Order of Philip the Magnanimous Orden Philipps des Großmütigen |
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Cross of the order
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Awarded by The Grand Duke of Hesse |
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Type | Order of Merit |
Motto | SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS |
Status | Monarchy dissolved in 1918. |
Sovereign | Grand Duke of Hesse |
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Established | 1 May 1840 |
Last induction | 1918 |
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Next (higher) | Ludwig Order |
Next (lower) | Order of the Star of Brabant |
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The Order of Philip the Magnanimous (German: Orden Philipps des Großmütigen) was an Order of Merit established on 1 May 1840 by Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse. The order was founded on the name day of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse in his honour as a general order of merit.