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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. | 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. | ||
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<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;"> | <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;"> | ||
Savoy-Aosta.svg|Emanuele Filiberto<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Aosta<br>knighted 1919</span> | |||
Armando Diaz.svg|Armando Diaz<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of the Victory<br>knighted 1919</span> | |||
Joseph Joffre.svg|Joseph Joffre<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of France<br>knighted 1919</span> | |||
Metal-Argent.svg|John J. Pershing<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">General in the American Army<br>knighted 1920</span> | |||
Metal-Argent.svg|Constantin Prezan<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Romania<br>knighted 1920</span> | |||
Douglas Haig.svg|Douglas Haig<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Earl Haig</span> | Douglas Haig.svg|Douglas Haig<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Earl Haig of Bemersyde<br>knighted 1920</span> | ||
Metal-Argent.svg|Edmund Allenby<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Viscount Allenby<br>knighted 1920</span> | |||
Ferdinand Foch.svg|Ferdinand Foch<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of France</span> | Ferdinand Foch.svg|Ferdinand Foch<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of France<br>knighted 1920</span> | ||
Metal-Argent.svg|Philippe Pétain<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of France<br>knighted 1920</span> | |||
Piłsudski.svg|Józef Piłsudski<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">President of Poland<br>knighted 1920</span> | |||
Franchet d'Esperey.svg|Franchet d'Esperey<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"> | Yugoslavia (1918–1941).svg|Alexander I<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Yugoslavia<br>knighted 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 1924</span> | |||
David Beatty, Earl Beatty.svg|David Beatty<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Earl Beatty<br>knighted 1924</span> | |||
Metal-Argent.svg|Pietro Badoglio<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Duke of Addis Abeba<br>knighted 1926</span> | |||
Franchet d'Esperey.svg|Franchet d'Esperey<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of France<br>knighted 1928</span> | |||
Berthelot.svg|Henri Mathias Berthelot<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">General in the French Army<br>knighted 1929</span> | |||
Metal-Argent.svg|Alexandru Averescu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Romania<br>knighted 1930</span> | |||
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<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;"> | <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;"> | ||
Metal-Argent.svg|Ion Antonescu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Conducător of Romania<br>knighted 1941</span> | |||
Brauchitsch.svg|Walther von Brauchitsch<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Germany</span> | Hermann Göring.svg|Hermann Göring<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Germany<br>knighted 1941</span> | ||
Metal-Argent.svg|Erich Raeder<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Admiral of Germany<br>knighted 1941</span> | |||
Brauchitsch.svg|Walther von Brauchitsch<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Germany<br>knighted 1941</span> | |||
Kettler.svg|Wilhelm Keitel<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Germany<br>knighted 1941</span> | |||
Metal-Argent.svg|Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Baron Mannerheim<br>knighted 1941</span> | |||
Rundstedt.svg|Gerd von Rundstedt<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Germany<br>knighted 1942</span> | |||
Bock.svg|Fedor von Bock<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Germany<br>knighted 1942</span> | |||
Kleist.svg|Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Germany<br>knighted 1942</span> | |||
Metal-Argent.svg|Friedrich Paulus<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Germany<br>knighted 1943</span> | |||
Savoy Italy.svg|Umberto II<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Italy<br>knighted 1943</span> | |||
Metal-Argent.svg|Fyodor Tolbukhin<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Russia<br>knighted 1947</span> | |||
Metal-Argent.svg|Ivan Susaikov<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">General in the Russian Army<br>knighted 1947</span> | |||
Metal-Argent.svg|Josip Broz Tito<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">President of Yugoslavia<br>knighted 1947</span> | |||
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Revision as of 05:55, 31 August 2021
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
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Order of Michael the Brave
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Head of the Order
also the King of Romania
- Heads of the Order
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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
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Emanuele Filiberto
Duke of Aosta
knighted 1919 -
Armando Diaz
Duke of the Victory
knighted 1919 -
Joseph Joffre
Marshal of France
knighted 1919 -
John J. Pershing
General in the American Army
knighted 1920 -
Constantin Prezan
Marshal of Romania
knighted 1920 -
Douglas Haig
1st Earl Haig of Bemersyde
knighted 1920 -
Edmund Allenby
1st Viscount Allenby
knighted 1920 -
Ferdinand Foch
Marshal of France
knighted 1920 -
Philippe Pétain
Marshal of France
knighted 1920 -
Józef Piłsudski
President of Poland
knighted 1920 -
Alexander I
King of Yugoslavia
knighted 1922 -
George V
King of Great Britain and Ireland
knighted 1924 -
David Beatty
1st Earl Beatty
knighted 1924 -
Pietro Badoglio
1st Duke of Addis Abeba
knighted 1926 -
Franchet d'Esperey
Marshal of France
knighted 1928 -
Henri Mathias Berthelot
General in the French Army
knighted 1929 -
Alexandru Averescu
Marshal of Romania
knighted 1930
- Knights in the Romanian War of Reunification
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Ion Antonescu
Conducător of Romania
knighted 1941 -
Hermann Göring
Marshal of Germany
knighted 1941 -
Erich Raeder
Admiral of Germany
knighted 1941 -
Walther von Brauchitsch
Marshal of Germany
knighted 1941 -
Wilhelm Keitel
Marshal of Germany
knighted 1941 -
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Baron Mannerheim
knighted 1941 -
Gerd von Rundstedt
Marshal of Germany
knighted 1942 -
Fedor von Bock
Marshal of Germany
knighted 1942 -
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist
Marshal of Germany
knighted 1942 -
Friedrich Paulus
Marshal of Germany
knighted 1943 -
Umberto II
King of Italy
knighted 1943 -
Fyodor Tolbukhin
Marshal of Russia
knighted 1947 -
Ivan Susaikov
General in the Russian Army
knighted 1947 -
Josip Broz Tito
President of Yugoslavia
knighted 1947