Order of Elizabeth

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Imperial Austrian Order of Elizabeth
3rd Class of the Order
Type	Order of chivalry for women
Established	17 September 1898 1898 - 1918 (National Order) 1918 - present (Dynastic Order) 17 November (Feast day)
Royal house	House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Religious affiliation	Roman Catholic
Awarded for	General welfare in Religious, Charitable or Philanthropic Merit
Status	Dormant since 1951
Grades	Dame Grand Cordon Dame Commander Dame Officer Dame
Statistics
First induction	1898: Countess Irma Sztáray de Sztára et Nagymihály
Last induction	1951: Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen
Total inductees	1121
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of Leopold
Next (lower)	Order of Franz Joseph
Equivalent	Order of the Iron Crown
Ribbon of the Order

The Imperial Austrian Order of Elizabeth (German: Kaiserlich österreichischer Elisabeth-Orden), founded in 1898 by Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, was an order created for women. The order was the namesake of Saint Elisabeth of Hungary, but it was created to honor and memorialize Franz Joseph's late wife, Empress-Queen Elisabeth.

The order was divided into three classes: Grand Cross, first and second classes. There was also an Elizabeth Medal for civil merit.