House Order of the Wendish Crown

The House Order of the Wendish Crown (Hausorden der Wendischen Krone) is a dynastic order that was jointly instituted on 12 May 1864 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. It is the oldest and most senior order of the House of Mecklenburg.

Classes
The Order has four classes:
 * 1) Grand Cross, with two sub-classes:
 * 2) * with the Crown in Ore
 * 3) * with the Crown in Gold
 * 4) Grand Commander
 * 5) Commander
 * 6) Knight/Dame

Gold and silver Merit Crosses were also given.

Grand Crosses

 * Hamengkubuwana VIII
 * Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg
 * Abdulaziz
 * Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1811–1873)
 * Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884–1948)
 * Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
 * Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg
 * Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 * Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 * Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
 * Prince Albert of Prussia (1809–1872)
 * Prince Albert of Saxe-Altenburg
 * Prince Albert of Prussia (1837–1906)
 * Alexander I of Yugoslavia
 * Alexander II of Russia
 * Alexander III of Russia
 * Alexander of Battenberg
 * Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine
 * Prince Alexander of Prussia
 * Alexander Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse
 * Princess Alexandra of Hanover (born 1882)
 * Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 * Alexis, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt
 * Prince Alfons of Bavaria
 * Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 * Alfred, 2nd Prince of Montenuovo
 * Princess Altinaï of Montenegro
 * Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia
 * Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia
 * Prince Aribert of Anhalt
 * Prince Arnulf of Bavaria
 * Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
 * Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
 * Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia
 * Otto von Bismarck
 * Borwin, Duke of Mecklenburg
 * Walther Bronsart von Schellendorff
 * Bernhard von Bülow
 * Karl von Bülow
 * Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge
 * Leo von Caprivi
 * Carol I of Romania
 * Charles of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
 * Prince Charles of Prussia
 * Charles I of Austria
 * Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
 * Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1844–1894)
 * Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
 * Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg
 * Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
 * Christian IX of Denmark
 * Christian X of Denmark
 * Duke Constantine Petrovich of Oldenburg
 * Adolf von Deines
 * Rudolf von Delbrück
 * Eduard, Duke of Anhalt
 * Edward VII
 * Edward VIII
 * Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar
 * Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia
 * Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont
 * Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
 * Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
 * Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
 * Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
 * Francis, Duke of Teck
 * Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
 * Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
 * Frederik VIII of Denmark
 * Frederik IX of Denmark
 * Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 * Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 * Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 * Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt
 * Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden
 * Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden
 * Frederick III, German Emperor
 * Prince Frederick of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
 * Frederick William, Elector of Hesse
 * Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel
 * Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 * Frederick William III, Landgrave of Hesse
 * Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt
 * Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828–1885)
 * Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia
 * Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen
 * Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony
 * Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg
 * Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 * Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 * George I of Greece
 * George V of Hanover
 * George V
 * Prince George of Prussia
 * Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
 * Gustaf V
 * Prince Gustav of Denmark
 * Haakon VII of Norway
 * Prince Harald of Denmark
 * Prince Heinrich of Hesse and by Rhine
 * Prince Henry of Battenberg
 * Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929)
 * Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz
 * Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
 * Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 * Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
 * Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1825–1901)
 * Hermann, Prince of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
 * Paul von Hindenburg
 * Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler
 * Archduchess Ilona of Austria
 * Prince Joachim of Prussia
 * Prince Johann of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
 * Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg
 * Juliana of the Netherlands
 * Georg von Kameke
 * Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria
 * Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa
 * Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark
 * Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia
 * Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
 * Leopold II of Belgium
 * Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
 * Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
 * Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt
 * Prince Leopold of Bavaria
 * Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern
 * Alexander von Linsingen
 * Ewald von Lochow
 * Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
 * Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia
 * Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria
 * Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria
 * Luís I of Portugal
 * Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel
 * Prince Maximilian of Baden
 * Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 * Emperor Meiji
 * Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia
 * Milan I of Serbia
 * Prince Mirko of Montenegro
 * Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
 * Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg
 * Nicholas I of Montenegro
 * Nicholas II of Russia
 * Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831–1891)
 * Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856–1929)
 * Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro
 * Oscar II
 * Prince Oskar of Prussia
 * Pakubuwono X
 * Alexander August Wilhelm von Pape
 * Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg (1882–1904)
 * Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg
 * Boris Petrovitch Njegosh
 * Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg
 * Hans von Plessen
 * Karl von Plettenberg
 * Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia
 * Antoni Wilhelm Radziwiłł
 * Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria
 * Duke Robert of Württemberg
 * Albrecht von Roon
 * Prince Rudolf of Liechtenstein
 * Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
 * Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria
 * Alfred von Schlieffen
 * Gustav von Senden-Bibran
 * Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
 * Otto Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
 * Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen
 * Prince Valdemar of Denmark
 * Julius von Verdy du Vernois
 * Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia
 * Alfred von Waldersee
 * Wilhelm II, German Emperor
 * Wilhelm, German Crown Prince
 * Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach
 * Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
 * William II of Württemberg
 * William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
 * Prince William of Baden (1829–1897)
 * William, Prince of Hohenzollern
 * Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe
 * William, Prince of Wied
 * Friedrich Graf von Wrangel
 * Ferdinand von Zeppelin

Grand Commanders



 * Theodor Thierfelder

Commanders

 * Friedrich Wilhelm Schirrmacher

Knights

 * Hermann Rudolph Aubert
 * Paul von Buri
 * Gunther von Etzel
 * Theodor Fontane
 * Frank Linke-Crawford
 * Friedrich Wigger

Dames

 * Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 * Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 * Princess Elisabeth Sybille of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
 * Duchess Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg
 * Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Unknown class

 * Alexander Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn
 * Ludwig Brunow
 * Joseph Hollman
 * Hans von Kaltenborn-Stachau
 * Julius Kühn
 * Friedrich Ladegast
 * Helmuth von Moltke the Younger