Order of the Rose

Imperial Order of the Rose
Imperial Order of the Rose, Officer
Awarded by the Head of the
Brazilian Imperial Family
TypeDynastic order
Established17 October 1829
1829–1890 (National Order)
1890–present (House Order)
Royal houseOrleans-Braganza
MottoAMOR E FIDELIDADE
(Love and Fidelity)
Grand MasterDisputed:[1]
Prince Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza
Prince Pedro of Bourbon of Orléans-Braganza
GradesGrand Cross
Grand Dignitary
Dignitary
Commander
Officer
Knight
Precedence
Next (higher)Imperial Order of Pedro I
Next (lower)none (lowest Order)

Ribbon bar of the order

The Imperial Order of the Rose (Portuguese: Imperial Ordem da Rosa) was 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 First Brazilian Republic. 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.

  1. ^ Register of Orders of Chivalry. ISBN 979-12-20389-43-3 © 2022 International Commission for Orders of Chivalry (Commissione Internazionale permanente per lo studio degli Ordini Cavallereschi), p. 40