How does order of precedence work for a large amount of foreign honors/decorations?
I'm doing a big worldbuilding project that focuses on late 19th century royalty. As part of this project, I'm going to be doing some art of some characters.
This leads to my main issue. If I have roughly 20-30 foreign decorations for a character, what order do these get worn in. I already know a bit so you can get pretty technical for your explanation if you'd like.
I know that it has something to do with the class of each honor as well as the importance of the nation/family that is issuing the honor, but I don't know how to directly translate that into an order of precedence.
For one, I know that that many honors would never be worn at the same time. But humor me for a bit.
Take Franz Joseph I, for example. He has a ton of foreign decorations and honors, which I will list below. How would the Habsburgs place these in the order of precedence? Seeing that might help me get a better idea of how this all works.
Grand Cross of the Order of Albert the Bear
Knight of the House Order of Fidelity
Grand Cross of the Zähringer Lion
Knight of St. Hubert
Grand Cross of the Military Order of Max Joseph
Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (civil
Grand Cross of the Order of Henry the Lion
Knight of Saints Cyril and Methodius
Order of Bravery, Grade I
Knight of the Elephant
Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Knight of St. George
Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order
Grand Cross of the Order of Kamehameha I
Grand Cross of the Order of Kalākaua
Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order
Knight of the Golden Lion
Grand Cross of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
Knight of the Annunciation
Grand Cross of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
Grand Cross of the Crown of Italy
Collar of the Order of the Chrysanthemum
Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion
Cross for Distinction in War, 1st and 2nd Classes
Grand Cross of the Mexican Eagle, with Collar
Grand Cross of the Eagle of Este
Grand Cross of St. Charles
Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Danilo I
Knight of the Gold Lion of Nassau
Grand Cross of the Military William Order
Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Golden Crown
Senator Grand Cross of the Constantinian Order of St. George, with Collar
Knight of the Black Eagle, with Collar
Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
Pour le Mérite (military), with Oak Leaves
Collar of the Order of Carol I
Grand Cross of the Star of Romania
Knight of St. Andrew
Knight of St. Alexander Nevsky
Knight of the White Eagle
Knight of St. Anna, 1st Class
Knight of St. George, 4th Class
Grand Cross of the White Falcon
Knight of the Rue Crown
Grand Cross of the Military Order of St. Henry
Grand Cross of the Cross of Takovo
Order of Miloš the Great, 1st Class
Knight of the Order of the Royal House of Chakri
Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, with Collar
Knight of the Seraphim, with Collar
Knight of the Norwegian Lion
Grand Cross of St. Joseph
Knight of St. Januarius
Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain
Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown