House Order of the Golden Lion
The House Order of the Golden Lion (German: Hausorden vom Goldenen Löwen) was an order of the German Landgraviate and Electorate of Hesse-Kassel and later, the Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine. It was first instituted in 1770 by Landgrave Frederick II, in honour of and under the patronage of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, an ancestor of the House of Hesse, and was intended to award auspicious merit.
| House Order of the Golden Lion | |
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Sash, badge and breast star of the House Order of the Golden Lion | |
| Type | State Order (formerly) Dynastic Order (currently) |
| Established | 14 August 1770 {Hesse-Kassel) October 1875 (Hesse and by Rhine) |
| Royal house | House of Hesse |
| Motto | Virtute et Fidelitate |
| Awarded for | Civil and military merit |
| Grand Master | Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse |
| Grades | Knight |
| Former grades | Grand Cross Commander 1st Class Commander 2nd Class |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Ludwig Order (after 1875) |
| Next (lower) | Military Merit Order (Hesse-Kassel, until 1851); Wilhelmsorden (Hesse-Kassel, until 1875) Order of Philip the Magnanimous (Hesse and by Rhine) |
Ribbon bar of the order | |
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