Grand Masters
- Empress Maria Teresa (May 13, 1717–November 29, 1780), 1764–1780
- Emperor Josef II (March 13, 1741–February 20, 1790), 1780–1790
- Emperor Leopold II (May 5, 1747–March 1, 1792), 1790–1792
- Emperor Franz I (II) (12 February 1768–2 March 1835), 1792–1835
- Emperor Ferdinand I (April 19, 1793–June 29, 1875), 1835–1848
- Emperor Franz Josef I (August 18, 1830–November 21, 1916), 1848–1916
- Emperor Karl I (17 August 1887–1 April 1922), 1916–1922; deposed as emperor and king as a result of World War One, but never abdicated; received beatification ("Blessed Charles I") by Pope John Paul II, 2004
- Dr. Otto Habsburg (nee H.I.& R.H. Otto, Archduke of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia) (20 November 1912–4 July 2011), Crown Prince of Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia, 1916–1922; Head and Sovereign of the (Austrian) Order of the Golden Fleece, 1922–2000 (resigned/abdicated in favor of his oldest son and heir, Karl Habsburg-Lothringen); titular Emperor of Austria, titular King of Hungary and of Bohemia, 1922–2007; Grand Master of the all-but-extinct Royal Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen, 1922–2007 (Dr. Habsburg stepped down from his role as head of the House of Habsburg in January 2007, in favor of his son Karl); awarded/invested with the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (the design of which is strikingly similar to the Royal Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen), 1999
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