The Order of St George is an order of chivalry of the Russian Empire founded in 1769 by Empress Catherine the Great and currently awarded by the Russian Federation
The Order of Saint George or Order of St George may also refer to:
Orders of chivalry
- Order of Sant Jordi d'Alfama (Catalan for 'Saint George of Alfama'), a chivalric order of the Kingdom of Aragon founded in 1201 by King Peter II and later amalgamated with the Order of Montesa
- Order of Saint George (Kingdom of Hungary), a secular chivalric order of the Kingdom of Hungary founded in 1326 by King Charles I and currently known as the International Order of St George
- Order of Saint George (House of Habsburg), a chivalric order of the Holy Roman Empire founded in 1469 by Emperor Frederick III
Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George, a Catholic order of chivalry founded c.1520 by the Angelo Flavio Comneno family and currently awarded by the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
- Sacred Angelic Imperial Constantinian Order of Saint George, a related chivalric order currently awarded by the House of Bourbon-Parma
Royal Order of Saint George for the Defense of the Immaculate Conception, a chivalric order of the Kingdom of Bavaria founded in 1726 by Elector Maximilian II Emanuel and currently awarded by the House of Wittelsbach
Ancient Order of St George, a Christian order of chivalry founded in 1768 by Count Philipp Ferdinand of Limburg-Stirum and is currently awarded
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Order of St George (Habsburg-Lorraine), an order of the Holy Roman Empire founded in 1494 by Emperor Maximilian I and currently awarded by the House of Habsburg
Referring to Saint George and another saint
Order of St Michael and St George, a chivalric order of the United Kingdom founded in 1818 by George, Prince Regent (later King George IV)
Order of Saints George and Constantine, a chivalric order of the Kingdom of Greece founded in 1936 by King George II and currently awarded by the Greek Royal Family
Orders of merit
St George's Order of Victory, an order of merit of the Republic of Georgia founded in 2004.gif)
Royal Military Order of St George, a military order of merit of the Kingdom of Tonga founded in 2009 by King George Tupou V- Saint George Award, a top award of the Armor Association of the Army of the United States of America founded in 1986
Other
- Order of St George (Fabergé egg), a jewelled enamelled Easter egg made under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1916
- Order of St George (horse), a thoroughbred racehorse that won the 2015 Irish St Leger
See also
- Cross of St George, a state decoration of the Russian Federation founded by Emperor Alexander I of Russia and currently awarded by the Russian Federation
- Royal Society of St George, an English patriotic society of the United Kingdom established in 1894
- Order of the Garter, which has St George as its patron
- Saint George (disambiguation)
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