Order of Saint Hubert
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The Royal Order of Saint Hubert (
The establishment of the Order occurred during a long-term, intermittent territorial dispute, initially between the
Initially, the order was open to men and women, although limiting the number of male companions to sixty. It commemorated the conversion of Saint Hubert and his standing as the patron saint of hunters and knights. Over time, the award had other uses as a reward for loyalty to the monarch and service to the princely state.
History
Foundation
Sources agree that the Order of Saint Hubert honors a military victory of the Duke of Jülich, on Saint Hubert's day, 3 November 1444.
Twentieth century investigation has helped to clear up some of the confusion. The original Latin statutes of the foundation use Good Friday, in this case 26 March 1445. Furthermore, there is clear written evidence that the Order existed prior to March 1445: The original German statutes were dated immediately after the battle.[2] It is also possible that Gerhard proclaimed the establishment of the Order immediately after the victory of his knights at Linnich, but the documents were not drawn up until later, leading to discrepancy in the dates of 1444 or 1445. To further obfuscate the date of founding, Gerhard's son, William III, renewed the Order upon his own succession to the ducal dignities in 1475, in the so-called New Statutes, which were prepared in Latin and German. These remained the governing documents of the Order until 1708. In this confirmation probably lies the root of confusion over the date of the Order's foundation.[2]
Initially the Order was a knightly brotherhood (Rittersbruderschaft), reflecting the overlapping religious and military aspects of medieval court life. Saint Hubert was the patron saint of hunters and knights. The founding of the
Order under the House of Jülich
When Reinhold IV, Duke of Gelder, died in 1423, his nephew Arnold inherited the dukedom. Arnold's cousin, Adolf of Berg, inherited territories near Liège. Arnold believed that Adolf had inherited the better of the two properties, and coveted it for himself. He tried to take it by force and failed; a compromise was reached by which the two agreed to a truce. Adolf of Berg died in 1437 and his cousin, Gerhard IV, the Duke of Jülich and Count of Ravensburg (Westphalia), inherited both the Liège properties and the Duchy of Berg. Arnold reasserted his old claim, maintaining that the truce to which he and Adolf agreed was no longer valid, and prepared to take the duchies by force. Confident in his right to the inheritance, Gerhard met Arnold in battle, at the village of Linnich, in the county of Ravensburg (Westphalia). He and his knights defeated Arnold and his knights on Saint Hubert's day in 1444.[b] In celebration, Gerhard declared the founding of the Order, to reward his loyal and victorious knights.[5]
The Order remained in collateral branches of the family of the Dukes of Jülich and Berg until 1521, when the male line holding the two duchies and the
Order under the House of Wittelsbach-Palatine
In March 1609,
In 1777, the death of
Structure and requirements
Initially, hierarchy of membership was relatively flat. The statutes called for a grand master, in this case the Duke of Jülich,[13] four masters, and a provost, or arms master. Of the four masters, two were required to be representative of families of the Duchies of Jülich or Berg; the origins of the others had no geographic limitations. The masters were the clearing house for membership; they investigated the admission of new members and any alleged infractions by the existing membership. The Provost, a weapons master, maintained the weapons and arms of the brotherhood, and himself wore a special medallion.[11]
The Order was open to men and women, and both genders were entitled companions. Until 1476, there were no limits on the number of companions to be admitted, but that year, with the new edition of the Order's statutes, the Duke limited the number of men to 60;[14] unlimited women could be admitted. The editions of the Order's statutes, two in Latin and two in German, established similar requirements for membership. The Latin editions stipulated that the man be of noble birth—eight generations of noble grandparents—and of unblemished reputation; the German versions required that only four grandparents of the man be noble. Women were to be spouses of a companion; in the 1476 versions of the statutes, both Latin and German, female members of the Duchess' household could be admitted even if their husbands were not members or if the women were single, but were required to resign if they left the service of the Duchess. The exception to this clause provided for their continued membership if their husbands became companions of the order.[11]
Restructuring under Maximilian Joseph IV
In confirming the Order, on 18 May 1808, the King of Bavaria declared the Order to be the first in the kingdom and linked it to the Order of Civic of Merit. He limited membership to twelve knights from the ranks of counts and barons, excluding himself, as grandmaster, and members (native and foreign), who may be nominated by the sovereign. Entrance fees were 200 gold
Collars, Badges and Stars
The gold-enameled cross lies in a white field, and surmounted by a crown; on one side is represented the conversion of Saint Hubert, with the legend In trau vast (firm in fidelity) in Gothic letters.[13] On the reverse, lies the imperial orb and the Latin inscription "In memoriam recuperatæ dignitatis a vitæ 1708" ("In remembrance of the restoration of the original dignity, 1708"). Originally, it consisted of a collar and a pendant jewel. The Jülich collar consisted of stylized horns (six for men, four for women), intertwined with a cloud-like figure eight. The jewel depicted a relief of the conversion of Saint Hubert. Its overall design alluded to the Saint as the patron of hunters, and thus the patron of knights.[20] The great cross was only worn on special days; on all other days, a smaller cross must be worn, and the member was fined 20 thalers for any and each omission). The smaller cross was decorated appropriately for its size.[21]
The collar of the Order under the Wittelsbach dynasty consisted of forty-four gold links, twenty-two of which consisted of a rectangular representation of the conversion of Saint Hubert[e] in open relief surrounded by a gold and white enamel frame. These alternated with twenty-two other links consisted of the intertwined initial letters of the motto In trau vast, (firm in fidelity), i.e., I, T and V in Gothic letters radiating small golden rays, each of these links being alternatively enameled red or green. From the center rectangular link hung a white enameled Maltese cross, each arm strewn with numerous small golden flames and each point of the cross was tipped with a small gold ball. Between each arm of this cross were five straight gold rays and in the center of the cross was a round medallion bearing a golden representation in relief of the conversion of Saint Hubert against a green enamel background. The reverse of this cross bore the same design with this same representation but against a red enamel background.[f][21]
The
Partial list of recipients
Recipients in Austrian Service
These recipients of the Order of Saint Hubert attained the rank of General in Austrian military service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.[23]
- August Maria Raimund Prinz und Herzog von Arenberg, Graf von der Marck (1753–1833)
- Karl Joseph Franz, Graf u. Prinz von Auersperg( –1800)
- Wilhelm Ignaz Cajetan, Prince von Auersperg (1749–1822)
- Heinrich, Count von Bellegarde(1756–1845)
- Anton (Antal), Fürst Esterházy de Galántha(1738–1794)
- Nikolaus II, Fürst Esterházy de Galántha(1765–1833)
- Nikolaus IV. Ferdinand Franz Fürst Esterházy de Galántha(-Edelstetten) (1765–1833)
- Karl Aloys zu Fürstenberg (1760–1799)
- George IV of the United Kingdom(1762–1830)
- Louis Aloysius, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein (1765–1829)
- Friedrich Karl Wilhelm, Prince Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1752–1816)
- Karl Wilhelm Georg, Landgraf zu Hessen-Darmstadt (1757–1795)
- Friedrich (VI) Joseph Ludwig, Prince of Hessen-Homburg (1769–1829)
- Karl Emanuel, Landgraf zu Hessen-Rheinfels-Rothenburg (1746–1812)
- Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (1771–1847)
- Francis IV, Duke of Modena (1779–1846)
- Archduke John of Austria (1782–1859)
- Archduke Louis of Austria (1784–1864)
- Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (1766–1858)
- Heinrich XV. Fürst zu Reuss-Plauen (1751–1825)
- Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg(1771–1820)
- Franz de Paula Fürst von Sulkowski, Herzog von Bielitz (1733–1812)
- Alexander Suvorov (1729–1800)
- Maximilian Joseph Fürst von Thurn und Taxis (1769–1831)
- Christian August Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont (1744–1798)
- George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1747–1813)
Diplomats
- Alexander Kurakin (1752–1818)[24]
French recipients
- Napoleon (1769–1821)[25]
- Eugène de Beauharnais (1781–1824)[25]
- Armand Augustin Louis de Caulaincourt (1773–1827)[25]
- André Masséna (1758–1817)[25]
- Nicolas Soult (1769–1851)[25]
- Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke (1765–1818)[25]
- Georges Mouton (1770–1838)[26]
Belgian Knights of Saint Hubert
- King Leopold II[27]
- Prince Charles, Count of Flanders[27]
- King Albert I, Wedding gift in 1900[27]
Post Napoleonic Recipients
- Prince Franz Maria Luitpold of Bavaria (1875–1957).[28]
- Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883–1938)[29]
- Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick (1887–1953)[30]
Grandmasters of the Order
Compiled from various sources.[31]
- Gerhard VII, Duke of Jülich-Berg (1445-1475)
- William IV, Duke of Jülich-Berg (1475-1511)
- John III, Duke of Cleves (1511–1538)
- Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg(1538–1592)
- John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1592–1609)
- (Order unused until reinstated in 1708)
- Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (1708–1716)
- Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (1716–1742)
- Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria (1742–1799)
- Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1799–1825)
- Ludwig I of Bavaria (1825–1848)
- Maximilian II of Bavaria (1848–1864)
- Ludwig II of Bavaria (1864–1886)
- Otto, King of Bavaria (1886–1916)
- Ludwig III of Bavaria (1916–1921)
- Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria (1921–1955)
- Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria (1955–1996)
- Franz, Duke of Bavaria(1996-present)
Sources
Notes
- ^ For examples of contradictions, see Alban Butler. The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints. Dublin: James Duffy, 1866, p. 63 or Hugh Chisholm, "Knighthood: Orders of Knighthood (Bavaria)." Encyclopædia Britannica. New York, The Encyclopædia Britannica Co., 1910–11. Volume 15. p. 863.
- ^ One source dates the battle in 1447, not 1444, but this is not documented in other texts. William Guthrie, John Knox and James Ferguson date the battle in 1447.[4]
- troy ounce, and 200 ducats were 22.14 troy ounces.[16]
- ^ The plumes denoted the rank of the knight, i.e., a plume of red and white or blue and white feathers on the hat of the Grand master, plumes of red feathers on the hats of princely knights and without plumes on the hats of the other knights.
- ^ I.e., St. Hubert in the center kneeling before a deer bearing a cross between it antlers coming out forest foliage on the left and a man standing behind St. Hubert holding his horse and raising his hat at the sight on the right.
- ^ There is also a variant of this cross worn by the officials of the Order, i.e., the Herald, the Treasurer and the Keeper of the Wardrobe. This cross has five wavy rays in each angle, while each of the limbs of this heraldic cross bears a lion rampart in different colored enamels. The upper limb of this cross the lion is red on white (the arms of Berg); on the right limb the lion is gold on black (arms of the Upper Palatine); on the left limb the lion is black on gold (the arms of Jülich) and on the lower limb the lion is gold on blue (arms of Geldern). The enameling on the reverse of this cross is "bendy fussily argent and azure" (the arms of Bavaria) "impaling or, a fesse argent and gules" (the arms of Mark) in the upper limb; "gules, an escarbuncle or" (the arms of Cleves) on the right limb; "argent, three chevronels, gules" (the arms of Ravensburg) on the left limb and "or, a fesse sable" (the arms of Moers) on the lower limb.
Citations
- ^ For example, see F.M. Rudge. "Military Orders of St. Hubert." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 20 January 2010 or Thomas Wilhelm. "Hubert, St. Order of." A military dictionary and gazetteer. Philadelphia: L.R. Hamersly & Co., 1881, p. 230.
- ^ ISBN 0-85115-417-4, pp. 604–605.
- ^ François Velde. Heradica. 12 March 2006. Accessed 16 February 2010.
- ^ A new geographical, historical, and commercial grammar... London: Vernon & Hood [etc., etc] 1801. p. 563).
- ^ John Bernard Burke. Book of Orders of Knighthood and Decorations of Honour of all Nations. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1858, pp. 46–47; Boulton, pp. 604–605.
- ISBN 978-1-85285-161-3, pp. 30–38.
- ISBN 978-0-7391-3404-7, p. 172.
- ^ Rudge, "Military Orders of St. Hubert." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. Accessed 20 January 2010.
- ^ Ernest Flagg Henderson. A short history of Germany (volume 2). New York: Macmillan, 1917, p. 213.
- ^ Rudge, Military Orders of St. Hubert."
- ^ a b c Boulton, p. 605.
- ISBN 978-0-9711966-7-4, p. 295.
- ^ a b Rudge, "Military Orders of St. Hubert."
- ^ Rudge, "Military Orders of Saint Hubert."
- ^ Lawrence H. Officer, Purchasing Power of British Pounds from 1264 to Present. MeasuringWorth, 2009. Accessed 16 April 2010.
- ^ M. Reichard, Itinerary of Germany, or A Traveller's Guide. London: Leigh, 1819, p. 70.
- ^ M. Reichard, Itinerary of Germany, or A Traveller's Guide. London: Leigh, 1819, pp. 66–70.
- ^ Sourindro Mohun Tagore. The orders of knighthood, British and foreign, with a brief review of the titles of rank and merit in ancient Hindusthan. Calcutta, 1884, p. 25.
- ISBN 1-86064-892-4, p. 200.
- ^ Boulton, p. 604.
- ^ a b c Tagore, p. 25.
- ^ Emedals Catalog. Bavarian House and Knightly Orders See item GST757. Burlington Ontario, Canada. Accessed 17 March 2010.
- ^ Extracted from: Leopold Kudrna and Digby Smith (compilers). A biographical dictionary of all Austrian Generals in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1792–1815. The Napoleon Series], Robert Burnham (editor in chief). April 2008 version. Accessed 23 February 2010.
- ^ See Treaty of Tilsit, 7 July 1807 . Wikisource. Accessed 17 March 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f "Decorations and Awards: Bavaria."]. Napoleon Series].
- ^ Nathan D. Jensen. Georges Mouton Virtual Arc d Triumphe. 2005–2009 Accessed 17 March 2010.
- ^ a b c Albert I;Museum Dynasticum N° .21: 2009/ n° 2.
- ISBN 978-0-9711966-7-4.
- ^ Editors. "Duke of Connaught." Burke's Peerage. London: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1914, p. 19.
- ^ Burke's Peerage, p. 21.
- ^ Robert Beatson. A Political Index to the Histories ..." London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806, pp. 488–489. Frederick Martin et al., "Bavaria." The Statesman's year-book. London [etc.] Palgrave [etc.], 1877, pp 130–132. Thomas Henry Dyer. Modern Europe from the fall of Constantinople to the establishment of the German Empire, A.D. 1453–1871. London, G. Bell & Sons, 1877, Chapter 29.
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