Grand Master of the Order of the Golden Fleece

The sovereign or grand master is the head of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Prior to the Napoleonic Wars the Grand Master was always identical with the monarch controlling the Spanish or Austrian Netherlands,Terlinden, Charles. "The Order of the Golden Fleece". The Edinburgh Review, Oct. 1920, pp. 307-315. Op. cit. "Orders of the Golden Fleece, 1430 - Today". although afterwards the order split into separate Austrian and Spanish branches.

The present grand master of the Austrian order is Karl von Habsburg; that of the Spanish order is the Felipe VI of Spain.

List of grand masters Burgundian Golden Fleece

Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy

Habsburg Golden Fleece Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor Philip I of Castile Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Philip II of Spain Philip III of Spain Philip IV of Spain Charles II of Spain

Spanish Golden Fleece

Austrian Golden Fleece Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, later Francis I, Emperor of Austria Ferdinand I of Austria Franz Joseph I of Austria Charles I of Austria Otto von Habsburg Karl von Habsburg

See also List of knights of the Golden Fleece

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