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Franchet d'Esperey.svg|Louis Franchet d'Esperey<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of France<br>knighted 1928</span> | Franchet d'Esperey.svg|Louis 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;">Divisional General of the French Army<br>knighted 1929</span> | Berthelot.svg|Henri Mathias Berthelot<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Divisional General of the French Army<br>knighted 1929</span> | ||
Constantin Prezan.svg|Constantin Prezan<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Romania<br>knighted 1930</span> | |||
Alexandru Averescu.svg|Alexandru Averescu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Romania<br>knighted 1930</span> | Alexandru Averescu.svg|Alexandru Averescu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Romania<br>knighted 1930</span> | ||
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Revision as of 18:54, 16 February 2025
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
-
Head of the Order
also the King of Romania
.svg)
- 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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Prince Emanuele Filiberto
2nd Duke of Aosta
knighted 1919 -
Armando Diaz
1st Duke of the Victory
Marshal of Italy
knighted 1919 -
Joseph Joffre
Marshal of France
knighted 1919 -
Michael Pătrașcu the Brave
Prince of Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldavia
knighted post mortem 1920 -
John J. Pershing
General of the Armies
knighted 1920 -
Douglas Haig
1st Earl Haig of Bemersyde
Field Marshal
knighted 1920 -
Edmund Allenby
1st Viscount Allenby
Field Marshal
knighted 1920 -
Ferdinand Foch
Marshal of France
knighted 1920 -
Philippe Pétain
Marshal of France
knighted 1920 -
Józef Piłsudski
Chief of State of the Republic of Poland
Marshal 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
Admiral of the Fleet
knighted 1924 -
Albert I
King of the Belgians
knighted 1924 -
Pietro Badoglio
1st Duke of Addis Abeba
Marshal of Italy
knighted 1926 -
Louis Franchet d'Esperey
Marshal of France
knighted 1928 -
Henri Mathias Berthelot
Divisional General of the French Army
knighted 1929 -
Constantin Prezan
Marshal of Romania
knighted 1930 -
Alexandru Averescu
Marshal of Romania
knighted 1930
.svg)
- Knights in the Romanian War of Reunification
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Ion Antonescu
Conducător of the State
Marshal of Romania
knighted 1941 -
Hermann Göring
Reichsmarschall
knighted 1941 -
Erich Raeder
Großadmiral
knighted 1941 -
Walther von Brauchitsch
Generalfeldmarschall
knighted 1941 -
Wilhelm Keitel
Generalfeldmarschall
knighted 1941 -
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Baron Mannerheim
6th President of Finland
Marshal of Finland
knighted 1941 -
Gerd von Rundstedt
Generalfeldmarschall
knighted 1942 -
Fedor von Bock
Generalfeldmarschall
knighted 1942 -
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist
Generalfeldmarschall
knighted 1942 -
Friedrich Paulus
Generalfeldmarschall
knighted 1943 -
Umberto II
King of Italy
knighted 1943 -
Fyodor Tolbukhin
Marshal of the Soviet Union
knighted 1947 -
Ivan Susaikov
Colonel General of the Soviet Army
knighted 1947 -
Josip Broz Tito
1st President of Yugoslavia
Marshal of Yugoslavia
knighted 1947
