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Wladyslawa II.svg|Wladyslaw II Jagiellon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Poland and Supreme Duke of Lithuania</span>
Wladyslawa II.svg|Wladyslaw II Jagiellon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Poland and Supreme Duke of Lithuania</span>
Lithuania Gedimidas.svg|Vytautas of Lithuania<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Grand Duke of Lithuania</span>
Lithuania Gedimidas.svg|Vytautas of Lithuania<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Grand Duke of Lithuania</span>
Habsburg-Styria.svg| Ernest of Austria<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Austria, Styria, Carinthia and Carniola</span>
Christopher III of Bavaria.svg|Christopher of Bavaria<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Denmark, Sweden and Norway<br>Count Palatine of Neumarkt</span>
Plantagenet 1406.svg|Henry V of England<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of England and Lord of Ireland<br>Duke of Aquitaine</span>
Plantagenet 1406.svg|Henry V of England<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of England and Lord of Ireland<br>Duke of Aquitaine</span>
Walsee Ancient.svg|Reinbrecht Walsee<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Austria</span>
Walsee Ancient.svg|Reinbrecht Walsee<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Austria</span>
Haag.svg|Hans Fraunberg<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Haag and Haidenburg</span>
Haag.svg|Hans Fraunberg<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Haag and Haidenburg</span>
Csapy.svg|András Csapy<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Baron of Eszén and Polyánka</span>
Csapy.svg|András Csapy<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Baron of Eszén and Polyánka</span>
Wartenberg.svg|Vinzenz von Wartenberg<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Colonel Burgrave of Bohemia</span>
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Revision as of 20:18, 29 July 2016

Order of the Dragon was a chivalric order founded in 1408 by Sigismund of Luxembourg.
It was fashioned after the military orders of the Crusades, requiring its initiates to defend the cross and fight the enemies of Christianity, in particular the Ottoman Turks.