Highest order of chivalry in the Kingdom of Prussia
For other uses, see Order of the Black Eagle (disambiguation).
Order of the Black Eagle Schwarzer Adlerorden
Star of the Order of the Black Eagle
Type
State Order (formerly) House Order (currently)
Established
17 January 1701
Country
Kingdom of Prussia
Royal house
House of Hohenzollern
Motto
Suum Cuique (idiomatically, "to each according to his merits")
Eligibility
Members of ruling houses, senior civil and military officials and other worthy figures appointed by the King of Prussia.
Awarded for
Civil or military merit
Sovereign
Prince Georg Friedrich
Grades
Knight
Statistics
First induction
1701
Total inductees
407 (to 1918)[1]
Precedence
Next (higher)
None
Next (lower)
Order of Merit of the Prussian Crown
Ribbon of the order
The Order of the Black Eagle (German: Hoher Orden vom Schwarzen Adler) was the highest order of chivalry in the Kingdom of Prussia. The order was founded on 17 January 1701 by Elector Friedrich III of Brandenburg (who became Friedrich I, King in Prussia, the following day). In his Dutch exile after World War I, deposed Emperor Wilhelm II continued to award the order to his family. He made his second wife, Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz, a Lady in the Order of the Black Eagle.
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