July 8, 2025 Dear Confrères and Consoeurs, I am pleased to share with you the official invitation (in Hungarian and English) for the Vitézavatás (Investiture of Vitéz), which will be held this year in Debrecen on August 23, 2025. In order to facilitate the organization, you are kindly asked to register electronically by clicking the […]
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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 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.
The International Commission for Orders of Chivalry (I.C.O.C.) – a privately funded organization of experts in knightly orders, based in Milan – recognized the Order of Vitéz in 1962 and added it among its members.
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