Order of
the Golden Fleece
The Order of the Golden Fleece was founded by Philip the Good in 1430. The golden fleece refers to the Greek legends of Jason and the Argonauts who traveled north (the nordic Draco-Orion bloodline) to find a golden fleece (monatomic gold).
Knights
Jean de Villiers, Antoine de Croy, Charles of Burgundy, Alfonso V (King of Aragon), Reinoud II van Brederode, John I (duke of Cleve), Ferdinand II of Aragon (Habsburg), Philippe de Croy, Maximilian I (Holy Roman Emperor), William II of Egmont, Philip the Fair (duke of Burgundy), Frederick III Habsburg (Holy Roman Emperor), Henry VII (King of England), Albert III (House of Wettin), Ebenhard V (House of Württemberg), Charles de Croy (controlled by Habsburg), Charles V Habsburg (Holy Roman Emperor), Eitelfried II Hohenzollern, Henry VIII (King of England, Protestant Church), Henry III (House of Orange-Nassau), Frederick II (House of Wittelsbach), Francis I (King of France), Sigismund of Poland (married to Bona Sforza), James V (king of Scotland), William I (House of Orange, king of Netherlands), Rudolf II (Holy Roman Emperor), William Orsini Rosenberg, Vespasiano I Gonzoga-Colonna, Francesco de Medici, Charles de Ligne (prince of Arenberg), Philip IV Habsburg, Francesco d'Este, Johann Adolf (count of Schwarzenberg), Marcantonio V Colonna, Charles II Habsburg, Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna, Maffeo Barberini, James Louis Sobieski, Urbano Barberini, Filipo II Colonna, Alessandro Farnese (family wich founded the jesuits), Louis XV (King of France), Charles X (King of France), Maximilian I (House of Habsburg Lorraine, Mexican Empire), Camillo Borghese (brother-in-law of Napoleon), Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington (Battle of Waterloo),
Napoleon, Louis Bonaparte, George IV (King of UK), William I (King of the Netherlands), Michael of Russia (Württemberg), John of Saxony (Wettin), William IV (King of UK), Leopold I (King of Belgium), Pedro II (King of Brazil), Ferdinand (House of Orléans), Christian VIII (King of Denmark), Oscar I (King of Sweden), Francis Duke of Calabria, Napoleon III, Edward VII (King of UK, Order of St John), Ludwig II of Bavaria, William I (King of Prussia), Louis I (King of Portugal), Abdulaziz (Sultan of the Ottoman Empire), Oscar II (King of Sweden), Patrice MacMahon (president of France), Jules Grévy (president of France), Otto von Bismarck (German Empire), William II (Prince of Prussia), Victor Emmanuel II (King of Italy), Alfonso XIII (King of Spain), Alfred Duke of Edinburgh, Albert of Prussia (Order of St John), George V, Yoshihito of Japan (Hiroshima ritual), Raymond Poincaré (jesuit, president of France), Galleazo von Thun und Hohenstein (Grandmaster of the Order of Malta), Hiroshito Emperor of Japan, Juan Carlos of Spain and Jerusalem (Order of Malta), Paul von Hindenburg (president Germany), Baudoin I of Belgium, Felipe IV of Spain, Hussein of Jordan, Beatrix I of Netherlands (Order of Malta), Elizabeth II (Queen of UK), Albert II of Belgium, Adolfo Suarez (pm of Spain).
After the Spanish succession war, the order was split in a Spanish and an Austrian branch. Eugen Alexander von Thurn und Taxis, married to Anna Fürstenberg-Heidelberg, was a member of the Austrian branch.
Austrian branch
- Franz, Duke of Bavaria (1960)
- Count Johann Larisch of Moennich (1960)
- Archduke Karl of Austria Habsburg (1961) (grand master since 2000)
- Archduke Andreas Salvator of Austria, Prince of Tuscany
- Archduke Carl Salvator of Austria, Prince of Tuscany
- Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
- Archduke Michael of Austria
- Archduke Michael Salvator of Austria, Prince of Tuscany
- Archduke Georg of Austria
- Archduke Carl Christian of Austria
- King Albert II of Belgium
- Prince Albrecht of Hohenberg
- Carl, Duke of Württemberg
- Prince of Lobkowicz
- Count Johann of Hoyos-Sprinzenstein
- Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
- Prince Clemens of Altenburg
- Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza
- Count Josef Hubert of Neipperg
- Karl, Prince of Schwarzenberg (TC, ECFR, chancellor of Czech Republic, descendant of Habsburgs)
- Archduke Joseph of Austria (born 1960)
- The Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
- Count Gottfried of Czernin of Chudenitz
- Mariano Hugo, Prince of Windisch-Graetz
- Baron Johann Friedrich of Solemacher-Antweiler
- Baron Nicolas Adamovich de Csepin
- Bernard Guerrier de Dumast (2001)
- Kubrat, Prince of Panagyurishte (2002)
- Philippe of Belgium (2008)
- Michel, Prince of Ligne (2011)
- Prince Charles-Louis de Merode (2011)
- Archduke Ferdinand Zvonimir of Austria
- Alexander, Margrave of Meissen (2012)
Chancellor: Count Alexander von Pachta-Reyhofen (since 2005)
Grand chaplain: Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna (since 1992)
Chaplain: Count Gregor Henckel-Donnersmarck (since 2007)
Treasurer: Baron Wulf Gordian von Hauser (since 1992)
Registrar: Count Karl-Philipp von Clam-Martinic (since 2007)
Herald: Count Karl-Albrecht von Waldstein-Wartenberg (since 1997)