Type Dynastic Order | Status Currently constituted | |
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Ribbon Purple with narrow Green stripes on either side. Motto Fideliter Et Constanter("Faithful and Steadfast") Sovereigns Prince Michael, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-EisenachPrince Andreas, Hereditary Duke of Saxe-Coburg and GothaPrince Konrad, Hereditary Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Grades Grand CrossGrand OfficerGrand CommanderCommanderOfficerKnight/DameMedal | ||
The Saxe-Ernestine House Order (German: Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden) was an order of merit instituted by Duke Friedrich of Saxe-Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe-Meiningen on 25 December 1833 as a joint award of the Saxon duchies.
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Classes
At first, the Order consisted of five classes: Grand Cross, Commander's Cross with Star in First and Second Classes, and Knight's Cross in First and Second Classes. Awards were reserved for officers.
In 1864, a silver-gilt medal was added but subsequently suppressed in 1918, at the end of World War I. Gold and silver medals were also associated with the Order.
Saxe-Coburg revival (2006)
In 2006, the head of the ducal family of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Andreas, created the "Ducal Saxe-Coburg and Gotha House Order" (Herzoglich Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha'sche Hausorden). It is based on the old Ducal Saxe-Ernestine House Order.