Order of Sidonia

Order of Sidonia Sidonien-Orden
Insignia of the Kingdom of Saxony's Sidonian Order.
Awarded by John of Saxony
Type	Chivalric order in one class
Established	14 March 1871
Status	Disestablished
Grades	Member
Precedence
Next (higher)	Civil Order of Saxony
Next (lower)	Order of Maria Anna
Ribbon of the order

The Order of Sidonia was the German Kingdom of Saxony’s chivalric order for women. Created 14 March 1871 by King John, the order was granted to female members of the Saxon nobility until the fall of the monarchy in 1918. It was named for the duchess consort of Saxony and margravine consort of Meissen, née princess Sidonia of Bohemia.

Insignia

Members of the Sidonian Order wore a Maltese cross of gold and enamel, suspended from a purple bow with white and green stripes. Members of the royal family wore a sash instead of a bow. At the apex of the Maltese cross, a medallion featured an image of a helmeted female figure, surrounded by the name “Sidonia”.

Sources

• Tagore, Rajah Sir Sourindro Mohun. The Orders of Knighthood, British and Foreign. Calcutta: The Catholic Orphan Press, 1884.