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royal Order of the Lion

was established by King Leopold II in 1891, in his capacity as sovereign of the independent Congo.
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royal Order of the Lion

Summary

royal Order of the Lion is an order[1]. It draws 36 Wikipedia views per month (order category, ranking #109 of 645).[2]

Key Facts

  • royal Order of the Lion is in the country of Congo Free State[3].
  • royal Order of the Lion is in the country of Belgium[4].
  • royal Order of the Lion's image is recorded as Belgian Royal Order of the Lion, Officer.jpg[5].
  • royal Order of the Lion's instance of is recorded as order[6].
  • royal Order of the Lion's founder is recorded as Leopold II of Belgium[7].
  • lion is named after royal Order of the Lion[8].
  • royal Order of the Lion's part of is recorded as list of Orders, Decorations and Medals of the Kingdom of Belgium[9].
  • royal Order of the Lion's Commons category is recorded as Royal Order of the Lion[10].
  • royal Order of the Lion's has part is recorded as Bronze Medal of the Royal Order of the Lion[11].
  • royal Order of the Lion's has part is recorded as Silver Medal of the Royal Order of the Lion[12].
  • royal Order of the Lion's has part is recorded as Gold Medal of the Royal Order of the Lion[13].
  • royal Order of the Lion's has part is recorded as Knight of the Royal Order of the Lion[14].
  • royal Order of the Lion's has part is recorded as Officer of the Royal Order of the Lion[15].
  • royal Order of the Lion's has part is recorded as Commander of the Royal Order of the Lion[16].
  • royal Order of the Lion's has part is recorded as Grand Officer of the Royal Order of the Lion[17].
  • royal Order of the Lion's has part is recorded as Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Lion[18].
  • +1891-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of royal Order of the Lion[19].
  • royal Order of the Lion's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02z6vf1[20].
  • royal Order of the Lion's location of formation is recorded as Brussels metropolitan area[21].
  • royal Order of the Lion's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Royal Order of the Lion[22].
  • royal Order of the Lion's service ribbon image is recorded as BEL Royal Order of the Lion - Knight BAR.png[23].
  • royal Order of the Lion's next lower rank is recorded as Order of the Crown[24].
  • royal Order of the Lion's next higher rank is recorded as Order of the African Star[25].
  • royal Order of the Lion's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3934674[26].
  • royal Order of the Lion's National Historical Museums of Sweden ID is recorded as person/289e19f3-432f-4a22-8540-4c151ca7c9d1[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Congo Free State[3], a historical country[28], founded in 1885[29] and Belgium[4], a sovereign state[30], in Belgium[31], founded in 1830[32]. royal Order of the Lion's part of is recorded as list of Orders, Decorations and Medals of the Kingdom of Belgium[9].

Designation and Status

royal Order of the Lion's instance of is recorded as order[6].

History and Context

+1891-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of royal Order of the Lion[19]. lion is named after it[8].

Why It Matters

royal Order of the Lion draws 36 Wikipedia views per month (order category, ranking #109 of 645).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33]

Related Entities

Albert I of Belgium Belgium Leopold II of Belgium Philippe of Belgium

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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