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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 Nádasdy<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of the Székelys</span>
Nádasdy Ancient.svg|19. Michael Nádasdy<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of the Székelys</span>
Perényi Ancient.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 Ancient.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>

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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.