# House Order of the Wendish Crown

The House Order of the Wendish Crown (German: Hausorden der Wendischen Krone) is a dynastic order that was jointly instituted on 12 May 1864 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. It is the oldest and most senior order of the House of Mecklenburg.

## Classes

The Order has four classes:
* Grand Cross, with two sub-classes:
** with the Crown in Ore
** with the Crown in Gold
* Grand Commander
* Commander
* Knight/Dame
Gold and silver Merit Crosses were also given.

## Notable recipients
### Grand Crosses

* Hamengkubuwana VIII
* Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg
* Abdulaziz
* Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1811–1873)
* Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884–1948)
* Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
* Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg
* Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
* Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
* Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
* Prince Albert of Prussia (1809–1872)
* Prince Albert of Saxe-Altenburg
* Prince Albert of Prussia (1837–1906)
* Alexander I of Yugoslavia
* Alexander II of Russia
* Alexander III of Russia
* Alexander of Battenberg
* Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine
* Prince Alexander of Prussia
* Alexander Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse
* Princess Alexandra of Hanover (born 1882)
* Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
* Alexis, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt
* Prince Alfons of Bavaria
* Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
* Alfred, 2nd Prince of Montenuovo
* Princess Altinaï of Montenegro
* Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia
* Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia
* Prince Aribert of Anhalt
* Prince Arnulf of Bavaria
* Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
* Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
* Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia
* Otto von Bismarck
* Borwin, Duke of Mecklenburg
* Walther Bronsart von Schellendorff
* Bernhard von Bülow
* Karl von Bülow
* Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge
* Leo von Caprivi
* Carol I of Romania
* Charles of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
* Prince Charles of Prussia
* Charles I of Austria
* Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
* Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1844–1894)
* Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
* Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg
* Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
* Christian IX of Denmark
* Christian X of Denmark
* Duke Constantine Petrovich of Oldenburg
* Adolf von Deines
* Rudolf von Delbrück
* Eduard, Duke of Anhalt
* Edward VII
* Edward VIII
* Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar
* Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia
* Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont
* Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
* Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
* Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
* Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
* Francis, Duke of Teck
* Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
* Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
* Frederik VIII of Denmark
* Frederik IX of Denmark
* Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
* Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
* Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
* Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt
* Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden
* Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden
* Frederick III, German Emperor
* Prince Frederick of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
* Frederick William, Elector of Hesse
* Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel
* Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
* Frederick William III, Landgrave of Hesse
* Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt
* Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828–1885)
* Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia
* Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen
* Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony
* Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg
* Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
* Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
* George I of Greece
* George V of Hanover
* George V
* Prince George of Prussia
* Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
* Gustaf V
* Prince Gustav of Denmark
* Haakon VII of Norway
* Prince Harald of Denmark
* Prince Heinrich of Hesse and by Rhine
* Prince Henry of Battenberg
* Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929)
* Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz
* Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
* Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
* Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
* Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1825–1901)
* Hermann, Prince of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
* Paul von Hindenburg
* Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler
* Archduchess Ilona of Austria
* Prince Joachim of Prussia
* Prince Johann of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
* Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg
* Juliana of the Netherlands
* Georg von Kameke
* Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria
* Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa
* Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark
* Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia
* Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
* Leopold II of Belgium
* Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
* Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
* Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt
* Prince Leopold of Bavaria
* Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern
* Alexander von Linsingen
* Ewald von Lochow
* Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
* Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia
* Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria
* Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria
* Luís I of Portugal
* Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel
* Prince Maximilian of Baden
* Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
* Emperor Meiji
* Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia
* Milan I of Serbia
* Prince Mirko of Montenegro
* Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
* Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg
* Nicholas I of Montenegro
* Nicholas II of Russia
* Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831–1891)
* Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856–1929)
* Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro
* Oscar II
* Prince Oskar of Prussia
* Pakubuwono X
* Alexander August Wilhelm von Pape
* Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg (1882–1904)
* Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg
* Boris Petrovitch Njegosh
* Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg
* Hans von Plessen
* Karl von Plettenberg
* Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia
* Antoni Wilhelm Radziwiłł
* Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria
* Duke Robert of Württemberg
* Albrecht von Roon
* Prince Rudolf of Liechtenstein
* Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
* Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria
* Alfred von Schlieffen
* Gustav von Senden-Bibran
* Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
* Otto Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
* Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen
* Prince Valdemar of Denmark
* Julius von Verdy du Vernois
* Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia
* Alfred von Waldersee
* Wilhelm II, German Emperor
* Wilhelm, German Crown Prince
* Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach
* Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
* William II of Württemberg
* William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
* Prince William of Baden (1829–1897)
* William, Prince of Hohenzollern
* Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe
* William, Prince of Wied
* Friedrich Graf von Wrangel
* Ferdinand von Zeppelin

### Grand Commanders

* Theodor Thierfelder

### Commanders

* Friedrich Wilhelm Schirrmacher

### Knights

* Hermann Rudolph Aubert
* Paul von Buri
* Gunther von Etzel
* Theodor Fontane
* Frank Linke-Crawford
* Friedrich Wigger

### Dames

* Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
* Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
* Princess Elisabeth Sybille of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
* Duchess Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg
* Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

### Unknown class

* Alexander Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn
* Ludwig Brunow
* Joseph Hollman
* Hans von Kaltenborn-Stachau
* Julius Kühn
* Friedrich Ladegast
* Helmuth von Moltke the Younger