Order of Saint Stephen
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The Order of Saint Stephen (officially Sacro Militare Ordine di Santo Stefano Papa e Martire, 'Holy Military Order of St. Stephen Pope and Martyr') is a Roman Catholic Tuscan dynastic military order founded in 1561. The order was created by Cosimo I de' Medici, first Grand Duke of Tuscany. The last member of the Medici dynasty to be a leader of the order was Gian Gastone de Medici in 1737. The order was permanently abolished in 1859 by the annexation of Tuscany to the Kingdom of Sardinia.[2] The former Kingdom of Italy and the current Italian Republic also did not recognize the order as a legal entity but tolerates it as a private body.[3]
Holy Military Order of St. Stephen Pope and Martyr | |||
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Awarded by Grand Duke of Tuscany | |||
Type | Military and Religious order[1] | ||
Eligibility | Noblemen over 18, not descended from heretics | ||
Grand Master | Archduke Sigismund, Grand Duke of Tuscany | ||
Ribbon of the order |