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Order of Elizabeth

Austrian Imperial and Royal Order of Knighthood

Field	Value
title	Imperial Austrian Order of Elizabeth
image	[[File:Elisabethorden Oostenrijk.jpg	250px]]
caption	Insignia of the order's third grade
image2	[[File:AUT KuK Order of Elizabeth BAR.svg	100px]]
caption2	Ribbon of the order
type	Order of chivalry for women
established	17 September 1898
1898 - 1918 (National Order)
1918 - present (Dynastic Order)
17 November (Feast day)
for	General welfare in Religious, Charitable or Philanthropic Merit
status	Dormant since 1951
house	Habsburg-Lorraine
religion	Roman Catholic
head_title	Sovereign
head2_title	Grand Mistress
grades	{{plainlist
first_induction	1898: Countess Irma Sztáray de Sztára et Nagymihály
last_induction	1951: Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen
total	1121
higher	Order of Leopold
same	Order of the Iron Crown
lower	Order of Franz Joseph

1898 - 1918 (National Order) 1918 - present (Dynastic Order) 17 November (Feast day)

Grand Cross
1st Class
2nd Class
Elizabeth Medal}}

The Imperial Austrian Order of Elizabeth (German: Kaiserlich österreichischer Elisabeth-Orden), established in 1898 by Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, was an order created for women. The order was named after Saint Elisabeth of Hungary, but it was also founded to honor and memorialize Francis Joseph's late wife, Empress-Queen Elisabeth.

The order was divided into three grades – Grand Cross, 1st Class and 2nd Class. In addition, there was an Elizabeth Medal for civil merit.

Overview

According to medal expert and collector Yuri Yashnev:

The award was intended for ladies, regardless of social status or religion, for merits in religious and charitable work. The award had four degrees - the Grand Cross, I Degree and II Degree, and also a cross of merit... Awards were made, personally, by the emperor... the badges and insignia of the Order were to be returned to the state upon the death of the member, or upon the advancement from a lower degree to a higher degree... There were 81 awards of the Grand Cross, 332 awards of the I Degree, 500 awards of the II Degree, and 208 awards of the Elizabeth Medal for merit, between 1898 and 1918, when the Order was disbanded with the collapse of the monarchy.

Notable recipients

Austrian

Archduchess Gisela of Austria
Princess Isabella of Croÿ
Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria
Maria Christina of Austria
Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg
Irma Sztáray

Foreign

Alexandra of Denmark
Augusta Viktoria, German Empress
Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe
Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine
Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Marie, Queen of Romania
Mary of Teck
Milena of Montenegro
Stephanie of Belgium
Princess Thyra of Denmark
Victoria of Baden
Victoria Eugenie, Queen of Spain
Anne Weightman
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

Sources

References

Yashnev, Yuri. (2003). "Orders and Medals of the Austro-Hungarian Empire".

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