Most famous bearer of the Order of St. Stanislas
The large number of persons who were awarded the Order of St. Stanislas in the period up to 1917
include princes, nobles, politicians, researchers, artists, military commanders, scientists, musicians.
For example: Wilhelm II - the German emperor; Haakon VII, King of Norway; Edward VII, King of
England; George V, King of Great Britain; Ernst Albert Alfred, son of Queen Victoria; Connaught,
Arthur, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha; His
Imperial Majesty Nasir ud-din; Shah Ghazi of the Persian Empire; Damad, Ibrahim al-Hami Prince,
Pasha of Egypt; Emmerich Baron of Babarczy, also Emerich Baron de Babárczy (* 1818) lieutenant and
house commander; Prince Alexander Magnus Friedrich Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn (1824-1905),
Russian general of the infantry and general adjutant of the tsar; Joseph Johann Nepomuk Baron von
Barco ( 1798 in Vienna) an Austrian officer; Johann von Böckh, Hungarian Böckh János ( 1840 in
Pest) was a Hungarian geologist and director of the royal Hungarian geological institute; Wilhelm
Gotthilf Karl von Bü Wechsel ( 1848 in Stralsund) a German naval officer, most recently admiral and
from 1902 to 1908 chief of the admiral staff of the Imperial Navy; Bernhard Franz Maria Graf von
Caboga-Cerva (born February 6 th,1785); Gojong ( 1852) the 26th and last king of Korea of the Joseon
dynasty and under the name Gwangmu the first emperor of Greater Korea; Emil Alexander
Hopfgarten (* 1821 in Berlin) the well-known Wiesbaden sculptor of the 19th century. Baron Carl
Gustaf Emil Mannerheim ( 1867 in Askainen) a Finnish military and statesman; Karl Ludwig Graf von
Pergen ( 1805 Vienna) a k.u.k. Treasurer, officer (major general) and Theresien-Ritter; Karl Heinrich
Nikolaus Otto, prince of Nassau-Siegen ( 1743) a German-French adventurer and naval soldier; Count
Hans Johann Moritz Hauke ( 1775 in Seifersdorf near Dresden) who rose to become Deputy Minister
of War of Congress Poland; Alois Friedrich Graf von Brühl (* 1739 in Dresden) a high official in Poland
and later a theater writer in the Electorate of Saxony; Józef Rufin Wybicki (* 1747). To this day he is
famous for his lyrics to the song “Poland is not lost yet” (“Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła”), the Polish
national anthem of today; Jacob Johann Graf von Sievers (* 1731 in Wesenberg in the Governorate
of Estonia) diplomat and reformer. He is considered an important statesman of Catherine II; Józef
Antoni Poniatowski (born May 7th,1763 in Vienna, † October 1 9 th,1813 near Leipzig) a Polish
aristocrat, prince, general, war minister of the Duchy of Warsaw, imperial prince in the Holy Roman
Empire and Marshal of France; Count Michael Kasimir Ogiński, ( 1731) Polish-Lithuanian prince;
Count Roman Ignacy Franciszek Potocki ( 1750 Poland); Knight by Georg Trapp - officer in WWI; Sir
Hamilton, Louis Henry, Admiral of the English fleet; Plunkett-ernle-alder-Drax, Reginald Admiral of
the Great English Fleet; Sir Gaunt, Ernst Frederick Augustus, Vice Admiral of the Royal Navy; Baron
von Kauder, Rear Admiral; Royston, John Robertson, Brigadier General of the Australian Air Force;
Mac Dougall Capitaine, Canadian Aviation Officer; Collishaw Raymond, Canadian, commanding
officer; Miles, Charles Gordon Norman, major of the Australian Air Force; Helmuth Graf von Moltke,
General Field marshal; Prince Hermann Graf von Hatzfeld; Count von Hermann, Hans; Mott Thomas,
American colonel, Lord Friedrich Ives, officer of the American Air Force, Zivkovic, Peter, Royal
Yugoslav Minister of War; Huseyngulu, Iskandar Khan, Governor of Ghana; Lieutenant General of the
Crown, Count of Galicia Michal Wielhorski; Standard bearer of Vilna, Antoni Tyzenhaus; Benjamin Sir
Graf Rumford Thomson, Imperial Russian General Aleksander Piotrowicz Tormassow; General
Giuseppe Count of Torelli; Founder of the Russian art academy Ivan Ivanowich Graf Szuwalow;
General Major of the Crown in 1780, Aleksander Graf Szembek; Antoni Prince Sułkowski; Castellan of
Kiev Józef Gabriel Stempkowski; Otto Magnus Baron von Stackelberg; Jakob Johann Garf Sievers;
Kazimierz Nestor Prince Sapieha; Henning Bendix Graf von Rumohr; Nicolai Vasilevich Prince Repnin;
Razumowsky, Piotr Kiryllowicz Russian Prince, him and Prince Lobkowitz were dedicated by Ludwig
van Beethoven the 5th Symphony; Count Antoni Pułaski; Josef Andrzej Graf Mikorski; Franz Liszt (*
1811), composer, pianist, conductor, theater director, music teacher and writer; Verdi, Giuseppe –
Alexander II appointed Verdi as commander of the Order of St. Stanislas; Möller, Friedrich, music
director at the Royal Ward Regiment; Ernst (von) Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Banker; Wilhelm Richard
Wagner was a German composer, playwright, poet, writer, theater director and conductor.