Order of Charles XIII
The order of Charles XIII. is a Swedish knightly order , on May 27, 1811 by King Charles XIII. was donated by Sweden . Order day is January 28th ("Karlstag").
Foundation purpose and structure
Only a Freemason of the Swedish Rite in the XI. and are accepted to the highest degree with a Protestant creed. The purpose of the order is to encourage lodge members to charity and to reward civic virtue.
The number of members is limited to 33 living men, a maximum of three of them may belong to the clergy and a maximum of ten may be foreigners; Members of the “royal blood” are not counted. The minimum age is set at 36 years, royal princes of Sweden belong to the order when they are born.
The order consists of only one knight class, but the knights are called ledamöter ("members"). The king himself is the grand master of the order titled Herre och Mästare (“Lord and Master”), and he awards the knighthood.
As a royal medal of merit not part of the “system” of Swedish state medals, it escaped the abolition of the Swedish medals in 1975 and continues to be given to Swedish citizens.
Order decoration
Religious character in red-enameled gold succinct cross that of a golden royal crown surmounted. The white enamelled medallion in the middle of the cross is edged with gold. In the middle of the medallion are the intertwined donor initials C twice and XIII . The C stands for the spelling Carl . On the back in the white triangle there is a G as a Masonic symbol.
The medal is worn on a monochrome red ribbon as a neck medal . A cross made of red cloth or red enamel has belonged to the order since 1822 ; this accessory is worn on the chest. There is a special costume (see illustration).
In contrast to the Masonic decorations, the medal can also be worn outside the lodge as a royal order of merit.
Members (selection)
Current members
from the Swedish royal family:
- Carl XVI. Gustaf , King of Sweden
- Carl Philip of Sweden , only son of Carl XVI. Gustaf
- Nicolas of Sweden , son of Princess Madeleine
- Oscar of Sweden , son of Crown Princess Victoria
- Alexander of Sweden , elder son of Prince Carl Philip
- Gabriel of Sweden , younger son of Prince Carl Philip
from Sweden:
- Göran Andersson , physicist and electrical engineer
Foreigners:
former members
from the Swedish royal family:
- King Charles XIII
- King Karl XIV. Johann
- King Oskar I. , only son of Karl XIV. Johann
- King Charles XV , oldest son of Oskar I.
- Prince Gustav of Sweden , second son of Oskar I.
- King Oskar II , third son of Oskar I.
- Prince August of Sweden, fourth and youngest son of Oskar I.
- Hereditary Prince Karl Oskar, only son of Karl XV.
- King Gustav V , eldest son of Oskar II.
- Prince Oskar Bernadotte, second son of Oskar II (leaving the royal family)
- Prince Carl of Sweden , third son of Oskar II.
- Prince Eugene of Sweden , fourth and youngest son of Oskar II.
- King Gustav VI. Adolf , eldest son of Gustav V.
- Prince Wilhelm of Sweden , second son of Gustav V.
- Prince Erik Gustaf of Sweden , third and youngest son of Gustav V.
- Prince Carl Bernadotte, only son of Prince Carl (leaving the royal family)
- Hereditary Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden , eldest son of Gustav VI. Adolf
- Sigvard Bernadotte , second son of Gustav VI. Adolf (leaving the royal family)
- Prince Bertil of Sweden , third son of Gustav VI. Adolf
- Carl Johan Bernadotte , fourth and youngest son of Gustav VI. Adolf (leaving the royal family)
- Lennart Bernadotte , only son of Prince Wilhelm (leaving the royal family)
from Sweden and Norway:
- Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm , Swedish statesman
- Magnus Fredrik Brahe , count and spokesman for the Swedish nobility
- Eric Ruuth , Swedish count, politician and marshal
- Peder Anker , Norwegian statesman
- Gudmund Jöran Adlerbeth , Swedish statesman, scholar and poet
- Christian Ehrenfried von Weigel (son)
- Thure Leonard Klinckowström , Swedish High Court Marshal and President of the Wismar Tribunal
- Carl Axel Löwenhielm , Swedish count, military, diplomat and minister
- Magnus Huss , Swedish doctor
- Henrik Reuterdahl , Swedish Archbishop
- Oscar Dickson , Swedish patron
- Cato Maximilian Guldberg , Norwegian mathematician and chemist
- Nils Christofer Dunér , Swedish astronomer
- Bernhard Paus , Norwegian surgeon and Masonic Grand Master
Foreigners:
- Wilhelm I , German Emperor and King of Prussia
- Friedrich III. , German Emperor and King of Prussia
- Edward VII , King of Great Britain and Ireland
- Frederick VII , King of Denmark
- Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn , British Field Marshal and Governor General of Canada
- Wilhelm Friedrich Karl of Orange-Nassau , Prince of the Netherlands
- Karl Friedrich von Selasinsky , German general, master of the order of the Freemasons
- Caesar Carl Ludwig von Dachroeden , Mecklenburg-Strelitz court marshal, master of the order of the Freemasons
- Gustav von Ziegler , German general, master of the order of the Freemasons
- Alexis Bravmann Schmidt , German journalist and philosopher, master of the order of the Freemasons
- Friedrich Leopold of Prussia , Master of the Masonic Order
- Wilhelm Augustin Balthasar-Wolfradt , Privy Council of War, Master of the Order of the Freemasons
literature
- Anton Frans Karl Anjou: Riddare af Konung Carl XIII: s orden 1811-1900. Biografiska anteckningar. Eskjö 1900. ( digitized version )
- Tom C. Bergroth: Kungl. Carl XIII: s Order 1811 - "til uppmuntran och belöning för medborgerliga och välgörande bemödanden til nödlidandes och Allmänt gagn" , Stockholm 2002.
- Eugen Lennhoff, Oskar Posner, Dieter A. Binder: Internationales Freemaurer-Lexikon , special edition, Herbig: Munich 2006, p. 628.
