Grand Master of the Order of the Golden Fleece
The Sovereign or Grand Master is the head of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Prior to the Napoleonic wars the Grand Master was always identical with the monarch controlling the Spanish or Austrian Netherlands,[1] although afterwards the order split into separate Austrian and Spanish branches.
The present Grand Master of the Austrian order is Karl von Habsburg; that of the Spanish order is the Felipe VI of Spain.
List of Grand Masters of the Burgundian Golden Fleece
- Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy
- Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy
List of Grand Masters of the Habsburg Golden Fleece
List of Grand Masters of the Spanish Golden Fleece
List of Grand Masters of the Austrian Golden Fleece
- Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
- Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
- Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
- Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
- Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
- Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
- Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, later Francis I, Emperor of Austria
- Ferdinand I of Austria
- Franz Joseph I Emperor of Austria
- Charles I of Austria
- Otto von Habsburg
- Karl von Habsburg
See also
- list of knights of the Order of the Golden Fleece
References
- Terlinden, Charles. "The Order of the Golden Fleece". The Edinburgh Review, Oct. 1920, pp. 307-315. Op. cit. "Orders of the Golden Fleece, 1430 - Today".
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