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    Terra Mariana (Medieval Latin for 'Land of Mary') was the formal name for Medieval Livonia or Old Livonia. It was formed in the aftermath of the Livonian...
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    The Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (Estonian: Maarjamaa Risti teenetemärk, also the Order of the Cross of St. Mary's Land) was instituted by the...
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    Fellin (Viljandi) Terra Mariana (Livonia)  Estonia Baltic Pernau (Pärnu) Terra Mariana (Livonia)  Estonia Baltic Wenden (Cēsis) Terra Mariana (Livonia)  Latvia...
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    Edgars Rinkēvičs (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 3rd Class)
    Terra Mariana (10 April 2019) Second Class of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (2 April 2009) Third Class of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana...
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    George Soros (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class)
    George Soros HonFBA (born György Schwartz; August 12, 1930) is an American investor and philanthropist. As of October 2023[update], he had a net worth...
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    Joe Biden (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class)
    Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming American Samoa District of Columbia Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Democrats Abroad Affiliated groups Related...
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    George H. W. Bush (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class)
    George Herbert Walker Bush (June 12, 1924 – November 30, 2018) was the 41st president of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. A member of the...
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    Crusades of the 12th and 13th centuries; this resulted in creation of the Terra Mariana confederation, under the protection of Roman Popes and Holy Roman Empire...
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  • islands in the north-western Pacific Ocean Mariana Trench, the deepest trench in the world's oceans Terra Mariana, alternative name (sobriquet) of modern...
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    Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (category Recipients of the Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana)
     Estonia 2003 Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana  Italy Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian...
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    Jacques Chirac (category Recipients of the Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana)
    White Lion 1997  Estonia Member 1st Class of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana 2001  Finland Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose...
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    John McCain (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class)
    John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American statesman and naval officer who represented the state of Arizona in Congress...
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    Kingdom of Denmark.[citation needed] It ended with the creation of Terra Mariana and the Danish duchy of Estonia.[citation needed] The lands on the eastern...
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    Frederik X (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class)
    Order of the Nile  Estonia: Grand Cross of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana  Finland: Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland  France:...
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    Robert Fripp (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 4th Class)
    Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946) is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, and author, best known as the guitarist, founder and longest-lasting...
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    George W. Bush (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class)
    President Toomas Hendrik Ilves awarded Bush the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana for his work in expanding NATO. Two elementary schools are named after...
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    Hillary Clinton (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class)
    Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming American Samoa District of Columbia Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Democrats Abroad Affiliated groups Related...
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    Akihito (category Recipients of the Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana)
    Emperor and Empress visited the island of Saipan (part of the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory), the site of a battle in the World War II from...
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    Harald V (category Recipients of the Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana)
    White Rose of Finland °  Estonia – Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana °  Estonia – Collar of the Order of the White Star  Latvia – Commander...
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    Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class)
    Bartholomew (Greek: Βαρθολομαῖος, Bartholomaĩos; Turkish: Bartholomeos; born 29 February 1940) is the current Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople since...
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    became known as its branch – the Livonian Order (while their state, Terra Mariana, covering present-day Estonia, Latvia, and a small part of Russia, became...
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    Tim Berners-Lee (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class)
    Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee (born 8 June 1955), also known as TimBL, is an English computer scientist best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web...
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  • Claude Chirac (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 3rd Class)
    Elysée, Frédéric Salat-Baroux. 3rd Class of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, Estonia Commander of the National Order of Benin (8 February 1996)...
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    Madeleine Albright (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class)
    Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Körbelová, later Korbelová; May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022) was an American diplomat and political scientist...
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  • Bruce P. Jackson (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 2nd Class)
    Bruce Pitcairn Jackson (born June 23, 1952) is the founder and president of the Project on Transitional Democracies. The project is a multi-year endeavor...
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    Margrethe II (category Recipients of the Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana)
    of the Merit of Chile  Estonia: Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana  Egypt: Collar of the Order of the Nile  Finland: Grand Cross with Collar...
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  • Coat of Arms (23 February 2008) Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (8 October 2001) Ingrid Rüütel, his wife: First Class of the Order of...
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    Pentti Arajärvi (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class)
    Order of the Crown  Estonia: First Class of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (2000) First Class of the Order of the White Star (2007)  Iceland: Grand...
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    Lech Wałęsa (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class)
    Lech Wałęsa (Polish pronunciation: [ˈlɛɣ vaˈwɛ̃sa] ; born 29 September 1943) is a Polish statesman, dissident, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served...
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    Otto von Habsburg (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class)
    Dmitar Zvonimir  Estonia: Grand Cross of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana  France: Grand Cross of the Order of the Legion of Honour, 31 October...
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