The grand cordon of the Order of Leopold is the highest and oldest rank of chivalry and a formal diplomatic gift of the Kingdom of Belgium. This honour is bestowed very rarely in name of the grand-master, the king of the Belgians. This list is chronological by official authorisation of the Royal Decree.
Name | Date | Function |
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King Leopold I of Belgium | 1832 | Grand-Master and Founder |
King Louis Philippe I | 1833 [1] | Wedding gift to his Father-in-law |
Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans | 1833 [2] | Wedding gift to his Brother-in-law |
Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours | 1833 [3] | Wedding gift to his Brother-in-law |
Charles Joseph, Comte de Flahaut | 1833 [4] | Ambassador to the Court of St James's |
Horace-François de La Porta | 1833 [5] | French Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duke of Dalmatia | 1833 [6] | 10th Prime Minister of France |
Georges Mouton, Count of Lobau | 1833 [7] | Marshal of France |
Étienne, 1st Count Gérard | 1833 [8] | 11th Prime Minister of France |
Gabriel Neigre | 1833 [9] | French General |
Étienne-Denis, Duke of Pasquier | 1833 [10] | President of the Chamber of Peers |
Baron Saint-Cyr Nugues | 1833 [11] | French General |
John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham | 1833 [12] | Lord Privy Seal |
François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo | 1833 [13] | French Army General |
Duke of Choiseul-Stainville | 1833 [14] | Governor of the Louvre Palace |
Victor, 3rd Duke of Broglie | 1833 [15] | Pair of France |
Pedro II of Brazil | 1835 [16] | Emperor of Brazil |
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1835 [17] | Reigning Duke |
Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1835 [18] | Brother of the King |
Ferdinand II of Portugal | 1835 [19] | King of Portugal |
Baron Gaspard Gourgaud | 1837 | French General |
José Travassos Valdez, 1st Count of Bonfim | 1838 [20] | 12th Prime Minister of Portugal |
Prosper Louis, 7th Duke of Arenberg | 1838 [21] | Duke of Arenberg |
Eugène, 8th Prince of Ligne | 1838 [22] | President of the Senate |
Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1839 [23] | Wedding gift |
Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1859 | Nephew |
Henri Count of Merode | 1839 [24] | Ambassador |
Bernard Pierre Magnan | 1839 | Marshal of France |
Ludwig I of Bavaria | 1840 [25] | King of Bavaria |
Charles Albert of Sardinia | 1840 [26] | King of Sardinia |
Mgr. Luigi Lambruschini | 1840 [27] | Cardinal Secretary of State |
Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen | 1840 [28] | Duke |
Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen | 1840 [29] | Heretier Duke |
Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg | 1840 [30] | Duke of Saxe-Altenburg |
Alexander, Duke of Württemberg | 1841 [31] | Duke of Württemberg |
Otto of Greece | 1841 [32] | King of Greece |
Prince Wilhelm of Prussia | 1841 | Prussian Prince |
Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale | 1842 [33] | Brother-in-law |
François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville | 1842 [34] | Brother-in-law |
Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden | 1843 | Grand Duke |
Frederick Augustus II of Saxony | 1843 [35] | King of Saxony |
Louis II, Grand Duke of Baden | 1843 [36] | Crown Prince of Baden |
Christian VIII of Denmark | 1843 [37] | King of Denmark |
Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg | 1844 [38] | Grand Duke |
Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1844 [39] | Prince |
Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany | 1844 [40] | Grand Duke |
Antoine, Duke of Montpensier | 1844 [41] | Brother-in-law |
Emmanuel, Count of Mensdorff-Pouilly | 1845 [42] | Brother-in-law |
Archduke John of Austria | 1845 [43] | Imperial Regent |
Frederick William, Elector of Hesse | 1846 [44] | Prince Elector |
Pope Leo XIII | 1846 [45] | Apostolic Nuncio |
Baron Louis Atthalin | 1847 [46] | ADC of King Louis |
Ferdinand II | 1847 [47] | King of the Two Sicilies |
Charles XV of Sweden | 1849 [48] | King of Sweden |
William III of the Netherlands | 1849 [49] | King of the Netherlands |
Franz Joseph I of Austria | 1849 [50] | Emperor of Austria |
Oscar I of Sweden | 1849 [51] | King of Sweden |
Maximilian II of Bavaria | 1850 [52] | King of Bavaria |
Frederick William IV of Prussia | 1850 [53] | King of Prussia |
Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1850 | Nephew |
William I, German Emperor | 1851 | Heir to the Prussian throne |
Count d'Azeglio | 1851 [54] | Minister of Foreign affairs |
Théodore Quinette de Rochemont | 1852 [55] | French diplomat |
Otto Theodor von Manteuffel | 1852 [56] | Minister |
Maximilian I of Mexico | 1853 [57] | Wedding gift |
Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria | 1853 [58] | Wedding gift |
John of Saxony | 1853 [59] | King of Saxony |
Leopold II of Belgium | 1853 [60] | Duke of Brabant |
George V of Hanover | 1853 [61] | King of Hannover |
Frederick III, German Emperor | 1853 | Future German Emperor |
Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg | 1853 [62] | Grand Duke |
Prince Charles of Prussia | 1853 [63] | Prince |
Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | 1853 | Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
Emperor Napoleon III | 1854 [64] | Emperor of France |
Prince Napoleon | 1854 [65] | Prince |
Luís I of Portugal | 1854 [66] | Future King of Portugal |
Pedro V of Portugal | 1854 [67] | King of Portugal |
Count Charles Lanckoroński | 1855 [68] | Imperial Lord Chamberlain |
George, King of Saxony | 1855 [69] | King of Saxony |
Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders | 1855 [70] | Heir presumptive to the Belgian Throne |
Vély-Eddin-Rifaat-Pach | 1855 [71] | Ambassador |
Jerôme Bonaparte of Westphalia | 1855 [72] | King of Westphalia |
Antonio López de Santa Anna | 1855 [73] | President of Mexico |
Francis II of the Two Sicilies | 1855 [74] | Duke of Calabria |
Luigi, Count Cibrario | 1855 [75] | Minister of the Foreign Office |
Mehmed Fuad Pasha | 1855 [76] | Ottoman Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Mgr. Giacomo Antonelli | 1855 [77] | Cardinal Secretary of State |
Alexandre, Count Colonna-Walewski | 1855 [78] | Diplomat |
Raymond-Theodore Troplong | 1855 [79] | President of the French Senate |
Friedrich von Thurn und Taxis | 1855 [80] | Imperial Lord Chamberlain |
Baron von Budberg | 1855 [81] | ADC of the Tsar |
Jean-Baptiste, 1st Count Vaillant | 1855 [82] | Marshal of France |
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy | 1855 [83] | King of Sardinia |
Heinrich von Wedel | 1855 [84] | Military Governor |
Bernard Pierre Magnan | 1855 [85] | French Marshal |
Count Felix de Muelenaere | 1856 [86] | 3rd Prime Minister of Belgium |
Baron Étienne Constantin de Gerlache | 1856 [87] | 1st President of the Court of Cassation |
Barthélémy, Count of Theux de Meylandt | 1856 [88] | 5th Prime Minister of Belgium |
Oscar II of Sweden | 1856 [89] | Duke of Östergötland |
Albrecht, Duke of Teschen | 1856 [90] | Archduke |
Heinrich LXVII, Prince of Reuss | 1856 [91] | Prince |
Alexander II of Russia | 1856 [92] | Tsar of Russia |
Joseph, 17th Prince of Chimay | 1856 [93] | Diplomat |
Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany | 1856 | Heir to Tuscany |
Count Félix de Mérode | 1857 [94] | Defence Minister of Belgium |
Nuno Barreto, Duke of Loulé | 1857 [95] | President of the Council |
Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia | 1857 [96] | Grand Duke |
Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia | 1857 | Grand Duke |
Count Anatole de Montesquiou-Fezensac | 1857 [97] | General |
Marie de Gueulluy, Marquess of Rumigny | 1857 [98] | French Diplomat |
Baron Pierre de Schiervel | 1857 [99] | President of the Senate |
Frederick VII of Denmark | 1857 | King of Denmark |
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar | 1857 | Shah of Iran |
Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria | 1857 | Archduke |
Alphonse O'Sullivan de Grass | 1859 [100] | Ambassador |
Henri de Liem | 1859 [101] | ADC of the King |
Paul Devaux | 1859 [102] | Promoter of King Leopold I |
Mathieu Leclercq | 1859 [103] | Minister of Justice |
Boniface, Count de Castellane | 1859 [104] | Marshal of France |
Edward VII | 1859 | Future King of the United Kingdom |
Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia | 1859 | Tsesarevich |
Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern | 1859 | Prince of Hohenzollern |
Abdulmejid I | 1860 | Ottoman Sultan |
Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | 1861 | Duke of Nassau |
Muhammad III as-Sadiq | 1861 | Bey of Tunis |
William, Prince of Orange | 1861 | Heir to Dutch throne |
Duke Philipp of Württemberg | 1861 | Duke of Württemberg |
Christian IX of Denmark | 1862 | Future King of Denmark |
Archduke Stephen of Austria (Palatine of Hungary) | 1862 | Archduke |
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse|1862 | Future Grand Duke of Hesse | |
Amadeo, Duke of Aosta | 1863 [105] | Future King of Spain |
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|1863 | Duke of Edinburgh | |
Francisco de Asís, Duke of Cádiz | 1863 | King Consort of Spain |
Charles I of Württemberg | 1864 | King of Württemberg |
Name | Year | Function |
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Alexander III of Russia | 1865 | Emperor of All Russias |
Henri de Brouckère | 1866 [106] | Minister |
Viscount Charles Vilain XIIII | 1866 [107] | Minister |
Alfonso, Prince of Asturia | 1866 [108] | Crown Prince of Spain |
Frederik | 1866 | Crown Prince of Denmark |
Prince Albert of Prussia | 1867 | Prussian Prince |
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia | 1867 | Prussian Prince |
Prince Albert of Prussia | 1867 | Prussian Prince |
Prince Adalbert of Prussia | 1867 | Prussian Prince |
Prince George of Prussia | 1867 | Prussian Prince |
Prince Alexander of Prussia | 1867 | Prussian Prince |
Prince Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst | 1867 | Obersthofmeister |
Umberto I of Italy | 1868 | Future King of Italy |
Carol I of Romania | 1869 | Future King of Romania |
Barthélémy du Mortier | 1870 [109] | Minister of State |
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia | 1870 | Grand Duke |
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught | 1873 | Governor General of Canada |
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar | 1873 | King of Persia |
Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria | 1874 [110] | President of the Expo Vienna |
Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1874 [111] | Wedding gift to his Son-in-law |
Baron Alfred von Fabrice | 1874 [112] | Diplomat of Saxe |
Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta | 1874 [113] | President of France |
Hüseyin Avni Pasha | 1874 [114] | Ottoman Grand Vizier |
António Cardoso Avelino | 1874 [115] | Minister of Portugal |
Baron Antoine-Henri Jomini | 1874 [116] | President of the Congress |
Charles III, Prince of Monaco | 1874 [117] | Prince of Monaco |
Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt | 1874 | Duke of Anhalt |
Edouard d'Huart | 1878 | Minister of Finance |
General Mathieu Brialmont | 1878 | Belgian General |
Count Bloudoff | 1878 [118] | Ambassador of the Tsar |
Bohuslav, Count Chotek | 1878 [119] | Ambassador |
Rafael Carlos Merry del Val | 1878 [120] | Ambassador |
Mgr. Vincenzo Vannutelli | 1878 [121] | Apostolic Nuncio |
von Brandenburg | 1878 [122] | Ambassador |
Charles Duchatel | 1878 [123] | Ambassador |
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany | 1878 | Prince of the United Kingdom |
Prince Henry of the Netherlands | 1878 | Governor of Luxembourg |
Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen | 1878 | Future Duke of Saxe-Meiningen |
Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg | 1878 | Future Grand Duke of Oldenburg |
Prince August of Württemberg | 1878 | Prince of Württemberg |
Archduke Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria | 1880 [124] | Wedding gift |
Walthère Frère-Orban | 1881 [125] | Prime Minister |
Louis Gallait | 1881 [126] | Painter |
Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen | 1881 | Archduke |
Duke William of Württemberg | 1881 | Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Jules Malou | 1882 [127] | Minister |
Count Edmond de Sélys Longchamps | 1882 | President of Senate |
Wilhelm II, German Emperor | 1884 | Future German Emperor |
Nicholas II of Russia | 1884 | Future Russian Emperor |
Prince Albert, Duke of Clarence | 1885 [128] | Cousin, once removed |
Prince Fushimi Sadanaru | 1886 | Japanese prince |
Prince Baudouin of Belgium | 1887 [129] | Heir to the Belgian Throne |
Auguste, Baron Lambermont | 1888 [130] | Minister of State |
Henry Morton Stanley | 1890 [131] | Royal Explorer of Congo |
Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern | 1894 [132] | Nephew |
Friedrich Krafft Graf von Crailsheim | 1894 [133] | Foreign Minister of Bavaria |
Auguste Beernaert | 1894 [134] | Prime Minister |
François-Auguste Gevaert | 1896 | Composer |
Christian X of Denmark | 1897 [135] | King of Denmark |
Prince Valdemar of Denmark | 1897 [136] | Prince of Denmark |
Prince Svasti Sobhana | 1897 [137] | Prince of Siam |
Marquis Itō Hirobumi | 1897 [138] | Prime Minister of Japan |
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria | 1897 [139] | Crown Prince of Bavaria |
Guangxu Emperor | 1898 [140] | Emperor of China |
Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein | 1898 [141] | Wedding gift |
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands | 1898 [142] | Queen of the Netherlands |
Queen Emma of the Netherlands | 1898 [143] | Queen Mother |
Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1898 | Heir to Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
Émile Loubet | 1900 [144] | President of France |
Prince Kan'in Kotohito | 1900 [145] | Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army |
Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria | 1900 [146] | Wedding gift |
Prince Arnulf of Bavaria | 1900 [147] | Wedding gift |
Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria | 1900 [148] | Wedding gift |
Ludwig III of Bavaria | 1900 [149] | Wedding gift |
Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria | 1900 [150] | Wedding gift |
Adolf von Auer | 1900 [151] | Member of the Bavarian Chamber |
Jules von Auer | 1900 [152] | President of the Regency |
Gustav zu Castell-Castell | 1900 [153] | Grand Master of the Royal Court |
Afons von Lerchenfeld | 1900 [154] | ADC of the Regent |
Karl von Perfall | 1900 [155] | Intendant of the Court |
Albert von Seinsheim | 1900 [156] | Grand Marshal of the Court |
Franz Joseph von Stein | 1900 [157] | Archbishop |
Rudolphe von der Tann | 1900 [158] | Ambassador |
Carl von Wolfskeel von Reichenberg | 1900 [159] | Grand Squire of the Regent |
Ritter von Xylander | 1900 [160] | ADC of Leopold II |
Theophile Delclassé | 1900 [161] | Minister |
Cardinal Goossens | 1900 [162] | Cardinal |
Gojong of Korea | 1901 [163] | Emperor of Korea |
Alfonso XIII of Spain | 1902 [164] | King of Spain |
Maria Christina of Austria | 1902 [165] | Queen of Spain |
Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar | 1903 | Shah of Iran |
Cardinal Granito di Belmonte | 1904 [166] | Apostolic Nuncio |
Count of Wallwitz | 1904 [167] | Ambassador of the German Emperor |
Sunjong of Korea | 1904 [168] | Imperial Crown Prince |
Charles, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1905 [169] | Wedding gift |
Mgr. Merry del Val | 1906 [170] | Cardinal |
Count Kiyoura Keigo | 1906 [171] | 23rd Prime Minister of Japan |
Haakon VII of Norway | 1906 [172] | King of Norway |
Prince Maximilian of Baden | 1906 | Prince of Baden |
Tōgō Heihachirō | 1907 [173] | Japanese Marshal-Admiral |
Count Charles Woeste | 1907 | Minister |
Baron Jules d'Anethan | 1907 | Minister |
Count Paul de Smet de Naeyer | 1907 | Minister |
Jules Greindl | 1907 | Minister of State |
Count Charles John d'Oultremont | 1907 | Marshal to the Royal Court |
Baron Auguste Goffinet | 1907 | Grand Master of the Imperial Household |
Manuel II of Portugal | 1908 | King of Portugal |
Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi | 1909 | Japanese Prince |
Name | Year | Function |
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Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu | 1910 [174] | Chief of the Japanese Navy |
Baron Kurino Shin'ichiro | 1910 [175] | Imperial Ambassador |
Othon van der Staal, Lord of Piershil | 1910 [176] | Dutch Diplomat |
René de Marees van Swinderen | 1910 [177] | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Archduke Eugen of Austria | 1910 | Archduke |
Antonino Castello, Marquis of San Giuliano | 1911 [178] | Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Prince Mohammed Ali Tewfik | 1911 [179] | Egyptian Prince |
Count Toda Ujitaka | 1911 [180] | Master of Ceremonies to the Emperor |
Abbas II of Egypt | 1911 | Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt |
Fuad I of Egypt | 1912 [181] | King of Egypt |
Ma Fuxiang | 1912 [182] | General and minister |
Joseph Marie Hellenbout | 1912 | Minister |
Raymond Poincaré | 1913 [183] | Prime Minister of France |
Prince Axel of Denmark | 1913 [184] | Prince of Denmark |
Erik Scavenius | 1914 [185] | 12th Prime Minister of Denmark |
Lu Zhengxiang | 1914 [186] | Premier of the Republic of China |
Ahmad Shah Qajar | 1914 | Shah of Iran |
Salvador Bermúdez, Duke of Ripalda | 1915 [187] | Minister Foreign Affairs |
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone | 1915 | Major General |
John French, 1st Earl of Ypres | 1916 | Field Marshal |
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig | 1916 | Field Marshal |
Emperor Taishō | 1916 [188] | Emperor of Japan |
Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge | 1916 | Duke of Teck |
John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe | 1917 | Earl |
General John Pershing | 1917 [189] | Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army |
Alexander I of Yugoslavia | 1918 [190] | King of Yugoslavia |
Cardinal Désiré-Joseph Mercier | 1918 [191] | Cardinal |
Ernest Solvay | 1918 [192] | Chemist |
Gérard Cooreman | 1918 | Politician |
Bhupinder Singh | 1918 [193] | Maharaja of Patiala |
Baron Paul-Louis de Favereau | 1919 [194] | Minister of State |
Count Charles de Broqueville | 1919 [195] | Minister |
Count Gérard Leman | 1919 [196] | General |
Lieutenant-General Louis Bernheim | 1919 [197] | General |
Lieutenant-General Louis Ruquoy | 1919 [198] | General |
Baron Alphonse de Dixmude | 1919 [199] | General |
Baron Armand de Ceuninck | 1919 [200] | General |
Baron Édouard d'Aigremont | 1919 | General |
Lieutenant-General Cyriaque Gillain | 1919 [201] | General |
Lieutenant-General Aloïs Biebuyck | 1919 [202] | General |
Lieutenant-General Baron Honoré Drubbel | 1919 [203] | General |
Vice-Admiral William Sims | 1919 [204] | President of the Naval War College |
Admiral Hugh Rodman | 1919 [205] | Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet |
Mario García Menocal | 1919 [206] | 3rd President of Cuba |
Faisal I of Iraq | 1919 [207] | King of Iraq |
Emile Verhaeren | 1920 [208] | Belgian Poet (post mortem) |
Count Maurice Maeterlinck | 1920 [209] | Nobel Prize in Literature |
Gustave Ador | 1920 [210] | President of the Swiss Confederation |
Sir Mineichiro Adatci | 1921 [211] | Japanese Ambassador to Belgium |
Count Amedée Visart de Bocarmé | 1921 | President of the Chamber |
Nicholas Murray Butler | 1921 [212] | 12th President of Columbia University |
Lieutenant-General Harry Jungbluth | 1923 [213] | Chief of the Military Household |
Pieter Cort van der Linden | 1923 [214] | Prime Minister of the Netherlands |
Edvard Beneš | 1923 [215] | 4th President of Czechoslovakia |
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk | 1923 [216] | 1st President of Czechoslovakia |
Jhr. John Loudon | 1923 [217] | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Baron Léon de Witte de Haelen | 1924 [218] | Inspector-General of the Cavalry |
Lieutenant-General Victor Bertrand | 1924 [219] | General |
Emperor Haile Selassie | 1924 [220] | Emperor of Ethiopia |
Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso | 1924 [221] | President of Cuba |
Count Makino Nobuaki | 1925 [222] | Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan |
Baron Kijūrō Shidehara | 1925 [223] | 31st Prime Minister of Japan |
Prince Yasuhiko Asaka | 1925 [224] | Prince |
Reza Shah | 1925 [225] | Imperial Shah of Iran |
Karl Robert Pusta | 1925 [226] | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia |
Cardinal Clemente Micara | 1925 [227] | Apostolic Nuncio |
Jacobo Stuart, Duke of Alba | 1925 [228] | Duke of Alba |
Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading | 1925 [229] | Governor-General of India |
Baron Eugène Beyens | 1925 [230] | Minister |
Jhr. Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck | 1925 [231] | Prime Minister of the Netherlands |
Jhr. Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek | 1925 [232] | Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Prajadhipok | 1926 [233] | King of Siam |
Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez | 1926 [234] | 11th President of Colombia |
Miguel Abadía Méndez | 1926 [235] | 12th President of Colombia |
Louis Betrand | 1926 [236] | Minister of State |
Emile Francqui | 1926 [237] | Minister of State |
Antonín Švehla | 1927 [238] | Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia |
Prince Devawongse Varoprakar | 1927 [239] | Prince and Foreign Minister of Siam |
Amanullah Khan | 1928 [240] | King of Afghanistan |
Prince Gustav of Denmark | 1928 [241] | Prince of Denmark |
Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark | 1928 [242] | Prince of Denmark |
Laust Moltesen | 1928 [243] | Foreign Minister of Denmark |
Thomas Madsen-Mygdal | 1928 [244] | 10th Prime Minister of Denmark |
Zog I of Albania | 1929 [245] | King of Albania |
Raouf Fitso | 1929 [246] | Albanian Diplomat |
Kostaq Kota | 1929 [247] | 14th Prime Minister of Albania |
Sir William Herbert Phillipps | 1929 [248] | Honorary Consul in Australia |
Henry Fletcher | 1929 [249] | United States Ambassador |
Gerardo Machado | 1929 [250] | 5th President of Cuba |
Émile-Joseph Galet | 1930 [251] | General |
Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu | 1930 [252] | Imperial Prince of Japan |
Isidro Ayora | 1930 [253] | President of Ecuador |
Petar Živković | 1930 [254] | 8th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia |
Adolphe Max | 1932 [255] | Mayor of Brussels |
Jules Renkin | 1932 [256] | 28th Prime Minister of Belgium |
Ferdinand Foch | 1932 | French Marshal |
Aloys Van de Vyvere | 1932 | Minister |
Eggert Reeder | 1938 | Governor of Cologne |
Sir Winston Churchill | 1945 | Prime Minister of the UK |
General Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1945 [257] | Supreme Allied Commander in Europe (1943-45); later U.S. President (1953-61) |
Juliana of the Netherlands | 1950 | Queen of the Netherlands |
Irene of Orange-Nassau | 1950 | Dutch Princess |
Name | Year | Function |
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Amha Selassie | 1859 | Crown Prince of Ethiopia |
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | 1960 [258] | Shah of Persia |
Joseph Kasa-Vubu | 1960 [259] | 1st President of Congo |
King Rama IX | 1960 | King of Thailand |
Queen Sirikit of Thailand | 1960 | Queen Consort of Thailand |
Queen Elizabeth II | 1963 | Queen of the UK |
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | 1963 | Prince Consort of the UK |
Josip Broz Tito | 1970 | President of Yugoslavia |
Emperor Hirohito | 1971 | Emperor of Japan |
Empress Kōjun | 1971 | Empress Consort of Japan |
Erskine Hamilton Childers | 1974 | President of Ireland |
Edmond Leburton | 1977 [260] | Minister |
Carl XVI Gustaf | 1977 | King of Sweden |
Juan Carlos I of Spain | 1978 | King of Spain |
Queen Sofia | 1978 | Queen Consort of Spain |
Mstislav Rostropovich | 1989 | Russian Cellist |
Emperor Akihito | 1990 | Emperor of Japan |
Prince Philippe of Belgium | 1990 [261] | Son of the Prince of Liège |
Name | year | Function |
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Queen Paola of Belgium | 1994 [262] | Queen Consort of Belgium |
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | 1994 | Nephew |
Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg | 1994 | Grand Duchess |
Felipe VI of Spain | 1994 | Crown Prince of Spain |
Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo | 1994 | Infanta of Spain |
Infanta Cristina of Spain | 1994 | Infanta of Spain |
Andries Kinsbergen | 1995 [263] | Minister |
Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan | 1996 | Crown Prince |
Lucien Buysse | 1997 [264] | Grand Marshal of the Royal Court |
Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este | 1997 [265] | Daughter |
Stranard | 1998 [266] | President of Court of Cassation |
Eliane Liekendael | 1998 [267] | Procureur-generaal bij het Hof van Cassatie |
Aleksander Kwaśniewski | 1999 | President of Poland |
Jolanta Kwaśniewska | 1999 | First Lady of Poland |
Roger Lallemand | 1999 [268] | Minister of State |
Leo Tindemans | 1999 [269] | Minister |
Louis De Grève | 1999 | Pres. Arbitragehof |
Frank Swaelen | 1999 [270] | Minister |
Name | Year | Function |
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Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este | 2000 [271] | Son-in-law |
Jean-Marie Piret | 2000 [272] | Procureur-generaal bij het Hof van Cassatie |
Queen Mathilde of Belgium | 2000 [273] | Duchess of Brabant |
Jorge Sampaio | 2000 | President of Portugal |
Maria Jose Ritta | 2000 | First Lady of Portugal |
Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden | 2001 | Duchess of Västergötland |
Jan Willems | 2001 [274] | Grand Marshal of the Royal Court |
Georgi Parvanov | 2003 | President of Bulgaria |
Zorka Parvanova | 2003 | First Lady of Bulgaria |
Princess Claire of Belgium | 2004 [275] | Daughter-in-law |
Tarja Halonen | 2004 [276] | President of Finland |
Mohammed VI of Morocco | 2004 [277] | King of Morocco |
Roman Herzog | 2005 | President of Germany |
General Mertens | 2005 [278] | Chief of the Military Household |
J. du Jardin | 2005 | Procureur-generaal bij het Hof van Cassatie |
Frank de Conick | 2006 [279] | Grand Marshal of the Royal Court |
Roland Gillet | 2006 [280] | Member of Senate |
Valdas Adamkus | 2006 [281] | President of Lithuania |
Alex Arts | 2007 [282] | President of Constitutional Court |
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga | 2007 | President of Latvia |
Marc Lahousse | 2008 [283] | First President Court of Cassation |
László Sólyom | 2008 | Presindent of Hungary |
Toomas Hendrik Ilves | 2008 | President of Estonia |
Guy Verhofstadt | 2008 [284] | 47th Prime Minister of Belgium |
Count Herman Van Rompuy | 2009 [285] | President of the Chamber of Representatives |
Michel Melchior | 2010 [286] | President of Constitutional Court |
Count Jean-Pierre de Launoit | 2012 [287] | President Queen Elisabeth Concours |
Countess Solange de Liedekerke de Pailhe | 2012 [288] | Lady-in-Waiting of Queen Fabiola |
Name | Year | Function |
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Count Jacques Rogge | 2013 | Honorary President IOC |
General Major Wilfried Van Kerckhove | 2013 [289] | Grand Master of Household of Queen Fabiola |
Baron Marc Bossuyt | 2013 [290] | President of the Constitutional Court |
Xi Jinping | 2014 | President of China [291] |
Recep Tayyip Erdogan | 2015 [292] | President of Turkey |
Andrzej Duda | 2015 | President of Poland |
Agata Kornhauser-Duda | 2015 | First Lady of Poland |
Joachim Gauck | 2016 | President of Germany |
Daniela Schadt | 2016 | First Lady of Germany |
Abdullah II | 2016 | King of Jordan |
Queen Rania | 2016 | Queen Consort of Jordan |
Masako | 2016 | Princess Consort of Japan |
Willem-Alexander | 2016 | King of the Netherlands |
Maxima of the Netherlands | 2016 | Queen Consort of the Netherlands |
General Joseph Van den Put | 2016 [293] | Chief of the Military Household |
Vice-Admiral Pierre Warnauts | 2016 [294] | Chief of Protocol of the Court |
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa | 2018 | President of Portugal |
Emmanuel Macron | 2018 | President of France |
Jean Spreutels | 2018 [295] | President of the Constitutional Court |
Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant | 2019 [296] | Crown Princess of Belgium |
Baron André Alen | 2020 [297] | President of the Constitutional Court |
Angela Merkel | 2021 | Chancellor of Germany |
Sergio Mattarella | 2021 | President of Italy |
Lieutenant-General Noël De Bruyne | 2021 [298] | Intendant of the Civil List of His Majesty the King |
Alexander Van der Bellen | 2022 | President of Austria |
Katerina Sakellaropoulou | 2022 | President of Greece |
Gitanas Nausėda | 2022 | President of Lithuania |
Jens Stoltenberg | 2023 [299] | Nato President. |
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The grand cordon of the Order of Leopold is the highest and oldest rank of chivalry and a formal diplomatic gift of the Kingdom of Belgium. This honour is bestowed very rarely in name of the grand-master, the king of the Belgians. This list is chronological by official authorisation of the Royal Decree.
Name | Date | Function |
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King Leopold I of Belgium | 1832 | Grand-Master and Founder |
King Louis Philippe I | 1833 [1] | Wedding gift to his Father-in-law |
Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans | 1833 [2] | Wedding gift to his Brother-in-law |
Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours | 1833 [3] | Wedding gift to his Brother-in-law |
Charles Joseph, Comte de Flahaut | 1833 [4] | Ambassador to the Court of St James's |
Horace-François de La Porta | 1833 [5] | French Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duke of Dalmatia | 1833 [6] | 10th Prime Minister of France |
Georges Mouton, Count of Lobau | 1833 [7] | Marshal of France |
Étienne, 1st Count Gérard | 1833 [8] | 11th Prime Minister of France |
Gabriel Neigre | 1833 [9] | French General |
Étienne-Denis, Duke of Pasquier | 1833 [10] | President of the Chamber of Peers |
Baron Saint-Cyr Nugues | 1833 [11] | French General |
John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham | 1833 [12] | Lord Privy Seal |
François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo | 1833 [13] | French Army General |
Duke of Choiseul-Stainville | 1833 [14] | Governor of the Louvre Palace |
Victor, 3rd Duke of Broglie | 1833 [15] | Pair of France |
Pedro II of Brazil | 1835 [16] | Emperor of Brazil |
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1835 [17] | Reigning Duke |
Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1835 [18] | Brother of the King |
Ferdinand II of Portugal | 1835 [19] | King of Portugal |
Baron Gaspard Gourgaud | 1837 | French General |
José Travassos Valdez, 1st Count of Bonfim | 1838 [20] | 12th Prime Minister of Portugal |
Prosper Louis, 7th Duke of Arenberg | 1838 [21] | Duke of Arenberg |
Eugène, 8th Prince of Ligne | 1838 [22] | President of the Senate |
Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1839 [23] | Wedding gift |
Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1859 | Nephew |
Henri Count of Merode | 1839 [24] | Ambassador |
Bernard Pierre Magnan | 1839 | Marshal of France |
Ludwig I of Bavaria | 1840 [25] | King of Bavaria |
Charles Albert of Sardinia | 1840 [26] | King of Sardinia |
Mgr. Luigi Lambruschini | 1840 [27] | Cardinal Secretary of State |
Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen | 1840 [28] | Duke |
Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen | 1840 [29] | Heretier Duke |
Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg | 1840 [30] | Duke of Saxe-Altenburg |
Alexander, Duke of Württemberg | 1841 [31] | Duke of Württemberg |
Otto of Greece | 1841 [32] | King of Greece |
Prince Wilhelm of Prussia | 1841 | Prussian Prince |
Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale | 1842 [33] | Brother-in-law |
François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville | 1842 [34] | Brother-in-law |
Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden | 1843 | Grand Duke |
Frederick Augustus II of Saxony | 1843 [35] | King of Saxony |
Louis II, Grand Duke of Baden | 1843 [36] | Crown Prince of Baden |
Christian VIII of Denmark | 1843 [37] | King of Denmark |
Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg | 1844 [38] | Grand Duke |
Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1844 [39] | Prince |
Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany | 1844 [40] | Grand Duke |
Antoine, Duke of Montpensier | 1844 [41] | Brother-in-law |
Emmanuel, Count of Mensdorff-Pouilly | 1845 [42] | Brother-in-law |
Archduke John of Austria | 1845 [43] | Imperial Regent |
Frederick William, Elector of Hesse | 1846 [44] | Prince Elector |
Pope Leo XIII | 1846 [45] | Apostolic Nuncio |
Baron Louis Atthalin | 1847 [46] | ADC of King Louis |
Ferdinand II | 1847 [47] | King of the Two Sicilies |
Charles XV of Sweden | 1849 [48] | King of Sweden |
William III of the Netherlands | 1849 [49] | King of the Netherlands |
Franz Joseph I of Austria | 1849 [50] | Emperor of Austria |
Oscar I of Sweden | 1849 [51] | King of Sweden |
Maximilian II of Bavaria | 1850 [52] | King of Bavaria |
Frederick William IV of Prussia | 1850 [53] | King of Prussia |
Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1850 | Nephew |
William I, German Emperor | 1851 | Heir to the Prussian throne |
Count d'Azeglio | 1851 [54] | Minister of Foreign affairs |
Théodore Quinette de Rochemont | 1852 [55] | French diplomat |
Otto Theodor von Manteuffel | 1852 [56] | Minister |
Maximilian I of Mexico | 1853 [57] | Wedding gift |
Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria | 1853 [58] | Wedding gift |
John of Saxony | 1853 [59] | King of Saxony |
Leopold II of Belgium | 1853 [60] | Duke of Brabant |
George V of Hanover | 1853 [61] | King of Hannover |
Frederick III, German Emperor | 1853 | Future German Emperor |
Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg | 1853 [62] | Grand Duke |
Prince Charles of Prussia | 1853 [63] | Prince |
Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | 1853 | Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
Emperor Napoleon III | 1854 [64] | Emperor of France |
Prince Napoleon | 1854 [65] | Prince |
Luís I of Portugal | 1854 [66] | Future King of Portugal |
Pedro V of Portugal | 1854 [67] | King of Portugal |
Count Charles Lanckoroński | 1855 [68] | Imperial Lord Chamberlain |
George, King of Saxony | 1855 [69] | King of Saxony |
Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders | 1855 [70] | Heir presumptive to the Belgian Throne |
Vély-Eddin-Rifaat-Pach | 1855 [71] | Ambassador |
Jerôme Bonaparte of Westphalia | 1855 [72] | King of Westphalia |
Antonio López de Santa Anna | 1855 [73] | President of Mexico |
Francis II of the Two Sicilies | 1855 [74] | Duke of Calabria |
Luigi, Count Cibrario | 1855 [75] | Minister of the Foreign Office |
Mehmed Fuad Pasha | 1855 [76] | Ottoman Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Mgr. Giacomo Antonelli | 1855 [77] | Cardinal Secretary of State |
Alexandre, Count Colonna-Walewski | 1855 [78] | Diplomat |
Raymond-Theodore Troplong | 1855 [79] | President of the French Senate |
Friedrich von Thurn und Taxis | 1855 [80] | Imperial Lord Chamberlain |
Baron von Budberg | 1855 [81] | ADC of the Tsar |
Jean-Baptiste, 1st Count Vaillant | 1855 [82] | Marshal of France |
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy | 1855 [83] | King of Sardinia |
Heinrich von Wedel | 1855 [84] | Military Governor |
Bernard Pierre Magnan | 1855 [85] | French Marshal |
Count Felix de Muelenaere | 1856 [86] | 3rd Prime Minister of Belgium |
Baron Étienne Constantin de Gerlache | 1856 [87] | 1st President of the Court of Cassation |
Barthélémy, Count of Theux de Meylandt | 1856 [88] | 5th Prime Minister of Belgium |
Oscar II of Sweden | 1856 [89] | Duke of Östergötland |
Albrecht, Duke of Teschen | 1856 [90] | Archduke |
Heinrich LXVII, Prince of Reuss | 1856 [91] | Prince |
Alexander II of Russia | 1856 [92] | Tsar of Russia |
Joseph, 17th Prince of Chimay | 1856 [93] | Diplomat |
Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany | 1856 | Heir to Tuscany |
Count Félix de Mérode | 1857 [94] | Defence Minister of Belgium |
Nuno Barreto, Duke of Loulé | 1857 [95] | President of the Council |
Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia | 1857 [96] | Grand Duke |
Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia | 1857 | Grand Duke |
Count Anatole de Montesquiou-Fezensac | 1857 [97] | General |
Marie de Gueulluy, Marquess of Rumigny | 1857 [98] | French Diplomat |
Baron Pierre de Schiervel | 1857 [99] | President of the Senate |
Frederick VII of Denmark | 1857 | King of Denmark |
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar | 1857 | Shah of Iran |
Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria | 1857 | Archduke |
Alphonse O'Sullivan de Grass | 1859 [100] | Ambassador |
Henri de Liem | 1859 [101] | ADC of the King |
Paul Devaux | 1859 [102] | Promoter of King Leopold I |
Mathieu Leclercq | 1859 [103] | Minister of Justice |
Boniface, Count de Castellane | 1859 [104] | Marshal of France |
Edward VII | 1859 | Future King of the United Kingdom |
Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia | 1859 | Tsesarevich |
Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern | 1859 | Prince of Hohenzollern |
Abdulmejid I | 1860 | Ottoman Sultan |
Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | 1861 | Duke of Nassau |
Muhammad III as-Sadiq | 1861 | Bey of Tunis |
William, Prince of Orange | 1861 | Heir to Dutch throne |
Duke Philipp of Württemberg | 1861 | Duke of Württemberg |
Christian IX of Denmark | 1862 | Future King of Denmark |
Archduke Stephen of Austria (Palatine of Hungary) | 1862 | Archduke |
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse|1862 | Future Grand Duke of Hesse | |
Amadeo, Duke of Aosta | 1863 [105] | Future King of Spain |
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|1863 | Duke of Edinburgh | |
Francisco de Asís, Duke of Cádiz | 1863 | King Consort of Spain |
Charles I of Württemberg | 1864 | King of Württemberg |
Name | Year | Function |
---|---|---|
Alexander III of Russia | 1865 | Emperor of All Russias |
Henri de Brouckère | 1866 [106] | Minister |
Viscount Charles Vilain XIIII | 1866 [107] | Minister |
Alfonso, Prince of Asturia | 1866 [108] | Crown Prince of Spain |
Frederik | 1866 | Crown Prince of Denmark |
Prince Albert of Prussia | 1867 | Prussian Prince |
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia | 1867 | Prussian Prince |
Prince Albert of Prussia | 1867 | Prussian Prince |
Prince Adalbert of Prussia | 1867 | Prussian Prince |
Prince George of Prussia | 1867 | Prussian Prince |
Prince Alexander of Prussia | 1867 | Prussian Prince |
Prince Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst | 1867 | Obersthofmeister |
Umberto I of Italy | 1868 | Future King of Italy |
Carol I of Romania | 1869 | Future King of Romania |
Barthélémy du Mortier | 1870 [109] | Minister of State |
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia | 1870 | Grand Duke |
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught | 1873 | Governor General of Canada |
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar | 1873 | King of Persia |
Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria | 1874 [110] | President of the Expo Vienna |
Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1874 [111] | Wedding gift to his Son-in-law |
Baron Alfred von Fabrice | 1874 [112] | Diplomat of Saxe |
Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta | 1874 [113] | President of France |
Hüseyin Avni Pasha | 1874 [114] | Ottoman Grand Vizier |
António Cardoso Avelino | 1874 [115] | Minister of Portugal |
Baron Antoine-Henri Jomini | 1874 [116] | President of the Congress |
Charles III, Prince of Monaco | 1874 [117] | Prince of Monaco |
Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt | 1874 | Duke of Anhalt |
Edouard d'Huart | 1878 | Minister of Finance |
General Mathieu Brialmont | 1878 | Belgian General |
Count Bloudoff | 1878 [118] | Ambassador of the Tsar |
Bohuslav, Count Chotek | 1878 [119] | Ambassador |
Rafael Carlos Merry del Val | 1878 [120] | Ambassador |
Mgr. Vincenzo Vannutelli | 1878 [121] | Apostolic Nuncio |
von Brandenburg | 1878 [122] | Ambassador |
Charles Duchatel | 1878 [123] | Ambassador |
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany | 1878 | Prince of the United Kingdom |
Prince Henry of the Netherlands | 1878 | Governor of Luxembourg |
Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen | 1878 | Future Duke of Saxe-Meiningen |
Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg | 1878 | Future Grand Duke of Oldenburg |
Prince August of Württemberg | 1878 | Prince of Württemberg |
Archduke Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria | 1880 [124] | Wedding gift |
Walthère Frère-Orban | 1881 [125] | Prime Minister |
Louis Gallait | 1881 [126] | Painter |
Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen | 1881 | Archduke |
Duke William of Württemberg | 1881 | Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Jules Malou | 1882 [127] | Minister |
Count Edmond de Sélys Longchamps | 1882 | President of Senate |
Wilhelm II, German Emperor | 1884 | Future German Emperor |
Nicholas II of Russia | 1884 | Future Russian Emperor |
Prince Albert, Duke of Clarence | 1885 [128] | Cousin, once removed |
Prince Fushimi Sadanaru | 1886 | Japanese prince |
Prince Baudouin of Belgium | 1887 [129] | Heir to the Belgian Throne |
Auguste, Baron Lambermont | 1888 [130] | Minister of State |
Henry Morton Stanley | 1890 [131] | Royal Explorer of Congo |
Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern | 1894 [132] | Nephew |
Friedrich Krafft Graf von Crailsheim | 1894 [133] | Foreign Minister of Bavaria |
Auguste Beernaert | 1894 [134] | Prime Minister |
François-Auguste Gevaert | 1896 | Composer |
Christian X of Denmark | 1897 [135] | King of Denmark |
Prince Valdemar of Denmark | 1897 [136] | Prince of Denmark |
Prince Svasti Sobhana | 1897 [137] | Prince of Siam |
Marquis Itō Hirobumi | 1897 [138] | Prime Minister of Japan |
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria | 1897 [139] | Crown Prince of Bavaria |
Guangxu Emperor | 1898 [140] | Emperor of China |
Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein | 1898 [141] | Wedding gift |
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands | 1898 [142] | Queen of the Netherlands |
Queen Emma of the Netherlands | 1898 [143] | Queen Mother |
Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1898 | Heir to Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
Émile Loubet | 1900 [144] | President of France |
Prince Kan'in Kotohito | 1900 [145] | Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army |
Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria | 1900 [146] | Wedding gift |
Prince Arnulf of Bavaria | 1900 [147] | Wedding gift |
Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria | 1900 [148] | Wedding gift |
Ludwig III of Bavaria | 1900 [149] | Wedding gift |
Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria | 1900 [150] | Wedding gift |
Adolf von Auer | 1900 [151] | Member of the Bavarian Chamber |
Jules von Auer | 1900 [152] | President of the Regency |
Gustav zu Castell-Castell | 1900 [153] | Grand Master of the Royal Court |
Afons von Lerchenfeld | 1900 [154] | ADC of the Regent |
Karl von Perfall | 1900 [155] | Intendant of the Court |
Albert von Seinsheim | 1900 [156] | Grand Marshal of the Court |
Franz Joseph von Stein | 1900 [157] | Archbishop |
Rudolphe von der Tann | 1900 [158] | Ambassador |
Carl von Wolfskeel von Reichenberg | 1900 [159] | Grand Squire of the Regent |
Ritter von Xylander | 1900 [160] | ADC of Leopold II |
Theophile Delclassé | 1900 [161] | Minister |
Cardinal Goossens | 1900 [162] | Cardinal |
Gojong of Korea | 1901 [163] | Emperor of Korea |
Alfonso XIII of Spain | 1902 [164] | King of Spain |
Maria Christina of Austria | 1902 [165] | Queen of Spain |
Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar | 1903 | Shah of Iran |
Cardinal Granito di Belmonte | 1904 [166] | Apostolic Nuncio |
Count of Wallwitz | 1904 [167] | Ambassador of the German Emperor |
Sunjong of Korea | 1904 [168] | Imperial Crown Prince |
Charles, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1905 [169] | Wedding gift |
Mgr. Merry del Val | 1906 [170] | Cardinal |
Count Kiyoura Keigo | 1906 [171] | 23rd Prime Minister of Japan |
Haakon VII of Norway | 1906 [172] | King of Norway |
Prince Maximilian of Baden | 1906 | Prince of Baden |
Tōgō Heihachirō | 1907 [173] | Japanese Marshal-Admiral |
Count Charles Woeste | 1907 | Minister |
Baron Jules d'Anethan | 1907 | Minister |
Count Paul de Smet de Naeyer | 1907 | Minister |
Jules Greindl | 1907 | Minister of State |
Count Charles John d'Oultremont | 1907 | Marshal to the Royal Court |
Baron Auguste Goffinet | 1907 | Grand Master of the Imperial Household |
Manuel II of Portugal | 1908 | King of Portugal |
Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi | 1909 | Japanese Prince |
Name | Year | Function |
---|---|---|
Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu | 1910 [174] | Chief of the Japanese Navy |
Baron Kurino Shin'ichiro | 1910 [175] | Imperial Ambassador |
Othon van der Staal, Lord of Piershil | 1910 [176] | Dutch Diplomat |
René de Marees van Swinderen | 1910 [177] | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Archduke Eugen of Austria | 1910 | Archduke |
Antonino Castello, Marquis of San Giuliano | 1911 [178] | Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Prince Mohammed Ali Tewfik | 1911 [179] | Egyptian Prince |
Count Toda Ujitaka | 1911 [180] | Master of Ceremonies to the Emperor |
Abbas II of Egypt | 1911 | Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt |
Fuad I of Egypt | 1912 [181] | King of Egypt |
Ma Fuxiang | 1912 [182] | General and minister |
Joseph Marie Hellenbout | 1912 | Minister |
Raymond Poincaré | 1913 [183] | Prime Minister of France |
Prince Axel of Denmark | 1913 [184] | Prince of Denmark |
Erik Scavenius | 1914 [185] | 12th Prime Minister of Denmark |
Lu Zhengxiang | 1914 [186] | Premier of the Republic of China |
Ahmad Shah Qajar | 1914 | Shah of Iran |
Salvador Bermúdez, Duke of Ripalda | 1915 [187] | Minister Foreign Affairs |
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone | 1915 | Major General |
John French, 1st Earl of Ypres | 1916 | Field Marshal |
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig | 1916 | Field Marshal |
Emperor Taishō | 1916 [188] | Emperor of Japan |
Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge | 1916 | Duke of Teck |
John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe | 1917 | Earl |
General John Pershing | 1917 [189] | Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army |
Alexander I of Yugoslavia | 1918 [190] | King of Yugoslavia |
Cardinal Désiré-Joseph Mercier | 1918 [191] | Cardinal |
Ernest Solvay | 1918 [192] | Chemist |
Gérard Cooreman | 1918 | Politician |
Bhupinder Singh | 1918 [193] | Maharaja of Patiala |
Baron Paul-Louis de Favereau | 1919 [194] | Minister of State |
Count Charles de Broqueville | 1919 [195] | Minister |
Count Gérard Leman | 1919 [196] | General |
Lieutenant-General Louis Bernheim | 1919 [197] | General |
Lieutenant-General Louis Ruquoy | 1919 [198] | General |
Baron Alphonse de Dixmude | 1919 [199] | General |
Baron Armand de Ceuninck | 1919 [200] | General |
Baron Édouard d'Aigremont | 1919 | General |
Lieutenant-General Cyriaque Gillain | 1919 [201] | General |
Lieutenant-General Aloïs Biebuyck | 1919 [202] | General |
Lieutenant-General Baron Honoré Drubbel | 1919 [203] | General |
Vice-Admiral William Sims | 1919 [204] | President of the Naval War College |
Admiral Hugh Rodman | 1919 [205] | Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet |
Mario García Menocal | 1919 [206] | 3rd President of Cuba |
Faisal I of Iraq | 1919 [207] | King of Iraq |
Emile Verhaeren | 1920 [208] | Belgian Poet (post mortem) |
Count Maurice Maeterlinck | 1920 [209] | Nobel Prize in Literature |
Gustave Ador | 1920 [210] | President of the Swiss Confederation |
Sir Mineichiro Adatci | 1921 [211] | Japanese Ambassador to Belgium |
Count Amedée Visart de Bocarmé | 1921 | President of the Chamber |
Nicholas Murray Butler | 1921 [212] | 12th President of Columbia University |
Lieutenant-General Harry Jungbluth | 1923 [213] | Chief of the Military Household |
Pieter Cort van der Linden | 1923 [214] | Prime Minister of the Netherlands |
Edvard Beneš | 1923 [215] | 4th President of Czechoslovakia |
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk | 1923 [216] | 1st President of Czechoslovakia |
Jhr. John Loudon | 1923 [217] | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Baron Léon de Witte de Haelen | 1924 [218] | Inspector-General of the Cavalry |
Lieutenant-General Victor Bertrand | 1924 [219] | General |
Emperor Haile Selassie | 1924 [220] | Emperor of Ethiopia |
Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso | 1924 [221] | President of Cuba |
Count Makino Nobuaki | 1925 [222] | Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan |
Baron Kijūrō Shidehara | 1925 [223] | 31st Prime Minister of Japan |
Prince Yasuhiko Asaka | 1925 [224] | Prince |
Reza Shah | 1925 [225] | Imperial Shah of Iran |
Karl Robert Pusta | 1925 [226] | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia |
Cardinal Clemente Micara | 1925 [227] | Apostolic Nuncio |
Jacobo Stuart, Duke of Alba | 1925 [228] | Duke of Alba |
Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading | 1925 [229] | Governor-General of India |
Baron Eugène Beyens | 1925 [230] | Minister |
Jhr. Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck | 1925 [231] | Prime Minister of the Netherlands |
Jhr. Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek | 1925 [232] | Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Prajadhipok | 1926 [233] | King of Siam |
Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez | 1926 [234] | 11th President of Colombia |
Miguel Abadía Méndez | 1926 [235] | 12th President of Colombia |
Louis Betrand | 1926 [236] | Minister of State |
Emile Francqui | 1926 [237] | Minister of State |
Antonín Švehla | 1927 [238] | Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia |
Prince Devawongse Varoprakar | 1927 [239] | Prince and Foreign Minister of Siam |
Amanullah Khan | 1928 [240] | King of Afghanistan |
Prince Gustav of Denmark | 1928 [241] | Prince of Denmark |
Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark | 1928 [242] | Prince of Denmark |
Laust Moltesen | 1928 [243] | Foreign Minister of Denmark |
Thomas Madsen-Mygdal | 1928 [244] | 10th Prime Minister of Denmark |
Zog I of Albania | 1929 [245] | King of Albania |
Raouf Fitso | 1929 [246] | Albanian Diplomat |
Kostaq Kota | 1929 [247] | 14th Prime Minister of Albania |
Sir William Herbert Phillipps | 1929 [248] | Honorary Consul in Australia |
Henry Fletcher | 1929 [249] | United States Ambassador |
Gerardo Machado | 1929 [250] | 5th President of Cuba |
Émile-Joseph Galet | 1930 [251] | General |
Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu | 1930 [252] | Imperial Prince of Japan |
Isidro Ayora | 1930 [253] | President of Ecuador |
Petar Živković | 1930 [254] | 8th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia |
Adolphe Max | 1932 [255] | Mayor of Brussels |
Jules Renkin | 1932 [256] | 28th Prime Minister of Belgium |
Ferdinand Foch | 1932 | French Marshal |
Aloys Van de Vyvere | 1932 | Minister |
Eggert Reeder | 1938 | Governor of Cologne |
Sir Winston Churchill | 1945 | Prime Minister of the UK |
General Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1945 [257] | Supreme Allied Commander in Europe (1943-45); later U.S. President (1953-61) |
Juliana of the Netherlands | 1950 | Queen of the Netherlands |
Irene of Orange-Nassau | 1950 | Dutch Princess |
Name | Year | Function |
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Amha Selassie | 1859 | Crown Prince of Ethiopia |
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | 1960 [258] | Shah of Persia |
Joseph Kasa-Vubu | 1960 [259] | 1st President of Congo |
King Rama IX | 1960 | King of Thailand |
Queen Sirikit of Thailand | 1960 | Queen Consort of Thailand |
Queen Elizabeth II | 1963 | Queen of the UK |
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | 1963 | Prince Consort of the UK |
Josip Broz Tito | 1970 | President of Yugoslavia |
Emperor Hirohito | 1971 | Emperor of Japan |
Empress Kōjun | 1971 | Empress Consort of Japan |
Erskine Hamilton Childers | 1974 | President of Ireland |
Edmond Leburton | 1977 [260] | Minister |
Carl XVI Gustaf | 1977 | King of Sweden |
Juan Carlos I of Spain | 1978 | King of Spain |
Queen Sofia | 1978 | Queen Consort of Spain |
Mstislav Rostropovich | 1989 | Russian Cellist |
Emperor Akihito | 1990 | Emperor of Japan |
Prince Philippe of Belgium | 1990 [261] | Son of the Prince of Liège |
Name | year | Function |
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Queen Paola of Belgium | 1994 [262] | Queen Consort of Belgium |
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | 1994 | Nephew |
Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg | 1994 | Grand Duchess |
Felipe VI of Spain | 1994 | Crown Prince of Spain |
Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo | 1994 | Infanta of Spain |
Infanta Cristina of Spain | 1994 | Infanta of Spain |
Andries Kinsbergen | 1995 [263] | Minister |
Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan | 1996 | Crown Prince |
Lucien Buysse | 1997 [264] | Grand Marshal of the Royal Court |
Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este | 1997 [265] | Daughter |
Stranard | 1998 [266] | President of Court of Cassation |
Eliane Liekendael | 1998 [267] | Procureur-generaal bij het Hof van Cassatie |
Aleksander Kwaśniewski | 1999 | President of Poland |
Jolanta Kwaśniewska | 1999 | First Lady of Poland |
Roger Lallemand | 1999 [268] | Minister of State |
Leo Tindemans | 1999 [269] | Minister |
Louis De Grève | 1999 | Pres. Arbitragehof |
Frank Swaelen | 1999 [270] | Minister |
Name | Year | Function |
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Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este | 2000 [271] | Son-in-law |
Jean-Marie Piret | 2000 [272] | Procureur-generaal bij het Hof van Cassatie |
Queen Mathilde of Belgium | 2000 [273] | Duchess of Brabant |
Jorge Sampaio | 2000 | President of Portugal |
Maria Jose Ritta | 2000 | First Lady of Portugal |
Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden | 2001 | Duchess of Västergötland |
Jan Willems | 2001 [274] | Grand Marshal of the Royal Court |
Georgi Parvanov | 2003 | President of Bulgaria |
Zorka Parvanova | 2003 | First Lady of Bulgaria |
Princess Claire of Belgium | 2004 [275] | Daughter-in-law |
Tarja Halonen | 2004 [276] | President of Finland |
Mohammed VI of Morocco | 2004 [277] | King of Morocco |
Roman Herzog | 2005 | President of Germany |
General Mertens | 2005 [278] | Chief of the Military Household |
J. du Jardin | 2005 | Procureur-generaal bij het Hof van Cassatie |
Frank de Conick | 2006 [279] | Grand Marshal of the Royal Court |
Roland Gillet | 2006 [280] | Member of Senate |
Valdas Adamkus | 2006 [281] | President of Lithuania |
Alex Arts | 2007 [282] | President of Constitutional Court |
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga | 2007 | President of Latvia |
Marc Lahousse | 2008 [283] | First President Court of Cassation |
László Sólyom | 2008 | Presindent of Hungary |
Toomas Hendrik Ilves | 2008 | President of Estonia |
Guy Verhofstadt | 2008 [284] | 47th Prime Minister of Belgium |
Count Herman Van Rompuy | 2009 [285] | President of the Chamber of Representatives |
Michel Melchior | 2010 [286] | President of Constitutional Court |
Count Jean-Pierre de Launoit | 2012 [287] | President Queen Elisabeth Concours |
Countess Solange de Liedekerke de Pailhe | 2012 [288] | Lady-in-Waiting of Queen Fabiola |
Name | Year | Function |
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Count Jacques Rogge | 2013 | Honorary President IOC |
General Major Wilfried Van Kerckhove | 2013 [289] | Grand Master of Household of Queen Fabiola |
Baron Marc Bossuyt | 2013 [290] | President of the Constitutional Court |
Xi Jinping | 2014 | President of China [291] |
Recep Tayyip Erdogan | 2015 [292] | President of Turkey |
Andrzej Duda | 2015 | President of Poland |
Agata Kornhauser-Duda | 2015 | First Lady of Poland |
Joachim Gauck | 2016 | President of Germany |
Daniela Schadt | 2016 | First Lady of Germany |
Abdullah II | 2016 | King of Jordan |
Queen Rania | 2016 | Queen Consort of Jordan |
Masako | 2016 | Princess Consort of Japan |
Willem-Alexander | 2016 | King of the Netherlands |
Maxima of the Netherlands | 2016 | Queen Consort of the Netherlands |
General Joseph Van den Put | 2016 [293] | Chief of the Military Household |
Vice-Admiral Pierre Warnauts | 2016 [294] | Chief of Protocol of the Court |
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa | 2018 | President of Portugal |
Emmanuel Macron | 2018 | President of France |
Jean Spreutels | 2018 [295] | President of the Constitutional Court |
Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant | 2019 [296] | Crown Princess of Belgium |
Baron André Alen | 2020 [297] | President of the Constitutional Court |
Angela Merkel | 2021 | Chancellor of Germany |
Sergio Mattarella | 2021 | President of Italy |
Lieutenant-General Noël De Bruyne | 2021 [298] | Intendant of the Civil List of His Majesty the King |
Alexander Van der Bellen | 2022 | President of Austria |
Katerina Sakellaropoulou | 2022 | President of Greece |
Gitanas Nausėda | 2022 | President of Lithuania |
Jens Stoltenberg | 2023 [299] | Nato President. |
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