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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<br>and was named in honour of Michael the Brave, a late 16th century Prince of Wallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia,<br>the first Romanian to rule over the three Danubian Principalities. <gallery mode="nolines" widths="600px" heights="400px" caption="" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;"> Badge of the Order of Michael the Brave.svg </gallery> <gallery caption="Standards" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;"> Order of Michael the Brave (standard).svg|Order of Michael the Brave King of Romania, 1922.svg|Head of the Order<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">also the King of Romania</span> </gallery> <gallery caption="Heads of the Order" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;"> Romania 1921.svg|Ferdinand I ''the Unifier''<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Romania<br>1916-1927</span> Romania 1921.svg|Charles II<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Romania<br>1930-1940</span> Romania 1921.svg|Michael I<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Romania<br>1927-1930 and 1940-1947</span> </gallery> <gallery caption="Knights in the Romanian War of Unification" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;"> Savoy-Aosta.svg|Prince Emanuele Filiberto<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">2nd Duke of Aosta<br>Knighted in 1919</span> Armando Diaz.svg|Armando Diaz<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Duke of the Victory<br>Marshal of Italy<br>Knighted in 1919</span> Joseph Joffre.svg|Joseph Joffre<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of France<br>Knighted in 1919</span> Michael Pătrașcu 'the Brave'.svg|Michael Pătrașcu ''the Brave''<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Prince of Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldavia<br>Knighted ''post mortem'' in 1920</span> Metal-Argent.svg|John J. Pershing<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">General of the Armies<br>Knighted in 1920</span> Douglas Haig.svg|Douglas Haig<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Earl Haig of Bemersyde<br>Field Marshal<br>Knighted in 1920</span> Metal-Argent.svg|Edmund Allenby<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Viscount Allenby<br>Field Marshal<br>Knighted in 1920</span> Ferdinand Foch.svg|Ferdinand Foch<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of France<br>Knighted in 1920</span> Metal-Argent.svg|Philippe Pétain<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of France<br>Knighted in 1920</span> Piłsudski.svg|Józef Piłsudski<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Chief of State of the Republic of Poland<br>Marshal of Poland<br>Knighted in 1920</span> Yugoslavia (1918–1941).svg|Alexander I<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Yugoslavia<br>Knighted in 1922</span> Queen Victoria.svg|George V<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Great Britain and Ireland<br>Knighted in 1924</span> David Beatty, Earl Beatty.svg|David Beatty<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Earl Beatty<br>Admiral of the Fleet<br>Knighted in 1924</span> Brabant.svg|Albert I<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of the Belgians<br>Knighted in 1924</span> Metal-Argent.svg|Pietro Badoglio<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Duke of Addis Abeba<br>Marshal of Italy<br>Knighted in 1926</span> Franchet d'Esperey.svg|Louis Franchet d'Esperey<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of France<br>Knighted in 1928</span> Berthelot.svg|Henri Mathias Berthelot<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Divisional General of the French Army<br>Knighted in 1929</span> Constantin Prezan.svg|Constantin Prezan<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Romania<br>Knighted in 1930</span> Alexandru Averescu.svg|Alexandru Averescu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of Romania<br>Knighted in 1930</span> </gallery> <gallery caption="Knights in the Romanian War of Reunification" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;"> Metal-Argent.svg|Ion Antonescu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Conducător'' of the State<br>Marshal of Romania<br>Knighted in 1941</span> Hermann Göring.svg|Hermann Göring<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Reichsmarschall''<br>Knighted in 1941</span> Metal-Argent.svg|Erich Raeder<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Großadmiral''<br>Knighted in 1941</span> Brauchitsch.svg|Walther von Brauchitsch<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Generalfeldmarschall''<br>Knighted in 1941</span> Kettler.svg|Wilhelm Keitel<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Generalfeldmarschall''<br>Knighted in 1941</span> Metal-Argent.svg|Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Baron Mannerheim<br>6th President of Finland<br>Marshal of Finland<br>Knighted in 1941</span> Rundstedt.svg|Gerd von Rundstedt<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Generalfeldmarschall''<br>Knighted in 1942</span> Bock.svg|Fedor von Bock<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Generalfeldmarschall''<br>Knighted in 1942</span> Kleist.svg|Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Generalfeldmarschall''<br>Knighted in 1942</span> Metal-Argent.svg|Friedrich Paulus<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">''Generalfeldmarschall''<br>Knighted in 1943</span> Savoy.svg|Umberto II<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Italy<br>Knighted in 1943</span> Metal-Argent.svg|Fyodor Tolbukhin<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marshal of the Soviet Union<br>Knighted in 1947</span> Metal-Argent.svg|Ivan Susaikov<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Colonel General in the Soviet Army<br>Knighted in 1947</span> Metal-Argent.svg|Josip Broz ''Tito''<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st President of Yugoslavia<br>Marshal of Yugoslavia<br>Knighted in 1947</span> </gallery>
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