The Order of the Cross of Takovo was a Serbian state order.

History

It was instituted in the Principality of Serbia in 1865 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Second Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire, which had started in Takovo, Serbia. The decree that established the Cross and Silver Medal was signed on 22 May 1865 by Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia. The Order was suppressed in 1903.

Notable recipients

Albert I of Belgium Albert I (8 April 1875 – 17 February 1934) was King of the Belgians from 23 December 1909 until his death in 1934. Born in Brussels as the fifth child and second son of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-S ...

* Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen * Alexander of Battenberg * Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha *

Baudouin of Belgium Baudouin (;, ; nl, Boudewijn Albert Karel Leopold Axel Maria Gustaaf, ; german: Balduin Albrecht Karl Leopold Axel Maria Gustav. 7 September 1930 – 31 July 1993), Dutch name Boudewijn, was King of the Belgians from 17 July 1951 until his de ...

* Jovan Belimarković * Petar Bojović * Count Otto von Bray-Steinburg * Vlaho Bukovac * Mikhail Chernyayev * Dimitrije Cincar-Marković *

Nićifor Dučić Archimandrite Nićifor Dučić ( sr-cyr, Нићифор Дучић; 1832–1900), was a Bosnian Serb theologian, historian, philologist, archimandrite, writer and academic. As Archimandrite of Herzegovina Nićifor Dučić founded the Orthodox ...

Dimitrije Đurić Dimitrije Đurić ( sr-Cyrl, Димитрије Ђурић; 29 September 1838 – 19 October 1893) was a Serbian army officer, minister of defence, professor at the military academy and member of the Serbian Royal Academy of Science. He also serve ...

Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia (russian: Дми́трий Константи́нович; 13 June 1860 – 28 January 1919) was a son of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich and a first cousin of Alexander III of Russia. He followed a ...

* Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha * Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg * Gaston Errembault de Dudzeele (died 1929) *

Géza Fejérváry Baron Géza Fejérváry de Komlóskeresztes (15 March 1833 – 25 April 1914) was a Hungarian general who served as the prime minister in a government of bureaucrats appointed by King Franz Joseph during the Hungarian Constitutional Crisis of 19 ...

* Franz Joseph I of Austria *

Frederick III, German Emperor Frederick III (german: Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl; 18 October 1831 – 15 June 1888), or Friedrich III, was German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days between March and June 1888, during the Year of the Three Emperors. Known informa ...

Jevrem Grujić Jevrem Grujić ( sr-Cyrl, Јеврем Грујић; November 8, 1827 – September 15, 1895) was a Serbian lawyer, politician and diplomat in the mid to late 19th century. Grujić was active at the highest levels of Serbian politics, contributing ...

* Iosif Gurko * Wilhelm von Hahnke * Paul von Hatzfeldt * David Edward Hughes *

Sima Igumanov Sima Andrejević ( sr-cyr, Сима Андрејевић; Prizren, January 30, 1804 — Prizren, February 24, 1882), known as Sima Igumanov, was a Serbian merchant who made a fortune through tobacco trade, and invested his fortune in building edu ...

* Paulina Irby * Nikola Ivanov * Joachim III of Constantinople * Count Gustav Kálnoky *

John Mākini Kapena John Mākini Kapena (October 2, 1843 – October 23, 1887) was a politician, diplomat and newspaper editor who served many political roles in the Kingdom of Hawaii. He served as Governor of Maui from 1874 to 1876, Minister of Finance from 1876 t ...

* Gustav von Kessel * Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst * Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza *

Franz Kuhn von Kuhnenfeld Franz Kuhn von Kuhnenfeld (15 July 1817 – 25 May 1896) was an Austro-Hungarian military officer who fought against Giuseppe Garibaldi in the wars of Italian independence and served as Imperial and Royal Minister of War from 1868 to 1874. Duri ...

* Leopold II of Belgium * Prince Leopold of Bavaria * Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse *

Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria Archduke Ludwig Viktor Joseph Anton of Austria (15 May 1842 – 18 January 1919) was the youngest child of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria and his wife Princess Sophie of Bavaria, and as such was the younger brother of Emperor Franz Joseph I. H ...

Luís I of Portugal Dom Luís I (31 October 1838, in Lisbon – 19 October 1889, in Cascais), known as The Popular (Portuguese: O Popular) was a member of the ruling House of Braganza,"While remaining patrilineal dynasts of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha accord ...

* Aleksandar Mašin * Charles McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway * Čedomilj Mijatović * Milan I of Serbia * Milan Milićević * Prince Mirko of Montenegro * Živojin Mišić *

Dumitru C. Moruzi Dumitru Constantin Moruzi (also known as Dimitrie Moruzi or Moruzzi; russian: Дмитрий Константинович Мурузи, ''Dmitry Konstantinovich Muruzi''; July 1 or 2, 1850 – October 9, 1914) was a Moldavian-born Imperial Russian ...

* Nicholas I of Montenegro *

Petar Perunović Petar Perunović (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Перуновић) (1880 – 10 June 1952), nicknamed Perun, was a famous Serbian gusle player from Montenegro. Perunović was born in 1880 at Drenovštica in Pješivci, Princedom of Montenegro, and ...

Racho Petrov Racho Petrov Stoyanov ( bg, Рачо Петров Стоянов) (3 March 1861 – 22 January 1942) was a leading Bulgarian general and politician. Petrov was born in Shumen. A talented soldier, he was appointed Chief of General Staff at ...

Constantin Poenaru Constantin Poenaru (April 8, 1842–1912) was a Romanian general. Born in Bucharest, Poenaru attended the local officers’ school from 1859 to 1861, followed by the École supérieure de guerre in Paris. A second lieutenant from 1861, he ros ...

* Constantin Prezan * Radomir Putnik * Alexander Arkadyevich Suvorov * Dmitry Milyutin * Eduard Totleben *

Fyodor Keller Theodor Eduard Graf von Keller (, Fyodor Eduardovich Keller; 15 August 1850 – 31 July 1904), better known as Fyodor Keller, was a general in the Imperial Russian Army, noted for his role in the Battle of Motien Pass during the Russo-Japanese Wa ...

* Fyodor Radetsky * Fyodor Trepov (senior) * Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856–1929) *

Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (russian: Влади́мир Александрович; 22 April 1847 – 17 February 1909) was a son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia, a brother of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and the senior Gra ...

Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkov Count Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov (russian: Илларио́н Ива́нович Воронцов-Дашков; 27 May 1837 – 15 January 1916) was a notable representative of the Vorontsov family. He served as Minister of Imperial Pro ...

* Kalākaua *

Konstantin von Stackelberg Konstantin Nikolai Freiherr von Stackelberg (russian: Константи́н Ка́рлович Шта́кельберг, tr. ; 30 March 1925) was a Baltic German composer and cavalry general in the Imperial Russian Army. Stackelberg was bes ...

* Mikhail Annenkov *

Mikhail Dragomirov Mikhail Ivanovich Dragomirov (russian: Михаил Иванович Драгомиров; – ) was a Russian general and military writer. His grandfather Ivan Antonovych Dragomirecki-Mockewicz after being granted a noble title in 1786, change ...

Nikolai Obruchev Nikolai Nikolayevich Obruchev (1830–1904) was a General Staff Officer in the Imperial Russian Army, imperial Russian general staff officer, military statistician, planner and chief of the Main Staff. Biography Obruchev was born in Warsaw in ...

Terty Filippov Terty Ivanovich Filippov (Те́ртий Ива́нович Фили́ппов; 5 January 1825 in Rzhev, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire – 12 December 1899 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian folklorist, singer, pedagogue, the Ho ...

* Viktor Sakharov * Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria * Mikhail Skobelev * Leonid Solarević * Stepa Stepanović * Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten * Dejan Subotić *

Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe Eduard Franz Joseph Graf von Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe (24 February 183329 November 1895) was an Austrian statesman, who served for two terms as Minister-President of Cisleithania, leading cabinets from 1868 to 1870 and 1879 to 1893. He was a ...

* Queen Victoria * Sergei Witte *

Pavel Zelenoy Pavel Alexeevich Zelenoy (russian: Зеленой, Павел Алексеевич, 5 January 1833 – 10 January 1909) was a Russian admiral, governor of Taganrog and Odessa. Military career Pavel Zelenoy was born into a noble family of cap ...

Gallery

Description

Elements of the decoration of the Order of the mark and the stars: File:COA of Principality of Serbia.svg, Coat of arms of the Principality of Serbia File:Maltese cross.svg,

Maltese cross The Maltese cross is a cross symbol, consisting of four " V" or arrowhead shaped concave quadrilaterals converging at a central vertex at right angles, two tips pointing outward symmetrically. It is a heraldic cross variant which developed f ...

File:Saint Andrew's cross black.svg,

Saint Andrew's Cross Saint Andrew's Cross or Andrew Cross may refer to: * The x-shaped cross on which Saint Andrew is said to have been martyred by crucifixion * Saltire, a heraldic symbol in the form of a diagonal cross, including a gallery of flags ** Flag of Sc ...

Order insignia

File:De twee sterren van de Takowo-Orde Servie.jpg, Stars of the order File:Drie Takowo kruisen.jpg, Crosses of the order

External links

ORDER OF THE CROSS OF TAKOVO (Orden takovskog krsta - Орден таковског крста)

References

Cross of Takovo Awards established in 1865 {{Serbia-stub Orders, decorations, and medals of the Principality of Serbia Orders, decorations, and medals of the Kingdom of Serbia