Princely Order of New Hanover

Princely Order of New Hanover
Awarded by The Grand Prince of New Hanover
Type	Dynastic and State
Established	16 November 2021
Country	Grand Principality of New Hanover
Criteria	Prince's Pleasure
Status	Currently constituted
Founder	August IV
Sovereign	Emperor August IV and Grand Prince Eugene I
Chancellor of the Order	Vacant
Grades	Knight/Dame Grand Cross Knight/Dame Companion Companion Member
Post-nominals	GNH KNH/DNH CNH MNH
Statistics
First induction	16 November 2021
Last induction	16 November 2021
Total inductees	0
Precedence
Next (higher)	Imperial Order of the New Prussian Crown
Next (lower)	Order of the Lion
Related	Royal Order of New Bavaria Order of the Crown King Royal Order of Biberdamm Princely Order of New Hanover Ducal Order of New Oldenburg Archducal Order of Southwest Clinton

The Princely Order of New Hanover is an order of chivalry founded by August IV on 16 November 2021 and it is one of the fourth highest orders of the Empire of New Prussia.

Appointments are made at the discretion of the Grand Prince of New Hanover with approval of the Emperor. This Order can be awarded anytime except for holidays. The Grand Prince may appoint only 50 citizens in total. He may appoint as many supernumerary Knights -Members of the Imperial Family and Foreign Heads of State/Government- as he wishes.

History

The Order itself wasn't official until 16 November 2021.

Composition

The Order consists of the Sovereign, Chancellor of the Order, Secretary, the Gentleman/Lady Usher of the Yellow Rod, 50 total Knights and members including supernumerary members.

Officers

Officers of the order are not of the Fifty members because they are temporal.

Chancellor of the Order: Has the power to accept or decline the letter of recommendation and has the power to degrade members with approval of the Sovereign.

Gentleman/Dame Usher of the Yellow Rod: The representative of the order, maintains discipline within the order and grants access to the investiture ceremony.

Secretary: keeps records of previous and current knights/dames of the order and does background checks on recipients.

List of Members

• "Noble" is for a member who is in the Imperial Family
• "Stranger" is for a member who is a foreign head of state/government

List of current members of the Order

Member number	Rank	Name	Date of appointment
	Co-Sovereign	Emperor Count August IV	16 November 2021
	Co-Sovereign	Grand Prince Eugene I	16 November 2021
	Noble Knight Grand Cross	Crown King Colton	16 November 2021
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