Spanish Golden Fleece

Rival branches

Josephine branch of the Spanish Golden Fleece (1809–1813)

Year of induction Name Born Died Notes 1809 Jérôme Bonaparte, king of Westphalia 1784 1860 1810 Miguel José de Azanza, 1st Duke (Josephine) of Santa Fe 1744 1826 Viceroy of New Spain (1798–1800) Manuel de Negrete, 2nd count of Campo Alange, 1st marquess de Torre-Manzanal, 1st duke (Josephine) de Campo de Alange [es] 1736 1818 1811 José de Mazarredo Salazar Muñatones y Gortázar 1745 1812 Lieutenant General of the Royal Spanish Navy 1812 Gonzalo O'Farrill y Herrera 1754 1831 Mariano Luis de Urquijo y Murga 1769 1817 Secretary of State (1798–1800). Minister-Secretary of State (1808–1813)

Carlist branch of the Spanish Golden Fleece (1836–1931)

Year of induction Name Born Died Notes ca. 1836 Joaquín Abarca y Blanque, bishop of León 1778 1844 Manuel María de Medina Cabañas y Verdes Montenegro, 1st Count (Carlist) of Casa Medina 1773 1856 ca. 1838 Miguel Gómez y Damas, 1st Marquess (Carlist) of Orbaiceta [23] 1796 1849 ca. 1850 Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime 1849 1936 Grandson of Carlos María Isidro, 1st Carlist Pretender. Futur 6th Carlist Pretender as Alfonso Carlos 1st. ca. 1870 Ramón Cabrera y Griñó, 1st Count (Carlista) of Morella, 1st Marquess (Carlist) of El Ter and 1st Duke (Carlist) of El Maestrazgo [note 2] 1806 1877 ca. 1875 Hermenegildo Díaz de Cevallos, 1st Count (Carlist) of Vinculo, 1st Marquess (Carlist) of Cevallos [24] 1814 1891 Joaquín de Elío y Ezpeleta, 1st Marquess (Carlist) of La Lealtad and 1st I Duke (Carlist) of Elío 1806 1876 Pedro Caro y Álvarez de Toledo, 5th Marquess of La Romana and 1st Count (Carlist) of La Real Estimación 1827 1890 ca. 1895 Enrique de Aguilera y Gamboa, 17th Marquess of Cerralbo, 11th Count of La Alcudia 1845 1922 ca. 1900[note 3] Tirso de Olazábal y Lardizábal, 1st Count of Arbelaiz, 1st Count of Oria 1842 1921

Carloctaviste branch

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On 29 June 1943 Archduke Karl Pius of Austria, Prince of Tuscany issued a manifesto in which he claimed to be the legitimate successor to the Spanish throne. At the time, he had three older brothers still living, but none of these had shown an interest in claiming the throne for himself. In 1947 Karl's older brothers Leopold and Franz Josef formally renounced their rights in New York. In 1948 his other brother Anton verbally renounced his rights in Barcelona. (Both Anton and Franz Josef would take up the claim after Karl died, and Anton's son Dominic is the current claimant.)

Karl was recognised by his supporters as Carlos VIII; his movement is therefore called carloctavismo or octavismo. He used the title Duke of Madrid as his grandfather had done. Karl received the support of some of the most conservative Carlist leaders. He also received a certain level of support from some of General Franco's officials in the Movimiento Nacional; the followers of the Carlist regent Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma claimed that the Francoist support was merely an attempt to divide Carlists. Karl moved to Andorra and then returned to Barcelona. Between 1944 and 1951 he gave out fourteen titles of nobility; he also named members to the Order of Proscribed Legitimacy and the Order of Santa Maria of the Lily of Navarre. He established a new order of merit named in honour of Saint Charles Borromeo. In 1952 he awarded the collar of this order to General Franco and the grand cross of the order to Cardinal Federico Tedeschini, papal legate to the International Eucharistic Congress in Barcelona.

Since Karl claimed to be the legitimate successor to the Spanish throne Carloctavismo also has its own branch of the Spanish Order of the Golden Fleece. For a list of the Knights of the Carloctaviste branch of the Spanish Golden Fleece (1943 to present) see fr:Liste des chevaliers de l'ordre de la Toison d'or#Ordre carloctaviste de la Toison d'Or

Napoleon's project to merge the Spanish and Austrian branches of the order

On 15 August 1809, Napoleon Bonaparte planned the creation of a new order which would receive the name of Ordre des Trois Toisons d'Or (Order of the Three Golden Fleece). It was planned to merge the Spanish and Austrian branches and to extend the order to France, and to reflect this merger in a design made up of three copies of the golden fleece of the pre-existing orders, in which design would also be shown the French Imperial (Napoleonic) Eagle. It was projected that the order would count a maximum of 100 Grand Knights, and would include two new categories of 400 Commanders and 1000 Knights. However Napoleon's project never materialized.^[25]

Burgundian Golden Fleece

15th century

Habsburg Golden Fleece

15th century

16th century

17th century

Spanish Golden Fleece

18th century

19th century

20th century

21st century

Austrian Golden Fleece