Saxe-Ernestine House Order

The Saxe-Ernestine House Order (German: Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden) was an order of merit instituted by Duke Friedrich of Saxe-Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe-Meiningen on 25 December 1833 as a joint award of the Saxon duchies.

Classes

At first, the Order consisted of five classes: Grand Cross, Commander's Cross with Star in First and Second Classes, and Knight's Cross in First and Second Classes. Awards were reserved for officers.

In 1864, a silver-gilt medal was added but subsequently suppressed in 1918, at the end of World War I. Gold and silver medals were also associated with the Order.

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha revival (2006)

In 2006, the head of the former ducal family of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince Andreas, created the "Ducal Saxe-Coburg-Gotha House Order" (Herzoglich Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha'sche Hausorden). It is based on the old Ducal Saxe-Ernestine House Order.

References

External links

• Media related to Saxe-Ernestine House Order at Wikimedia Commons
• House Orders – Website of the Ducal House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (in German)

1. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
2. Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
3. Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
4. House Order of Hohenzollern
5. Ernestine duchies
6. Friedrich Wilhelm von Lindeiner-Wildau
7. William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
8. House of Wettin
9. Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
10. Order of the Black Eagle
11. Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
12. Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau
13. Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg
14. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
15. Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg)
16. House Order of the Wendish Crown
17. Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
18. Orders, decorations, and medals of the German Empire
19. Order of Albert the Bear
20. Pour le Mérite