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Order of the Black Eagle 1701:1918

Foreign royals


Masters of the Order

Friedrich Wilhelm IV, wearing the collar and cloak of the Order of the Black Eagle. Original portrait by Kreuger
  • Friedrich I of Prussia (1657 - 1713) - founder of the Order of the Black Eagle; last Elector of Brandenburg and first King of Prussia
  • Frederick William I of Prussia (1688 - 1740) - first member of the Order, inducted in 1701, when he was crown prince; Sovereign and Master of the Order, 1713 - 1740
  • Friedrich II (1712 - 1786) - "Friedrich the Great"; Sovereign and Master of the Order, 1740 - 1786
  • Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia (1744 - 1797) - Sovereign and Master of the Order, 1786 - 1797
  • Frederick William III of Prussia (1770 - 1840)- King of Prussia during the Napoleonic era; Sovereign and Master of the Order, 1797 - 1840
  • Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia (1795 - 1861) - Sovereign and Master of the Order, 1840 - 1861
  • Wilhelm I (1797 - 1888) - King of Prussia and first German emperor; Sovereign and Master of the Order, 1861 - 1888
  • Friedrich III (1831 - 1888) - better remembered as "Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm" of Prussia; general during the German wars of unification; briefly German emperor, March to June 1888; Died of throat cancer
  • Wilhelm II (1859 - 1941) - last King of Prussia and last German emperor; Sovereign and Master of the Order, 1888 - 1918

The badge of the order was a gold Maltese cross, enameled in blue, with gold-crowned black eagles between the arms of the cross. The gold center medallion bore the royal monogram of Friedrich I ("FR" for Fredericus Rex).

The badge was worn from either a sash ribbon or chain. The ribbon of the order was an orange moiré sash worn from the left shoulder to the right hip, with the badge resting on the hip. The chain (Kette) of the order was worn around the neck, with the badge suspended from it. It featured 24 interlocking links, alternating a black eagle and a device featuring a center medallion with the motto Suum Cuique (literally "To each his own," but idiomatically "To each according to his merits."), a series of FRs forming a cross pattern, a blue enameled ring around this, and crowns at each cross point.

The star of the order was a silver eight-pointed star, with straight or faceted rays depending on the jeweler's design. The center medallion featured a black eagle on a golden background, surrounded by a white enameled ring bearing a wreath of laurels and the motto of the order, Suum Cuique. The eagle gripped a wreath of laurels in its left claw and a scepter in its right.


 
Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary, wearing the uniform of a Prussian field marshal and the sash and star of the Order of the Black Eagle, ca. 1900


Duke of Fife :: green tartan

The Duke of Fife tartan, first designed to celebrate the marriage Louise, daughter of Edward VII to Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife.

The American Great Seal is often said to be the coat of arms of the United States. The blazon ("Paleways of 13 pieces, argent and gules; a chief, azure") is intentionally improper to preserve the symbolic number 13.

 
The German Hyghalmen Roll, ca. late 15th century, illustrates the German practice of thematic repetition from the arms in the crest

shields & charges // dexter & sinister \\ base & chief // Head the Crown & Crest of the Dynasty

The following are the points of the shield used in blazons to describe where (and how) a charge should be drawn:[2]

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escutcheon (pronounced /ɨˈskʌtʃən/), or scutcheon, is the shield displayed in a coat of arms. The term "crest" is often used incorrectly to designate this part of the coat of arms. The escutcheon shape is based on the Medieval shields that were used by knights in combat, and varied by region and time period accordingly. Since this shape has been regarded as a war-like device appropriate to men only, British ladies customarily bear their arms upon a lozenge, or diamond-shape, while clergymen and ladies in continental Europe bear theirs on a cartouche, or oval. Other shapes are possible, such as the roundel commonly used for arms granted to Aboriginal Canadians by the Canadian Heraldic Authority.

The word escutcheon is derived from Middle English escochon, from Anglo-Norman escuchon, from Vulgar Latin scūtiōn-, from Latin scūtum, "shield".[1] Derived from its meaning in heraldry, the term "escutcheon" can be used to represent a family and its honour. A family member who does something shameful can be described as a "blot on the escutcheon."[citation needed]

An inescutcheon is a smaller shield that is shown within or superimposed over the main shield. This may be used for heraldic style, in pretense (to bear another's arms over one's own), to bear one's own personal arms over the territorial arms of his/her domains, or as a simple charge.


  • A - Chief
  • B - Dexter
  • C - Sinister
  • D - Base
  • E - Dexter Chief
  • F - Middle Chief
  • G - Sinister Chief
  • H - Honour Point
  • I - Fess Point
  • J - Nombril Point
  • K - Dexter Base
  • L - Sinister Base
  • M - Middle Base (seldom used)

Friedrich Carl Nicolaus of Prussia 1828-1885


Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia

Prince Friedrich Carl Nicolaus of Prussia (20 March 1828 – 15 June 1885) was the son of Prince Charles of Prussia (1801–1883) and his wife Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar (1808–1877). Prince Frederick Charles was a grandson of King Frederick William III of Prussia and a nephew of Frederick William IV and William I. He was born at Schloss Klein in Berlin.

Family and Children

On 29 November 1854 at Dessau he married Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau (1837–1906), daughter of Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt. They had five children amongst which:

After the birth of their fourth daughter, Luise Margarete, Prince Frederick Charles reportedly boxed his wife's ears for not producing a son.


King of Rome :: Napoléon II

Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte, Duke of Reichstadt (20 March 1811 – 22 July 1832) was the son of Napoleon Bonaparte and his second wife, Marie Louise of Austria. Known from birth as the King of Rome, he was styled as "His Majesty the King of Rome," which Napoleon I declared was the courtesy title of the heir-apparent. He was briefly the second Emperor of the French.

He was very close to Princess Sophie of Bavaria and it has been suggested that he was the father to her son, the future ill-fated Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico[2], but this suggestion has not found acceptance.

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Ancestry

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 16. Sebastiano Nicolo Buonaparte
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 8. Giuseppe Maria Buonaparte
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 17. Maria-Anna Tusilo di Bocognano
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 4. Carlo Buonaparte
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





 
 9. Maria-Saveria Paravicini
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





 
 2. Napoleon I of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





 
 10. Giovanni Geronimo Ramolino
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





 
 5. Letizia Ramolino
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





 
 11. Angela Maria Pietrasanta
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





 
 1. Napoleon II of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 24. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 12. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 25. Maria Theresa of Austria
 
 

(history) Napoleon Crowned :: 2 December 1804– 22 June 1815

2 December 1804

Napoleon spent the last six years of his life under British supervision on the island of Saint Helena. An autopsy concluded he died of stomach cancer, though Sten Forshufvud and other scientists have since conjectured that he was poisoned with arsenic.

The conflict with the rest of Europe led to a period of total war across the continent and his campaigns are studied at military academies the world over. While considered a tyrant by his opponents,

He is also remembered for the establishment of the Napoleonic code, which laid the administrative and judicial foundations for much of Western Europe.

Napoleonic Code grants Rights ONLY by Explicit Issue [[Current European Union Code]] - Licensee.PoLicesee

Roman/Common Law grants Rights EXCEPT those forbidden by Explict Issue [[Current American Code]] - Rights

cadency

English system of cadency involves the addition of these brisures to the plain coat:
  • for the first son, a label of three points (a horizontal strip with three tags hanging down)—this label is removed on the death of the father, and the son inherits the plain coat;
  • for the second son, a crescent (the points upward, as is conventional in heraldry);
  • for the third son, a mullet (a five-pointed star);
  • for the fourth son, a martlet (a kind of bird);
  • for the fifth son, an annulet (a ring);
  • for the sixth son, a fleur-de-lys;
  • for the seventh son, a rose;
  • for the eighth son, a cross moline;
  • for the ninth son, a double quatrefoil.
In heraldry, cadency is any systematic way of distinguishing similar coats of arms belonging to members of the same family. Cadency is necessary in heraldic systems in which a given design may be owned by only one person (or, in some cases, one man) at once. Because heraldic designs may be inherited, the arms of members of a family will usually be similar to the arms used by its oldest surviving member (called the "plain coat"). They are formed by adding marks called brisures, similar to charges but smaller. Brisures are generally exempt from the law of tincture.
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