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Szecsenyi.svg|12. Simon Szécsényi<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Guardian of the gates</span>
Szecsenyi.svg|12. Simon Szécsényi<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Guardian of the gates</span>
Kurjakovic Ancient.svg|13. John of Krbava<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Master of the court</span>
Kurjakovic Ancient.svg|13. John of Krbava<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Master of the court</span>
Alsani.svg|14. John Alsani<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Cupbearer</span>
Alsáni János.svg|14. John Alsani<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Cupbearer</span>
Lévai Cseh.svg|15. Peter Lévai Cseh<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Equerry</span>
Lévai Cseh.svg|15. Peter Lévai Cseh<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Equerry</span>
Csak.svg|16. Nicholas Csáki<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Voivode of Transylvania</span>
Csak.svg|16. Nicholas Csáki<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Voivode of Transylvania</span>

Revision as of 07:58, 31 March 2020

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.