Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary

Order of Saint Stephen
Order of Saint Stephen ;
	Grand Cross insignia with Collar
Awarded by The Head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Type	Dynastic order
Established	1764
Royal house	House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Religious affiliation	Catholic
Sovereign	Archduke Karl
Grand Master	Archduke Georg
Classes	Grand Cross; Commander; Knight
Precedence
Next (higher)	Military Order of Maria Theresa
Next (lower)	Order of Leopold (Austria)
	; Ribbon of the order; ;

The Order of Saint Stephen (Hungarian: Szent István rend) is an order of chivalry founded in 1764 by Maria Theresa. In 1938, Miklós Horthy took the rights and activities of Grand Master as Regent of Hungary. The name of the Order changed to the Royal Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen (German: Königlich Ungarischer Sankt-Stephans-Orden, Latin: Ordo Equitum Sancti Stephani Regis (Hungariae) Apostolici). The Order was terminated at the time of the proclamation of the Second Hungarian Republic in 1946. It was recreated in 2011 as the Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen, and to this day remains the highest order in Hungary.^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ "Kitüntetések". www.keh.hu. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^ "Kiállítás nyílt a Szent István-rend világáról a Magyar Nemzeti Múzeumban". Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^ Lajos, Csordás (8 May 2014). "A zöld szárú kereszt lovagjai". Retrieved 21 August 2018.

[1] "Kitüntetések". www.keh.hu. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2018.

[2] "Kiállítás nyílt a Szent István-rend világáról a Magyar Nemzeti Múzeumban". Retrieved 21 August 2018.

[auto-3] Lajos, Csordás (8 May 2014). "A zöld szárú kereszt lovagjai". Retrieved 21 August 2018.

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