The Friedrich Order ( 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.[Maximilian Gritzner;Ordenbuch] In 1918, the end of the monarchy meant the abolition of the order.
Classes
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.
[Nimmergut Katalog 2008] 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
Grand Crosses
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Duke Adam of Württemberg
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Eugen von Albori
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Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
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Alexander, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg
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Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1804–1885)
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Alexis, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt
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Prince August of Württemberg
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Gustav Bachmann
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Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck
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Herbert von Bismarck
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Max von Boehn (general)
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Paul von Breitenbach
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Bernhard von Bülow
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Stephan Burián von Rajecz
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Carl, Duke of Württemberg
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Charles I of Württemberg
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Bohuslav, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin
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Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
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Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
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Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
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Géza Fejérváry
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Prince Frederick of Württemberg
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Woldemar Freedericksz
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Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia
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Friedrich von Gerok (officer)
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Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz
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Heinrich von Gossler
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Gottlieb Graf von Haeseler
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Wilhelm von Hahnke
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Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz
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Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1825–1901)
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Paul von Hindenburg
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Eberhard von Hofacker
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Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler
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Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern
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Hans von Kirchbach
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Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
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Prince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
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Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen
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Alexander von Linsingen
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Otto von Moser
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Georg Alexander von Müller
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Duke Nicholas of Württemberg
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Adolphe Niel
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Duke Paul Wilhelm of Württemberg
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Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
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Philipp Ernst, 8th Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
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Duke Philipp of Württemberg
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Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg
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Hans von Plessen
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Antoni Wilhelm Radziwiłł
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Duke Robert of Württemberg
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Gustav Rümelin
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Willem Anne Schimmelpenninck van der Oye
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Alfred von Schlieffen
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Gustav von Senden-Bibran
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Heinrich von Stephan
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Francis, Duke of Teck
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Alfred von Tirpitz
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Reginald Tower
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Julius von Verdy du Vernois
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Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein
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Alfred von Waldersee
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Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach
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Wilhelm, Duke of Urach
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William II of Württemberg
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Duke William of Württemberg
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Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1846–1877)
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Ferdinand von Zeppelin
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August zu Eulenburg
Commanders 1st Class
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Friedrich von Beck-Rzikowsky
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Max von Bock und Polach
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Paul Puhallo von Brlog
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Josias von Heeringen
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Leopold von Ranke
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Martin Chales de Beaulieu
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Ewald von Lochow
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Friedrich von Scholl
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Karl von Wedel
Commanders 2nd Class
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Karl von Bülow
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August von Heeringen
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Wilhelm Heye
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Eduard von Kallee
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Walther Reinhardt
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Prince Rudolf of Liechtenstein
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Ernst von Prittwitz und Gaffron
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Adolf von Trotha
Knights 1st Class
Knights 2nd Class
Others
