Princely Hohenlohe House and Phoenix orders

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The Fürstlich Hohenlohe House and Phoenix Order was the house order of the noble family Hohenlohe and was donated on December 29, 1757 by Prince Philip I of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst on his 95th birthday under the name of House Order Von der Goldenen Flamme . It originally served as a bond of friendship for his children, their descendants and close relatives.

Order cross
Order star

history

Prince Karl Albrecht I , the son of the founder, became head of the Hohenlohe-Waldenburg family as senior of the main line in 1763 and renewed the order in 1770 under the name House and Knight Order of the Phoenix , which was given to Germans of aristocracy with at least four ancestors and proven monastic status as well as to foreigners after a proven nobility test.

Prince Leopold zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein gave the order new statutes in 1795. The order was divided into two classes, the actual house order, which was awarded exclusively to members of the House of Hohenlohe and members of other royal and countial houses directly under the empire, the second class as a Phoenix order to nobles in the service of the House of Hohenlohe, foreign personalities of class and ladies could be.

Order decoration

The medal is a gold, white enameled Maltese cross . Three symbolic flames can be seen on each cross arm. Between the corners of the cross there are small golden tips, in the blue enamelled medallion , which is enclosed by a red enamelled ring, a phoenix rising from the flames . On the reverse the initials of the founder PE (Philipp Ernst) crowned by a princely hat .

The award was worn on a red ribbon with white and green side stripes.

The second class was awarded for the last time in 1829, the first class was awarded and worn with the approval of the King of Württemberg until the First World War .

literature

  • Maximilian Gritzner : Handbook of the knight and merit orders of all civilized states in the world. Leipzig 1893, p. 155f.

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