Order of the Rose

Imperial Order of the Rose
Imperial Order of the Rose, Grand Dignitary
Awarded by the Emperor of Brazil
Type	Dynastic order
Royal house	House of Orleans-Braganza
Motto	AMOR E FIDELIDADE (Love and Fidelity)
Status	Abolished as a state order
Grades (w/ post-nominals)	Grand Cross (Grã-cruz) Grand Dignitary (Grande Dignitário) Dignitary (Dignitário) Commander (Comendador) Officer (Oficial) Knight (Cavaleiro)
Established	17 October 1829
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of Pedro I
Ribbon bar of the order

Imperial Order of the Rose

The Imperial Order of the Rose (Portuguese: Imperial Ordem da Rosa) is a Brazilian order of chivalry, instituted by Emperor Pedro I of Brazil on 17 October 1829 to commemorate his marriage to Amélie of Leuchtenberg.

On 22 March 1890, the order was cancelled as national order by the interim government of United States of Brazil.

The Order of the Rose as House Order

Since the deposition in 1889 of the last Brazilian monarch, Emperor Pedro II, the order continues as a house order being awarded by the Heads of the House of Orleans-Braganza, pretenders to the defunct throne of Brazil. The current Brazilian Imperial Family is split into two branches Petrópolis and Vassouras, and as a consequence the Grand Mastership of the Order is disputed between those two branches.

External links

• Original appointment to the Order of the Rose signed by Emperor Dom Pedro II, 1887 - Arquivo Público do Estado de São Paulo

References

• Poliano, Luís Marques. Heráldica. Ed. GRD. Rio de Janeiro, 1986.
• Poliano, Luís Marques. Ordens honoríficas do Brasil.
• Brazil - The Imperial Order of the Rose