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The Order claims to have been founded by Queen [[Tamar of Georgia]], and its modern history dates from when it was restored in [[Italy]] by Prince [[Irakli Bagration of Mukhrani]] in 1939 as the highest of the House Orders of the [[Bagrationi dynasty]].<ref name=r1/>
The name of the Order refers to the [[Seamless robe of Jesus|Sacred Tunic]] that [[Jesus Christ]] wore at his death. According to legend, the relic was raffled off by Roman soldiers and it was then taken to [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], preserved, and buried in the [[Svetitskhoveli Cathedral]], alongside the insignias of former Kings of Georgia.<ref name=serrano/>
In 1942, Prince Irakli Bagration of Mukhrani<ref name="rey_y_cabieses">{{cite book|title=Wittelsbach y Borbón: relaciones y enlaces entre las Casas Reales de Baviera y España, siglos XIX al XXI|author=Rey y Cabieses, Amadeo-Martín|publisher=Escuela "Marqués de Avilés"|year=2005}}</ref> was elected President of the Union of Traditionalist Georgians, who were dedicated to restoring a free Georgia under a constitutional monarchy.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}
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Due to the Mukhrani's long exile in Spain, many of the Order's members are Spanish.<ref name="elenco" /> The order is highlighted in a list of notable Orders on the Blasones Hispanos, Ordenes Dinasticas website.<ref name="blason" />
Prince Jorge's son, Prince David repatriated to Georgia in 2008, one year after the Patriarch of Georgia, [[Ilia II of Georgia|Ilia II]], who is a holder of the Grand Collar of the Order of the Eagle of Georgia, had called for the restoration of the Georgian monarchy.<ref name="serrano" /> David was granted citizenship, and a year later, married Princess Anna, daughter of the genealogically junior Grazinsky Bragration branch who were rivals to the defunct Georgian throne.<ref name="montgomery" />{{rp|56–67}} <ref>{{cite web|title=Photo - Politics - The Government inherits gifts received by Ivanishvili while in office|url=http://www.interpressnews.ge/en/photo.html?view=image&image=21244|website=Interpressnews.ge|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107011319/http://www.interpressnews.ge/en/photo.html?view=image&image=21244|archive-date=7 November 2016|access-date=6 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ceremonia de la Casa Real de Georgia en el Ateneo. Las Provincias|url=http://www.lasprovincias.es/v/20130714/valencia/ceremonia-casa-real-georgia-20130714.html|date=14 July 2013|website=Lasprovincias.es|access-date=6 November 2016}}</ref><ref>"Georgia Times Wedding of the two royal dynasties members"; ''Georgian Journal''; retrieved 10 February 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.royalhouseofgeorgia.ge/news/Offical-Events/Royal-Wedding "Prince David, wearing the Grand Cross of the OEG"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101033/http://www.royalhouseofgeorgia.ge/news/Offical-Events/Royal-Wedding |date=2015-04-02 }}, Royalhouseofgeorgia.ge; accessed 6 November 2016.</ref> Princess Anna was, herself, a Dame of the Order.<ref name="elenco" /> The marriage sparked widespread interest in the revival of a constitutional monarchy.<ref>Kalatozishvili, Georgy. (11 November 2013). [http://vestnikkavkaza.net/analysis/politics/47427.html Will Georgia become a monarchy?], VestnikKavkaza.net; retrieved 11 February 2015.</ref> The royal couple divorced in 2013,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/society/48794.html|title=Descendant of Georgian kings announces his divorce|date=24 December 2011 |publisher=Vestnik Kavkaza|access-date=20 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.georgianjournal.ge/society/25730-georgian-royal-family-divorce.html|title=Georgian Royal Family Divorce|website=Georgianjournal.ge|access-date=20 November 2016}}</ref> and their son Prince Giorgi, has been a Knight Grand Collar of the Order from birth.<ref>[http://www.royalhouseofgeorgia.ge/news/Offical-Events/Second-birthday-of-HRH-Giorgi-Bagration-Bagrationi Second birthday of HRH Giorgi Bagration Bagrationi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202173147/http://www.royalhouseofgeorgia.ge/news/Offical-Events/Second-birthday-of-HRH-Giorgi-Bagration-Bagrationi |date=2014-02-02 }}, Royalhouseofgeorgia.ge, 27 September 2013.</ref>
In 2017, the [[Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester|Duke]] and [[Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester|Duchess of Gloucester]] "received the Grand Collar of the Order of the Eagle of Georgia on behalf of Her Majesty [[Queen Elizabeth II]]
The Order is recognized as a Dynastic (Non-Regnant) Order of Chivalry. In ''Burke's Peerage'', it is listed as an Order "founded by royal claimants in exile". The International Commission on Orders of Chivalry describes it as a "new chivalric institution founded by the head of a formerly reigning dynasty". The Augustan Society notes it as a non-ruling dynastic honor.<ref name=r4>Augustan Society (2014). [http://www.augustansociety.org/cpage.php?pt=107 Recognized Orders of Chivalry: Other Non-Ruling Dynastic Honors and Orders of Merit: Georgia: House of Bagrationi Order of the Eagle of Georgia and Seamless Tunic of Our Lord Jesus Christ]; retrieved 15 May 2014.</ref>
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==Grades of the Order==
The Order of the Eagle of Georgia is composed of the following grades:<ref name="oeg_grades">{{cite web|url=https://www.royalhouseofgeorgia.ge/order-eagle-grades-and-decorations/|access-date=19 March 2024|title=Order Eagle Grades and Decorations}}</ref>
* [[File:Order of the Eagle of Georgia - Collar.png|60px]] Knight Grand Cross with Collar
* [[File:Grand Cross - Order of the Eagle of Georgia.png|60px]] Knight/Dame Grand Cross
* [[File:Grand Officer - Order of the Eagle of Georgia.png|60px]] Knight Grand Officer
* [[File:Knight Commander, Order of the Eagle of Georgia.png|60px]] Knight/Dame Commander
* [[File:Stuha-důstojník.png|60px]] Knight/Dame
{{Gallery
| title = Order Insignia Charts
| File:Insignia Wear Chart (Men) - Order of the Eagle of Georgia.svg
| Order of wear of insignia for men at each grade.
| alt1= Order of wear of insignia for men at each grade.
| File:Insignia Wear Chart (Women) - Order of the Eagle of Georgia.svg
| Order of wear of insignia for women at each grade.
| alt2= Order of wear of insignia for women at each grade.
| File:Heraldic Additaments Chart - Order of the Eagle of Georgia.svg
| Heraldic displays of order insignia for each grade.
| alt3= Heraldic displays of order insignia for each grade.
}}
==Recipients==
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* [[Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia]]
* [[Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro|Crown Prince Nicholas of Montenegro]]
* [[Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.royalhouseofgeorgia.ge/p/eng/434/news/116/ROYAL-HOUSE-OF-PORTUGAL-EXCHANGES-HONOURS-WITH-ROYAL-HOUSE-OF-GEORGIA | title=>NEWS }}</ref>
* [[Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia|Prince Jaime de Borbón, Duke of Anjou and Segovia]]▼
* [[Yukio Hatoyama|Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of Japan]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.royalhouseofgeorgia.ge/p/eng/434/news/318/CROWN-PRINCE-DAVIT-OF-GEORGIA-KNIGHTS-FORMER-JAPANESE-PRIME-MINISTER-MR--YUKIO-HATOYAMA | title=>NEWS }}</ref>
* [[Necla Sultan|Necla Sultan, princess of Egypt and princess of Ottoman Empire]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=elenco de caballeros y damas de la orden del águila de georgia y la |url=https://studylib.es/doc/5791164/elenco-de-caballeros-y-damas-de-la-orden-del-águila-de-ge... |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=studylib.es |language=es}}</ref>▼
* [[Bartholomew I of Constantinople|Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.royalhouseofgeorgia.ge/p/eng/434/news/113/THE-PATRIARCH-OF-CONSTANTINOPLE-DECORATED-BY-THE-HEAD-OF-THE-ROYAL-HOUSE-OF-GEORGIA | title=>NEWS }}</ref>
▲* [[Necla Sultan|Necla Sultan,
* [[Nilufer Hanımsultan|Princess Nilüfer Hanimsultan]]<ref name=":0" />
* [[Dario Item|Ambassador Dario Item]]
==See also==
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