Hey, Q?!
What is a Higher Lo[Y]alty?
WHAT DOES "A HIGHER LOYALTY" MEAN? WHAT IS AN OWL/Y HEAD? WHY DID SO MANY [ANONS] LIE TO YOU?
The Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
List of Grand Masters
Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (1572–1580)
Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (1580–1630)
Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (1630–1637)
Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy (1637–1638)
Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638–1675)
Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (1675–1731)
Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (1732–1773)
Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (1773–1796)
Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (1796–1802)
Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (1802–1824)
Charles Felix of Sardinia (1824–1831)
Charles Albert of Sardinia (1831–1849)
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (1849–1878)
Umberto I of Italy (1878–1900)
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (1900–1946)
Umberto II of Italy (1946–1983)
Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (1983–2024)
Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice (2024–present)
Monarchs
Franz Josef I, Emperor of Austria
Wilhelm II, German Emperor
Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia
Gojong, Emperor of Korea
Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia
Zog I, King of the Albanians
George V, King of the United Kingdom
Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar of Shah of Persia
H.M.E.H. Servant of God Fra' Andrew Bertie, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Maharaja Jagatjit Singh
Maharaja Juddha Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana
Mihailo Obrenović of Serbia
Abbas I, Wāli of Egypt
Military
General of the Armies John Pershing
General of the Army George Marshall
Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch
Field Marshal Francisco Solano López
General Matthew Bunker Ridgway
General François d'Astier de La Vigerie
General Tasker H. Bliss
General Mark W. Clark
General Ira C. Eaker
General Peyton C. March
Admiral Ernesto Burzagli[10]
Surgeon Rear-Admiral Arthur Skey
Major General Ulysses S. Grant III
Major General Mason Patrick[11]
General Sebastiano Visconti Prasca
Rear Admiral Richard Byrd
Brigadier General Billy Mitchell
Naval Captain Emilio Faà di Bruno
Flight Commander Douglas Harries
SS-Obergruppenführer Hans Lammers
Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram
Brigadier General Evan M. Johnson[12]
Brigadier General Walter McCaw[13]
Rear Admiral Charles R. Train[14]
Politics
Diplomat Isaac Artom
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1921
Enrico d’Arienzo, Prefect of Caltanisetta 1925
Henri Jaspar
Charles, 1st Count de Broqueville
Charles Rogier
Edmond, Baron de Sélys Longchamps
President Porfirio Díaz
Dr Hans Frank, 26.9.1936[15]
Minister of foreign affairs Giustino Fortunato[16]
Member of Parliament Cristiana Muscardini
Diplomat Jose Maria Quijano Wallis[17]
Luigi, Count Cibrario
Oswald, Freiherr von Richthofen, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the German Empire - August 1902 - during the visit to Germany of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy[18]
President of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition and Former St. Louis Mayor David R. Francis[19]
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani of New York City (2001) Cavaliere di Gran Croce (Motu Proprio)[20]
Aldo Oviglio, Minister of Justice (1922–1925)
James Charles Risk of New York City, Cavaliere di Gran Croce,[21] originally inducted by the last reigning King of Italy, Umberto II of Italy
Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister of Italy and Duce of Fascism
Francesco Ruffini, Italian jurist, historian, politician and antifascist.
Priests
Pietro Tacchi Venturi
Agostino Cardinal Rivarola
Blessed Tommaso Reggio
Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan
Désiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Cardinal Mercier
Blessed Andrea Carlo Cardinal Ferrari
Philanthropy
Thomas Hanbury
J. P. Morgan