A few days after St. Vitus Day (June 28th), of the year 2011, the founding ceremony of the Sovereign Military Order of the Dragon was organized in Paris. On this occasion, HRH Prince Aleksandar Karadjordjevic signed the founding charter of the Order.

The founding charter stipulates that the headquarters of the Order is in Belgrade, Serbia, and Mr. Srdjan Stanisic and Mr. Dejan Damnjanovic were declared the Chancellor and Commander of the Order, respectively. One of the guests at the founding ceremony was Mr. Nigel Atkins, a representative of the Order of Saint Lazarus.