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The Royal Order of Spain, originally founded as Ordre royal d'Espagne is an extinct

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of the

Kingdom of Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' ( Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , ...

founded by

Joseph Bonaparte it, Giuseppe-Napoleone Buonaparte es, José Napoleón Bonaparte , house = Bonaparte , father = Carlo Buonaparte , mother = Letizia Ramolino , birth_date = 7 January 1768 , birth_place = Corte, Corsica, Republic ...

History

The Royal Order of Spain was founded by King Joseph of Spain on 20 October 1808, under the name of royal and military order (’''ordre royal et militaire'') to be awarded for bravery on the battlefield as well as for civilian accomplishments. It had three classes:

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(''grand cordon''); commander (''commandeur'') and knight (''chevalier''). The order was abolished by

King Ferdinand VII , house = Bourbon-Anjou , father = Charles IV of Spain , mother = Maria Luisa of Parma , birth_date = 14 October 1784 , birth_place = El Escorial, Spain , death_date = , death_place = Madrid, Spain , burial_plac ...

in 1814.

Members

Grands cordons

* Miguel José de Azanza * Baron

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(15 February 1811) *General Antoine de Roten

Commandeurs

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* Juan Antonio Llorente *

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of the

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* Joseph Léopold Sigisbert Hugo * François Joseph Marie Clary (1786–1841)

Chevaliers

* Alexis-François Aulagnier *

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(11 March 1810) *

Leandro Fernández de Moratín Leandro Fernández de Moratín (; 10 March 1760 – 21 June 1828) was a Spanish dramatist, translator and neoclassical poet. Biography Moratín was born in Madrid the son of Nicolás Fernández de Moratín, a major literary reformer in Spa ...

Francisco de Goya Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; ; 30 March 174616 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His paintings, drawings, and en ...

Jean-Baptiste Auguste Marie Jamin Jean-Baptiste is a male French name, originating with Saint John the Baptist, and sometimes shortened to Baptiste. The name may refer to any of the following: Persons * Charles XIV John of Sweden, born Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, was King ...

(19 November 1810) *

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(25 October 1809) * François-Juste Hugo *Luis Marcelino Pereira (27 October 1809)

References

{{Authority control Orders of chivalry of Spain 1808 establishments in Spain Orders, decorations, and medals of Spain Awards established in 1808