Order of the White Falcon (german: Hausorden vom Weißen Falken) is a grand-ducal order of

Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (german: Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) was a historical German state, created as a duchy in 1809 by the merger of the Ernestine duchies of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach, which had been in personal union since 1741. It was raised ...

, founded by Duke Ernest Augustus on 2 August 1732, and renewed in 1815 by Charles Augustus.

Description

In the early 20th century it had four classes and a silver cross, added in 1878. The decoration, a green star of eight points, with red stars between the arms, bears a white falcon, and the motto, ''Vigilando Ascendimus'' (Through vigilance we ascend), on a blue ground. *

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* Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen * Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale *

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* Prince Albert of Prussia (1837–1906) *

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* Alexander I of Russia *

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* Prince Oscar Bernadotte * Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen *

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* Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1792–1862) * Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg *

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* Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland * Carlos I of Portugal * Carol I of Romania * Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz *

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* Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg * Prince Charles of Prussia *

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* Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst * Christian IX of Denmark * Christian X of Denmark *

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* Karl Ludwig d'Elsa *

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* Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg-Strelitz *

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* Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe * George I of Greece *

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* Gustaf V * Gottlieb Graf von Haeseler *

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* Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line * Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929) * Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz *

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* Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin *

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* Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1825–1901) * Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1886–1964) *

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* Franz von Hipper * Henning von Holtzendorff *

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* Isabella II of Spain * Ito Hirobumi * Prince Johann Georg of Saxony *

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* Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse * Erich Lüdke * Ludwig II of Bavaria * Ludwig III of Bavaria *

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* Ludwig Wilhelm, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt *

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* Milan I of Serbia *

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* Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov * Oscar II * Archduke Otto of Austria (1865–1906) * Otto of Greece * Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg *

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* Pedro V of Portugal * Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg *

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:White Falcon, Order of the Orders, decorations, and medals of Weimar