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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p>Der Begriff <b>Knight Companion</b> bezeichnet die <a href="Ordensklasse" title="Ordensklasse">Ordensstufe</a> eines einstufigen staatlichen <a href="Orden_und_Ehrenzeichen_des_Vereinigten_K%C3%B6nigreichs" title="Orden und Ehrenzeichen des Vereinigten Königreichs">Ritterordens des Vereinigten Königreichs</a>. Für Staatsbürger eines <a href="Commonwealth_Realm" title="Commonwealth Realm">Commonwealth Realms</a> ist damit die Erhebung in den <a href="Britischer_Adel" title="Britischer Adel">persönlichen Adelsstand</a> mit dem Prädikat „<a href="Sir_(Anrede)" title="Sir (Anrede)">Sir</a>“ verbunden.
</p><p>Die Ordensstufe des Knight Companion wird im Regelfall nur Männern verliehen. Die gleichrangige Ordensstufe für Frauen heißt – sofern vorhanden – den jeweiligen Ordensstatuten entsprechend <i>Lady Companion</i> oder <i>Dame Companion,</i> mit dem Prädikat „<a href="Lady" title="Lady">Lady</a>“ bzw. „<a href="Dame_(Ritterw%C3%BCrde)" title="Dame (Ritterwürde)">Dame</a>“. Abweichungen sind jedoch möglich, so sind beispielsweise <a href="Anne%2C_Princess_Royal" title="Anne, Princess Royal">Anne, Princess Royal</a> und <a href="Alexandra_Ogilvy" title="Alexandra Ogilvy">Princess Alexandra, Lady Ogilvy</a> als <i>Royal Knight Companion</i> (und nicht als <i>Royal Lady Companion</i>) Mitglieder des Hosenbandordens.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Die Stufe eines Knight Companion existiert bei folgenden Ritterorden des Vereinigten Königreichs:
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<ul><li><a href="Hosenbandorden" title="Hosenbandorden">Hosenbandorden</a> (KG)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><a href="Distelorden" title="Distelorden">Distelorden</a> (KT)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><a href="Order_of_St._Patrick" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of St. Patrick">Order of St. Patrick</a> (KP)<sup id="cite_ref-X_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-X-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
<p>Zudem existiert die Stufe auch bei Orden weiterer Commonwealth Realms:
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<ul><li>Order of the National Hero (Antigua und Barbuda) (KNH)</li>
<li><a href="New_Zealand_Order_of_Merit" title="New Zealand Order of Merit">New Zealand Order of Merit</a> (KNZM)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
<p>Bei folgenden britischen Ritterorden existierte zunächst die Stufe eines Knight Companion, diese wurde aber bei einer zwischenzeitlichen Reform der Ordensstatuten zugunsten eines mehrstufigen Systems abgeschafft:
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<ul><li><a href="Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">Order of the Bath</a> (KB)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><a href="Order_of_the_Star_of_India" title="Order of the Star of India">Order of the Star of India</a> (KSI)<sup id="cite_ref-X_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-X-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literatur">Literatur</h2></div>
<ul><li>William Arthur Shaw: <i>The Knights of England.</i> Band 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906.</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Anmerkungen_und_Einzelnachweise">Anmerkungen und Einzelnachweise</h2></div>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.royal.uk/the-princess-royal-70-facts-70"><i>The Princess Royal – 70 facts at 70.</i></a> In: <i>royal.uk (Website des britischen Königshauses).</i><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 4. Juli 2024</span> (englisch): „29) In 1994, The Queen appointed The Princess Royal to the Order of the Garter. However, The Princess Royal requested to be installed as Royal Knight of the Order, and not a Lady.“</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AKnight+Companion&rft.title=The+Princess+Royal+%E2%80%93+70+facts+at+70&rft.description=The+Princess+Royal+%E2%80%93+70+facts+at+70&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.royal.uk%2Fthe-princess-royal-70-facts-70&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.royal.uk/princess-alexandra"><i>Princess Alexandra.</i></a> In: <i>royal.uk (Website des britischen Königshauses).</i><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 4. Juli 2024</span> (englisch): „Princess Alexandra was created a Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) in 1960, and made a Knight of the Order of the Garter (KG) in 2003.“</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AKnight+Companion&rft.title=Princess+Alexandra&rft.description=Princess+Alexandra&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.royal.uk%2Fprincess-alexandra&rft.language=En"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Shaw, S. i–vi.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Shaw, S. vii–viii.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-X-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-X_5-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-X_5-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Dieser Orden wird heute nicht mehr verliehen.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Shaw, S. ix.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">In diesem Orden existiert zudem die ranghöhere Stufe eines <i>Knight Grand Companion</i> (GNZM).</span>
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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Shaw, S. x–xxiv.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Shaw, S. xxv–xxvi.</span>
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