Ordre de l'Union Parfaite

Queen consort Sophie Magdalene
The medal with its dark blue ribbon can be clearly seen.

The Ordre de l'Union Parfaite was created by Queen consort Sophie Magdalene of Denmark and Norway on August 7, 1732, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of her happy marriage with King Christian VI of Denmark and Norway. Given to both men and women, L'Union Parfaite was the first Dano-Norwegian order. Its motto was In felicissimæ Unionis Memoriam ("In Commemoration of the Happiest [Marital] Union").^[1]

Conferral of the Order ceased after the death of the Queen on May 7, 1770.

The French name can be translated as Order of the Perfect Union or Order of Friendship. The use of French was not unusual in the eighteenth century royal Danish court or in Sophie Magdalene's German homeland, where other such examples exist, such as the Ordre pour le Mérite and the Ordre de la Sincérité.

Insignia

Badge, Ordre de l'Union Parfaite

The badge or "jewel" of the Order was a white enamelled cross, each arm of which was capped by a golden crown. Between the arms, a golden Norwegian lion bearing a golden, white-shafted halberd alternated with a red-enamelled, golden-headed Brandenburg eagle. A blue oval medallion, encircled by diamonds, imposed on the center of the cross displayed the crowned intertwined monograms of Sophie Magdalene and Christian VI. The silk ribbon was dark blue, edged with silver (the ribbon has become discolored over the centuries, but the original hue can still be seen in numerous painted portraits of the recipients).

Gentlemen wore the cross in a left buttonhole of their coats. Ladies bore it on their left breasts.^[2]

Recipients

Men

Count Frederik von Ahlefeldt (1770)^[3]
Count Frederik Carl Christian Ulrik Ahlefeldt (1770)^[4]
Count Christian Conrad Danneskiold-Laurvig (1758)^[5]
Friedrich Carl, Duke of Holstein-Plön (by 1759)^[6]
Gustav Grüner (1751)^[7]
Count Carl von Hesse-Cassel (March 31, 1759)^[8]
Count Frederick von Hesse-Cassel (March 31, 1759)^[8]
Count Christian Christoffer Holck (1764)^[9]
Baron Adam Christopher Holsten^[10]
Poul Vendelbo de Løvenørn (1739)^[11]
Volrad August von der Lühe (1747)^[12]
Count Adam Gottlob Moltke (1747)^[13]
Frederik Christian von Møsting (1763)^[14]
Count Frederik von Oertz (1761)^[15]
Johann Christoph von Reitzenstein^[16]
Claus Reventlow (1751)^[17]
Count Ditlev Reventlow (1756)^[18]
Count Conrad Detlev Reventlow (1750)^[19]
Mogens Rosenkrantz (1763)^[20]
Baron Holger Rosenkrantz (1767)^[21]
Baron Verner Rosenkrantz (1763)^[22]
Andreas Rosenpalm^[23]
Count Hans Schack (1735-1796) (1763)^[24]
Count Werner von der Schulenburg (1750)^[25]
Baron Georg Wilhelm von Søhlenthal (1738)^[26]
Henrik Stampe (1770)^[27]
Christian von Støcken (1761)^[28]
Frederik Christian von Qualen (1768)^[29]
Baron Frederik Wilhelm Wedel-Jarlsberg (1763)^[30]
Adam Levin von Witzleben (1732)^[31]
Frederick Louis von Woyda (1767)^[32]

Women

Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Christine Sophie von Gähler (née von Ahlefeldt) (1765)^[33]
Amalie Juliane von Günterrode^[34]
Christine Armgard, Duchess of Holstein-Plön (by 1759)^[6]
Countess Anna Joachima Danneskiold-Laurvig (née von Ahlefeldt)^[35]
Dorothea Christine, Princess of Denmark (by 1759)^[6]
Sophia Magdalena Krag Juel Vind
Eleonora Marie von Lüttichau^[36]
Margrethe Marie Thomasine Numsen
Anna Susanna von der Osten^[37]
Charlotte Dorothea Reventlow (née Scheel von Plessen)^[38]^[39]
Countess Anna Sophie Schack^[40]
Princess Wilhelmina Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Nordborg-Pløens (1749)^[41]
Charlotte Amalie Skeel (1750)
Margarete Giedde Vind^[42]
Frederica of Württemberg (1699-1781)^[43]

Sources

Ackermann, Gustav Adolph (1855). Ordensbuch sämmtlicher in Europa blühender und erloschener Orden und Ehrenzeichen (in German). Annaberg: Rudolf & Dieterici. p. 221. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
Andersen, Carl (1867). Rosenborg: mindeblade fra de danske kongers kronologiske samling (in Danish). Copenhagen: Forlagsbureauet. p. 67. Retrieved January 11, 2010.

Footnotes

↑ Ackermann, Gustav Adolph (1855). Ordensbuch sämmtlicher in Europa blühender und erloschener Orden und Ehrenzeichen (in German). Annaberg: Rudolf & Dieterici. p. 221. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
↑ Andersen, Carl (1867). Rosenborg: mindeblade fra de danske kongers kronologiske samling (in Danish). Copenhagen: Forlagsbureauet. p. 67. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1887–1905). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). I. Bind. Aaberg - Beaumelle. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1887–1905). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). I. Bind. Aaberg - Beaumelle. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1887–1905). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). IV. Bind. Clemens - Eynden. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
1 2 3 Carsten Porskrog Rasmussen, Die Fürsten des Landes: Herzöge und Grafen von Schleswig, Holstein und Lauenburg; Neumünster, Germany: Wachholtz Verlag, 2008; page 304.
↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1887–1905). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). VI. Bind. Gerson - H. Hansen. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
1 2 Andersen, Carl (1867). Rosenborg: mindeblade fra de danske kongers kronologiske samling (in Danish). Copenhagen: Forlagsbureauet. p. 67. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1887–1905). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). VII. Bind. I. Hansen - Holmsted. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1887–1905). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). VIII. Bind. Holst - Juul. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1887–1905). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). X. Bind. Laale - Løvenørn. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1887–1905). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). X. Bind. Laale - Løvenørn. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1887–1905). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). XI. Bind. Maar - Müllner. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. pp. 380–389. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1887–1905). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). XII. Bind. Münch - Peirup. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. p. 117. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1887–1905). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). XIX. Bind. Vind - Oetken. Rettelser og Tilføjelser. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. p. 404. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1887–1905). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). XIII. Bind. Pelli - Reravius. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1887–1905). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). XIV. Bind. Resen - Saxtrup. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1887–1905). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). XIV. Bind. Resen - Saxtrup. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1887–1905). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). XIV. Bind. Resen - Saxtrup. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1887–1905). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). XIV. Bind. Resen - Saxtrup. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1887–1905). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). XIV. Bind. Resen - Saxtrup. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1887–1905). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). XIV. Bind. Resen - Saxtrup. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1887–1905). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). XIV. Bind. Resen - Saxtrup. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1887–1905). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). XV. Bind. Scalabrini - Skanke. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1887–1905). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). XV. Bind. Scalabrini - Skanke. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1887–1905). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). XVII. Bind. Svend Tveskjæg - Tøxen. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
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↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1887–1905). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). XVIII. Bind. Ubbe - Wimpffen. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
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