May 31, 2025 Author: Dr. Vitéz Gyula Szűcs Lieutenant On behalf of the Order of Vitéz’s Northeast Hungary Region Seat Captaincy, Dr. Vitéz Gyula Szűcs, Vitéz István Fülöp, and Vitéz József Erdei participated in the Memorial Walk for Vitéz Imre Csengeri on May 22, 2025, in the town of Vaja, organized by the Vay Ádám […]
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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
The Order of Vitéz Participated in a Traditional Joy Archery Competition
May 27, 2025 Author: Vitéz Zoltán József Molnár Seat Captain On May 17, 2025, the “Traditional Joy Archery Competition” was held, organized by the Tass Clan’s Traditionalist Gégényi Archery Association with the support of the Order of Vitéz’s Seat Captaincy of Northeast Hungary Region. Children who registered for the archery competition were rewarded by the […]
We Stand by Our Staff Captain of Italian Region
May 26, 2025 The Order of Vitéz disassociates itself from all base and false statements made anonymously against our Staff Captain of Italian Region, Dr. Vitéz Count Chev. Pier Felice degli Uberti, President of the ICOC, as well as any such statements that may be made in the future. In this matter, our Staff Captain […]
Visit to Prague with Friends
May 5, 2025 From April 24 to 27, 2025, a splendid weekend took place in Prague, during the cultural events of the prestigious Prague-based Mezinárodní Akademie Koruny Svatého Václava (International Academy of the Crown of Saint Wenceslaus), renowned for its commitment to European Christian values, the preservation of the historical traditions of the Czech Crown, […]
Celebration of the 4th Annual Hungarian Heritage Festival in Washington, D.C.
April 29, 2025 Author: Vitéz Jacob Madway Bressmann On April 26, in McLean, Virginia of the greater Washington, D.C. area, the Kossuth Foundation hosted the fourth annual all-day Hungarian Heritage Festival, featuring performances by Hungarian folk music groups. As with previous years, the Hungarian Embassy and many diaspora organizations, including the Vitézi Rend, were present […]
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 – May, 2024
- Casale Monferrato – December, 2021
- Casale Monferrato – May, 2023
- 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, 2024
- Legénd – June, 2021
- Malta – March, 2022
- Máriapócs – August, 2021
- Máriapócs – September, 2022
- Máriapócs – September, 2023
- Melbourne, Australia – February, 2024
- Oath of the Vitéz
- Order of Vitéz – Questions and Mistakes
- Organizational Structure
- Pécs – November, 2022
- Portrait Gallery of Famous Members
- Royal Palace of Gödöllő – August, 2024
- Statement about the policy of the Order of Vitéz concerning nobility, nobiliary titles and membership in chivalric organisations
- Statements
- Stockholm – June, 2023
- Stockholm – October, 2021
- Sydney, Australia – February, 2024
- The day of Knightly Order of Saint Michael of the Wing – Alcobaça, Portugal, September 29, 2023
- The Mission and Values
- The Vitézi Rend (Order of Vitez), an honour superior to a Chivalric order
- Törökszentmiklós, Kenderes – May, 2022
- Video
- Washington D.C. – Celebration of the 4th Annual Hungarian Festival – April 26, 2025