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Order of the Netherlands Lion[edit]

By reign[edit]

William I (1815–1840)[edit]

Image Name Life Date Country Notes
William I, King of the Netherlands 1772–1843 29 September 1815  The Netherlands Also Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Founder Grand Master of the Order
Grand Duke Nicholas Pavlovich of Russia 1796–1855 23 May 1817  Russian Empire Later Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia
Godert van der Capellen 1778–1848 14 February 1821  The Netherlands Governor-General of Dutch East Indies (1819–1826)

William II (1840–1849)[edit]

Image Name Life Date Country Notes
Jan Jacob Rochussen 1797–1871 10 October 1841  The Netherlands Governor-General of Dutch East Indies (1845–1851)
Later Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1858–1860)
Floris Adriaan van Hall 1791–1866 2 April 1844  The Netherlands Prime Minister (1853–1856; 1860–1861)

William III (1849–1890)[edit]

Image Name Life Date Country Notes
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia 1831–1891 30 August 1849  Russian Empire
Schelto van Heemstra 1807–1864 18 August 1860  The Netherlands Prime Minister (1861–1862)
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke 1798–1872 7 June 1863  The Netherlands Prime Minister (1849–1853; 1862–1866; 1871–1872)
Alexander Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia 1845–1894 19 May 1865  Russian Empire Later Alexander III, Emperor of Russia
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia 1847–1909 1 July 1870  Russian Empire
Friedrich Wilhelm, Crown Prince of the German Empire and Prussia 1859–1941 28 July 1877  German Empire
 Kingdom of Prussia
Later Wilhelm II, German Emperor and King of Prussia
Jan Heemskerk 1818–1897 1 May 1878  The Netherlands Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1874–1878; 1883–1888)
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn 1850–1942 23 August 1878  United Kingdom Later Governor General of Canada (1911–1916)
Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovich of Russia 1868–1918 27 March 1881  Russian Empire Later Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia
Mutsuhito, Emperor of Japan 1852–1912 26 July 1881 Japan Later Emperor Meiji (posthumously)
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh 1844–1900 1 May 1882  United Kingdom
 Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Prince Saionji Kinmochi 1849–1940 16 March 1891  Japan Prime Minister of Japan (1906–1908; 1911–1912)
Abbas II, Khedive of Egypt and Sudan 1874–1944 12 August 1892  Khedivate of Egypt

Wilhelmina (1890–1948)[edit]

Image Name Life Date Country Notes
Prince Saionji Kinmochi 1849–1940 16 March 1891 Japan Later Prime Minister of Japan
Yoshihito, Crown Prince of Japan 1879–1926 12 July 1900 Japan Later Emperor of Japan
Henry, Prince Consort of the Netherlands 1876–1934 7 February 1901  Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 The Netherlands
Born Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland 1884–1965 6 July 1901 Sweden–Norway
 Sweden
Aeneas Mackay Jr. 1838–1909 27 May 1905  The Netherlands Prime Minister (1888–1891)
Kuniyoshi, Prince Kuni 1873–1929 25 June 1909 Japan
Hiroyasu, Prince Fushimi 1875–1946 27 April 1910 Japan
Pieter Cort van der Linden 1846–1935 28 January 1915  The Netherlands Prime Minister (1913–1918)
J. B. van Heutsz 1851–1924 4 December 1919  The Netherlands Governor-General of Dutch East Indies (1904–1909)
Fuad I, King of Egypt 1868–1936 17 September 1925  Kingdom of Egypt
Dirk Fock 1858–1941 7 September 1926  The Netherlands Governor-General of Dutch East Indies (1921–1926)
Princess Juliana of the Netherlands 1909–2004 30 April 1927  The Netherlands Later Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands; Abdicated in 1980
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck 1873–1936 25 July 1927  The Netherlands Prime Minister (1918–1929; 1929–1933)
Hendrikus Colijn 1869–1944 31 August 1929  The Netherlands Prime Minister (1925–1926; 1933–1939)
Prince Tisavarakumarn, the Prince Damrong Rajanubhab 1862–1943 8 August 1930  Siam
Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia 1892–1975 7 October 1930  Ethiopian Empire Abdicated in 1974
Dirk Jan de Geer 1870–1960 31 August 1933  The Netherlands Prime Minister (1926–1929; 1939–1940)
Revoked on 15 March 1950
Hendrikus Colijn 1869–1944 6 January 1937  The Netherlands Prime Minister (1925–1926; 1933–1939)
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands 1911–2004 7 January 1937  The Netherlands Later Prince consort of the Netherlands
Farouk I, King of Egypt 1920–1965 23 June 1938  Kingdom of Egypt
Willem Lodewijk de Vos van Steenwijk 1859–1947 30 August 1938  The Netherlands President of the Senate (1929–1946)
General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower 1890–1969 6 October 1945  United States Chief of Staff of the Army of the United States (1945–1948)
Later President of the United States (1953–1961)
General Henri Winkelman 1876–1952 14 April 1946  The Netherlands Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces (1940)
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy 1885–1961 6 May 1946  The Netherlands Prime Minister (1940–1945)
Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery,
1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
1887–1976 16 January 1947  United Kingdom Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (1951–1958)
Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham,
1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope
1883–1963 25 November 1947  United Kingdom First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff of the United Kingdom (1943–1946)
Rear Admiral Louis Mountbatten
, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
1900–1979 13 January 1948  United Kingdom Governor-General of India (1947–1948)
Field Marshal Alan Brooke,
1st Viscount Alanbrooke
1883–1963 13 May 1948  United Kingdom Chief of the General Staff of the United Kingdom (1941–1946)
Roelof Kranenburg 1880–1956 4 September 1948  The Netherlands President of the Senate (1946–1951)

Juliana (1948–1980)[edit]

Image Name Life Date Country Notes
Elizabeth, Queen of the United Kingdom 1900–2002 22 November 1950  United Kingdom Later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh 1926–2022 22 November 1950  United Kingdom Later Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom
Faisal II, King of Iraq 1935–1958 25 April 1953  Kingdom of Iraq
Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia 1916–1997 7 November 1953  Ethiopian Empire Later Emperor of Ethiopia
René Coty 1882–1962 22 July 1954  France President of France (1954–1959)
Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands Born 1938 31 January 1956  The Netherlands Later Queen of the Netherlands and Grand Master of the Order
Abdicated in 2013
Princess Irene of the Netherlands Born 1939 5 August 1957  The Netherlands Later Duchess of Parma
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 1921–2021 25 March 1958  Kingdom of Greece
 United Kingdom
Born Prince of Greece and Denmark
Eelco van Kleffens 1894–1983 1 May 1958  The Netherlands Ambassador to the European Coal and Steel Community (1958–1967)
Willem Drees 1886–1988 22 December 1958  The Netherlands Prime Minister (1948–1958)
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran 1919–1980 19 May 1959  Imperial Iran
Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand 1927–2018 12 May 1960  Thailand
Sirikit, Queen of Thailand Born 1932 12 May 1960  Thailand
Arturo Frondizi 1908–1995 1 July 1960  Argentina President of Argentina (1958–1962)
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands Born 1943 19 January 1961  The Netherlands
Adolf Schärf 1890–1965 18 May 1961  Austria President of Austria (1957–1965)
Farah Pahlavi, Shahbanu of Iran Born 1938 26 September 1963  Imperial Iran
Princess Christina of the Netherlands 1947–2019 18 February 1965  The Netherlands
Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden Born 1946 25 October 1965  Sweden
Silvia, Queen of Sweden Born 1943 25 October 1965  Sweden
Prince Claus of the Netherlands 1926–2002 10 March 1966  The Netherlands Later Prince consort of the Netherlands
Habib Bourguiba 1903–2000 7 July 1966  Tunisia President of Tunisia (1957–1987)
Mahendra, King of Nepal 1920–1972 25 April 1967  Kingdom of Nepal
Ratna, Queen of Nepal Born 1928 25 April 1967  Kingdom of Nepal
Suharto 1921–2008 3 September 1970  Indonesia President of Indonesia (1968–1998)
Josip Broz Tito 1892–1980 20 October 1970  Yugoslavia President of Yugoslavia (1953–1980)
Joseph Luns 1911–2002 17 July 1971  The Netherlands Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1971–1984)
Gustav Heinemann 1899–1976 26 October 1971  West Germany President of Germany (1969–1974)
Louis Beel 1902–1977 28 June 1972  The Netherlands Prime Minister (1946–1948; 1958–1959)
Sicco Mansholt 1908–1995 18 December 1972  The Netherlands President of the European Commission (1972–1973)
Giovanni Leone 1908–2001 23 October 1973  Italy President of Italy (1971–1978)
Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark Born 1940 29 October 1975  Denmark Abdicated in 2024
Prince Henrik of Denmark 1934–2018 29 October 1975  France
 Denmark
Born Henri de Laborde de Monpezat
Consort of the Danish Monarch (1972–2018)
Johan Ferrier 1910–2010 14 September 1977  Suriname President of Suriname (1975–1980)
Ahmadou Ahidjo 1924–1989 4 July 1979  Cameroon President of Cameroon (1960–1982)

Beatrix (1980–2013)[edit]

Image Name Life Date Country Notes
Jelle Zijlstra 1918–2001 18 November 1981  The Netherlands Prime Minister (1966–1967)
François Mitterrand 1916–1996 6 February 1984  France President of France (1981–1995)
Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange Born 1967 27 April 1985  The Netherlands Later King of the Netherlands and Grand Master of the Order
Richard von Weizsäcker 1920–2015 30 May 1985  West Germany
 Germany
President of Germany (1984–1994)
Juan Carlos I, King of Spain Born 1938 8 October 1985  Spain Abdicated in 2014
Sofía, Queen of Spain Born 1938 8 October 1985  Kingdom of Greece
 Spain
Born Princess of Greece and Denmark
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Born 1930 18 September 1985  Iceland President of Iceland (1980–1996)
Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau 1968–2013 25 September 1986  The Netherlands
Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands Born 1969 11 October 1987  The Netherlands
Christos Sartzetakis 1929–2022 17 April 1989  Greece President of Greece (1985–1990)
Mário Soares 1924–2017 26 September 1991  Portugal President of Portugal (1986–1996)
Akihito, Emperor of Japan Born 1933 22 October 1991  Japan Abdicated in 2019
Michiko, Empress of Japan Born 1934 22 October 1991  Japan
Thomas Klestil 1932–2004 25 August 1994  Austria Federal President of Austria (1992–2004)
Ruud Lubbers 1939–2018 8 October 1994  The Netherlands Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1982–1994)
Martti Ahtisaari 1937–2023 1 June 1995  Finland President of Finland (1994–2000)
Aleksander Kwaśniewski Born 1954 2 July 1997  Poland President of Poland (1995–2005)
Helmut Kohl 1930–2017 13 January 1999  Germany Chancellor of Germany (1982–1998)
Jacques Chirac 1932–2019 28 February 2000  France President of France (1995–2007)
Albert II, King of the Belgians Born 1934 4 April 2000  Belgium Abdicated in 2013
Paola, Queen of the Belgians Born 1937 4 April 2000  Belgium
Máxima, Princess of Orange Born 1971 2 February 2002  The Netherlands Later Queen of the Netherlands
Ricardo Lagos Born 1938 19 March 2003  Chile President of Chile (2000–2006)
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Born 1945 24 March 2003  Brazil President of Brazil (2003–2010; 2023–present)
Pieter van Vollenhoven Born 1939 29 April 2004  The Netherlands
Néstor Kirchner 1950–2010 30 March 2006  Argentina President of Argentina (2003–2007)
Kofi Annan 1938–2018 12 April 2006  Ghana Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997–2016)
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg Born 1955 24 April 2006  Luxembourg
Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg Born 1956 24 April 2006  Luxembourg
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga Born 1937 22 May 2006  Latvia President of Latvia (1999–2007)
Abdullah II, King of Jordan Born 1962 30 October 2006  Jordan
Rania, Queen of Jordan Born 1970 30 October 2006  Jordan
Ivan Gašparovič Born 1941 21 May 2007  Slovakia President of Slovakia (2004–2014)
Horst Köhler Born 1943 8 October 2007  Germany Federal President of Germany (2004–2010)
Toomas Hendrik Ilves Born 1953 14 May 2008  Estonia President of Estonia (2006–2016)
Valdas Adamkus Born 1926 24 June 2008  Lithuania President of Lithuania (1998–2003; 2004–2009)
John Kufuor Born 1938 21 October 2008  Ghana President of Ghana (2001–2009)
Michelle Bachelet Born 1951 25 May 2009  Chile President of Chile (2006–2010; 2014–2018)
Felipe Calderón Born 1962 3 November 2009  Mexico President of Mexico (2006–2012)
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar Born 1952 9 March 2011  Qatar Abdicated in 2013
Christian Wulff Born 1959 12 April 2011  Germany Federal President of Germany (2010–2012)
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan 1948–2022 8 January 2012  United Arab Emirates President of the United Arab Emirates (2004–2022)
Qaboos bin Said, Sultan of Oman 1940–2020 10 January 2012  Oman
Abdullah Gül Born 1949 16 April 2012  Turkey President of Turkey (2007–2014)
Giorgio Napolitano 1925–2023 23 October 2012  Italy President of Italy (2006–2015)
Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei Born 1946 21 January 2013  Brunei
Saleha, Raja Isteri of Brunei Born 1946 21 January 2013  Brunei

Willem-Alexander (2013–present)[edit]

Image Name Life Date Country Notes
François Hollande Born 1954 20 January 2014  France President of France (2012–2017)
Bronisław Komorowski Born 1952 24 June 2014  Poland President of Poland (2010; 2010–2015)
Anna Komorowska Born 1954 24 June 2014  Poland First Lady of Poland (2010; 2010–2015)
Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark Born 1968 17 March 2015  Denmark Later Frederik X, King of Denmark
Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark Born 1972 17 March 2015  Denmark Later Queen of Denmark
Ban Ki-moon Born 1944 19 April 2016  South Korea Secretary-General of the United Nations (2007–2016)
Philippe, King of the Belgians Born 1960 28 November 2016  Belgium
Mathilde, Queen of the Belgians Born 1973 28 November 2016  Belgium
Joachim Gauck Born 1940 7 February 2017  Germany President of Germany (2012–2017)
Mauricio Macri Born 1959 27 March 2017  Argentina President of Argentina (2015–2019)
Sergio Mattarella Born 1941 20 June 2017  Italy President of Italy (2015–present)
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa Born 1948 10 October 2017  Portugal President of Portugal (2016–present)
Raimonds Vējonis Born 1966 11 June 2018  Latvia President of Latvia (2015–2019)
Kersti Kaljulaid Born 1969 12 June 2018  Estonia President of Estonia (2016–2021)
Dalia Grybauskaitė Born 1956 13 June 2018  Lithuania President of Lithuania (2009–2019)
Jorge Carlos Fonseca Born 1950 10 December 2018  Cabo Verde President of Cabo Verde (2011–2021)
Frank-Walter Steinmeier Born 1956 5 July 2021  Germany President of Germany (2017–present)
Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange Born 2003 7 December 2021  The Netherlands
Alexander Van der Bellen Born 1944 27 June 2022  Austria President of Austria (2017–present)
Angela Merkel Born 1954 13 July 2022  Germany Chancellor of Germany (2005–2021)
Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden Born 1977 11 October 2022  Sweden
Katerina Sakellaropoulou Born 1956 31 October 2022  Greece President of Greece (2020–present)
Zuzana Čaputová Born 1973 7 March 2023  Slovakia President of Slovakia (2019–2024)
Emmanuel Macron Born 1977 11 April 2023  France President of France (2017–present)
Princess Alexia of the Netherlands Born 2005 26 June 2023  The Netherlands
Yoon Suk Yeol Born 1960 12 December 2023  South Korea President of South Korea (2022–present)
Felipe VI, King of Spain Born 1968 17 April 2024  Spain

By country[edit]

Belgium[edit]

Chile[edit]

Denmark[edit]

France[edit]

Germany[edit]

West Germany[edit]

Poland[edit]

Mexico[edit]

South Korea[edit]

  • 19 April 2016: Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations (2006–2016)
  • 12 December 2023: Yoon Suk Yeol, President of South Korea (2021–present)

Spain[edit]

Order of Merit of Germany, Grand Cross First Class[edit]

Date Name Notes
6 June 1954 Walther Schreiber Governing Mayor of Berlin
10 December 1956 Joseph Luns Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
16 July 1958 Andreas Hermes Former Reich Minister of Finance
9 February 1963 Franz Gurk President of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
1 March 1963 Georg Diederichs Minister-President of Lower Saxony
14 March 1963 Helmut Lemke Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein
23 May 1963 Dirk Stikker Secretary General of NATO
26 August 1963 Cardinal Julius Döpfner Archbishop of Munich and Freising
8 October 1963 Théo Lefèvre Prime Minister of Belgium
5 May 1972 Sicco Mansholt President of the European Commission
13 May 1977 Karl Klasen President of Deutsche Bundesbank
3 February 1986 Hans-Jochen Vogel Leader of the Social Democratic Party
3 September 1990 Rita Süssmuth President of the Bundestag
25 November 1996 Prince Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev Later King of Nepal
4 February 1997 Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin Violinist and conductor
13 February 1997 Egidius Braun President of German Football Association
15 July 1997 B. J. Habibie State Minister of Research and Technology of Indonesia; later President
1 July 1998 Carl Bildt Former Prime Minister of Sweden
13 July 1998 Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant Later King of the Belgians
13 July 1998 Princess Astrid of Belgium
13 July 1998 Prince Lorenz of Belgium
13 July 1998 Prince Laurent of Belgium
26 June 2000 Bernadette Chirac First Lady of France
3 September 2001 Władysław Bartoszewski Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland
24 July 2002 Wim Duisenberg President of European Central Bank
20 May 2003 Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
20 May 2003 Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland
20 May 2003 Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland
20 May 2003 Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland
20 May 2003 Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson
3 April 2008 Jean-Claude Trichet President of European Central Bank
5 May 2008 Kofi Annan Former Secretary-General of the United Nations
15 December 2008 Karel Schwarzenberg Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
27 October 2012 Peter Milliken Former Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada
8 March 2016 Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General of the United Nations
5 December 2016 John Kerry Secretary of State of the United States
17 September 2018 Jenni Haukio First Lady of Finland
22 February 2019 Iveta Vējone First Lady of Germany
31 January 2020 Mario Draghi Former President of European Central Bank; later Prime Minister of Italy
7 September 2021 Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland
7 September 2021 Andreas Norlén Speaker of the Riksdag of Sweden
7 September 2021 Fredrik Wersäll Marshal of the Realm of Sweden
22 September 2023 Bärbel Bas President of the Bundestag

Order of the Crown (Belgium)[edit]

Date Name Notes
25 October 1919 Brigadier General Douglas MacArthur Superintendent of United States Military Academy; later General of the Army
15 September 1950 Dirk Stikker Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
10 December 1966 Jelle Zijlstra Prime Minister of the Netherlands
18 October 1968 Sicco Mansholt First Vice President of the European Commission; later President
28 March 2017 Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark Later Queen of Denmark
28 March 2017 Prince Joachim of Denmark
28 March 2017 Lars Løkke Rasmussen Prime Minister of Denmark
28 March 2017 Pia Kaersgaard Speaker of the Folketing of Denmark
28 March 2017 Anders Samuelsen Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
24 November 2017 Xavier Bettel Prime Minister of Luxembourg
9 December 2022 Jacques Brotchi Former President of the Senate
15 February 2024 Piotr Hofmański President of the International Criminal Court

Order of Leopold II (Belgium)[edit]

Date Name Notes
28 March 2017 Princess Marie of Denmark

Grand Cross, Legion of Honour[edit]

Napoleon (1802–1814)[edit]

Date Name Notes
September 1803 John, Prince Royal of Portugal Later John VI, King of Portugal; Appointed Grand Cross on 3 March 1817
2 February 1805 Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte Later Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway
7 July 1807 Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia
1811 Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor

Louis XVIII (1814–1815; 1815–1824)[edit]

Date Name Notes
August 1814 Admiral Édouard Thomas Burgues de Missiessy Naval officer
3 July 1816 Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans Later Louis Philippe I, King of France and Grand Master of the Order

Louis Philippe I (1830–1848)[edit]

Date Name Notes
May 1840 Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
May 1840 Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1842 Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale Later Governor-General of Algeria
5 September 1843 Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom
5 September 1843 Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom
5 January 1845 General Tiburce Sébastiani
9 November 1845 Antoine, Duke of Montpensier
September 1846 Frederick, Hereditary Grand Duke of Baden Later Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden
October 1846 Francisco de Asís, Duke of Cádiz King Consort of Spain

Napoleon III (1852–1870)[edit]

Date Name Notes
3 January 1853 Prince Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte
14 May 1857 William, Prince Regent of Prussia Later Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia
12 February 1854 Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant Later Leopold II, King of the Belgians
May 1857 Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia Later Viceroy of Poland
14 May 1857 Wilhelm Friedrich, Crown Prince of Prussia Later William I, King of Prussia and German Emperor
September 1857 Prince Luitpold of Bavaria Later Prince Regent of Bavaria
1858 Prince Albert of Prussia
24 October 1859 Division General Antoine Simon Durrieu
14 December 1860 Giuseppe Dabormida Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sardinia
28 June 1860 George V, King of Hanover
28 June 1860 Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern Minister President of Prussia
March 1863 Alfonso, Prince of Asturias Later Alfonso XII, King of Spain
15 March 1863 Edward, Prince of Wales Later Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom
May 1865 Otto von Bismarck Later Chancellor of Germany
6 June 1867 Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia
June 1867 Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh Later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
July 1867 Charles I, King of Württemberg
August 1867 Albert, Crown Prince of Saxony King of Saxony

Adolphe Thiers (1871–1873)[edit]

Date Name Notes

Patrice de MacMahon (1873–1879)[edit]

Date Name Notes
November 1874 Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia
1875 Sayyid Barghash bin Said, Sultan of Zanzibar
9 June 1878 Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia Later Alexander III, King of Russia

Jules Grévy (1879–1887)[edit]

Date Name Notes
1880 George I, King of the Hellenes
20 March 1883 Mutsihito, Emperor of Japan Later Emperor Meiji, posthumously
18 May 1884 Grand Duke Nikolai Alexandrovich of Russia Later Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia
13 December 1886 Constantine, Crown Prince of the Hellenes Later Constantine I, King of the Hellenes

Sadi Carnot (1887–1894)[edit]

Date Name Notes
1887 Ranavalona III, Queen of Madagascar
20 June 1891 Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia Governor-General of Moscow
1890 Tewfik Pasha, Khedive of Egypt and Sudan
1892 Abbas II, Khedive of Egypt and Sudan

Jean Casimir-Perier (1894–1895)[edit]

Date Name Notes

Félix Faure (1895–1899)[edit]

Date Name Notes
23 July 1895 Gojong, King of Joseon Later Emperor of Korea
5 October 1895 Prince Kan'in Kotohito
December 1896 Emma, Queen Regent of the Netherlands
January 1897 Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia
7 May 1897 Prince Yamagata Aritomo Later Prime Minister of Japan
September 1897 Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia Later Head of the House of Romanov
April 1898 Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands Abdicated in 1948
29 April 1898 Prince Itō Hirobumi Prime Minister of Japan
17 November 1898 Maria Christina, Queen Regent of Spain
20 December 1898 Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn Later Governor General of Canada

Émile Loubet (1899–1906)[edit]

Date Name Notes
3 May 1899 Yoshihito, Crown Prince of Japan Later Emperor of Japan; Emperor Taishō, posthumously
20 September 1901 Vice Admiral Édouard Pottier
June 1902 Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia
1903 Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, Shah of Iran
January 1903 Alfonso XIII, King of Spain
7 July 1903 George, Prince of Wales Later George V, King of the United Kingdom
31 December 1905 Infante Manuel, Duke of Beja Later Manuel II, King of Portugal and the Algarves

Armand Fallières (1906–1913)[edit]

Date Name Notes
27 December 1906 Prince Ōyama Iwao Chief of General Staff of Japan
1907 Division General Alfred-Amédée Dodds High Commander of Naval Infantry
1907 Admiral Count Yamamoto Gonnohyōe Later Prime Minister of Japan
23 October 1907 Saionji Kinmochi Prime Minister of Japan
12 June 1909 Kuniyoshi, Prince Kuni
1912 Yusef, Sultan of Morocco
August 1912 Edward, Prince of Wales Later Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom; Abdicated in 1936

Raymond Poincaré (1913–1920)[edit]

Date Name Notes
6 May 1913 Roque Sáenz Peña President of Argentina
1914 Ahmad Shah Qajar, Shah of Iran
8 July 1914 Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia
8 October 1915 Marshal Ferdinand Foch Later Supreme Allied Commander
1916 Hussein Kamel, Sultan of Egypt
24 February 1916 General Sir Douglas Haig Commander-in-Chief of Expeditionary Force
15 September 1916 Admiral Sir John Jellicoe Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet; later Governor-General of New Zealand
14 November 1918 Elisabeth, Queen of the Belgians
23 May 1919 Admiral of the Fleet David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty First Sea Lord of the United Kingdom
10 November 1919 Prince Albert of the United Kingdom Later George VI, King of the United Kingdom

Paul Deschanel (1920)[edit]

Date Name Notes

Alexandre Millerand (1920–1924)[edit]

Date Name Notes
28 December 1920 Division General Robert Nivelle Former Chief of Army Staff
1921 Tomáš Masaryk President of Czechoslovakia
2 March 1921 David Lloyd George Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
22 June 1923 Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg Abdicated in 1964
16 May 1924 Haile Selassie, Regent of Ethiopia Later Emperor of Ethiopia; Abdicated in 1974

Gaston Doumergue (1924–1931)[edit]

Date Name Notes
3 July 1924 Viscount Takahashi Korekiyo Former Prime Minister of Japan
30 December 1924 Władysław Sikorski Prime Minister of Poland
1 April 1927 Kijūrō Shidehara Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan; later Prime Minister
16 May 1927 Mary, Queen of the United Kingdom
27 September 1927 Fuad I, King of Egypt
1930 Bhupinder Singh, Maharaja of Patiala

Paul Doumer (1931–1932)[edit]

Date Name Notes
2 January 1932 Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia Later Emperor of Ethiopia
16 February 1932 General Gustave-Auguste Ferrié (posthumous)

Albert Lebrun (1932–1940)[edit]

Date Name Notes
10 September 1932 Bảo Đại, Emperor of An Nam
21 December 1937 François Darlan Later Deputy Prime Minister
20 July 1938 Elizabeth, Queen of the United Kingdom Later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
1939 Louis Lumière Engineer and industrialist
March 1939 Prince George, Duke of Kent
15 June 1939 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran Later Shah of Iran

Philippe Pétain (1940–1944)[edit]

Date Name Notes
21 October 1941 Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia Abdicated in 1955; 2004
15 May 1943 Muhammad VIII al-Amin, Bey of Tunis Later King of Tunisia
15 June 1943 General Dwight D. Eisenhower Later President of the United States

Charles de Gaulle (1944–1946)[edit]

Date Name Notes
9 January 1945 Chiang Kai-shek President of Taiwan
May 1945 General Sir Bernard Montgomery Later Chief of General Staff of the United Kingdom
8 May 1945 General Alphonse Juin Chief of Defence Staff
13 November 1945 Charles de Gaulle Chairman of the Provisional Government; later President

Félix Gouin (1946)[edit]

Date Name Notes
3 June 1946 Lord Louis Mountbatten Later Governor-General of India

Vincent Auriol (1947–1954)[edit]

Date Name Notes
14 May 1948 Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh Later Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom
28 August 1952 General Raoul Salan
15 January 1954 Marcel Flouret Chairman of Électricité de France

René Coty (1954–1959)[edit]

Date Name Notes
10 July 1954 Willem Drees Prime Minister of the Netherlands
12 August 1954 Joseph Luns Later Secretary-General of NATO
1955 Jeanne Toussaint Jeweller and fashion designer
7 May 1956 Josip Broz Tito President of Yugoslavia
16 June 1956 Paul, King of the Hellenes
9 April 1957 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Consort of the British Monarch

Charles de Gaulle (1959–1969)[edit]

Date Name Notes
12 October 1960 Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand
1 June 1962 Dirk Stikker Secretary-General of NATO
4 July 1962 Konrad Adenauer Chancellor of West Germany
16 October 1963 Farah Pahlavi, Shahbanu of Iran
22 September 1964 Guillermo León Valencia President of Colombia
6 April 1965 Ingrid, Queen of Denmark
3 June 1965 Humaira Begum, Queen of Afghanistan
4 July 1967 Hussein, King of Jordan

Georges Pompidou (1969–1974)[edit]

Date Name Notes
20 June 1969 Georges Pompidou President of France and Grand Master of the Order
13 November 1972 Suharto President of Indonesia
14 May 1973 Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1974–1981)[edit]

Date Name Notes
27 May 1974 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing President of France and Grand Master of the Order
5 May 1975 Sidi Mohammed, Crown Prince of Morocco Later Mohammed VI, King of Morocco
17 June 1975 Henryk Jabłoński Chairman of the Council of State of Poland
26 April 1976 Ernesto Geisel President of Brazil
20 May 1976 Francisco da Costa Gomes President of Portugal
30 October 1976 Juan Carlos I, King of Spain Abdicated in 2014
14 December 1976 Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran
17 October 1978 Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark Abdicated in 2024
11 December 1978 Noor, Queen of Jordan
5 March 1979 António Ramalho Eanes President of Portugal

François Mitterrand (1981–1995)[edit]

Date Name Notes
21 May 1981 François Mitterrand President of France and Grand Master of the Order
24 November 1982 Hosni Mubarak President of Egypt
16 November 1983 Mauno Koivisto President of Finland
6 February 1984 Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands Abdicated in 2013
6 February 1984 Claus, Prince Consort of the Netherlands
14 May 1984 Harald, Crown Prince of Norway Later Harald V, King of Norway
16 May 1984 Silvia, Queen of Sweden
23 October 1984 Charles, Prince of Wales Later Charles III, King of the United Kingdom
12 September 1988 Zine El Abidine Ben Ali President of Tunisia
31 May 1989 Qaboos bin Said, Sultan of Oman
14 June 1989 Wojciech Jaruzelski Chairman of the Council of State of Poland
19 March 1990 Václav Havel President of Czechoslovakia; later President of the Czech Republic
7 May 1990 Mário Soares President of Portugal
9 April 1991 Lech Wałęsa President of Poland
28 November 1991 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Secretary-General of the United Nations
28 December 1994 Nelson Mandela President of South Africa

Jacques Chirac (1995–2007)[edit]

Date Name Notes
17 May 1995 Jacques Chirac President of France and Grand Master of the Order
11 September 1996 Aleksander Kwaśniewski President of Poland
16 January 1997 Árpád Göncz President of Hungary
11 March 1997 Fernando Henrique Cardoso President of Brazil
14 March 1997 Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada President of Bolivia
27 July 2001 Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga President of Latvia
6 February 1998 Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz Resistance member
2 June 1998 Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar Abdicated in 2013
21 August 1998 Thomas Klestil President of Austria
4 September 1998 Petru Lucinschi President of Moldova
1 October 1998 Jean Mattéoli President of Economic and Social Council
10 May 1999 Martti Ahtisaari President of Finland
4 October 1999 Sofía, Queen of Spain
21 October 1999 Carlo Azeglio Ciampi President of Italy
15 November 1999 Abdullah II, King of Jordan
29 November 1999 Jorge Sampaio President of Portugal
19 December 1999 Valérie André Resistance member, neurosurgeon, aviator
13 June 2001 Ferenc Mádl President of Hungary
25 June 2001 Bashar al-Assad President of Syria; Revoked 16 April 2018
26 July 2001 Valdas Adamkus President of Lithuania
28 July 2001 Lennart Meri President of Estonia
15 November 2002 Vicente Fox President of Mexico
27 October 2003 Albert II, King of the Belgians Abdicated in 2013
16 July 2003 Robert Kocharyan President of Armenia
17 November 2003 Thabo Mbeki President of South Africa
8 May 2004 Syed Sirajuddin, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
13 July 2004 Abbé Pierre Catholic priest, Resistance member
1 March 2005 Tarja Halonen President of Finland
14 March 2005 Admiral Philippe de Gaulle Former Inspector General of Navy
14 July 2005 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva President of Brazil
8 November 2005 Albert II, Prince of Monaco
2 June 2006 Simone Rozès Judge; former President of Court of Cassation
22 September 2006 Vladimir Putin President of Russia
20 November 2006 Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia
30 November 2006 Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait
29 January 2007 Ilham Aliyev President of Azerbaijan

Nicolas Sarkozy (2007–2012)[edit]

Date Name Notes
16 May 2007 Nicolas Sarkozy President of France and Grand Master of the Order
11 June 2008 Nursultan Nazarbayev President of Kazakhstan
14 July 2008 Paul Desmarais Financier and philanthropist
16 March 2009 Michel Suleiman President of Lebanon
27 April 2009 Felipe, Prince of Asturias Later Felipe VI, King of Spain
7 October 2010 Viktor Yanukovych President of Ukraine
13 July 2011 Michaëlle Jean Former Governor General of Canada
14 July 2011 Hélène Carrère d'Encausse Perpetual Secretary of Académie Française

François Hollande (2012–2017)[edit]

Date Name Notes
15 May 2012 François Hollande President of France and Grand Master of the Order
12 October 2012 Macky Sall President of Senegal
7 November 2012 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf President of Liberia
11 November 2012 Marie-José Chombart de Lauwe Resistance member and sociologist
11 November 2012 Pierre Daix Journalist, writer and art historian
16 November 2012 Bronisław Komorowski President of Poland
21 November 2012 Giorgio Napolitano President of Italy
11 December 2012 Dilma Rousseff President of Brazil
14 June 2013 Colonel Fred Moore Soldier and politician; former member of National Assembly
9 July 2013 Sauli Niinistö President of Finland
3 September 2013 Joachim Gauck President of Germany
22 October 2013 Jacques Friedel Physicist and material scientist
29 October 2013 Ivan Gašparovič President of Slovakia
5 November 2013 Heinz Fischer President of Austria
20 January 2014 Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands
6 February 2014 Philippe, King of the Belgians
10 April 2014 Enrique Peña Nieto President of Mexico
15 July 2014 Mahamadou Issoufou President of Niger
17 June 2014 Bruno Roger Chief Executive Officer of Lazard Bank
6 March 2015 Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
5 April 2015 Pierre Soulages Painter, printmaker and sculptor
22 October 2015 Prokopis Pavlopoulos President of Greece
24 February 2016 Mauricio Macri President of Argentina
25 February 2016 Tabaré Vázquez President of Uruguay
26 August 2016 Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa President of Portugal
27 March 2017 Muhammad V, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia

Emmanuel Macron (2017–present)[edit]

Date Name Notes
14 May 2017 Emmanuel Macron President of France and Grand Master of the Order
27 September 2017 Michael Aoun President of Lebanon
31 January 2018 Beji Caid Essebsi President of Tunisia
19 September 2018 Aga Khan IV Imam of Nizari Ismaili
19 November 2018 Mathilde, Queen of the Belgians
14 July 2019 Jean Nallit Resistance member
7 December 2020 Abdel Fattah el-Sisi President of Egypt
31 December 2020 Brigadier General François Meyer Military officer
1 June 2021 José Ángel Gurría Secretary-General of OECD
5 July 2021 Sergio Mattarella President of Italy
13 July 2021 Alain Mérieux Businessman
13 July 2021 Edgar Morin Philosopher and sociologist
4 November 2021 Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany
8 November 2021 Captain Pierre Bertolini
8 November 2021 Colonel Jean Gonzalès
8 November 2021 Captain Guy Lunet de La Malene
29 December 2021 André Chandernagor Former President of Court of Auditors
13 July 2022 Serge Klarsfeld Historian and lawyer
13 July 2022 Jean-Pierre Raffarin Former Prime Minister
13 July 2022 Line Renaud Singer and actress
18 July 2022 Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler of Dubai President of the United Arab Emirates
13 October 2022 Brigadier General René Grosjean
7 November 2022 Daniel Bouwet Resistance member
7 November 2022 General Noël Chazarin
7 November 2022 Division General André Fayette
7 November 2022 Colonel Michel Barbier
29 December 2022 Étienne-Émile Baulieu Biochemist and endocrinologist
18 January 2023 General François Lecointre Later Grand Chancellor of the Order
9 February 2023 Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine
11 April 2023 Máxima, Queen of the Netherlands
13 July 2023 Andrée Gros-Duruisseaud Resistance member
14 July 2023 Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India
10 November 2023 Colonel Jean Delmas
10 November 2023 Colonel Pierre Robedat
29 December 2023 Bernard Arnault Businessman and investor
29 December 2023 Dominique Meyer Director of Vienna State Opera
7 March 2024 Maia Sandu President of Moldova

Order of Chula Chom Klao[edit]

Nationals[edit]

Year Image Name Lifespan Notes
1968 Princess Ubol Ratana Rajakanya Born 1951
1972 Princess Sirindhorn, Princess Debaratana Rajasuda Born 1955
1975 Princess Chulabhorn, Princess Srisavangavadhana Born 1957
1984 Princess Soamsawali, Princess Suddhanarinatha Born 1957
1991 Princess Bajrakitiyabha, Princess Rajasarini Siribajra Born 1978
2000 Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya Born 1987
2004 Princess Srirasmi, Royal Consort to the Crown Prince Born 1971 Later Than Phu Ying Srirasmi Suwadee
2007


2017 General Suthida Vajiralongkorn Na Ayutthaya Born 1978 Aide-de-Camp to the King; later Queen of Thailand
2017 Air Chief Marshal Satitphong Sukwimon Born 1949 Secretary-General of the Royal Household
2017 Chirayu Isarangkun Na Ayuthaya Born 1942 Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household
Director of the Crown Property Bureau;
Later Privy Councilor
2018 General Surayud Chulanont Born 1943 Privy Councilor; later President of the Privy Council
2019 Major General Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi Born 1985 Later Royal Noble Consort of the King
2019 Princess Siribha Chudabhorn Born 1982
2019 Princess Aditayadornkitikhun Born 1984
2019 Admiral Momchao Pusan ​​Sawatdiwat Born 1929

Foreigners[edit]

Year Image Name Lifespan Country Notes
1898 Otto von Bismarck, Prince of Bismarck 1815–1898  German Empire Former Chancellor of Germany
1899 Abbas II, Khedive of Egypt and Sudan 1874–1944  Khedivate of Egypt Abdicated in 1914
1902 'Abd al-Ahad Khan, Emir of Bukhara 1859–1911  Emirate of Bukhara
1906 Prince Ferdinando, Duke of Genoa 1884–1963  Kingdom of Italy
1909 Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1854–1908  German Empire
1941 Hideki Tojo 1884–1948  Empire of Japan Prime Minister of Japan
1954 Prince Sisowath Monipong 1912–1956  Cambodia Former Prime Minister of Cambodia
1955 Sisavang Vatthana, Crown Prince of Laos 1907–1978  Kingdom of Laos Later King of Laos
1955 Khamphoui, Crown Princess of Laos 1912–1982  Kingdom of Laos Later Queen of Laos
1957 Ngo Dinh Diem 1901–1963  South Vietnam President of South Vietnam
1958 Prince Axel of Denmark 1888–1964  Denmark
1960 Sukarno 1901–1970  Indonesia President of Indonesia
1960 Win Maung 1916–1989 Burma President of Burma
1960 Princess Alexandra of Kent Born 1936  United Kingdom Later Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy
1960 Heinrich Lübke 1894–1972  West Germany President of West Germany
1960 Wilhelmine Lübke 1885–1981  West Germany First Lady of West Germany
1960 Gertrudes Tomás 1894–1991  Portugal First Lady of Portugal
1960 Giovanni Gronchi 1887–1978  Italy President of Italy
1960 Carla Gronchi 1912–1993  Italy First Lady of Italy
1960 Princess Astrid of Norway Born 1932  Norway Later Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner
1960 Joséphine-Charlotte, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg 1927–2005  Luxembourg Later Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
1960 Princess Irene of the Netherlands Born 1939  The Netherlands
1960 Carmen Polo 1900–1988  Spain First Lady of Spain
1961 Arturo Frondizi 1908–1995  Argentina President of Argentina
1962 Tengku Budriah, Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaya 1924–2008  Malaya
1962 Tunku Abdul Rahman 1903–1990  Malaya Prime Minister of Malaya (later Malaysia)
1963 Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu 1905–1987  Japan
1963 Soong Mei-ling 1898–2003  Taiwan First Lady of Taiwan
1963 Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark Born 1942  Kingdom of Greece
1963 Eva Macapagal 1915–1999  Philippines First Lady of the Philippines
1968 Imelda Marcos Born 1929  Philippines First Lady of the Philippines
1981 Lee Soon-ja Born 1939  South Korea First Lady of South Korea
1986 Aishwarya Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah, Queen of Nepal 1949–2001    Nepal
1987 Sofía, Queen of Spain Born 1938  Spain Born Princess of Greece and Denmark
1990 Tuanku Bainun, Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia Born 1932  Malaysia
2000 Tuanku Siti Aishah, Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia Born 1971  Malaysia
2001 Prince Henrik of Denmark 1934–2018  Denmark Consort of the Danish Monarch
2001 Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark Born 1968  Denmark Later Frederik X, King of Denmark
2002 Mariam Abdul Aziz, Pengiran Raja Isteri of Brunei Born 1956  Brunei
2003 Silvia, Queen of Sweden Born 1943  Sweden
2003 Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange Born 1967  The Netherlands Later King of the Netherlands
2009 Sultanah Nur Zahirah, Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia Born 1973  Malaysia
2013 Tuanku Hajah Haminah, Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia Born 1953  Malaysia

Honours exchange during Queen's state visits[edit]

Visits made[edit]

Date Country Host Head of State Honour for Host Head of State Honour for Queen Honour for Prince Philip
29–30 Nov 1953  Panama President José Antonio Remón Cantera
1 May 1954  Libya King Idris Honorary Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) Grand Collar of the Order of Idris I
24–26 Jun 1956  Norway King Haakon VII [a][b] [c] [c]
8–10 Jun 1956  Sweden King Gustaf VI Adolf [a][b] [d] [d]
18–21 Feb 1957  Portugal President Francisco Craveiro Lopes Royal Victorian Chain[e] [f] [g]
21–23 May 1957  Denmark King Frederik IX Royal Victorian Chain[a] [h] [h]
17–20 October 1957  United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower [i]
25–27 Mar 1958  The Netherlands Queen Juliana Stranger Lady of the Order of the Garter (LG)[b] [j] Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
1–16 Feb 1961  Pakistan President Muhammad Ayub Khan Honorary Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Nishan-e-Pakistan
26 Feb–2 Mar 1961    Nepal King Mahendra Royal Victorian Chain Mahendra Chain[k] Member of the Order of Ojaswi Rajanya
2–6 Mar 1961  Iran Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi [b]
2–5 May 1961  Italy President Giovanni Gronchi [e] [l] [m]
5 May 1961  Vatican City Pope John XXIII
23 Nov 1961  Liberia President William Tubman Grand Cordon of the Order of the Pioneers of Liberia Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Africa
1–8 Feb 1965  Ethiopia Emperor Haile Selassie [a][b] [n] [o]
8–12 Feb 1965  Sudan President El-Tigani el-Mahi [p] [q]
18–28 May 1965  West Germany President Heinrich Lübke Honorary Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) [r] [r]
9–13 May 1966  Belgium King Baudouin [a] [s] [s]
5–11 Nov 1968  Brazil President Artur da Costa e Silva Honorary Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Grand Collar of the Order of the Southern Cross Grand Cross of the Order of Rio Branco[t]
11–18 Nov 1968  Chile President Eduardo Frei Montalva

Visits hosted[edit]

Date Country Visiting Head of State Honour for Visiting Head of State Honour for Queen Honour for Prince Philip

Honours of Juliana[edit]

Foreign honours[edit]

Order of White Double Cross[edit]

Date Name Notes
5 February 2001 Max van der Stoel High Commissioner on National Minorities of OSCE
3 April 2002 Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden
2 July 2002 Juan Carlos I, King of Spain
29 January 2003 Václav Havel President of the Czech Republic
20 October 2003 Ferenc Mádl President of Hungary
21 May 2007 Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands
22 October 2007 Sofía, Queen of Spain
21 November 2007 Nursultan Nazarbayev President of Kazakhstan
23 October 2008 Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom
21 February 2009 Lech Kaczyński President of Poland
17 July 2009 Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Secretary-General of NATO
26 October 2010 Harald V, King of Norway
6 March 2013 Václav Klaus President of the Czech Republic
29 October 2013 François Hollande President of France
19 October 2015 Toomas Hendrik Ilves President of Estonia
2 May 2017 Albert II, Prince of Monaco
17 November 2017 Frank-Walter Steinmeier President of Germany
25 March 2018 Joachim Gauck Former President of Germany
7 February 2019 Angela Merkel President of Germany
21 March 2019 Alexander Van der Bellen President of Austria
6 September 2022 Katerina Sakellaropoulou President of Greece
7 March 2023 Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands
7 March 2023 Máxima, Queen of the Netherlands

Supreme Order of the Renaissance[edit]

Date Name Notes
1917 Faisal, Crown Prince of Iraq Later Faisal I, King of Iraq
25 June 1948 Farouk, King of Egypt
28 July 1949 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran
19 July 1966 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Consort of the British Monarch
1 September 1972 Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain Later Emir and King of Bahrain
1 March 1976 Imelda Marcos First Lady of the Philippines
18 September 1989 Silvia, Queen of Sweden
20 October 1999 Sofía, Queen of Spain
20 October 1999 Felipe, Prince of Asturias Later Felipe VI, King of Spain
10 April 2000 Sonja, Queen of Norway
10 April 2000 Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway
14 January 2001 Hu Jintao Vice President of China; later President
7 October 2003 Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
30 October 2006 Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands
30 October 2006 Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands
30 October 2006 Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
30 October 2006 Pieter van Vollenhoven
13 May 2008 Saleha, Raja Isteri of Brunei
13 May 2008 Azrinaz Mazhar, Pengiran Isteri of Brunei
13 May 2008 Al-Muhtadee Billah, Crown Prince of Brunei
28 May 2009 Maria Cavaco Silva First Lady of Portugal
Received Grand Cordon with Brilliants on 10 December 2009
10 December 2009 Aníbal Cavaco Silva President of Portugal; Grand Cordon with Brilliants
20 October 2015 Beji Caid Essebsi President of Tunisia
18 May 2016 Mathilde, Queen of the Belgians
20 March 2018 Máxima, Queen of the Netherlands
6 March 2024 Rania, Queen of Jordan


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