Order of Philip the Magnanimous
Order of Philip the Magnanimous Orden Philipps des Großmütigen | |
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Type | Order of Merit |
Established | 1 May 1840 |
Motto | SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS |
Status | Monarchy dissolved in 1918. |
Sovereign | Grand Duke of Hesse |
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Last induction | 1918 |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Ludwig Order (before 1875); Order of the Golden Lion (after 1875) |
Next (lower) | Order of the Star of Brabant |
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The Order of Philip the Magnanimous (German: Orden Philipps des Großmütigen) was an Order of Merit established on 1 May 1840 by Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse. The order was founded on the name day of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse in his honour as a general order of merit.
Recipients[]
- Alexander II of Russia
- Alexander of Battenberg
- Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine
- Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
- Otto von Bismarck
- Heinrich Bone
- Julius von Bose
- Bernhard von Bülow
- Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine
- Edward VII
- Alfred Mordaunt Egerton
- Hermann von Eichhorn
- Emich, Prince of Leiningen
- Prince Ernest Augustus, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale
- Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
- Ferdinand, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
- Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg
- Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse
- Gustav, Prince of Vasa
- Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
- Prince Henry of Battenberg
- Oskar von Hutier
- Kamehameha V
- Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
- Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse
- Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse
- Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
- Prince Louis of Battenberg
- Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia
- Jean-Baptiste Nothomb (Grand Cross)
- Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel
- Eberhard Graf von Schmettow
- Ganga Singh
- Otto Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
- Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Alfred von Tirpitz
- Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkov
- William I, German Emperor
References[]
- : Deutsche Orden und Ehrenzeichen bis 1945, Band I – Anhalt-Hohenzollern, Zentralstelle für wissenschaftliche Ordenskunde, München 1997, ISBN 3-00-00-1396-2
Categories:
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Hesse
- House of Hesse-Kassel
- 1840 establishments in the Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Awards established in 1840