January 25, 2023 An article entitled “Ágnes Vadai also stumbled into the Order of Vitéz” was published in the Magyar Nemzet by our Historian Seat Captain Vitéz Attila Bánó de Kükemező et Tapolylucska. On December 18 last year, Ágnes Vadai addressed a question requiring a written answer to the Prime Minister; he was interested in […]
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A Vitézi Rend
A Vitézi Rendet Magyarország kormányzója alapította „a legbátrabbak tiszteletére és az áldozatok emlékére”. A Vitézi Rend hisz a vallás, a nemzet és a család mint alapelvek fontosságában. Mindenekelőtt fontosnak tartja Magyarország nemzeti szuverenitásának megőrzését, a nemzeti értékek tiszteletben tartását, valamint a keresztény életmód ösztönzését.
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The Order of Vitéz
The Order of Vitéz was founded by the Regent of Hungary “to honor the bravest and remember their sacrifice”. The Order of Vitéz believes in the importance of fundamental principles such as religion, nation and family. First of all, it considers it important to preserve Hungary’s national sovereignty, the national values and to encourage a christian way of living.
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Our History
In 1928, in the preface to the large volume titled A magyar nemzet hadtörténelme (A military history of the Hungarian nation), Archduke and Field Marshal Vitez Joseph August of Habsburg-Lorraine wrote, “In most cases, the past is but a mirror of the future which gives a clear picture of how to avoid big troubles and how serve a better future. Let us learn from this work, and let us not be disheartened, because the strong Hungarian spirit is is still alive.”
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The Values
The Order of Vitéz is a Military Order based on Christian confession and encouraging a life with the highest ethical values.
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The Mission
The Order of Vitéz was founded by the Regent of Hungary “to honor the bravest and remember their sacrifice.”
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Organizational Structure
Főkapitány (Captain General): HIRH Vitéz Joseph Karl von Habsburg-Lothringen, Archduke of Austria, Prince of Hungary.
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News
Article from the archives of Magyar Hírlap – One hundred years ago the Order of Vitéz was founded
It is worth re-reading the article of our historian seat captain, Vitéz Nob. Attila Bánó, published two years ago in Magyar Hírlap, entitled “One hundred years ago, the Order of Vitéz was founded”. The article can be read at the following link: https://www.magyarhirlap.hu/tudomany/20200925-szaz-eve-alakult-meg-a-vitezi-rend
A discussion about the orders of knights and the Order of Vitéz
In Mária Rádió’s show “Nemes Egyszerűséggel” Vitéz Baron Loránd Riedel talked with Vitéz Dr. Ádám Berniczei-Roykó on knightly orders and the Order of Vitéz. The recording of the program is available at the link below.
The Order of Vitéz does not want to completely erase the past
January 1, 2023 An article entitled “The Order of Vitéz does not want to completely erase the past” was published in Magyar Nemzet from the pen of our Historian Seat Captain Vitéz Attila Bánó de Kükemező et Tapolylucska. The author reflected on the HVG article published a few days ago entitled “The new Vitéz would […]
Christmas Greetings from the Captain General
December 23, 2022 Dear Dames, Dear Knights, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Friends, For the days of Christmas and into the future I wish You and all Your Beloved ones the Light of God that carries Love and Peace. That the Most High, who is, may fulfill us with his presence, so that we may be […]
The Order of Vitéz was founded by the Governor of Hungary, admiral Miklós Horthy, in 1920. Its Captain General from 1977 to 2017 was József Árpád, Royal Prince of Hungary, and now his son, Prince József Károly.

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- A brief history of the Order of Vitéz
- Accreditation
- Casale Monferrato – December, 2021
- Commemorating 80 years since the Don Disaster 1943
- Contact
- Fatima – September, 2021
- Heraldic usage in the Order of Vitéz
- Holidays of the Order of Vitéz
- How to join
- Hungary’s history in a nutshell
- Legénd – June, 2021
- Malta – March, 2022
- Máriapócs – August, 2021
- Máriapócs – September, 2022
- Oath of the Vitéz
- Order of Vitéz – Questions and Mistakes
- Organizational Structure
- Pécs – November, 2022
- Portrait Gallery of Famous Members
- Statement about the policy of the Order of Vitéz concerning nobility, nobiliary titles and membership in chivalric organisations
- Statements
- Stockholm – October, 2021
- The Mission and Values
- The Vitézi Rend (Order of Vitez), an honour superior to a Chivalric order
- Törökszentmiklós, Kenderes – May, 2022
- Video