Friedrich Order

Friedrich Order
The Friedrich Order (or Friedrichsorden) was an order of merit of the German Kingdom of Württemberg. It was instituted on 1 January 1830 by the second king of Württemberg, Wilhelm I in remembrance of his father, King Friedrich I. In 1918, the end of the monarchy meant the abolition of the order.
Classes
The order was created with a single class, conferring nobility. On 3 January 1856, the Order was recreated with four classes were created and on 29 September 1870 a Knight 1st Class and a military division with swords were added (existing Knights were appointed Knights 1st Class). In 1892 the "Medal of the Order of Frederick" was added to the order. An additional rank was created on 6 March 1899, the Grand Cross with Crown (or Crown of the Grand Cross).
The classes were:
Grand Cross with Crown
Grand Cross
Commander 1st Class
Commander 2nd Class
Knight 1st Class
Knight 2nd Class
Medal
The ribbon was skyblue.
Recipients
Grand Crosses
Duke Adam of Württemberg
Eugen von Albori
Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
Alexander, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg
Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1804–1885)
Alexis, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt
Prince August of Württemberg
Gustav Bachmann
Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck
Herbert von Bismarck
Max von Boehn (general)
Paul von Breitenbach
Bernhard von Bülow
Stephan Burián von Rajecz
Carl, Duke of Württemberg
Charles I of Württemberg
Bohuslav, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin
Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Géza Fejérváry
Prince Frederick of Württemberg
Woldemar Freedericksz
Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia
Friedrich von Gerok (officer)
Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz
Heinrich von Gossler
Gottlieb Graf von Haeseler
Wilhelm von Hahnke
Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz
Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1825–1901)
Paul von Hindenburg
Eberhard von Hofacker
Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler
Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern
Hans von Kirchbach
Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Prince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen
Alexander von Linsingen
Otto von Moser
Georg Alexander von Müller
Duke Nicholas of Württemberg
Adolphe Niel
Duke Paul Wilhelm of Württemberg
Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
Philipp Ernst, 8th Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Duke Philipp of Württemberg
Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg
Hans von Plessen
Antoni Wilhelm Radziwiłł
Duke Robert of Württemberg
Gustav Rümelin
Willem Anne Schimmelpenninck van der Oye
Alfred von Schlieffen
Gustav von Senden-Bibran
Francis, Duke of Teck
Alfred von Tirpitz
Reginald Tower
Julius von Verdy du Vernois
Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein
Alfred von Waldersee
Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach
Wilhelm, Duke of Urach
William II of Württemberg
Duke William of Württemberg
Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1846–1877)
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
August zu Eulenburg
Commanders 1st Class
Max von Bock und Polach
Paul Puhallo von Brlog
Josias von Heeringen
Leopold von Ranke
Martin Chales de Beaulieu
Ewald von Lochow
Friedrich von Scholl
Karl von Wedel
Commanders 2nd Class
Karl von Bülow
August von Heeringen
Wilhelm Heye
Eduard von Kallee
Walther Reinhardt
Prince Rudolf of Liechtenstein
Ernst von Prittwitz und Gaffron
Adolf von Trotha
Knights 1st Class
Paul Bader
Ludwig Beck
Gottlob Berger
Moritz von Bissing
Walther von Brauchitsch
Charles of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
Kurt Eberhard
Walther Fischer von Weikersthal
Werner von Fritsch
Curt Haase
Paul Hausser
Waldemar Henrici
Leonhard Kaupisch
Maximilian von Laffert
Oswald Lutz
Erich von Manstein
Franz Mattenklott
Curt von Morgen
Erwin Rommel
Richard Ruoff
Ehrhard Schmidt
Hans Schmidt (general of the Infantry)
Hugo Sperrle
Hans Graf von Sponeck
Aaron Tänzer
Walther Wever (general)
Knights 2nd Class
Carl Bolle
Hermann Kling
Friedrich Sixt von Armin
Wilhelm Burgdorf
Others
Paul von Bruns
Walther Schroth
Oskar von Watter
References
Orders, decorations, and medals of Württemberg
1830 establishments in Germany
1918 disestablishments in Germany
19th-century establishments in Württemberg
Awards established in 1830
Awards disestablished in 1918