Order of Michael the Brave
Romania's highest chivalric order, the Order of Michael the Brave was instituted by King Ferdinand the Unifier in the early stages of the Romanian War of Unification
and was named in honour of Michael the Brave, a late 16th century Prince of Wallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia,
the first Romanian to rule over the three Danubian Principalities.
- Standards
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Order of Michael the Brave
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Head of the Order
also the King of Romania
- Heads of the Order
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Ferdinand I the Unifier
King of Romania
1916-1927 -
Charles II
King of Romania
1930-1940 -
Michael I
King of Romania
1927-1930 and 1940-1947
- Knights in the Romanian War of Unification
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Emanuele Filiberto
Duke of Aosta
knighted 1919 -
Armando Diaz
Duke of the Victory
knighted 1919 -
Joseph Joffre
Marshal of France
knighted 1919 -
John J. Pershing
General in the American Army
knighted 1920 -
Constantin Prezan
Marshal of Romania
knighted 1920 -
Douglas Haig
1st Earl Haig of Bemersyde
knighted 1920 -
Edmund Allenby
1st Viscount Allenby
knighted 1920 -
Ferdinand Foch
Marshal of France
knighted 1920 -
Philippe Pétain
Marshal of France
knighted 1920 -
Józef Piłsudski
President of Poland
knighted 1920 -
Alexander I
King of Yugoslavia
knighted 1922 -
George V
King of Great Britain and Ireland
knighted 1924 -
David Beatty
1st Earl Beatty
knighted 1924 -
Pietro Badoglio
1st Duke of Addis Abeba
knighted 1926 -
Franchet d'Esperey
Marshal of France
knighted 1928 -
Henri Mathias Berthelot
General in the French Army
knighted 1929 -
Alexandru Averescu
Marshal of Romania
knighted 1930
- Knights in the Romanian War of Reunification
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Ion Antonescu
Conducător of Romania
knighted 1941 -
Hermann Göring
Marshal of Germany
knighted 1941 -
Erich Raeder
Admiral of Germany
knighted 1941 -
Walther von Brauchitsch
Marshal of Germany
knighted 1941 -
Wilhelm Keitel
Marshal of Germany
knighted 1941 -
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Baron Mannerheim
knighted 1941 -
Gerd von Rundstedt
Marshal of Germany
knighted 1942 -
Fedor von Bock
Marshal of Germany
knighted 1942 -
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist
Marshal of Germany
knighted 1942 -
Friedrich Paulus
Marshal of Germany
knighted 1943 -
Umberto II
King of Italy
knighted 1943 -
Fyodor Tolbukhin
Marshal of Russia
knighted 1947 -
Ivan Susaikov
General in the Russian Army
knighted 1947 -
Josip Broz Tito
President of Yugoslavia
knighted 1947