Order of Charles XIII
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The Order of Charles XIII is a Swedish order of knighthood, founded by King Charles XIII in 1811. The Lord and Master of the Order is the King of Sweden, currently His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf. The membership of the order comprises
- Three princes of the Royal Blood
- Three ecclesiastical dignitaries
- Twenty-seven members of the XI (honorary and highest) degree of the Swedish Rite of Freemasonry, of whom up to seven may be foreigners.
It functions much like a Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite.
[edit] References
- http://www.mastermason.com/lodge850/Reading/sweedishrite.htm
- http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Knighthood
- http://www.frimurarorden.se/eng/index.html (English webpage of the Swedish Grand Lodge of Masons)
