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Ezdegei Bessenyö.svg|17. Pál Ezdegei Bessenyö<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Ban of Croatia and Slavonia<br>Attributed tinctures</span>
Ezdegei Bessenyö.svg|17. Pál Ezdegei Bessenyö<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Ban of Croatia and Slavonia<br>Attributed tinctures</span>
Pécz.svg|18. Pál Pecsi<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Ban of Croatia and Slavonia</span>
Pécz.svg|18. Pál Pecsi<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Ban of Croatia and Slavonia</span>
Nadasdy.svg|19. Michael Nádasdi<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Son of Salamon Nádasdi, Count of the Székelys</span>
Nadasdy.svg|19. Michael Nádasdi<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of the Székelys</span>
Perényi.svg|20. Peter Perényi<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Máramaros</span>
Perényi.svg|20. Peter Perényi<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Máramaros</span>
Perényi.svg|21. Imre Perényi<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Royal Chancellor</span>
Perényi.svg|21. Imre Perényi<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Royal Chancellor</span>

Revision as of 20:23, 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.