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Order of St. Prince Lazar

Field	Value
title	Order of Saint Prince Lazar
Орден светог кнеза Лазара
image	[[File:Order of Saint Prince Lazar.svg	200px]]
caption	Grand Collar of the order
awarded_by
Kingdom of Serbia
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
[[File:Coat of arms of the Karadjordjevic dynasty .png	18px]] House of Karađorđević
type	State order (1889–1945)
Dynastic order (since 1945)
for	Monarch and Heir apparent (only)
status	Last appointment in 1941
Dormant order since 1945
established	28 June 1889
total	5 + 3
head_title	Sovereign
head	Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
grades	Knight Grand Collar
house	Obrenović (until 1903)
Karađorđević (from 1903)
lower	Order of Karađorđe's Star

Орден светог кнеза Лазара Kingdom of Serbia Kingdom of Yugoslavia Dynastic order (since 1945) Dormant order since 1945 Karađorđević (from 1903)

The Order of Saint Prince Lazar () was a royal order created by King Alexander I of Serbia to commemorate the five hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo that took place on the 28 June 1389. It must not be confused with the Order of Saint Lazarus. The order is named after Prince Lazar who commanded the Serbian armies in the battle. The Order is worn only by the King of Serbia / King of Yugoslavia and by his Crown Prince (when of majority).

History

The order of Saint Prince Lazar was instituted by the Decision of the Parliament, signed by the King Aleksandar I, to commemorate the fifth centenary of the Battle of Kosovo (28 June 1389), that ended in the collapse of the medieval Serbian state. Saint Prince Lazar, of the Hrebeljanović family, commanded the Serbian armies that were defeated by the Ottoman Sultan Murat I. The Sultan was assassinated by Serbian knight Miloš Obilić, while captured the Serbian Prince was beheaded by the victorious Turks. The cult of the Saint Prince was very strong among Serbs, and the event was reckoned to be the paramount one in the entire history of Serbs. The commemoration of the 500th Anniversary took form of the Anointment of the King, and the Collar of Saint Prince Lazar ordered to be made by Nicolaus und Dunker of Hannau (Germany). The Order is worn only by the King of Serbia and by his Crown Prince (when of majority). Since inception, the Order has been worn only by the following:

Rewarding

The Collar of the Order was allowed to be worn only by the ruler of Serbia (later Yugoslavia) and the heir to the throne:

Name	Date awarded
King Alexander I of Serbia	28 June 1889
King Peter I of Serbia	15 June 1903
Crown Prince George of Serbia	27 August 1905
King Alexander I of Yugoslavia	27 March 1909
King Peter II of Yugoslavia	28 March 1941

File:Aleksandar ob heinrich wassmuth 1894.jpg|Aleksandar I Obrenovic, King of Serbia 1889–1903 File:Peter I Karageorgevich.jpg|Peter I, King of Serbia and King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 1903–1921 File:ElPríncipeJorgeDeSerbia--dasknigreichse03kaniuoft.jpeg|George, Crown Prince of Serbia 1903–1909 File:PríncipeAlejandroDeSerbia--balkancockpitpol00pric 0283.png|Alexander I, Crown Prince of Serbia 1909–1921, King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and King of Yugoslavia 1921–1934 File:Peter II Karadordevic.jpg|

Titular holder of the order

Name	Date Awarded	Notes
Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia	17 July 1963	In exile
Hereditary Prince Peter of Yugoslavia	5 February 1998	In exile; renounced succession in 2022
Hereditary Prince Philip of Yugoslavia	27 April 2022	Titular holder after brother's renunciation

File:HRH The Crown Prince of Serbia.jpg|Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia 1963 File:Његово Краљевско Височанство Принц Наследник Петар Карађорђевић од Србије.jpg|Peter, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia 1998 File:Његово Краљевско Височанство Принц Филип Карађорђевић од Србије.jpg|Philip, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia 2022

Sign and a chain of the Order

Sign and a chain of the Order were made of gold and richly decorated with rubies, sapphires, emeralds, diamonds and pearls. Order for production was the German firm Nicolaus und Dunker. Sketches awards carried a professor of archeology Michael Valtrović. File:OKL-approved obverse.jpg| File:OKL-approved reverse.jpg|

References

(28 February 2022). "REGISTER OF ORDERS OF CHIVALRY". [[International Commission for Orders of Chivalry]].

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