"Society of the Dragon" redirects here. Not to be confused with Dragon Society.
Order of the Dragon
Societas Draconistarum
Active
1408–16th century
Countries
Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia Holy Roman Empire Wallachia Moldavia Crown of Aragon Serbian Despotate League of Lezhë Second Bulgarian Empire
Allegiance
Holy Roman Empire Holy See
Type
Order of chivalry
Patron
Emperor Sigismund and Empress Barbara
Military unit
The Order of the Dragon (Latin: Societas Draconistarum, literally "Society of the Dragonists") was a monarchical chivalric order only for selected higher aristocracy and monarchs,[1] founded in 1408 by Sigismund of Luxembourg, who was then King of Hungary and Croatia (r. 1387–1437) and later became Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1433–1437). It was fashioned after the military orders of the Crusades, requiring its initiates to defend the cross and fight the enemies of Christianity, particularly the Ottoman Empire.
The Order flourished during the first half of the 15th century, primarily in Germany and Italy. After Sigismund's death in 1437, its importance declined in Western Europe. However, after the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, it continued to play a role in Hungary, Serbia and Romania, which bore the brunt of the Ottoman incursions. The Prince of Wallachia Vlad II Dracul, the father of Vlad the Impaler, took his name from the Order of the Dragon.
^Florescu and McNally, Dracula, Prince of Many Faces. pp. 40–2.
and 21 Related for: Order of the Dragon information
TheOrderoftheDragon (Latin: Societas Draconistarum, literally "Society ofthe Dragonists") was a monarchical chivalric order only for selected higher...
House oftheDragon is an American fantasy drama television series created by George R. R. Martin and Ryan Condal for HBO. A prequel to Game of Thrones...
The Imperial OrderoftheDragonof Annam (Vietnamese: Đại Nam Long Tinh / 大南龍星, Nam Việt Long bội tinh / 南越龍佩星, Nam-Long bội-tinh / 南龍佩星; French: Ordre...
An orderof chivalry, orderof knighthood, chivalric order, or equestrian order is an orderof knights, typically founded during or inspired by the original...
Dragon Quest, previously published as Dragon Warrior in North America until 2005, is a series of role-playing games created by Japanese game designers...
A dragon is a magical legendary creature that appears in the folklore of multiple cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through...
turn, inducted Henry into the Order of theDragon. Henry had intended to crusade for theorder after uniting the English and French thrones, but he died...
Dragon Ball Z is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation. Part oftheDragon Ball media franchise, it is the sequel to the 1986 Dragon...
economy of her times, independently administering large feudal fiefdoms and taxes, and was instrumental in creating the famous royal OrderoftheDragon. She...
Dragon Age is a media franchise centered on a series of fantasy role-playing video games created and developed by BioWare, which have seen releases on...
Son Goku is a fictional character and the main protagonist oftheDragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama. He is based on Sun Wukong (known...
TheDragon Ball video games are based on the manga series ofthe same name created by Akira Toriyama. From 1990, these games were released under the Dragon...
became a member oftheOrderoftheDragon. Dracula is the Slavonic genitive form of Dracul, meaning "[the son] of Dracul (or theDragon)". In modern Romanian...
Dragon Ball is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The franchise features an ensemble cast of characters and takes place in...
Global Information
Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Croatia
Holy Roman Empire
Wallachia
Moldavia
Crown of Aragon
Serbian Despotate
League of Lezhë 
Second Bulgarian Empire 
Holy See