Order of the Blue Blood

Order of the Blue Blood
Order of the Blue Blood;
Awarded by the King of Ebenthal
Type	House order
Established	2016 (Roschfallenian order); 2020 (Ebenthaler order)
Motto	"Man like few, prince like none" -King Albert I of Belgium on Luís, Prince Imperial of Brazil.
Eligibility	Royalty only.
Awarded for	At His Majety's pleasure
Status	Currently constituted
Grand Master	King Arthur II
Lieutenant to the Grand Master	Hector, Prince Royal
Grades	Knight/Dame
Post-nominals	OBB
Statistics
First induction	2016
Last induction	2024
Total inductees	43
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of the Crancelin
Next (lower)	Order of Lady Mary
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The Order of the Blue Blood (Portuguese: Ordem do Sangue Azul) is a national and dynastic order of the Kingdom of Ebenthal, granted at the monarch's pleasure exclusivelly to royalty and mediatized nobles, usually in recognition of a national contribution, for public service, or for personal service to the sovereign. It was first established in 2016 by King Arthur I of Roschfallen. Nonetheless, in 2020 the sovereignity over the order was transferred to the person of the King of Ebenthal as a dynastic order of the House of Bruyn incorporated to the national pantheon of orders and awards. As a house order, the entire administration of the order lies with the person of the monarch, not with the crown, and thus appointments are at the sovereign's sole discretion. Membership of the order is unlimited and supernumerary.

History

The Roschfallenian order

The Order of the Blue Blood was founded on 26 January 2016 by King Arthur I of Roschfallen as national order, loosely based in the Order of the Garter, with the purpose to award royalty. The term "Sangue Azul" from his name comes from the old Visighotic tradition of saying that the Christian royals had blue blood in contrast to the average red blood of the Moors in the Iberian peninsula. It was popularized in countries that emerged from the old Visigothic Kingdom (namely Portugal and Spain), as well as in its former colonies, and was adapted to the English language in 1811 in the Annual Register and started to be used from 1834 to categorize people of royal descent. At the time of its creation in Roschfallen, the order was the third highest honor in the realm, after the Order of the Golden Triumph and the Order of Vissen. Nevertheless, the order soon became the most prestigious in the country due to its exclusivity and its recipients.

The Ebenthaler order

After the July 2019 coup, Roschfallen entered an increasing state of inactivity which culminated in the abdication of King Arthur I, who was succeeded by his former High Inquisitor as Ferdinand I. In October 2020 the former King of Roschfallen, now occupying the throne of Ebenthal as Arthur II, sought his successor on the throne of Roschfallen in order to negotiate with him sovereignty over the Order of Blue Blood, who wanted to settle in Ebenthal. With the order virtually dormant, the Roschfallenian monarch agreed and on 4 December of that year a treaty was signed whereby the Roschfallenian State surrendered the order to the person of the Ebenthali monarch, not to the Ebenthaler state. Thus, the order became a dynastic order, rather than a national order. The transfer of sovereignty incurred no damages to members and recipients of the order previously awarded by the King of Roschfallen, with rare exceptions in cases specially reviewed by the King of Ebenthal.

Composition

Members

Membership in the order is unlimited and exclusively for royalty. It includes the Monarch and the Prince Royal respectively as Sovereign and Grand Master and Lieutenant to the Grand Master. The Monarch alone can grant membership at his own pleasure, meaning it has no requirements for a person to be inducted a member of the order, although as a national order, membership is regularly granted at the Archchancellor's indication. Monarchs are known as Sovereign of Order of the Blue Blood and the Prince Royal is known as Royal Knight Compainion of the Order of the Blue Blood. Members of the order are divided between "Kingdom Knights/Dames" and "Stranger Knights/Dames".

Grades

The King of Ebenthal is the Sovereign and Grand Master of the order. All deeds granting decorations of the Order must bear the signature of the Sovereign and Grand Master. The Lieutenant to the Grand Master is empowered to act on behalf of and in place of the monarch if necessary and with the express approval of the monarch; if the monarch is unable to give his consent, it is up to the Head of the House of Bruyn to sanction the acts of the Deputy Grand Master. Members of the order are granted a certificate and are eligible to require a personal coat of arms with the insignia of the Order. Despite being a single-graded order, there is a division of registration between Kingdom Knights and Dames, who are citizens of Ebenthal appointed to be members of the order, including supernumerary members of the Royal Family, and Stranger Knights and Dames, foreigners appointed as members of the order. There is, however, no difference in precedence between these classifications.

Precedence and privileges

Members of this order are assigned positions in the order of precedence, ranking above all others members of equal rankings of whichever orders. Consorts, children and children-in-law also feature on the order of precedence; other relatives of members, however, are not assigned any special precedence. Generally, individuals can derive precedence from their parents or consorts as long as the recipient lives.

All members ot the order are entitled to the prefixes "Sir" for males and "Ma'am" for females. When an individual is entitled to use multiple post-nominal letters, the ones of the order (OBB), standing for Order of the Blue Blood takes precedence. All recipients may encircle their arms with the circlet of the order.

Insignia and habit

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Members of the order

Grand Masters

Name	Sovereign and Grand Master as	Period
His Majesty Arthur I	King of Roschfallen	26 January 2016 – 29 December 2019
His Majesty Ferdinand I	King of Roschfallen	29 December 2019 – 4 December 2020
His Majesty Arthur II	King of Ebenthal	4 December 2020 – present

Kingdom Knights

Name	Serie number	Known for	Date Appointed
1	Princess Emmanuela of Ebenthal	Princess of Ebenthal	9 November 2020
2	Princess Nilza, Duchess of Erzfelsen	former Regent of Erzfelsen	16 November 2020
3	Antônio I, Prince of New Switzerland	Prince of New Switzerland	11 November 2021
4	Prince Pedro Henrique of Ebenthal	Prince of Ebenthal	5 July 2022
5	Prince Theodore of Ebenthal	Prince of Ebenthal	5 July 2022
6	Princess Elaine of Ebenthal	Princess of Ebenthal	13 October 2020

Stranger Knights

Name	Serie number	Known for	Date Appointed
1	Omar V	Sultan of Harram	14 February 2016
2	Prince Adrien of Roschfallen	Prince of Roschfallen	14 February 2016 (REVOKED)
3	Dean II, Prince of St. George	Prince of St. George	2 June 2016
4	Pedro I	Emperor of Schneeblutig	2 June 2016
5	Gionata Giackovseen XIII, Emperor of Znatsnaz	Emperor of Znatsnaz	7 August 2016
6	Abbas I	King of Escorvania	21 February 2018
7	Ivan, Kanfre of Lifréia	Kanfre of Lifréia	22 February 2018
8	Oscar I	Emperor of Karnia, King of Ruthenia, etc.	30 October 2020
9	Fernando I	King of Roschfallen	30 October 2020
10	Thomas I	King of Quinta Velha	30 October 2020
11	Jan Aurelius I, Prince of Snowy Plains	Prince of Snowy Plains	3 November 2020
12	Varuna Sriraya	Rashtradhyaksh of Vishwamitra	1 December 2020 (Relinquished)
13	Maria I	Queen of Sildavia	1 December 2020
14	Bruno I	King of the Hanseatics	5 January 2021
15	Louis Philippe I	King of the Eminians	30 January 2021
16	Archduke Ari of Ruthenia	Archduke of Karnia, Prince of Ruthenia, etc.	22 March 2021
17	Tanishkaa Patranabish	Deputy Rashtradhyaksh of Vishwamitra	22 March 2021 (Relinquished)
18	Wilhelm I	North American Emperor	7 September 2021
19	Jonathan I	Emperor of Austenasia	7 September 2021
20	William I	Emperor of Lehmark	7 September 2021
21	Julian I, Imperial Grand Duke of Lundenwic	Imperial Grand Duke of Lundenwic	7 September 2021
22	Hassan IV	Sultan of Harram	7 September 2021
23	John I	King of Baustralia	7 September 2021
24	Tarik I	King of the Valtirians	7 September 2021
25	Isaiah I	King of Burdette	7 September 2021
26	Guilherme I Ítalo	King of Taslavia	7 September 2021
27	Christoph II, Archduke of Mimas	Archducke of Mimas	7 September 2021
28	Nicholas I, Grand Duke of Flandrensis	Grand Duke of Flandrensis	7 September 2021
29	Jonathan I	King by the Rhine	2 December 2021
30	Marie-Philippe I	Newgravine of Saint-Castin	16 February 2022
31	Carlo, Prince of Nossia	Prince of Nossia	16 February 2022
32	Benjamin Azoulay	Regent of Roschfallen	16 February 2022
33	Cloe, Sovereign Princess of Sancratosia	Princess of Sancratosia	5 July 2022
34	Hassan III	Sultan of Harram	13 October 2022
35	Carolyn I	Queen of Ladonia	13 October 2022
36	Ivan III	Emperor of Pavlov	13 October 2022
37	Gabriel, Crown Prince of Luna	Heir to the Lunese throne	14 June 2024

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