Friedrich Order
Friedrich Order (Friedrichs-Orden) | |
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Type | Military order |
Awarded for | Bravery and exceptionally meritorious deeds in combat |
Presented by | The Kingdom of Württemberg |
Eligibility | Württemberg military officers and officers of allied states |
Status | Obsolete |
Established | 1 January 1830 |
First awarded | 1830 |
Last awarded | 1918 |
The Friedrich Order (German: Friedrichs-Orden or Friedrichsorden) was an order of merit of the German Kingdom of Württemberg. It was instituted on 1 January 1830 by the second king of Württemberg, Wilhelm I in remembrance of his father, King Friedrich I.[1] In 1918, the end of the monarchy meant the abolition of the order.
Classes
[edit]The order was created with a single class, conferring nobility. On 3 January 1856, the Order was recreated with four classes were created and on 29 September 1870 a Knight 1st Class and a military division with swords were added (existing Knights were appointed Knights 1st Class). In 1892 the "Medal of the Order of Frederick" was added to the order.[2] An additional rank was created on 6 March 1899, the Grand Cross with Crown (or Crown of the Grand Cross).
The classes were:
- Grand Cross with Crown
- Grand Cross
- Commander 1st Class
- Commander 2nd Class
- Knight 1st Class
- Knight 2nd Class
- Medal
The ribbon was skyblue.
Recipients
[edit]Grand Crosses
[edit]- Duke Adam of Württemberg
- Eugen von Albori
- Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
- Alexander, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg
- Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1804–1885)
- Alexis, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt
- Prince August of Württemberg
- Gustav Bachmann
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck
- Herbert von Bismarck
- Max von Boehn (general)
- Paul von Breitenbach
- Bernhard von Bülow
- Stephan Burián von Rajecz
- Carl, Duke of Württemberg
- Charles I of Württemberg
- Bohuslav, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin
- Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
- Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
- Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
- Géza Fejérváry
- Prince Frederick of Württemberg
- Woldemar Freedericksz
- Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia
- Friedrich von Gerok (officer)
- Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz
- Heinrich von Gossler
- Gottlieb Graf von Haeseler
- Wilhelm von Hahnke
- Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz
- Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1825–1901)
- Paul von Hindenburg
- Eberhard von Hofacker
- Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler
- Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern
- Hans von Kirchbach
- Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
- Prince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
- Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen
- Alexander von Linsingen
- Otto von Moser
- Georg Alexander von Müller
- Duke Nicholas of Württemberg
- Adolphe Niel
- Duke Paul Wilhelm of Württemberg
- Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
- Philipp Ernst, 8th Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
- Duke Philipp of Württemberg
- Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg
- Hans von Plessen
- Antoni Wilhelm Radziwiłł
- Duke Robert of Württemberg
- Gustav Rümelin
- Willem Anne Schimmelpenninck van der Oye
- Alfred von Schlieffen
- Gustav von Senden-Bibran
- Heinrich von Stephan
- Francis, Duke of Teck
- Alfred von Tirpitz
- Reginald Tower
- Julius von Verdy du Vernois
- Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein
- Alfred von Waldersee
- Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach
- Wilhelm, Duke of Urach
- William II of Württemberg
- Duke William of Württemberg
- Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1846–1877)
- Ferdinand von Zeppelin
- August zu Eulenburg
Commanders 1st Class
[edit]Commanders 2nd Class
[edit]Knights 1st Class
[edit]- Paul Bader
- Ludwig Beck
- Gottlob Berger
- Moritz von Bissing
- Walther von Brauchitsch
- Charles of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
- Kurt Eberhard
- Walther Fischer von Weikersthal
- Werner von Fritsch
- Curt Haase
- Paul Hausser
- Waldemar Henrici
- Paul Hocheisen
- Leonhard Kaupisch
- Maximilian von Laffert
- Oswald Lutz
- Erich von Manstein
- Franz Mattenklott
- Curt von Morgen
- Erwin Rommel
- Richard Ruoff
- Ehrhard Schmidt
- Hans Schmidt (general of the Infantry)
- Hugo Sperrle
- Hans Graf von Sponeck
- Aaron Tänzer
- Walther Wever (general)