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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 Nádasdy<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of the Székelys</span>
Nadasdy.svg|19. Michael Nádasdy<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 Ancient.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 Ancient.svg |21. Imre Perényi<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Royal Chancellor</span>
Garai.svg|22. Janos Garai<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Son of Nicholas Garai, Palatine of Hungary</span>
Garai.svg|22. Janos Garai<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Son of Nicholas Garai, Palatine of Hungary</span>
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Revision as of 05:59, 31 December 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.