Order of the Rue Crown

Order of the Rue Crown Hausorden der Rautenkrone

Cross of the order, obverse and reverse
Award of Kingdom of Saxony
Type	State Order (formerly) House Order (currently)
Royal house	House of Wettin
Motto	PROVIDENTIÆ MEMOR
Awarded for	civil merit and service to the Royal House
Grand Master	HRH Alexander, Margrave of Meissen de jure King of Saxony
Established	1807^[1]
Precedence
Next (higher)	None
Next (lower)	Military Order of St. Henry

Ribbon of the Order

The Order of the Rue Crown (German: Hausorden der Rautenkrone) is a Dynastic order of knighthood of the Kingdom of Saxony. It was established in 1807 by Frederick Augustus I, the first King of Saxony.^[1] The order takes its name from the green floral crown of rue found on the Coat of arms of Saxony.

History

The order was created to be the civil counterpart to the Military Order of St. Henry, the only order previously at the disposal of the new king. The order was originally limited to 24 knights, but exceptions were made for members of ruling houses and those whose membership in the order would add to its prestige. The Order of the Rue Crown was presented in a single grade, Knight. Twice, the order was granted in a special grade with diamonds, to Portuguese Prime Minister Dom Nuno José de Moura Barreto, Duke of Loulé in 1859 and Chancellor Otto von Bismarck in 1885. From its founding to the fall of the Kingdom of Saxony in 1918, the order was presented 332 times.^[2]

Appearance

The badge of the order is a gold Maltese cross enameled in green with a white border. The white center medallion features the crowned monogram of Frederick Augustus I of Saxony encircled by a green crown of rue. Between the arms of the cross is a golden crown of rue.

The star of the order is of made of silver, and has eight points. The center of the star bears a gold medallion with the motto of the order "PROVIDENTIÆ MEMOR" inside a ring of green rue leaves.

The badge of the order is borne on a ribband of grass green worn over the right shoulder.

References

1 2 Kibbey, Stephen (February 2010). "Order of the Crown of Rue or Crancelin" (PDF). The Seaxe. p. 13. Retrieved 18 November 2012. The Order of the Rue Crown is the highest Order of the Kingdom of Saxony. It was founded on 20th July 1807 by Friedrich Augustus, the first king of Saxony at the Treaty of Tilsit. There is only one class with the King or Head of the Royal House as Grand Master. The Order is only granted to the highest dignitaries with the royal princes automatically being admitted to the order at birth.
↑ "Hausorden der Rautenkrone – Ordenskreuz" (in German). Ehrenzeichen-orden.de. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

Orders, decorations, and medals of Imperial Germany

Kingdom of Prussia	Order of the Black Eagle · Order of the Red Eagle · Order of the Crown · Order of Merit of the Prussian Crown · House Order of Hohenzollern · Pour le Mérite · Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg) · Order of Louise · Wilhelm-Orden :

Kingdom of Bavaria	Military Order of Max Joseph · Military Merit Order (Bavaria) · Order of Theresa · Order of Saint Elizabeth · Royal Order of Saint George · Order of St. Michael (Bavaria) · Merit Order of the Bavarian Crown · Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art · Order of Louis (Bavaria) · Medical military Order

Kingdom of Saxony	Order of the Rue Crown · Military Order of St. Henry · Albert Order · Civil Order of Saxony · Order of Sidonia · Order of Maria Anna

Kingdom of Württemberg	Order of the Crown (Württemberg) · Military Merit Order (Württemberg) · Friedrich Order · Order of Olga

Kingdom of Hanover	Order of St. George · Royal Guelphic Order · Order of Ernst August

Grand Duchy of Baden	Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order · Order of Berthold I · Order of the Zähringer Lion · House Order of Fidelity

Grand Duchy of Hesse	House Order of the Golden Lion · Ludwig Order · Order of Philip the Magnanimous · Order of the Star of Brabant · General Honor Decoration

Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel	House Order of the Golden Lion · Wilhelmsorden · Order of the Iron Helmet

Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt	Order of Philip the Magnanimous

Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin	Order of the Griffon (Mecklenburg) · House Order of the Wendish Crown

Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz	Order of the Griffon (Mecklenburg) · House Order of the Wendish Crown

Grand Duchy of Oldenburg	House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis · Friedrich-August Cross

Duchy of Saxe-Weimar	Order of the White Falcon

Duchy of Brunswick	Order of Henry the Lion

Duchy of Nassau	Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau · Order of Adolphe of Nassau

Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg	Saxe-Ernestine House Order

Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha	Saxe-Ernestine House Order (2006: Saxe-Coburg-Gotha House Order)

Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen	Saxe-Ernestine House Order

Duchy of Anhalt	Order of Albert the Bear · Order of Merit for Science and Art

Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen	House Order of Hohenzollern

Principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen	House Order of Hohenzollern

Principality of Lippe-Detmold	Order of the Cross of Honour (Lippe) · Order of Leopold (Lippe) · Order of Berta · Order of the Rose of Lippe

Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe	Order of the Cross of Honour (Lippe)

Principality of Reuss	Order of the Cross of Honour (Reuss)

Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt	Order of the Cross of Honour (Schwarzburg)

Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen	Order of the Cross of Honour (Schwarzburg)

Free cities of the Hanseatic League, of Bremen, Hamburg and Lübeck	Hanseatic Cross

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