Order of the Black Eagle

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The Order of the Black Eagle was the highest and most prestigious chivalric order of the Kingdom of Prussia, traditionally bestowed upon royalty, heads of state, and distinguished military leaders.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chivalric order
order of merit
abolished 1918
associatedDynasty House of Hohenzollern
associatedWith German Empire
Prussia
surface form: Prussian monarchy
awardedFor exceptional merit to the Prussian state
awardingFrequency very rare
centralEmblem Reichsadler
surface form: black Prussian eagle
ceremonialOccasion Prussian royal court ceremonies
conferredBy King of Prussia
country Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
eligibility distinguished military leaders
heads of state
high-ranking nobility
royalty
foundedBy Frederick I of Prussia
gradeStructure single class
highestAwardOf Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
inception 1701
insigniaShape Maltese cross
insigniaType badge
sash
star
languageOfName German
lastSovereign Wilhelm II, German Emperor
laterConferredBy German Emperor
surface form: German Emperor (as King of Prussia)
motto Suum Cuique
mottoLanguage Latin
mottoTranslation To each his own
namedAfter black eagle
notableRecipient Emperor Franz I of Austria
surface form: Austrian Emperor Francis I

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
surface form: Duke of Wellington

Frederick II of Prussia
surface form: Frederick the Great

Otto von Bismarck
Alexander I of Russia
surface form: Tsar Alexander I of Russia
originalName Hoher Orden vom Schwarzen Adler
precedenceOver Order of the Red Eagle
prestigeLevel highest Prussian order of chivalry
religiousAffiliation Protestant
ribbonColor orange
ribbonEdgeColor blue
seat Berlin
status defunct
typeOfAward hereditary in some cases
wornWith breast star on the left breast
collar
sash over the right shoulder

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Paul von Hindenburg awardReceived Order of the Black Eagle
François Certain Canrobert awardReceived Order of the Black Eagle
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher awardReceived Order of the Black Eagle
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg awarded Order of the Black Eagle
Order of the Red Eagle higherAward Order of the Black Eagle
Prince Frederick of the Netherlands awardReceived Order of the Black Eagle
Alexander Suvorov awardReceived Order of the Black Eagle
Fritz von Below awardReceived Order of the Black Eagle
Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz awardReceived Order of the Black Eagle
Field Marshal Alfred von Waldersee awardReceived Order of the Black Eagle
subject surface form: Alfred von Waldersee
Alfred von Schlieffen awardReceived Order of the Black Eagle
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger awardReceived Order of the Black Eagle
Erich von Falkenhayn awardReceived Order of the Black Eagle
August Neidhardt von Gneisenau awardReceived Order of the Black Eagle
Prince Charles of Prussia decoratedWith Order of the Black Eagle
Albrecht von Roon awardReceived Order of the Black Eagle
Alfred von Tirpitz awardReceived Order of the Black Eagle
Grigory Potemkin awardReceived Order of the Black Eagle
this entity surface form: Order of the Black Eagle (Prussia)
Red Eagle Order higherAward Order of the Black Eagle
Karl Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach honor Order of the Black Eagle
this entity surface form: Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle
Duke Albrecht of Württemberg awardReceived Order of the Black Eagle
Karl von Steinmetz awardReceived Order of the Black Eagle
Adolf von Menzel awardReceived Order of the Black Eagle
subject surface form: Adolph von Menzel
Prince Albert of Prussia awardReceived Order of the Black Eagle
Prince George of Greece and Denmark awardReceived Order of the Black Eagle
Heinrich Wladimir Albrecht Ernst awardReceived Order of the Black Eagle