Order of the Doge

The Order of the Doge was one of several orders of knights in the Republic of Venice . This order was an award next to the state of the republic. It was donated and awarded by the Doge as lord of the state on his own responsibility and therefore bore the name. The foundation date is not known.

Order decoration

The order decoration was a golden Maltese cross , a twelve-pointed blue. enamelled, gold-rimmed cross. In the middle shield was the winged lion of St. Mark .

The order became extinct with the fall of the republic in 1798.

literature

• Johann Samuelersch , Johann Gottfried Gruber u. a .: General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts . Brockhaus, Leipzig 1835 (167 vols., Here especially vol. 16, p. 279).
• Heinrich August Pierer : Universal encyclopedia of the present and the past . 4th edition. Pierer, Altenburg 1857–1865 (26 vols., Here especially vol. 5, 1858, p. 214.)