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Pour le Mérite

Kingdom of Prussia's highest order of merit
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Pour le Mérite

Summary

Pour le Mérite is a courage award[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of courage_award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,358 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pour le Mérite is in the country of Prussia[3].
  • Pour le Mérite's instance of is recorded as courage award[4].
  • Pour le Mérite's instance of is recorded as order of merit[5].
  • Pour le Mérite's instance of is recorded as order of chivalry[6].
  • Pour le Mérite's instance of is recorded as medal of merit[7].
  • Pour le Mérite's instance of is recorded as civil decoration[8].
  • Pour le Mérite's instance of is recorded as Q141378714[9].
  • Pour le Mérite is a type of military decoration[10].
  • Pour le Mérite is a type of civil decoration[11].
  • Pour le Mérite's Commons category is recorded as Pour le Mérite[12].
  • Pour le Mérite comprises Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order[13].
  • 1740 marks the founding of Pour le Mérite[14].
  • Pour le Mérite was dissolved in 1933[15].
  • Pour le Mérite's location of formation is recorded as Berlin[16].
  • Pour le Mérite's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pour le Mérite[17].
  • Pour le Mérite's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[18].
  • Pour le Mérite's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • Pour le Mérite's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • Pour le Mérite's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[21].
  • Pour le Mérite's replaces is recorded as De la Générosité[22].
  • Pour le Mérite's partially coincident with is recorded as Orden pour le Merite für Wissenschaften und Künste (Bonn)[23].
  • Pour le Mérite's native label is recorded as Orden Pour le Mérite[24].
  • Pour le Mérite's category for recipients of this award is recorded as Category:Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class)[25].
  • Pour le Mérite's next lower rank is recorded as Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg)[26].
  • Pour le Mérite's next higher rank is recorded as House Order of Hohenzollern[27].

Body

Founding

1740 marks the founding of Pour le Mérite[14]. Its location of formation is recorded as Berlin[16].

Dissolution

Pour le Mérite was dissolved in 1933[15].

Why It Matters

Pour le Mérite ranks in the top 5% of courage_award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,358 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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Adam Johann von Krusenstern Albert I of Saxony Albert Schweitzer Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg Albrecht Penck Albrecht von Roon Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov Alessandro Manzoni Alexander III of Russia Alexander Suvorov Alexander von Humboldt Alexander von Kluck Alfred Brendel Alfred von Tirpitz András Schiff Anton Rubinstein Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen August von Mackensen Bertel Thorvaldsen Boris III of Bulgaria Camille Saint-Saëns Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi Carl Orff Carl Zuckmayer Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Charles I of Austria Claudio Magris Djemal Pasha Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli Elias Canetti

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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Clemens Dulcis · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → courage award, order of merit, order of chivalry +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q141378714]]"
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