19th and 20th century state and dynastic orders
43. The Order of the Queen Saint Isabel (est. 1801 in the Kingdom of Portugal), still awarded today as a dynastic order by the head of the House of Braganza (previously by the King of Portugal) as an order exclusively for women.
44. The House Order of the Rue Crown (est. 1807 in the Kingdom of Saxony), still awarded today as dynastic order of the House of Wettin (Saxony) , previously by the King of Saxony.
45. The Royal Order of Charles XIII (est. 1811 in the Kingdom of Sweden), still awarded today by the Swedish monarch independently of the Swedish government as an order of merit for high-ranking freemasons of the Protestant faith and not considered one of the royal Swedish orders of chivalry
46. The Royal and Military Order of St Ferdinand (est. 1811 in the Kingdom of Spain, confirmed 1815), still awarded today by the Spanish monarch on recommendation and with countersignature of the Minister of Defense and approval of the Council of Ministers.
47. The Royal and Military Order of St. Hermenegild (est. 1814 in the Kingdom of Spain), still awarded today by the Spanish monarch on recommendation and with countersignature of the Minister of Defense and approval of the Council of Ministers.
48. The Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic (est. 1815 in the Kingdom of Spain, originally as the Royal and American Order of Isabella the Catholic) , still awarded today by the Spanish monarch on recommendation and with countersignature of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and approval of the Council of Ministers.
49. The Military William’s Order (est. 1815 in the Kingdom of the Netherlands), still awarded today by the Dutch monarch on recommendation and with approval of the Dutch government.
50. The Order of the Netherlands Lion (est. 1815 in the Kingdom of the Netherlands), still awarded today by the Dutch monarch on recommendation and with approval of the Dutch government.
51. The Royal Guelphic Order (est. 1815 by the Prince Regent, later King George IV of the United Kingdom, as an order of the Kingdom of Hanover), still awarded today as a dynastic order of the House of Guelph (Hanover), previously by the King of Hanover.
52. The Order of St Joseph (est 1817 in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany), still awarded today as a dynastic order of the House of Habsburg-Tuscany.
53. The Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (est. 1818 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland), still awarded today by the British monarch on the recommendation of the British government or on recommendation of the government of a Commonwealth realm (in the latter case, as monarch of the respective realm).
54. The Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (est. 1818 in the Kingdom of Portugal), still awarded today as a dynastic order by the head of the House of Braganza (previously by the King of Portugal).
55. The Order of the Redeemer (est. 1829 in the Kingdom of Greece), awarded today as an order of merit by the President of the Hellenic Republic, but also awarded independently as a dynastic order by the deposed former King Constantine II of the Hellenes.
56. The Order of the White Eagle (originally founded in 1705 as an order of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, established as an order of the Russian Empire in 1830), still awarded today as a dynastic order by the Romanov pretender to the Russian imperial throne; a separate order under the same name is also awarded today as an order of merit by the President of Poland.
57. The Order of St. Ludovico (est. 1829 in the Duchy of Lucca; order of the Duchy of Parma from 1836), still awarded today as a dynastic order by the head of the House of Bourbon-Parma.
58. The Civil Order of Savoy (est. 1831 in the Kingdom of Sardinia), still awarded today as a dynastic order by the head of the House of Savoy (formerly by the King of Italy).
59. The Order of Leopold (est. 1832 in the Kingdom of Belgium), still awarded today by the Belgian monarch on recommendation and with approval of the Belgian government.
60. The Order of St George (est. 1839 in the Kingdom of Hanover), stil awarded today as a dynastic order of the House of Guelph (Hanover), previously by the King of Hanover.
61. The Royal Order of St. Olav (est. 1847 in the Kingdom of Norway), still awarded today by the Norwegian monarch on recommendation of the order’s chapter.
62. The House Order of Hohenzollern (est. 1851 in the Kingdom of Prussia), still awarded today as a dynastic order by the the head of House of Hohenzollern (previously the King of Prussia and the German Emperor).
63. The Order of the Golden Lion of the House of Nassau (est. 1852 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg), still awarded today by the Grand Duke of Luxembourg and rarely by the Dutch monarch, as a dynastic order in the personal gift of the monarch.
64. The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India (est. 1861 by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom as Empress of India), currently dormant (i.e., no longer awarded).
65. The Order of the Crown of Italy (est. 1868 in the Kingdom of Italy), awarded until 1983 by the deposed former King Umberto II of Italy, currently inactive.
66. The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire (est. 1878 by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom as Empress of India), currently dormant (i.e., no longer awarded).
67. The Imperial Order of the Crown of India (est. 1878 by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom as Empress of India), currently dormant (i.e., no longer awarded).
68. The Order of the Crown (est. 1881 in the Kingdom of Romania), still awarded today as a dynastic order by the Custodian of the Romanian Crown.
69. The Order of the African Star (est. 1888 by King Leopold II of the Belgians as Sovereign of the Congo Free State), became a Belgian national order in 1908, currently dormant (i.e., no longer awarded).
70. The Royal Order of the Lion (est. 1891 by King Leopold II of the Belgians as Sovereign of the Congo Free State), became a Belgian national order in 1908, currently dormant (i.e., no longer awarded).
71. The Order of Orange-Nassau (est. 1892 in the Kingdom of the Netherlands), still awarded by the Dutch monarch on recommendation and with the approval of the Dutch government.
72. The Royal Victorian Order (est. 1896 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland), still awarded today in the personal gift of the British monarch.
73. The Order of the Crown (est. 1897 by King Leopold II of the Belgians as Sovereign of the Congo Free State), became a Belgian national order in 1908, still awarded today by the Belgian monarch on recommendation and with approval of the Belgian government.
74. The Order of Leopold II (est. 1900 by King Leopold II of the Belgians as Sovereign of the Congo Free State), became a Belgian national order in 1908, still awarded today by the Belgian monarch on recommendation and with approval of the Belgian government.
75. The Order of Merit (est. 1902 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland), still awarded today as a single-grade order of merit in the personal gift of the British monarch.
76. The Order of Alfonso XII (est. 1902 in the Kingdom of Spain, renamed the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise in 1939), still awarded today by the Spanish monarch on recommendation and with countersignature of the Minister of Education and approval of the Council of Ministers.
77. The Order of the House of Orange (est. 1905 in the Kingdom of the Netherlands), split in 1969 into the Order of the House of Orange, the Order of the Crown, and the Order for Loyalty and Merit, still awarded today in the personal gift of the Dutch monarch.
78. The Order of Charles I (est. 1905 in the Kingdom of Romania), still awarded today by the Custodian of the Romanian Crown.
79. The Order of Michael the Brave (est. 1916 in the Kingdom of Romania), re-established in 2000 as a military order of merit awarded by the President of Romania.
80. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (est. 1917 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland), still awarded today by the British monarch as an order of chivalry on the recommendation of British government or the government of a Commonwealth realm (in the latter case, as the monarch of the respective realm).
81. The Order of the Companions of Honour (est. 1917 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland), still awarded today by the British monarch as a single-grade order of merit on the recommendation of British government or the government of a Commonwealth realm (in the latter case, as the monarch of the respective realm).
82. The Order of Civil Merit (est. 1926 in the Kingdom of Spain), still awarded today by the Spanish monarch on recommendation and with countersignature of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and approval of the Council of Ministers.
83. The Order of the Saints George and Constantine (est. 1936 in the Kingdom of Greece), still awarded today as a dynastic order by the deposed former King Constantine II of the Hellenes.
84. The Order of the Saints Olga and Sophia (est. 1936 in the Kingdom of Greece), still awarded today as a dynastic order by the deposed former King Constantine II of the Hellenes.
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