Dynastic order
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Not to be confused with royal family order.
A dynastic order, monarchical order, or house order is an order under royal patronage. Such an order is bestowed by, as a legitimate fons honorum, a sovereign or the head of a once-sovereign ruling family.[1] These are often considered part of the cultural patrimony of the ruling family.[2] Dynastic orders were often founded or maintained to reward service to a monarch or their subsequent dynasty.[3]
A national or state order is the equivalent term for orders (e.g., of merit) conferred by sovereign states but not bestowed by ruling dynasties.