Order of the United Hearts

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The Order of the United Hearts , Ordre de la Concorde , was a Nassau order of knights .

It was donated on March 15, 1696 by the two princes of Nassau . As founders are William of Nassau-Dillenburg and Franz Alexander, Prince of Nassau-Hadamarn called. The occasion was the preservation and assurance of mutual friendship and the preservation of harmony. In this order the admission of foreigners was possible.

The order decoration was an enamelled heart with the two donors' names on the sides.

literature

  • Ferdinand von Biedenfeld: History and constitution of all ecclesiastical and secular, extinct and prosperous orders of knights together with an overview of all military and civil decorations, medals and an atlas with almost 500 illuminated images . Volume 1, Verlag Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Weimar 1841, p. 164.
  • Pierer's Universal Lexicon of the Past and Present or ... Volume 4, APPierer Publishing House, Altenburg 1858, p. 337.