia<br>Knighted in 1922</span>
Queen Victoria.svg|George V<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Great Britain and Ireland<br>Knighted in 1924</span>
David Beatty, Earl Beatty.svg|David Beatty<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Earl Beatty<br>Admiral of the Fleet<br>Knighted in 1924</span>
Brabant.svg|Albert I<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of the Belgians<br>Knighted in 1924</span>
Metal-Argent.svg|Pietro Badoglio<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Duke of Addis Abeba<br>Marshal of Italy<br>Knighted in 1926</span>
Franchet d'Esperey.svg|Louis Franchet d'Esperey<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of France<br>Knighted in 1928</span>
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>
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>
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<gallery caption="Knights" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
<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;">
Savoy-Nemours Ancient.svg|Emanuele Filiberto<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Aosta</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>
Armando Diaz.svg|Armando Diaz<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of the Victory</span>
Hermann Göring.svg|Hermann Göring<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Reichsmarschall''<br>Knighted in 1941</span>
Joseph Joffre.svg|Joseph Joffre<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of France</span>
Unknown Arms.svg|Erich Raeder<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Großadmiral''<br>Knighted in 1941</span>
Douglas Haig.svg|Douglas Haig<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Earl Haig</span>
Brauchitsch.svg|Walther von Brauchitsch<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Generalfeldmarschall''<br>Knighted in 1941</span>
Franchet d'Esperey.svg|Franchet d'Esperey<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">General in the Republican French Army</span>
Kettler.svg|Wilhelm Keitel<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Generalfeldmarschall''<br>Knighted in 1941</span>
Ferdinand Foch.svg|Ferdinand Foch<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of France</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>
David Beatty, Earl Beatty.svg|David Beatty<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Earl Beatty</span>
Rundstedt.svg|Gerd von Rundstedt<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Generalfeldmarschall''<br>Knighted in 1942</span>
Raoul I Estrées.svg|Georges Guynemer<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Captain in the Republican French Army</span>
Bock.svg|Fedor von Bock<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Generalfeldmarschall''<br>Knighted in 1942</span>
Queen Victoria.svg|George V<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Great Britain and Ireland</span>
Kleist.svg|Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Generalfeldmarschall''<br>Knighted in 1942</span>
Kingdom of Romania 1921.svg|Nicholas<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Prince of Romania</span>
Unknown Arms.svg|Friedrich Paulus<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Generalfeldmarschall''<br>Knighted in 1943</span>
Piłsudski.svg|Józef Piłsudski<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">President of Poland</span>
Savoy.svg|Umberto II<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Italy<br>Knighted in 1943</span>
Miclescu.svg|Victor Miclescu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Major in the Royal Romanian Army</span>
Unknown Arms.svg|Fyodor Tolbukhin<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of the Soviet Union<br>Knighted in 1947</span>
Asan-Micșunești și Polizo.svg|Nicolae Polizu-Micșunești<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lieutenant in the Royal Romanian Army</span>
Unknown Arms.svg|Ivan Susaikov<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Colonel General in the Soviet Army<br>Knighted in 1947</span>
Miclescu.svg|Nicolae Miclescu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Captain in the Royal Romanian Army</span>
Unknown Arms.svg|Josip Broz ''Tito''<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st President of Yugoslavia<br>Marshal of Yugoslavia<br>Knighted in 1947</span>
Hermann Göring.svg|Hermann Göring<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Germany</span>
Manstein.svg|Erich von Manstein<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Germany</span>
Bock.svg|Fedor von Bock<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Germany</span>
Brauchitsch.svg|Walther von Brauchitsch<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Germany</span>
Pannwitz.svg|Helmuth von Pannwitz ''the Last Knight of Europe''<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">General in the Nazi German Army</span>
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Latest revision as of 11:37, 7 January 2026

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

    Order of Michael the Brave

  • Head of the Order also the King of Romania

    Head of the Order
    also the King of Romania

  • Heads of the Order
  • Ferdinand I the Unifier King of Romania 1916-1927

    Ferdinand I the Unifier
    King of Romania
    1916-1927

  • Charles II King of Romania 1930-1940

    Charles II
    King of Romania
    1930-1940

  • Michael I King of Romania 1927-1930 and 1940-1947

    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

    Prince Emanuele Filiberto
    2nd Duke of Aosta
    Knighted in 1919

  • Armando Diaz 1st Duke of the Victory Marshal of Italy Knighted in 1919

    Armando Diaz
    1st Duke of the Victory
    Marshal of Italy
    Knighted in 1919

  • Joseph Joffre Marshal of France 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

    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

    John J. Pershing
    General of the Armies
    Knighted in 1920

  • Douglas Haig 1st Earl Haig of Bemersyde Field Marshal 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

    Edmund Allenby
    1st Viscount Allenby
    Field Marshal
    Knighted in 1920

  • Ferdinand Foch Marshal of France Knighted in 1920

    Ferdinand Foch
    Marshal of France
    Knighted in 1920

  • Philippe Pétain 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

    Józef Piłsudski
    Chief of State of the Republic of Poland
    Marshal of Poland
    Knighted in 1920

  • Alexander I King of Yugoslavia Knighted in 1922

    Alexander I
    King of Yugoslavia
    Knighted in 1922

  • George V King of Great Britain and Ireland Knighted in 1924

    George V
    King of Great Britain and Ireland
    Knighted in 1924

  • David Beatty 1st Earl Beatty Admiral of the Fleet Knighted in 1924

    David Beatty
    1st Earl Beatty
    Admiral of the Fleet
    Knighted in 1924

  • Albert I King of the Belgians 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

    Pietro Badoglio
    1st Duke of Addis Abeba
    Marshal of Italy
    Knighted in 1926

  • Louis Franchet d'Esperey Marshal of France Knighted in 1928

    Louis Franchet d'Esperey
    Marshal of France
    Knighted in 1928

  • Henri Mathias Berthelot Divisional General of the French Army Knighted in 1929

    Henri Mathias Berthelot
    Divisional General of the French Army
    Knighted in 1929

  • Constantin Prezan Marshal of Romania Knighted in 1930

    Constantin Prezan
    Marshal of Romania
    Knighted in 1930

  • Alexandru Averescu Marshal of Romania Knighted in 1930 Tinctures conjectured

    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

    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

    Hermann Göring
    Reichsmarschall
    Knighted in 1941

  • Erich Raeder Großadmiral Knighted in 1941

    Erich Raeder
    Großadmiral
    Knighted in 1941

  • Walther von Brauchitsch Generalfeldmarschall Knighted in 1941

    Walther von Brauchitsch
    Generalfeldmarschall
    Knighted in 1941

  • Wilhelm Keitel 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

    Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
    Baron Mannerheim
    6th President of Finland
    Marshal of Finland
    Knighted in 1941

  • Gerd von Rundstedt Generalfeldmarschall Knighted in 1942

    Gerd von Rundstedt
    Generalfeldmarschall
    Knighted in 1942

  • Fedor von Bock Generalfeldmarschall Knighted in 1942

    Fedor von Bock
    Generalfeldmarschall
    Knighted in 1942

  • Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist Generalfeldmarschall Knighted in 1942

    Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist
    Generalfeldmarschall
    Knighted in 1942

  • Friedrich Paulus Generalfeldmarschall Knighted in 1943

    Friedrich Paulus
    Generalfeldmarschall
    Knighted in 1943

  • Umberto II King of Italy Knighted in 1943

    Umberto II
    King of Italy
    Knighted in 1943

  • Fyodor Tolbukhin Marshal of the Soviet Union Knighted in 1947

    Fyodor Tolbukhin
    Marshal of the Soviet Union
    Knighted in 1947

  • Ivan Susaikov Colonel General in the Soviet Army 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

    Josip Broz Tito
    1st President of Yugoslavia
    Marshal of Yugoslavia
    Knighted in 1947

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