Franz Joseph I of Austria - Orders, Decorations, and Honours

Orders, Decorations, and Honours

Emperor Franz Joseph held the following chivalric orders:

• Order of the Golden Fleece (ex officio as Emperor of Austria)
• Military Order of Maria Theresa (Militär Maria-Theresien-Orden, ex officio as Emperor of Austria)
• Royal Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen (Königlich ungarischer St. Stephan-Orden, ex officio as Emperor of Austria)
• Order of Leopold (Leopold-Orden, ex officio as Emperor of Austria)
• Order of the Iron Crown (Orden der Eisernen Krone, ex officio as Emperor of Austria)
• Order of Milosh the Great, Kingdom of Serbia
• Order of the Garter, Great Britain, awarded 1867 and expelled 1914
• Order of the Black Eagle (Schwarzer-Adler-Orden), Prussia
• Order of the Red Eagle (Roter-Adler-Orden), First Class, Prussia
• Pour le Mérite (Orden Pour le Mérite, the "Blue Max"), Prussia
• Royal House Order of Hohenzollern (Königlich Hausorden von Hohenzollern), Prussia

He founded the following orders:

• Order of Franz Joseph (Franz Joseph-Orden), 1849
• Order of Elizabeth (Elizabeth-Orden), 1898

He held the following honorary appointments:

• Colonel-in-chief, 1st (The King's) Dragoon Guards, British Army, 25 March 1896 – 1914
• Colonel-in-chief, Kexholm Life Guards Grenadier Regiment, Russian Army, until 26 June 1914
• Colonel-in-chief, 12th Belgorod Lancer Regiment, Russian Army, until 26 June 1914
• Colonel-in-chief, 16th (Schleswig-Holstein) Hussars, German Army
• Colonel-in-chief, 122nd (Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, King of Hungary (4th Württemberg) Fusiliers
• Field Marshal, British Army, 1 September 1903 – 1914