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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;">
Queen Victoria.svg|George V<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Great Britain and Ireland</span>
Savoy-Aosta.svg|Emanuele Filiberto<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Aosta<br>knighted 1919</span>
Romania 1921.svg|Nicholas<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Prince of Romania</span>
Armando Diaz.svg|Armando Diaz<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of the Victory<br>knighted 1919</span>
Savoy-Aosta.svg|Emanuele Filiberto<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Aosta</span>
Joseph Joffre.svg|Joseph Joffre<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of France<br>knighted 1919</span>
Armando Diaz.svg|Armando Diaz<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of the Victory</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>
David Beatty, Earl Beatty.svg|David Beatty<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Earl Beatty</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>
Piłsudski.svg|Józef Piłsudski<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">President of Poland</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>
Joseph Joffre.svg|Joseph Joffre<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of France</span>
Metal-Argent.svg|Philippe Pétain<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of France<br>knighted 1920</span>
Berthelot.svg|Henri Mathias Berthelot<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">General in the Republican French Army</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;">General in the Republican French Army</span>
Yugoslavia (1918–1941).svg|Alexander I<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Yugoslavia<br>knighted 1922</span>
Florescu.svg|Ion Florescu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Colonel in the Royal Romanian Army</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>
Raoul I Estrées.svg|Georges Guynemer<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Captain in the Republican French Army</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;">
Bock.svg|Fedor von Bock<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Germany</span>
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>
Hermann Göring.svg|Hermann Göring<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Germany</span>
Metal-Argent.svg|Erich Raeder<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Admiral of Germany<br>knighted 1941</span>
Kleist.svg|Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist<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<br>knighted 1941</span>
Manstein.svg|Erich von Manstein<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Germany</span>
Kettler.svg|Wilhelm Keitel<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Germany<br>knighted 1941</span>
Rundstedt.svg|Gerd von Rundstedt<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Germany</span>
Metal-Argent.svg|Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Baron Mannerheim<br>knighted 1941</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>
Rundstedt.svg|Gerd von Rundstedt<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Germany<br>knighted 1942</span>
Moczulski.svg|Leonard Mociulschi<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">General in the Royal Romanian Army</span>
Bock.svg|Fedor von Bock<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Germany<br>knighted 1942</span>
Miclescu.svg|Victor Miclescu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Major in the Royal Romanian Army</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>
Miclescu.svg|Nicolae Miclescu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Captain in the Royal Romanian Army</span>
Metal-Argent.svg|Friedrich Paulus<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Germany<br>knighted 1943</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>
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.