Saxe-Ernestine House Order

Saxe-Ernestine House Order Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden
Grand Cross sash with badge
Awarded by the heads of the: House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha House of Saxe-Meiningen
Type	Dynastic Order
Ribbon	Purple with narrow Green stripes on either side.
Motto	Fideliter Et Constanter ("Faithful and Steadfast")
Status	Currently constituted
Sovereigns	Prince Michael, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Prince Andreas, Hereditary Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Prince Konrad, Hereditary Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Grades	Grand Cross Grand Officer Grand Commander Commander Officer Knight/Dame Medal
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of the White Falcon (Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach)
Next (lower)	None
The ribbon of the order

The Saxe-Ernestine House Order (German: Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden)^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

In 1864, a silver-gilt medal was added but subsequently suppressed in 1918, at the end of World War I.^[4] Gold and silver medals were also associated with the Order.

Saxe-Coburg revival (2006)

In 2006, the head of the ducal family of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Andreas, created the "Ducal Saxe-Coburg and Gotha House Order" (Herzoglich Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha'sche Hausorden).^[1] It is based on the old Ducal Saxe-Ernestine House Order.

Recipients of the knight Grand Cross

• Leopold I of Belgium
• Eugène, 8th Prince of Ligne
• Leopold II of Belgium
• Olav V of Norway
• jhr. Henri de Brouckère
• Baron Auguste Goffinet
• Sylvain Van de Weyer. ^[5]
• Curt von Morgen
• Count d'Arschot Schoonhoven, Grand Marshall of the Court. ^[6]
• Count Golblet d'Alviela. ^[7]
• Count Felix de Muelenaere. ^[8]
• Baron Jean-Baptiste Nothomb.^[9]
• Baron Edouard d'Huart.^[10]
• Charles Liedts.^[11]
• Charles Rogier, 8th Prime Minister of Belgium. ^[12]

References

External links

• Media related to Herzoglich Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden at Wikimedia Commons
• House Orders - Website of the Ducal House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (in German)