Order of the Cross of Saint James

Order of the Cross of Saint James
Awarded by the King of Ebenthal
Type	National order
Established	3 July 2022
Motto	Sancti Iacobi et dele pro Ebenthal
Awarded for	At His Majesty's pleasure.
Status	Currently constituted
Sovereign and Grand Master	King Arthur II
Lieutenant of the Grand Master	Hector, Prince Royal
Chancellor	N/A
Grades	Knight/Dame
Post-nominals	CCS
Statistics
First induction	2022
Last induction	2024
Total inductees	37
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of Prince Ludwig Gaston of Saxe-Coburg and Braganza
Next (lower)	Order of the Crancelin
Ribbon bar of the order

The Order of the Cross of Saint James (Portuguese: Ordem da Cruz de Santiago) is a national order of the Kingdom of Ebenthal, granted at the monarch's pleasure. It was established on 3 July 2022 by King Arthur II to substitute the former Order of Gillis with a symbology inherent to the country as a way of properly rewarding those who rendered service to it or had actions recognized as valuable.

As a national order, the Archchancellor of Ebenthal is its chancellor, appointing persons potentially eligible to be appointed members by the King of Ebenthal, Sovereign and Grand Master of the Order, which also includes supernumerary knights and ladies such as members of the Royal Family. The order is part of national pantheon of orders and awards of Ebenthal.

History

From early 2022 King Arthur II of Ebenthal initiated a campaign to disassociate the national image from his own and his family's in order to strengthen the national culture and identity. Among his actions to this end, the monarch decided to remove from the country mentions of his family's forefather, Gillis van der Bruyn, and therefore, abolish the Order of Gillis, created in 2021. By mid 2022 Arthur wanted to reform the national pantheon of chivalric orders by removing direct associations to his family history and foreign characters and figures unconnected with the country's history. In order to abolish the Order of Gillis without harming its members, a new order should be created in its place. The Ebenthali monarch, inspired by the existing Order of the Ebony Crown, which alludes to the black crancelin, one of the main symbols of national representation of Ebenthal present in the country's flag and coat of arms, named the future new order as Order of the Cross of Saint James in reference to Cross of Saint James, the maximum symbol of Ebenthal adopted in 2014 and whose name still alludes to the Conference of Santiago, intermicronational organization of which Ebenthal is a founding member. On 3 July 2022, in session at the House of Aristocrats, the King announced the issuance of Royal Decree 6/2022 instituting the Order of the Cross of Saint James and determining its placement in the Ebenthal honors system.

Composition

Members

Membership in the order is unlimited and it includes the Monarch and the Prince of Altenburg respectively as Sovereign and Grand Master and Deputy 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 Cross of Saint James and the Prince Royal is known as Royal Knight Compainion of the Cross of Saint James. Male members of the Order are titled "Knights Companion" and female members are called "Ladies Companion".

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 Deputy 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 Chancellor of the order to sanction the acts of the Deputy Grand Master. The Chancellor is a supernumerary member of the order and is appointed to his position by the King. Usually the Archchancellor in office is appointed Chancellor but this is not a requirement. Members of the order are granted a certificate and are eligible to require a personal coat of arms with the insignia of the Order. A single-graded order, its only ranking is that of Knight/Dame.

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 of "Sir" and "Ma'am". When an individual is entitled to use multiple post-nominal letters, the ones of the order (CCS) for both Knights and Dames, standing for Cavaleiro da Cruz de Santiago in Portuguese, takes precedence. All recipients may encircle their arms with the circlet of the order.

Insignia and habit

• The collar of the Order is
• The badge of the Order is
• The star of the Order is
• The ribbon of the Order is

Members of the order

Officers

Name	Designation	Period
His Majesty Arthur II, King of Ebenthal	Sovereign and Grand Master	3 July 2022 – present
His Royal Highness Hector, Prince Royal	Lieutenant of the Grand Master	3 July 2022 – present
N/A	Chancellor	N/A
N/A	King of Arms, Register and Secretary	N/A

Knights and Dames

Name	Serie number	Post-Nominals	Known for	Date Appointed
1	Lucas VIII, Prince of Woenstein		Stadhouder of Mauritia	5 July 2022
2	Marco Antonio Rino		President of Rino Island	5 July 2022
3	Mirdov M. Kron		ex-President of the Jusin Republic	5 July 2022
4	John		King of Baustralia	5 July 2022
5	Adam Pivetz		Premier of the Gymnasium State	5 July 2022
6	William Lehman I		Emperor and Autocrat of Lehmark	5 July 2022
7	Rafael I		King of Luna	5 July 2022
8	Leonardo I		Emperor of Villa Alicia	5 July 2022
9	Dylan Callahan		Minister of Finances	5 July 2022
10	Oscar I		Emperor of Karnia, King of Ruthenia, etc.	5 July 2022
11	Varuna Sriraya		Rashtradhyaksh of Vishwamitra	5 July 2022 (REVOKED)
12	Tanishkaa Patranabish		Rajpramukh of Beltola	5 July 2022
13	Luisa Somme, 1st Marchioness of Zerrenthin		Lady President of the House of Aristocrats	5 July 2022
14	Bernardo Barcelos		Minister of Commerce	5 July 2022
15	Christoph II, Archduke of Mimas		Archduke of Mimas	5 July 2022
16	Cloe, Sovereign Princess of Sancratosia		Sovereign Princess of Sancratosia	5 July 2022
17	Charles, Emir of Raphania		Grand Emir of Raphania	5 July 2022
18	Hassan III		Sultan of Harram	25 September 2022
19	Princess Elaine		Princess of Ebenthal	27 September 2022
20	André Igino Chalegre		Czærisgrav of the Xingu	12 October 2022
21	Thomas I		King of Quinta Velha	12 October 2022
22	Hassan IV		Sultan of Harram	12 October 2022
23	Anastasio López		President of Rino Island	12 October 2022 (REVOKED)
24	Travis I, Grand Duke of Westarctica		Grand Duke of Westarctica	12 October 2022
25	Carolyn I		Queen of Ladonia	12 October 2022
26	Maria I		Queen of Sildavia	12 October 2022
27	Adrian Wojtasz		President of Upper Schwartz Morgen Lorgen Land	12 October 2022
28	Tomáš Falešník		President and Premier of the Gymnasium State	12 October 2022
29	Raphael Sousa		Minister of the Interior	12 October 2022
30	Nicholas Reis, 1st Marquis of Amsee		Member of the House of Councillors	13 October 2022
31	Gabriela Amorim, 1st Duchess of Guterfolg		Prime Minister of Ebenthal	22 February 2023
32	Prince Hans Scherer		Neoswiss Prince	5 September 2023
33	Gustave Lynch		Minister-President of Marienbourg	25 December 2023
34	Guilherme Wünsch		Member of the Ducal Diet	25 December 2023
35	Alicia dos Santos, 1st Countess of Ferrero		HRH The Grand Duke's fiancée	14 June 2024
36	Carlo, Prince of Nossia		Sovereign Prince of Nossia	14 June 2024
37	Ivan VII		Kanfre of Lifréia	14 June 2024

See also

• Orders, decorations, and medals of Ebenthal
  • List of honours of Ebenthal awarded to heads of state and royalty