Knights appointed during the reign of HM King Karl XIII (1809-1818).
Peder Anker Prime Minister of Norway ✶ 8 December 1749 in Kristiania ✟ 10 December 1824 at Bogstad Appointed The Royal Palace of Stockholm 28 January 1815 Knighted 28 April 1815 in the Royal Chapel motto Gloria ex utile (Glory from what is useful) shield Painted 1815 by C G Eckstein. Renovated 1950 by David …
Baron Gustaf of Wetterstedt Court chancellor ✶ 29 December 1776 in Vasa ✟ 15 May 1837 in Stockholm Appointed The Royal Palace of Stockholm 7 January 1815 Knighted 28 April 1815 in the Royal Chapel motto Utili preaeponere rectum (Prefer what is right over what is useful) shield Painted 1815 by C G Eckstein other …
Count Fabian Reinhold von Fersen ✶ 7 October 1762 in Stockholm ✟ 10 March 1818 in Stockholm Appointed The Royal Palace of Stockholm 16 December 1814 Knighted 28 April 1815 in the Royal Chapel motto Nec citera nec ultra (Neither on this side nor beyond) shield Painted av 1815 by C G Eckstein. Renovated 1949 …
Count Carl Axel Strömfelt Chamberlain, General ✶ 29 February 1740 in Jönköping ✟ 9 December 1821 in Stockholm Appointed The Royal Palace of Stockholm 9 July 1814 Knighted 28 April 1815 the Royal Chapel motto Cuique suum (To each his own) shield Painted by C G Eckstein other awards Knight of the Order of the …
Prince Wilhelm of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein Prussian police minister ✶ 9 October 1770 at the Palace of Wittgenstein at Laasphe, Westfalen ✟ 11 April 1851 in Berlin Appointed The Royal Palace of Stockholm 28 April 1814 motto Missing shield Painted 1815 by C G Eckstein. Not preserved. Painted 1892 by Carl Högberg. other awards None Biography Colonel …
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Baron Gudmund Jöran Adlerbeth Minister ✶ 21 May 1751 inJönköping ✟ 7 October 1818 at Ramsjöholm, Svarttorp parish Appointed The Royal Palace of Stockholm 28 April 1814 Knighted 28 April 1815 in the Royal Chapel motto Candide et Moderate (Honestly and politely) shield Painted 1815 by C G Eckstein other awards Knight of the Order …
Prince Clemens of Metternich-Winneburg Austrian Foreign Minister ✶ 15 May in Koblenz ✟ 11 June in Vienna Appointed Under 12 April 1814 The Royal Palace of Stockholm 16 December 1814 motto Kraft im recht (Power in the right) shield Painted 1815 by C G Eckstein. Not preserved. Painted 1861 by C G Sjöblom Biography Succeeded …
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Baron Johan Pieter (Petr Karnilovitj) van Suchtelen Russian Ambassador, General ✶ 30 June/11 July 1751 in Grave (Nordbrabant), Netherlands ✟ 6/18 january 1836 in Stockholm Appointed Under 30 December 1813 The Royal Palace of Stockholm 28 April 1814 Received the collar 28 April 1815 in the Kings bedchamber. motto Tempora Mutantur (Times change) shield Painted …
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Baron Carl August von Hardenberg Prussian State Chancellor ✶31 May 1750 in Essenboda, Hannover ✟26 November in Genua, Sardinia Appointed Under 10 October 1813 The Royal Palace of Stockholm 28 April 1814 shield Painted 1815 by C G Eckstein Biography State Chancellor 1810 Prince 1814 A statement that Harderberg would have been given the Order …
Gebhard Lebrecht von Blücher Prussian General ✶ 16 December 1742 in Rostock, Mecklenburg ✟ 12 September 1819 in Krieblowitz, Schlesien Appointed Under 10 October 1813 The Royal Palace of Stockholm 28 April 1814 motto Vorvärts! (Forward!) shield Painted 1815 by C G Eckstein Biography Field Marshal 1813 Prince Blücher von Wahlstatt 1814 Placement Not on …
