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The Order of the Elephant (Danish: Elefantordenen) is a Danish order of chivalry and is Denmark's highest-ranked honour. It has origins in the 15th century, but has officially existed since 1693, and since the establishment of constitutional monarchy in 1849, is now almost exclusively used to honour royalty and heads of state.
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Elephants belong to the family Elephantidae, the sole...
- African Elephants
African elephants are members of the genus Loxodonta...
- Order of the White Elephant
Classes. The order consists of eight classes: Gallery. Old...
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A Ordem do Elefante ou Ordem do Elefante Branco[ 1] (em dinamarquês Elefantordenen ou Den Hvide Elefants orden) é a mais alta e a mais antiga condecoração do Reino da Dinamarca e uma das mais antigas da Europa.
Elephants belong to the family Elephantidae, the sole remaining family within the order Proboscidea. Their closest extant relatives are the sirenians ( dugongs and manatees ) and the hyraxes , with which they share the clade Paenungulata within the superorder Afrotheria . [6]
This is a list of the knights of the Order of the Elephant, the highest Danish order of chivalry, since its foundation by Christian V in 1693.
ImageNameLifeDate1795–186119 January 1840Kingdom of Prussia1817–19051 February 1840Duchy of Nassau1820–188428 June 1840Electorate of Hesse1794–187125 December 1840Duchy of Anhalt-DessauAfrican elephants are members of the genus Loxodonta comprising two living elephant species, the African bush elephant (L. africana) and the smaller African forest elephant (L. cyclotis). Both are social herbivores with grey skin, but differ in the size and colour of their tusks and in the shape and size of their ears and skulls.
Classes. The order consists of eight classes: Gallery. Old designs. A woodcarving of "Maha Varabhorn", the Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Order of the White Elephant, version that used from 1869 to 1909, at gates of Phra Vihara of Wat Ratchabophit Sathit Maha Simaram, Bangkok.
1 de jan. de 2013 · The Order of the Elephant, however, has a history that goes considerably further back than 1693. Far and away, it is Denmark’s oldest and most distinguished royal order of chivalry. In its original form, it can be tracked back to around 1460 when Christian I, with the Pope’s approval, established “The Fellowship of the Mother ...
