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Naples Trastamara.svg|Ferdinand I of Naples<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Naples<br>Son of Alfonso V</span>
Naples Trastamara.svg|Ferdinand I of Naples<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Naples<br>Son of Alfonso V</span>
Benyovszky.svg|Benjamin Benyovszky<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Liptov</span>
Benyovszky.svg|Benjamin Benyovszky<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Liptov</span>
Wolkenstein.svg|Oswald von Wolkenstein
Wolkenstein.svg|Oswald von Wolkenstein<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Wolkenstein<br>Poet and diplomat</span>
Ulaszlo II.svg|Vladislaus II of Hungary<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Bohemia<br>King of Hungary and Croatia</span>
Ulaszlo II.svg|Vladislaus II of Hungary<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Bohemia<br>King of Hungary and Croatia</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>
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>
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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
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
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Revision as of 10:10, 25 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.