Non-Ruling Dynastic Orders of Chivalry

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A dynastic order is a type of chivalric order that is owned, bestowed, and governed by a reigning or formerly reigning royal family (a dynasty) rather than by a state or government.

Albania: House of Zogu
- Order of Fidelity
- Order of Scander Beg
Austria: House of Habsburg-Lorraine (Lothringen)
- Order of the Golden Fleece, articles
- Order of the Starry Cross
Brazil:
- House of Orléans-Bragança (Vassouras)
  - Order of Christ
  - Order of Peter I
  - Order of the Rose
- House of Orléans-Bragança (Petrópolis)
  - Order of Dom Pedro I
  - Military and Civil Order of the Rose
  - Order of Saint Benedict of Avis (Religious Semi-Independent)
  - Order of Santiago of Sword (Religious Semi-Independent)
  - Order of Christ (Religious Semi-Independent)
Bulgaria: House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Order of Saint Alexander
- Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius
- Order of the Red Cross
Ethiopia: Imperial House
- Order of Solomon
- Order of Solomon’s Seal
- Order of the Queen of Sheba
- Order of the Holy Trinity
- Order of Menelik II
- Order of Emperor Haile Selassie I
- Order of the Ethiopian Lion
- Order of the Star of Ethiopia
- Order of Saint Anthony
France:
- House of Bourbon
  - Order of Saint Louis
  - Order of Saint Michael
  - Order of the Holy Ghost
- House of Bourbon-Orléans:
  - Order of Saint Louis
  - Order of Saint Michael
  - Order of the Holy Ghost
Germany
- Anhalt – House of Ascania
  - Order of Albrecht the Bear
- Baden – House of Zähringen
  - Order of Fidelity
- Bavaria – House of Wittelsbach
  - Order of Saint George
  - Order of Saint Hubert
  - Order of Saint Michael
  - Order of Saint Theresa
- Brunswick – Brunswick-Lüneburg (House of Hanover)
  - Order of Henry the Lion
- Hanover – House of Guelph
  - Guelphic Order
  - Order of Saint George
- Hesse – House of Lorraine-Brabant
  - Order of the Golden Lion
- Hohenzollern – House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
  - Order of Hohenzollern
- Oldenburg – House of Oldenburg
  - Order of Peter Friedrich Ludwig
- Prussia – House of Hohenzollern
  - Order of Louisa
  - Order of the Black Eagle
  - Royal Order of Hohenzollern
- Reuss – House of Reuss
  - Cross of Honour of Reuss
- Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
  - Order of the White Falcon
- Saxon Duchies – House of Wettin
  - Ernestine Ducal Order
- Saxony: Kingdom of Saxony– House of Wettin (Albertine Line)
  - Order of Saint Henry
  - Order of Sidonia
  - Order of the Crown of Rue
- Waldeck – House of Waldeck
  - Order of Waldeck
- Württemberg – House of Württemberg
  - Order of Olga
  - Order of the Crown of Württemberg
Ghana
- House of Sefwi Obeng-Mim
  - Order of the Golden Fire Dog
  - Order of Obeng II
- House of New Sawereso-Seinuah
Greece: House of Oldenburg
- Order of George I
- Order of Saint George and Saint Constantine
- Order of Saint Olga and Saint Sophia
- Order of the Redeemer
India
- Rampur
  - Nishan-i-Hamidiya or the Order of Hamid
  - Nishan-i-Iqbal or the Order of Good Fortune
Italy
- House of Savoy
  - Civil Order of Savoy
    - Civil Order of Merit of Savoy
  - Holy Annunciation
  - Order of Merit of Savoy
  - Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
- Parma – House of Bourbon-Parma
  - Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George, articles
  - Order of Saint Lodovico
- Tuscany – House of Habsburg-Lorraine
  - Order of Saint Joseph
  - Order of Saint Stephen
- Two Sicilies – House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (Duke Castro)
  - Constantinian Saint George Order
  - Order of Saint Januarius
  - Royal Order of Francis I
Lebanon: House of Ghassan
Montenegro: House of Petrovic-Njegos
- Order of Danilo I
- Order of Petrovic-Njegos
- Order of Saint Peter
Portugal: House of Braganza
- Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Vicosa
- Order of Saint Isabel
- Royal Brotherhood of St. Michael of the Wing (Real Irmandade de Saõ Miguel de Ala)
- Royal Order of Merit of Portugal
Rumania: House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- Military Order of Michael the Brave
- Order of Charles I
- Order of the Crown
Russia: House of Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp
- Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky
- Order of Saint Andrew
- Order of Saint Anne
- Order of Saint Catherine
- Order of Saint George
- Order of Saint Stanislas
- Order of Saint Vladimir
- Order of the White Eagle
Sulu: Royal Sultanate
- Royal and Hashemite Order of the Pearl
Yugoslavia: House of Karadjordjevic
- Order of Prince Saint Lazarus
- Order of Saint Sava
- Order of the Crown of Yugoslavia
- Order of the Star of Karageorge
- Order of the White Eagle