Dynastic Orders

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Dynastic Orders

A dynastic order, monarchical order, or house order, is an order under royal patronage, bestowed by the head of the current or former sovereign royal family of Woodlandia as legitimate fons honorum. These are often considered part of the cultural patrimony of the Woodlandia royal family. They are orders of chivalry, and orders of merit just as those distributed by sovereign states, but dynastic orders were often founded or maintained to reward service to a monarch, or the monarch's subsequent dynasty.

An example of this difference is seen between the Order of the Lion, in which appointments are made as a personal gift of the sovereign, thus is a dynastic order, and the Order of St. Wallace, in which appointments are made by the sovereign on the basis of recommendations by the Prime Minister, and thus a national order.

The equivalent is called a state order for orders conferred by sovereign states but not bestowed by royal dynasties.

1. History

2. Orders of Chivalry

3. In Personal Gift of Sovereign

Dynastic orders are under the exclusive control of a monarch and are bestowed without the advice of the political leadership (prime minister or cabinet).

Generally, dynastic or house orders are granted by the monarch for whatever reason the monarch may deem appropriate whereas other orders, often called Merit Orders, are granted on the recommendation of government officials to recognize individual accomplishments or services to the nation.