page_title: Order of Saint Lazarus
section_title: Royal House of France
hierarchical_section_title: Order of Saint Lazarus / History / Continuations after 1572 / Royal House of France
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Генералиссимус граф Александр Васильевич Суворов-Рымникский, князь Италийский; Портрет Холст, масло, 84х66. Неизвестный художник, XIX век. СПб Государственный военно-исторический музей А. В. Суворова. English: Alexander Vasilievich Suvorov (1730-1800), Russian generalissimo, count and prince. Artist George Dawe, painted no later than 1830. Suvorov is depicted in his uniform of the Preobrazhensky Regiment worn during the reign of Paul I of Russia. Awards on the portrait are as follows (from left to right and from top to bottom): Order of St. Anna (awarded September 30, 1770) portrait of the Emperor Paul I of Russia (awarded July 13, 1799) Star of the Order of St. Andrew the First-Called (awarded September 9, 1787) Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (awarded June 23, 1799) Badge of the Order of the Black Eagle (awarded December 7, 1794) Star of the Order of St. George, 1st class (awarded October 18, 1789) Grand Cross of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (awarded February 9, 1799) portrait of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (awarded December 25, 1794) Order of Maria Theresa (awarded October 12, 1799) Star of the Order of St. Vladimir, 1st Class (awarded July 28, 1783) The blue sash stretching from the right shoulder to waist is that of the Order of St. Andrew the First-Called. Under the blue sash, the orange sash with three black stripes of the Order of St. George is visible. Portrait hosted in Suvorov's museum in Saint Petersburg. Ελληνικά: Ο Αλέξανδρος (Αλεξάντρ) Βασίλιεβιτς Σουβόροφ, Κόμης της Ιταλίας, του Ρίμνικ και της Αγίας Ρωμαϊκής Αυτοκρατορίας, τιμημένος με όλα τα ρωσικά και ξένα παράσημα και στρατιωτικούς βαθμούς. Στον πίνακα, είναι ντυμένος με την στολή του Αξιωματικού του Σώματος Φρουράς του Πρεομπραζένσκι. Ο πίνακας αποτελεί έργο του Άγγλου ζωγράφου Τζώρτζ Ντόου.
context_page_description: The Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem, also known as the Leper Brothers of Jerusalem or simply as Lazarists, was a Catholic military order founded by crusaders around 1119 at a leper hospital in Jerusalem, Kingdom of Jerusalem, whose care became its original purpose, named after their patron saint, Lazarus. It was recognised by King Fulk of Jerusalem in 1142 and canonically recognised as a hospitaller and military order of chivalry under the rule of Saint Augustine in the Papal bull Cum a Nobis Petitur of Pope Alexander IV in 1255. Although they were centered on their charism of caring for those afflicted with leprosy, the knights of the Order of Saint Lazarus notably fought in the Battle of La Forbie in 1244 and in the Defense of Acre in 1291. The titular seat was successively situated at Jerusalem, Saint-Jean-d'Acre and - after the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem - split in two main branches in Italy and in Château Royal de Boigny-sur-Bionne in France.
  In 1489, Pope Innocent VIII attempted to merge the order and its land holdings with the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
context_section_description: In 1604, Henry IV of France re-declared the French branch of the order a protectorate of the French Crown. King Henry IV founded in 1608, with the approbation of Pope Paul V, the Order of Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel. He then, in turn, united to this new order the possessions of St. Lazarus in France, and such is the origin of the title Ordres Royaux, Militaires & Hospitaliers de Saint Lazare de Jérusalem & de Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel réunis ("Royal, Military, and Hospitaller Orders of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Lazarus of Jerusalem united"). This amalgamation eventually received formal canonical acceptance on 5 June 1668 by a bull issued by Cardinal Legate de Vendôme under Papal authority of Clement IX.
  Unlike the situation with the Savoyian Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus where a complete merger took place creating one order, the French branch was not completely merged with the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, and the orders were managed as two separate entities, with individuals being admitted to one order but not necessarily to both.
  During the French Revolution, a decree of 30 July 1791 suppressed all royal and knightly orders in France.  Another decree the following year confiscated all the Order's properties. The Holy See, which had originally created the Order, on the other hand did not suppress the order; while Louis, Count of Provence, then Grand Master of the order, who later became Louis XVIII, continued to function in exile and continued admitting various dignitaries to the order.
  Scholars differ in their views regarding the extent to which the Order remained active during and after the French Revolution. There is however no doubt of its continuing existence during this time. In different museums, there are preserved a number of paintings of Russian and Baltic nobles, admitted to the order after 1791. In this list are general John Lamb, Prince Suvorov, count Pahlen, count Sievers etc. Some of the new knights are listed in Almanach Royal from 1814 to 1830. King Louis XVIII, the order's protector, and the duc de Châtre, the order's lieutenant-general, both died in 1824. In 1830, a royal decree caused the order to lose its royal protection in France.
caption: Russian General Alexander Suvorov (1730-1800) with the Order of Saint Lazarus knight cross
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