Order of St. Stephen
| Royal Order of St. Stephen Real Ordem de Santo Estevão | |
|---|---|
 Neck Insignia of the Order of St. Stephen | |
| Awarded by the Emperor-King of Karnia-Ruthenia | |
| Type | Dynastic order |
| Established | 2014 |
| Motto | Impavidum Ferient Ruinae The difficulties do not frighten me |
| Awarded for | At the monarch's pleasure |
| Status | Currently constituted |
| Grand Master | Emperor-King Oscar |
| Grades | Knight / Dame |
| Statistics | |
| First induction | 2014 |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Order of the Edelweiss |
| Next (lower) | Order of St. Peter |
| Related | Order of Ottokar |
 Ribbon of the Order of St. Stephen | |
The Order of St. Stephen is a dynastic order of knighthood founded in Persenburg by Emperor-King Oscar of Karnia-Ruthenia in 2014, to celebrate the Hungarian ancestry of his mother and the patron saint of Imperial and Royal Family, St. Stephen of Hungary. The current sovereign of the order is also its founder, the Emperor-King of Karnia-Ruthenia.
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Origin
Established on 25 November 2014, the Order was the first honor created in the kingdom. The idea was to establish a deep connection to the patron saint of the Kingdom of Ruthenia, St. Stephen. Until the creation of the Order of the Ruthenian Eagle and the replacement of it by the Order of the Edelweiss after the proclamation of the Empire, the Order of St. Stephen was the highest award of the country for a short period of time, but it is the most traditional of the awards within the Empire and is also the oldest. During the period in which Ruthenia was only one kingdom, the award was granted only seventeen times.
When the Empire was founded and immediately after the signing of the Karno-Ruthenian Compromise of 2016, the Order of the Edelweiss was founded to be the highest honor of the micronation. Following, the Order of the Ruthenian Eagle was discontinued along with other Ruthenian honors, but the Order of St. Stephen was maintained and became the second most important honor of Karnia-Ruthenia.
Precedence and privileges
Knights and Ladies of the Order are assigned positions in the order of precedence, ranking above all others of knightly rank, with the exception of the Knights of the Order of the Edelweiss. Wives, sons, daughters and daughters-in-law of Knights of the Order of St. Stephen also feature on the order of precedence; relatives of Dames of St. Stephen, however, are not assigned any special precedence. Generally, individuals can derive precedence from their fathers or husbands, but not from their mothers or wives.
After the establishment of Karnia-Ruthenia, the prefixes of "Sir" for Knights and "Lady" for the Dames was abolished. When an individual is entitled to use multiple post-nominal letters, "RKSS" or "RLSS" appears before all others, adding an "R" to the old post-nominal "KSS" for Knights and "LSS" for Dames. Knights and Dames may encircle their arms with the circlet of the Order.
Sovereigns of the Order
2014 - current
Recipients
2014
His Imperial and Royal Highness, Archduke Ari of Karnia-Ruthenia- Her Imperial and Royal Highness, Archduchess Denise of Karnia-Ruthenia
- Her Imperial and Royal Majesty, Empress-Queen Paloma of Karnia-Ruthenia
His Serene Highness, Prince Andreas of Aysellant
His Highness, Grand Duke Christian of Letzembourg
His Highness, Prince Eitan of Szteinbaum
His Royal Majesty, King Isaac I of Wiltogo
His Royal Majesty, King Jeffrey I of Harenfall
His Imperial Highness, Grand Duke Julian of Lundenwic- His Grace, Marquis Michael of New Charter
His Majesty, King Peter II of Santa Cruz
2015
His Royal Highness, Duke Guilherme da Lomellina e Berenguer of Libertia- Her Royal Highness, Duchess Tânya Correa d'Ornellas of Libertia
- His Grace, Count Yuri de Faria
- His Royal Highness, Prince Alexandro of Lomellina e Berenguer
His Holy Imperial Majesty, Emperor Claudio I of Reunion
His Imperial and Royal Majesty, Emperor Stephen of the Abeldane Empire
2016
- His Royal Majesty, King Thomas of Cumagne
His Highness, Duke Michael de Cessna of Solisia
His Royal Highness, King Emerson of Brigantia and Afrikanda
His Highness, Duke Edward of Romitria
2018
His Serene and Royal Highness, King Miles I of Quixotica
His Illustrious Majesty, High King Arthur II of Ebenthal
See also
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