page_title: Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary
section_title: Knights
hierarchical_section_title: Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary / Order of St. Stephen - Kingdom of Hungary (1764-1918) / Knights
caption_attribution_description: English: Royal Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen Knight's Cross Deutsch: Der Königlich-Ungarische Sankt Stephans-Orden (hu: Magyar királyi Szent Istvan lovagrend), bis 1944 ranghöchster ungarischer Zivilverdienstorden, wurde von Maria Theresia als Pendant zum Militär-Maria-Theresien-Orden am 5. Mai 1764, dem Tage der Krönung ihres ältesten Sohnes Joseph II. zum Römischen König, gestiftet und unter den Schutz des Heiligen Stephan gestellt. Der vollständige Name lautet Königlich ungarischer Orden des Heiligen apostolischen Königs Stephan. Die Statuten waren vom 6. Mai 1764 datiert. Großmeister war der König von Ungarn.
context_page_description: The Order of Saint Stephen was an order of knighthood founded by Maria Theresa in 1764. In 1938, Miklós Horthy took the rights and activities of Grand Master as Regent of Hungary. The name of the Order changed to The Royal Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen. The Order was terminated at the time of the proclamation of the Republic of Hungary in 1946. It was recreated in 2011 as the Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen, and to this day remains the highest order in Hungary.
context_section_description: Johann Christoph frhr von Bartenstein (1689 – 1767), Statesman and Privy Councilor to Karl VI, responsible for obtaining succession of Maria Teresa to the throne, personal tutor / educator of Josef II; Director of the House Archives; invested as a Knight of the Order upon its founding, 1764
  Johann Anton Graf Pergen (1725 – 1814), invested as a Knight of the Order upon its founding, 1764
  Friedrich frhr von Binder, invested as a Knight of the Order upon its founding, 1764; later invested as Knight Commander (1765)
  Koller Ferenc Nagymányai, invested as a Knight of the Order upon its founding, 1764; later invested as Knight Commander (1765)
  Franz Anton Felix Edler von Zeiller (January 14, 1751 – August 23, 1828), Imperial and Royal Courtier; Jurist, legal scholar, theorist and philosopher; Member of the Academy; Invested as a Knight of the Order, 1810
  Feldzeugmeister Joseph frhr Philippovic von Philippsberg (April 30, 1818 – August 6, 1889), Commander of the 2nd (K.u.K.) Army and veteran of campaigns in Croatia, Prussia, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Invested as a Knight of the Order ("kleinkreuz"), November 24, 1864
  General der Kavallerie Arthur frhr von Gieslingen (June 19, 1857 – December 3, 1935), member of the General Staff, commander of the Theresian Military Academy, division commander in World War One, and member of the Privy Council; Invested as a Knight of the Order, March 12, 1909
  Feldmarschalleutnant Rudolph Schamshula, member of the General Staff, Chief of the Telegraph Bureau, and eventual commander of the 52nd Infantry Division during the Great War; invested 1918
  Oberst Ludwig von Sündermann, Chief of Staff, VIII. Corps, during the Great War; invested 1918
  Generalmajor Johann Straub von Burgauhof (November 14, 1866 – October 18, 1929), member of the General Staff; Chief and commandant of Military Railroads; invested 1918
  Generalmajor Josef Ritter von Paić (September 26, 1867 – April 21, 1933), invested 1918
  Feldmarschalleutnant Árpád Kiss von Nagy-Sittke (September 10, 1859 – March 6, 1921), invested 1918
  Feldmarschalleutnant Kolomann Török von Harasztos (October 16, 1858 – June 3, 1926), invested 1918
  Generalmajor Heinrich Graf von Hoyos (June 4, 1865 – April 28, 1955), invested 1918
  Feldmarschalleutnant Karl Andreas Aloys frhr von Bienerth (April 20, 1825 – March 5, 1882), invested 1918
  Oberst Theodor Zeynek (1873 – 1948), member of the General Staff; invested 1918
  Major Rudolf Kundmann, member of the General Staff; Adjutant to Chief of Staff Hötzendorf; kept a diary of life inside the General Staff; invested 1918
  Generalmajor Anton Hellebronth von Tiszabeö (b. December 20, 1858), invested 1918
caption: Knight's Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen
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