Order of St. Ludwig

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Grand Cross
Cross of knights

The Order of St. Ludwig , also known as the Order of Saint Ludwig for civil merit , was founded on December 22nd, 1836 by Duke Karl II. Ludwig von Lucca . The award of the Grand Cross or the Commander's Cross was associated with hereditary nobility , and with the other classes, personal nobility. The order was repealed in 1883.

Order classes

  • 1st class - gold enamelled
  • II class - enamelled silver
  • III. Class - silver

After Duke Charles II took over the government in Parma in 1847 and the Duchy of Lucca fell by treaty to the Duchy of Tuscany , the order was placed in the series of the Parmanese orders. Duke Charles III. of Parma equipped the order on August 11, 1849 with new statutes and awarded it in five classes, whereby the number of members was limited.

  • Grand Cross - 20 members
  • Commander - 30 members
  • Knight - 1st class 60 members
  • Knight - II. Class 80 members
  • Holder cross - 100 members

Order decoration

The sign of the order is a lily end cross and shows on the front in the center a blue enameled coat of arms with the image of St. Ludwig in golden armor . From 1849 the coat of arms was supplemented by the circumferential inscription DEUS ET DIES . On the reverse, three golden Bourbon lilies can be seen in the coat of arms .

From 1849 onwards, a crown was attached between the cross and the support ring.

Carrying method

The ribbon was initially dark blue with two yellow stripes and was worn on the left chest.

After the amendments to the statutes, the ribbon was yellow and blue. The Grand Cross was carried with a sash over the right shoulder to the left hip and with a gold enameled breast star . Commanders wore a neck medal and a breast star, knights and holders the medal on a ribbon.

literature

  • Maximilian Gritzner : Handbook of the knight and merit orders of all civilized states in the world. Weber, Leipzig 1893 (reprint: Reprint-Verlag Leipzig, Holzminden 2000, ISBN 3-8262-0705-X ).
  • The orders, coats of arms and flags of all regents and states , Leipzig 1883–1887
  • FA Brockhaus in Leipzig, Berlin and Vienna, 14th edition, 1894–1896
  • Meyers Konversationslexikon, author collective, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig and Vienna, fourth edition, 1885–1892