Imperial Order of Saint Anna
Established on February 14, 1735 by Duke Karl Friedrich of Holstein-Gottorp in memory of his wife Tsesarevna Anna Petrovna, on the tenth anniversary of their marriage.
The Order was introduced into the Russian Empire in 1742 by their son, the Heir-Tsesarevich Grand Duke Peter Feodorovich (the future Emperor Peter III). It was added to the Russian Orders by Emperor Paul I on April 5, 1797. The Order has four classes. Members of the Russian Imperial House are hereditary cavaliers of this Order and receive the insignia of the first class together with the Order of St. Andrew the First-Called: Grand Dukes at their Holy Baptism, and Princes of the Blood imperial upon reaching their dynastic majority.
Grand Mistress: H.I.H. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna
Head of the Knight’s Council: Dr. Stanislav Vladimirovich Dumin
Motto: "Amantibus Justitiam, Pietatem, Fidem" - "To those who love Truth, Piety, Fidelity"
Order Feast Day: February 3/16.
Link to Original Source: Website of the Russian Imperial House