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Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov)

Imperial Order of Saint Stanislaus
Russian: Орденъ Св. Станислава
Polish: Order św. Stanisława
Ster Lint en Grootkruis van Sint Stanislaus Polen 1765.jpg
Awarded by Greater coat of arms of the Russian empire.png Head of the House of Romanov
Type Dynastic order of knighthood
Royal house House of Romanov
Religious affiliation Russian Orthodox
Ribbon Bright red with a white stripe on either side and a thinner white stripe on the end of either stripe
Motto Praemiando incitat
("Rewarding encourages")
Awarded for Military and civil merits
Status Rarely constituted
Sovereign Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia
Grades Knight Grand Cordon, Special Class
Knight/Dame Grand Cordon, 1st Class
Knight/Dame Grand Cordon, 2nd Class
Knight/Dame Commander
Knight/Dame Officer
Knight/Dame
Precedence
Next (higher) Order of Saint Anastasia
Next (lower) Order of Saint Michael the Archangel
Order of Saint Stanislaus Ribbon.PNG
Ribbon of the order

The Order of Saint Stanislaus (Polish: Order św. Stanisława, Russian: Орденъ Св. Станислава), also spelled Stanislas, is a Russian dynastic order of knighthood founded as Order of the Knights of Saint Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr in 1765 by King Stanisław II Augustus of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1831 after the downfall of the November Uprising, the order was incorporated into the Chapter of Russian Orders as part of the honours system of the Russian Empire by Emperor Nicholas I of Russia.

In 1839, the Russian Order of Saint Stanislaus received new statutes, including granting status of nobility on its recipients in all three classes.

As a result of the Russian Revolution 1917, activities were suspended by the Soviet Union, although it has since been awarded by the head of the Imperial House of Romanov as a dynastic order. When in 1918 Poland regained its independence as the Second Polish Republic, a Polish order was introduced as a successor to the Polish Order of Saint Stanislaus, the Order of Polonia Restituta.

Present fount of honour is Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia, preeminent pretender to the Russian throne. Initially active in exile after the revolution, in recent years it has enjoyed degrees of recognition by some prominent Russian institutions, as well as full recognition by the International Commission on Orders of Chivalry and others.


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