Orders Recognized as Having Fought in the Crusades and Their Descendants

The Society of Descendants of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem admits members in three classes. Crusader Members must hold membership in an Order of Chivalry which fought in the Holy Land, or which are legal successors of such Orders. Orders presently recognized by the Society as meeting this standard are:

• Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
• Knightly Order of Saint John, Bailiwick of Brandenburg in Prussia
• Knightly Order of Saint John, Sweden
• Knightly Order of Saint John, The Netherlands
• Order of Christ, House of Orleans-Braganza
• Order of Christ, Imperial House of Kongo
• Order of Christ, former Kingdom of Portugal now under the Royal House of Braganza
• Order of Montesa, House of Bourbon-Anjou
• Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, House of Savoy
• Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta
• Supreme Order of Christ, Holy See
• Teutonic Order, Bailiwick of Utrecht in the Netherlands
• Teutonic Order of Saint Mary of Jerusalem, Apostolic See of Rome