List of knights of the Order of the Elephant
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This is a list of the knights of the Order of the Elephant, the highest Danish order of chivalry, since its foundation by Christian V in 1693.
By reign[edit]
Persons in bold characters are alive members
Frederik VI (1808–1839)[edit]
Image | Name | Life | Date | Country | Notes |
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![]() | Prince Alexander Borisovich Kurakin | 1752–1818 | 9 February 1808 | ![]() | Acting Chancellor of the Russian Empire (1801–1802) |
![]() | Napoléon I, Emperor of the French | 1769–1821 | 18 May 1808 | ![]() | |
![]() | Alexander I, Emperor of Russia[1] | 1777–1825 | 2 July 1808 | ![]() | |
![]() | Lodewijk I, King of Holland | 1778–1846 | 29 August 1808 | ![]() | |
![]() | Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte | 1763–1844 | 10 October 1808 | ![]() | Marshal of France Later Karl XIV Johan, King of Sweden and Norway |
![]() | Carl XIII, King of Sweden[1] | 1748–1818 | 10 February 1810 | ![]() | Later also Carl II, King of Norway |
![]() | Jean-Pierre, Count of Montalivet | 1766–1823 | 4 February 1811 | ![]() | Minister of the Interior of the French Empire |
Christian VIII (1839–1848)[edit]
Image | Name | Life | Date | Country | Notes |
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![]() | Friedrich Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Prussia[2] | 1795–1861 | 19 January 1840 | ![]() | Later Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia |
![]() | Adolf, Duke of Nassau[3] | 1817–1905 | 1 February 1840 | ![]() | Later Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg |
![]() | Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse-Kassel | 1820–1884 | 28 June 1840 | ![]() | Later Friedrich Wilhelm II, Landgrave of Hesse |
![]() | Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau[4] | 1794–1871 | 25 December 1840 | ![]() | Later Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt |
![]() | Prince Wilhelm of Prussia[1] | 1797–1888 | 27 February 1841 | ![]() | Later Wilhelm I, German Emperor and King of Prussia |
![]() | Fernando II, King of Portugal and the Algarves[5] | 1816–1885 | 12 April 1841 | ![]() ![]() | Born Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, later Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
![]() | Duke Gustav Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 1781–1851 | 14 July 1841 | ![]() | |
![]() | Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin[6] | 1823–1883 | 5 April 1842 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha[7] | 1819–1861 | 10 January 1843 | ![]() ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | 1818–1906 | 22 June 1843 | ![]() | Later Christian IX, King of Denmark, and Sovereign of the Order |
![]() | Prince Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg[6] | 1814–1885 | 18 September 1843 | ![]() | Later Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg |
![]() | Prince Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky | 1776–1852 | 28 January 1844 | ![]() | Minister of the Imperial Court of the Russian Empire (1826–1852) |
![]() | Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievich of Russia[5] | 1827–1892 | 23 July 1844 | ![]() | |
![]() | Louis Philippe I, King of the French[8] | 1773–1850 | 30 April 1846 | ![]() | |
![]() | Leopold I, King of the Belgians | 1790–1865 | 16 June 1846 | ![]() ![]() | Born Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, later Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
![]() | François Guizot | 1787–1874 | 27 June 1846 | ![]() | Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of France (1840–1848) Later Prime Minister of the Kingdom of France (1847–1848) |
![]() | Élie Decazes, Duke of Decazes and Glücksbierg | 1780–1860 | 27 June 1846 | ![]() | |
![]() | Carl, Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway | 1826–1872 | 16 July 1846 | ![]() | Later Carl XV, King of Sweden and Norway |
![]() | Otto, King of Greece[6] | 1815–1867 | 2 November 1846 | ![]() ![]() | Born Prince of Bavaria |
![]() | Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland | 1827–1852 | 27 September 1847 | ![]() | |
![]() | Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil | 1825–1891 | 29 March 1847 | ![]() |
Frederik VII (1848–1863)[edit]
Image | Name | Life | Date | Country | Notes |
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![]() | Friedrich Wilhelm I, Elector of Hesse | 1802–1875 | 29 January 1848 | ![]() | |
![]() | Francisco de Asís, King of Spain[9] | 1822–1902 | 21 May 1848 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov | 1787–1869 | 2 June 1848 | ![]() | Governor-General of Finland (1831–1855) |
![]() | Prince Oscar, Duke of Östergötland | 1829–1907 | 3 June 1848 | ![]() | Later Oscar II, King of Sweden |
![]() | Baron Gustaf Algernon Stierneld | 1791–1868 | 2 October 1848 | ![]() | Prime Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway (1838–1842; 1848–1856) |
![]() | Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria[7] | 1830–1916 | 17 January 1849 | ![]() | |
![]() | Willem III, King of the Netherlands[10] | 1817–1890 | 24 August 1849 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg[7] | 1800–1852 | 28 October 1849 | ![]() | Minister-President of the Austrian Empire (1848–1852) |
![]() | Count Joseph Radetzky von Radetz[7] | 1766–1858 | 28 October 1849 | ![]() | |
![]() | Georg V, King of Hanover[11] | 1819–1878 | 23 November 1851 | ![]() | |
![]() | Count Karl Ferdinand von Buol[7] | 1797–1865 | 11 June 1852 | ![]() | Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Austrian Empire (1852–1859) |
![]() | Otto Theodor von Manteuffel[12] | 1805–1882 | 11 June 1852 | ![]() | Minister-President of the Kingdom of Prussia (1850–1858) |
![]() | Prince August, Duke of Dalarna[6] | 1831–1873 | 9 June 1852 | ![]() | |
![]() | Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg[6] | 1827–1900 | 2 April 1853 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Karl of Prussia[5] | 1801–1883 | 26 May 1853 | ![]() | |
![]() | Napoléon III, Emperor of the French | 1808–1873 | 2 August 1855 | ![]() | |
![]() | François Certain de Canrobert[11] | 1809–1895 | 28 November 1855 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte | 1822–1891 | 24 September 1856[13] | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov[6] | 1798–1883 | 16 September 1857 | ![]() | Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire (1856–1882) |
![]() | Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia[6] | 1843–1865 | 20 September 1859 | ![]() | |
![]() | Muhammad Ali Pasha, Hereditary Prince of Egypt | 1833–1861 | 16 May 1859 | ![]() | |
![]() | Friedrich Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz[3] | 1819–1904 | 17 October 1860 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Frederik of Denmark | 1843–1912 | 3 June 1861 | ![]() | Later Frederik VIII, King of Denmark and Sovereign of the Order |
![]() | Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy[3] | 1820–1878 | 2 September 1861 | ![]() | |
![]() | George I, King of the Hellenes | 1845–1913 | 6 June 1863 | ![]() ![]() | Born Prince Vilhelm of Denmark |
![]() | Umberto, Prince of Piedmont[3] | 1844–1900 | 19 August 1863 | ![]() | Later Umberto I, King of Italy |
![]() | Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta[3] | 1845–1890 | 19 August 1863 | ![]() | Later Amadeo I, King of Spain |
Christian IX (1863–1906)[edit]
Image | Name | Life | Date | Country | Notes |
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![]() | Prince Valdemar of Denmark | 1858–1939 | 15 November 1863 | ![]() | |
![]() | Albert Edward, Prince of Wales | 1841–1910 | 16 November 1863 | ![]() | Later Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom |
![]() | Prince Johann of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | 1825–1911 | 9 March 1864 | ![]() | |
![]() | Luís I, King of Portugal and the Algarves | 1838–1889 | 18 April 1864 | ![]() | |
![]() | Count Sergei Grigoryevich Stroganov | 1794–1882 | 11 October 1864 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Julius of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | 1824–1903 | 13 October 1864 | ![]() | |
![]() | Louis-Napoléon, Prince Imperial | 1856–1879 | 11 March 1865 | ![]() | |
![]() | Alexander Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia | 1845–1894 | 29 June 1865 | ![]() | Later Alexander III, Emperor of Russia |
![]() | Leopold II, King of the Belgians | 1835–1909 | 9 January 1866 | ![]() | |
![]() | Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico | 1832–1867 | 11 January 1866 | ![]() | |
![]() | Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys | 1805–1881 | 16 May 1866 | ![]() | Ministers of Foreign Affairs of France (1848–1849; 1851; 1852–1855; 1862–1866) |
![]() | Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia | 1847–1909 | 14 June 1866 | ![]() | |
![]() | Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia | 1850–1908 | 17 June 1866 | ![]() | |
![]() | Count Vladimir Fyodorovich Adlerberg | 1791–1884 | 26 October 1866 | ![]() | |
![]() | Count Andrei Petrovich Shuvalov | 1802–1873 | 26 October 1866 | ![]() | Grand Marshal of the Court of the Emperor of Russia |
![]() | Prince George, Duke of Cambridge | 1819–1904 | 26 March 1867 | ![]() | |
![]() | António José de Ávila | 1807–1881 | 1 May 1868 | ![]() | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Portugal (1868–1868; 1870–1871; 1877–1878) |
![]() | Willem, Prince of Orange | 1840–1879 | 12 August 1868 | ![]() | |
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia | 1831–1891 | 1 September 1868 | ![]() | ||
![]() | Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1824–1876 | 1 September 1868 | ![]() | |
![]() | Baron Egor Fedorovich Meyendorff | 1794–1879 | 16 September 1868 | ![]() | |
![]() | Patrice Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta | 1808–1893 | 4 May 1869 | ![]() | Later President of the French Republic (1873–1879) |
![]() | Count Gustaf Adolf Vive Sparre af Söfdeborg | 1802–1886 | 28 July 1869 | ![]() | The King of Sweden and Norway's Marshal of the Realm |
![]() | Carl Wachtmeister | 1823–1871 | 28 July 1869 | ![]() | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway |
![]() | Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse-Kassel | 1854–1888 | 2 October 1871 | ![]() | Later Friedrich Wilhelm III, Landgrave of Hesse |
![]() | Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt | 1831–1904 | 22 March 1873 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Arthur of the United Kingdom | 1850–1942 | 2 August 1873 | ![]() | Later Duke of Connaught and Strathearn |
![]() | Friedrich, German Crown Prince and Crown Prince of Prussia | 1831–1888 | 19 August 1873 | ![]() ![]() | Later Friedrich III, German Emperor and King of Prussia |
![]() | Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria | 1858–1889 | 24 November 1873 | ![]() | |
![]() | Axel Gustav Adlercreutz | 1821–1880 | 5 March 1874 | ![]() | Prime Minister for Justice of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway |
![]() | Gustaf, Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway | 1858–1950 | 22 June 1874 | ![]() | Later Gustaf V, King of Sweden |
![]() | Alexander, Prince of Orange | 1851–1884 | 4 July 1874 | ![]() | |
![]() | Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia | 1858–1915 | 25 June 1875 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh | 1844–1930 | 4 July 1875 | ![]() | Later Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
![]() | Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders | 1837–1905 | 1 November 1875 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine | 1823–1888 | 20 November 1875 | ![]() | |
![]() | Louis Decazes de Glücksbierg, Duke of Decazes and Glücksbierg | 1819–1886 | 22 January 1876 | ![]() | Minister of Foreign Affairs of the French Republic |
![]() | Friedrich Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | 1855–1935 | 8 April 1876 | ![]() | Later Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein |
![]() | Wilhelm, Hereditary Prince of Nassau | 1852–1912 | 23 April 1876 | ![]() | Later Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg |
![]() | Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia | 1857–1905 | 3 August 1876 | ![]() | |
![]() | Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia | 1860–1919 | 3 August 1876 | ![]() | |
Count Alexander Vladimirovich Adlerberg | 1818–1888 | 3 August 1876 | ![]() | Minister of the Imperial Court of the Russian Empire | |
![]() | Prince Vladimir Andreevich Dolgorukov | 1810–1891 | 14 August 1876 | ![]() | |
![]() | Count Dmitry Alekseyevich Milyutin | 1816–1912 | 19 August 1876 | ![]() | Minister of War of the Russian Empire |
![]() | Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden | 1826–1907 | 24 April 1877 | ![]() | |
Alfonso XII, King of Spain | 1857–1885 | 8 January 1878 | ![]() | ||
![]() | Albert, King of Saxony | 1828–1902 | 14 June 1878 | ![]() | |
![]() | Karl Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | 1818–1901 | 1 July 1878 | ![]() | |
![]() | Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine | 1837–1892 | 23 September 1878 | ![]() | |
![]() | Ernst August, Crown Prince of Hanover | 1845–1923 | 16 November 1878 | ![]() | |
![]() | Count Eduard Ivanovich of Totleben | 1818–1884 | 22 April 1879 | ![]() | |
![]() | Carol I, Prince of Romania | 1839–1914 | 10 May 1879 | ![]() | Later Carol I, King of Romania |
![]() | Prince Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst | 1828–1896 | 16 November 1879 | ![]() | Oberhofmeister of the Austrian King and Emperor |
![]() | Count Franz Folliot de Crenneville | 1815–1888 | 16 November 1879 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Wilhelm of Prussia | 1859–1941 | 28 November 1879 | ![]() ![]() | Later Wilhelm II, German Emperor and King of Prussia |
![]() | Oscar, Prince Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg | 1859–1953 | 20 July 1880 | ![]() | Born Prince Oscar, Duke of Gotland |
![]() | Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia | 1832–1909 | 10 September 1881 | ![]() | |
![]() | Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen | 1817–1895 | 19 September 1881 | ![]() | |
![]() | Milan I, King of Serbia | 1854–1901 | 19 May 1882 | ![]() | |
![]() | Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg | 1826–1908 | 28 October 1882 | ![]() | |
![]() | Baron Arthur Pavlovich von Mohrenheim | 1824–1906 | 26 November 1882 | ![]() | |
![]() | Alexander, Prince of Bulgaria | 1857–1893 | 6 July 1883 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland | 1861–1951 | 31 August 1883 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke | 1865–1947 | 31 August 1883 | ![]() | |
![]() | Carlos, Prince Royal of Portugal | 1863–1908 | 7 October 1883 | ![]() | Later Carlos I, King of Portugal and the Algarves |
![]() | Prince Albert Victor of Wales | 1864–1892 | 11 October 1883 | ![]() | Later Duke of Clarence and Avondale |
![]() | Nicholas, Tsesarevich of Russia | 1868–1918 | 18 May 1884 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Alexander Friedrich of Hesse-Kassel | 1863–1945 | 29 October 1884 | ![]() | Later Alexander Friedrich, Landgrave of Hesse |
![]() | Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire | 1842–1918 | 13 December 1884 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres | 1840–1910 | 14 September 1885 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince George of Wales | 1865–1936 | 11 October 1885 | ![]() | Later George V, King of the United Kingdom |
![]() | Prince Philippe, Count of Paris | 1838–1894 | 22 October 1885 | ![]() | |
![]() | Constantine, Crown Prince of Greece | 1868–1923 | 28 August 1886 | ![]() | Also Prince of Denmark Later Constantine I, King of the Hellenes |
![]() | Mutsuhito, Emperor of Japan | 1852–1912 | 18 May 1887 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Heinrich of Prussia | 1862–1929 | 30 July 1888 | ![]() | |
![]() | Alexander August Wilhelm von Pape | 1813–1895 | 25 August 1888 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Christian of Denmark | 1870–1947 | 26 September 1888 | ![]() | Later Christian X, King of Denmark and Sovereign of the Order |
![]() | Nikolay de Girs | 1820–1895 | 25 October 1888 | ![]() | Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire (1882–1895) |
![]() | Prince George of Greece and Denmark | 1869–1957 | 15 November 1888 | ![]() | |
![]() | Nicholas I, Prince of Montenegro | 1841–1921 | 18 May 1889 | ![]() | Later Nicholas I, King of Montenegro |
![]() | Count Gustav Kálnoky von Kőröspatak | 1832–1898 | 18 May 1889 | ![]() | Ministers of the Imperial and Royal House and of Foreign Affairs of Austria-Hungary (1881–1895) |
Karl I, King of Württemberg | 1823–1891 | 21 June 1889 | ![]() | ||
![]() | Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia | 1871–1899 | 9 October 1889 | ![]() | |
Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria | 1833–1896 | 21 July 1890 | ![]() | ||
![]() | Prince Carl of Denmark | 1872–1957 | 3 August 1890 | ![]() | Later Haakon VII, King of Norway |
![]() | Archduke Karl Stephen of Austria | 1860–1901 | 18 August 1890 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark | 1872–1938 | 7 September 1890 | ![]() | |
![]() | Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria | 1821–1912 | 18 May 1891 | ![]() | |
![]() | Sadi Carnot | 1837–1894 | 5 August 1891 | ![]() | President of the French Republic (1887–1894) |
![]() | Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples | 1869–1947 | 23 September 1891 | ![]() | Later Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy |
![]() | Count Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov | 1837–1916 | 21 December 1891 | ![]() | Minister of Imperial Court of the Russian Empire (1881–1897) |
![]() | Chulalongkorn, King of Siam | 1853–1910 | 8 January 1892 | ![]() | |
![]() | Louise, Queen of Denmark | 1817–1898 | 26 May 1892 | ![]() ![]() | Born Princess of Hesse-Kassel |
![]() | Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen | 1856–1936 | 26 May 1892 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | 1863–1948 | 26 May 1892 | ![]() | Christian XI's nephew |
![]() | da:Carl Løvenskiold | 1822–1898 | 26 May 1892 | ![]() | Court Marshal of Denmark |
![]() | Johannes Nellemann | 1831–1906 | 12 May 1893 | ![]() | Minister of Justice (1875–1896) |
![]() | Friedrich Franz III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 1851–1897 | 17 July 1894 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Harald of Denmark | 1876–1949 | 28 July 1894 | ![]() | |
![]() | da:Peter Buch | 1816–1904 | 28 July 1894 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Friedrich Karl of Hesse-Kassel | 1868–1940 | 24 June 1895 | ![]() | Later Fredrik Kaarle, King-elect of Finland |
![]() | Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia | 1866–1933 | 7 September 1895 | ![]() | |
![]() | Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe | 1846–1911 | 5 May 1896 | ![]() | |
![]() | Vajiravudh, Crown Prince of Siam | 1881–1925 | 27 July 1897 | ![]() | Later Vajiravudh, King of Siam |
![]() | Svasti Sobhana, Prince Svastivatana Visishtha | 1865–1935 | 27 July 1897 | ![]() | |
![]() | Friedrich Franz IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 1882–1945 | 3 August 1897 | ![]() | |
![]() | Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia | 1878–1918 | 6 August 1897 | ![]() | |
![]() | Baron Fredrik von Essen | 1831–1921 | 18 September 1897 | ![]() | The King of Sweden and Norway's Marshal of the Realm (1894–1911) |
![]() | Friedrich, Hereditary Grand Duke of Baden | 1857–1928 | 13 October 1897 | ![]() | Later Friedrich II, Grand Duke of Baden |
![]() | Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia | 1859–1919 | 18 November 1897 | ![]() | |
![]() | Niels Frederik Ravn | 1826–1910 | 8 April 1898 | ![]() | Minister of Foreign Affairs (1897–1900) |
![]() | Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 1857–1920 | 9 June 1898 | ![]() | |
![]() | Georg Wilhelm, Hereditary Prince of Hanover | 1880–1912 | 9 October 1898 | ![]() | Christian IX's grandson |
![]() | Yoshihito, Crown Prince of Japan | 1879–1926 | 9 October 1899 | ![]() | Later Yoshihito, Emperor of Japan |
![]() | Wilhelm, German Crown Prince and Crown Prince of Prussia | 1882–1951 | 6 May 1900 | ![]() ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Maximilian of Baden | 1867–1929 | 10 July 1900 | ![]() | Later Maximilian, Margrave of Baden Later Imperial Chancellor of the German Empire (1918) |
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia | 1863–1919 | 7 September 1900 | ![]() | ||
![]() | Prince Friedrich of Schaumburg-Lippe | 1868–1945 | 14 September 1900 | ![]() | |
![]() | Émile Loubet | 1838–1929 | 1 November 1900 | ![]() | President of the French Republic (1899–1906) |
![]() | Alfonso XIII, King of Spain | 1886–1941 | 20 July 1901 | ![]() | |
![]() | Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg | 1868–1924 | 12 September 1901 | ![]() | |
![]() | Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt | 1856–1918 | 14 July 1902 | ![]() | Later Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt |
Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark | 1882–1944 | 6 August 1902 | ![]() | ||
![]() | Baron Lave Beck-Friis | 1834–1904 | 27 October 1902 | ![]() | Envoy of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway to the Kingdom of Denmark (1870–1902) |
![]() | Count August zu Eulenburg | 1838–1921 | 3 April 1903 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Friedrich Heinrich of Prussia | 1874–1940 | 29 August 1903 | ![]() | |
![]() | Gojong, Emperor of Korea | 1852–1919 | 31 August 1903 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Skåne | 1882–1973 | 28 October 1903 | ![]() | Later Gustaf VI Adolf, King of Sweden |
![]() | Duke Paul Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 1852–1923 | 3 August 1904 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Heinrich XVIII Reuss of Köstritz | 1847–1911 | 3 August 1904 | ![]() | |
![]() | Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1848–1914 | 19 August 1904 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Gustav of Denmark | 1887–1944 | 4 March 1905 | ![]() | |
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia | 1880–1925 | 8 April 1905 | ![]() | ||
![]() | Prince Aage of Denmark | 1887–1940 | 10 June 1905 | ![]() | Later Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg |
![]() | Hans von Koester | 1844–1928 | 21 July 1905 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Ernst August of Hanover | 1887–1953 | 17 November 1905 | ![]() | Later Ernst August, Duke of Brunswick |
Frederik VIII (1906–1912)[edit]
Image | Name | Life | Date | Country | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1884–1954 | 16 June 1906 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Axel of Denmark | 1888–1964 | 12 August 1906 | ![]() | |
![]() | Conrad Victor Ankarcrona | 1823–1912 | 11 September 1906 | ![]() | Grand Master of the Court of the King of Sweden |
![]() | Louise, Queen of Denmark | 1851–1926 | 31 October 1906 | ![]() ![]() | Born Princess of Sweden |
![]() | Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia | 1883–1942 | 19 November 1906 | ![]() | |
![]() | Bernhard, Prince of Bülow | 1849–1929 | 19 November 1906 | ![]() | Imperial Chancellor of the German Empire and Minister-President of Prussia (1900–1909) |
![]() | Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria | 1884–1958 | 25 April 1907 | ![]() | |
![]() | Armand Fallières | 1841–1931 | 14 June 1907 | ![]() | President of the French Republic (1906–1913) |
![]() | Prince Adalbert of Prussia | 1884–1948 | 3 July 1907 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland | 1884–1965 | 18 December 1907 | ![]() | |
![]() | Ferdinand, Crown Prince of Romania | 1865–1927 | 8 January 1908 | ![]() | Later Ferdinand I, King of the Romanians |
![]() | Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este | 1863–1914 | 12 May 1908 | ![]() | |
![]() | Christian Danneskiold-Samsøe | 1838–1914 | 3 June 1908 | ![]() | Chancellor of the Chapter of the Royal Danish Orders of Chivalry (1911–1914) |
![]() | Prince Erik of Denmark | 1890–1950 | 8 November 1908 | ![]() | Later Count of Rosenborg |
![]() | Manuel II, King of Portugal and the Algarves | 1889–1932 | 24 March 1909 | ![]() | |
![]() | Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg | 1852–1931 | 28 April 1909 | ![]() | Abdicated 1918 |
![]() | Count Vladimir Borisovich Frederiks | 1838–1927 | 16 July 1909 | ![]() | Minister of the Imperial Court of the Emperor of All Russia (1897–1917) |
![]() | Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia | 1856–1929 | 19 July 1909 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark | 1888–1940 | 29 July 1909 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince George of Greece and Denmark | 1890–1947 | 15 August 1909 | ![]() | Later George II, King of the Hellenes |
![]() | Albert I, King of the Belgians | 1875–1934 | 23 February 1910 | ![]() | |
![]() | Ferdinand I, Tsar of the Bulgarians | 1861–1948 | 20 May 1910 | ![]() | Abdicated 1918 |
![]() | Arvid Taube | 1853–1916 | 6 March 1911 | ![]() | Foreign Minister of Sweden (1909–1911) |
![]() | Johannes Zeuthen Schroll | 1831–1916 | 27 March 1911 | ![]() | |
![]() | Chakrabongse Bhuvanath, Prince of Bishnulok | 1883–1920 | 7 August 1911 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Viggo of Denmark | 1893–1970 | 25 December 1911 | ![]() | Later Count of Rosenborg |
![]() | Vilhelm Thomsen | 1842–1927 | 25 January 1912 | ![]() |
Christian X (1912–1947)[edit]
Image | Name | Life | Date | Country | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark | 1899–1972 | 14 May 1912 | ![]() | Later Frederik IX, King of Denmark |
![]() | Prince Knud of Denmark | 1900–1976 | 14 May 1912 | ![]() | Later Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark |
![]() | Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia | 1887–1949 | 15 June 1912 | ![]() | |
![]() | Alexandrine, Queen of Denmark | 1879–1952 | 26 September 1912 | ![]() ![]() | Born Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Received insignia only |
![]() | Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland | 1889–1918 | 20 November 1912 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Hendrik of the Netherlands | 1876–1934 | 12 December 1912 | ![]() ![]() | Born Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
![]() | Prince Oskar of Prussia | 1888–1958 | 25 February 1913 | ![]() | |
![]() | Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg | 1856–1921 | 25 February 1913 | ![]() | Imperial Chancellor of the German Empire (1909–1917) |
![]() | Edward, Prince of Wales | 1894–1972 | 17 March 1914 | ![]() | Later Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom Abdicated 1936 |
![]() | Prince Arthur of Connaught | 1883–1938 | 10 May 1914 | ![]() | |
![]() | Raymond Poincaré | 1860–1934 | 16 May 1914 | ![]() | President of the French Republic (1913–1920) |
![]() | Hans Niels Andersen | 1852–1937 | 12 February 1919 | ![]() | |
![]() | Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim | 1867–1951 | 18 February 1919 | ![]() | Regent of the Kingdom of Finland (1918–1919) Later President of the Republic of Finland (1944–1946) |
![]() | Leopold, Duke of Brabant | 1901–1983 | 27 October 1919 | ![]() | Later Leopold III, King of the Belgians Abdicated 1951 |
![]() | Prince Albert, Duke of York | 1895–1952 | 30 November 1920 | ![]() | Later George VI, King of the United Kingdom |
![]() | Alexandre Millerand | 1859–1943 | 8 December 1920 | ![]() | President of the French Republic (1920–1924) |
![]() | Prince René of Bourbon-Parma | 1894–1962 | 9 June 1921 | ![]() | |
![]() | Olav, Crown Prince of Norway | 1903–1991 | 13 August 1921 | ![]() | Born Prince Alexander of Denmark Later Olav V, King of Norway |
![]() | Epitácio Pessoa | 1865–1942 | 14 November 1921 | ![]() | President of the Federative Republic of Brazil (1919–1922) |
![]() | Umberto, Prince of Piedmont | 1904–1983 | 31 August 1922 | ![]() | Later Umberto II, King of Italy Abdicated 1946 |
![]() | Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands | 1880–1962 | 5 September 1922 | ![]() | Awarded insignia only Abdicated 1948 |
![]() | Prince George, Duke of Kent | 1902–1942 | 23 September 1922 | ![]() | |
![]() | Hirohito, Crown Prince of Japan | 1901–1989 | 23 January 1923 | ![]() | Later Hirohito, Emperor of Japan |
![]() | Baron Tage Reedtz-Thott | 1839–1923 | 30 October 1923 | ![]() | Council President of Denmark (1894–1897) |
![]() | Stanisław Wojciechowski | 1869–1953 | 20 December 1923 | ![]() | President of the Republic of Poland (1922–1926) |
![]() | Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester | 1900–1974 | 24 June 1924 | ![]() | |
![]() | Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 1873–1969 | 23 August 1924 | ![]() | |
Tomáš Masaryk | 1850–1937 | 24 February 1925 | ![]() | President of Czechoslovakia (1918–1935) | |
![]() | Prajadhipok, King of Siam | 1893–1941 | 8 February 1926 | ![]() | Abdicated 1932 |
![]() | Lauri Kristian Relander | 1883–1942 | 7 October 1926 | ![]() | President of the Republic of Finland (1925–1931) |
![]() | Prince Charles, Count of Flanders | 1903–1983 | 9 November 1926 | ![]() | |
![]() | Gaston Doumergue | 1863–1937 | 12 March 1927 | ![]() | President of the French Republic (1924–1931) |
![]() | Prince Paul of Greece and Denmark | 1901–1964 | 7 August 1927 | ![]() | Later Paul, King of the Hellenes |
![]() | Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia | 1876–1938 | 18 October 1928 | ![]() | |
![]() | Alfonso, Prince of Asturias | 1907–1938 | 6 February 1929 | ![]() | Later Count of Covadonga |
![]() | Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia | 1908–1975 | 6 February 1929 | ![]() | |
![]() | Louis II, Prince of Monaco | 1870–1949 | 23 March 1929 | ![]() | |
![]() | Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 1910–2001 | 7 June 1929 | ![]() | |
![]() | Alexander I, King of Yugoslaiva | 1888–1934 | 26 March 1930 | ![]() | |
![]() | Berthold, Margrave of Baden | 1906–1963 | 26 April 1930 | ![]() | |
![]() | Paribatra Sukhumbandhu, Prince of Nakhon Sawan | 1881–1944 | 4 June 1930 | ![]() | |
![]() | Purachatra Jayakara, Prince of Kamphaengphet | 1881–1936 | 4 June 1930 | ![]() | |
![]() | Tisavarakumarn, Prince Damrong Rajanubhab | 1862–1943 | 13 July 1930 | ![]() | |
![]() | Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu | 1905–1987 | 3 September 1930 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Jean, Duke of Guise | 1874–1940 | 6 October 1930 | ![]() | |
![]() | Paul Doumer | 1857–1932 | 25 January 1932 | ![]() | President of the French Republic (1931–1932) |
![]() | Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe | 1898–1974 | 17 March 1932 | ![]() | |
![]() | Fuad I, King of Egypt and the Sudan | 1868–1936 | 4 November 1932 | ![]() | |
![]() | Albert Lebrun | 1871–1950 | 17 February 1933 | ![]() | President of the French Republic (1932–1940) |
![]() | Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten | 1906–1947 | 16 June 1933 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Carl, Duke of Östergötland | 1911–2003 | 5 December 1933 | ![]() | Later Carl, Prince Bernadotte |
![]() | Prince Paul of Yugoslavia | 1893–1976 | 7 November 1934 | ![]() | Regent of Yugoslavia (1934–1941) |
![]() | Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark | 1908–1980 | 26 November 1934 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Carl Johan, Duke of Dalarna | 1916–2012 | 21 May 1935 | ![]() | Later Carl Johan, Prince Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg |
![]() | Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland | 1912–1997 | 21 May 1935 | ![]() | |
![]() | Reza Shah, Shah of Iran | 1878–1944 | 20 January 1937 | ![]() | Abdicated 1941 |
![]() | Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein | 1891–1965 | 24 January 1937 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Gorm of Denmark | 1919–1991 | 24 February 1937 | ![]() | |
![]() | Prince Georg of Denmark | 1920–1986 | 16 April 1938 | ![]() | |
![]() | Ernst Augustus, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick | 1914–1987 | 19 January 1939 | ![]() | |
![]() | Miklós Horthy | 1868–1957 | 16 February 1940 | ![]() | Regent of Hungary (1920–1944) |
![]() | Prince Flemming of Denmark | 1922–2002 | 9 March 1940 | ![]() | Later Count of Rosenborg |
![]() | Prince Oluf of Denmark | 1923–1990 | 10 March 1941 | ![]() | Later Count of Rosenborg |
![]() | Sir Bernard Montgomery | 1887–1976 | 5 July 1945 | ![]() | Later Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein |
![]() | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1890–1969 | 15 December 1945 | ![]() | Later President of the United States (1953–1961) |
![]() | Princess Juliana of the Netherlands | 1909–2004 | 5 April 1946 | ![]() | Awarded insignia only Later Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands |
![]() | Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands | 1911–2004 | 5 April 1946 | ![]() | Later Prince consort of the Netherlands |
Frederik IX (1947–1972)[edit]
Image | Name | Life | Date | Country | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Princess Margrethe of Denmark | Born 1940 | 20 April 1947 | ![]() | Later Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark, and Sovereign of the Order Abdicated 2024 |
![]() | Princess Benedikte of Denmark | Born 1944 | 20 April 1947 | ![]() | Later Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg |
![]() | Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark | Born 1946 | 20 April 1947 | ![]() ![]() | Later Queen of the Hellenes |
![]() | Ingrid, Queen of Denmark | 1910–2000 | 24 May 1947 | ![]() ![]() | Born Princess of Sweden Awarded insignia only |
![]() | Niels Bohr | 1885–1962 | 17 October 1947 | ![]() | |
![]() | Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom | 1926–2022 | 16 November 1947 | ![]() | Later Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom |
![]() | Philip Mountbatten | 1921–2021 | 16 November 1947 | ![]() ![]() | Born Prince of Greece and Denmark, later Prince of the United Kingdom, Duke of Edinburgh |
![]() | Winston Churchill | 1874–1965 | 9 October 1950 | ![]() | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940–1945; 1951–1955) |
![]() | Juho Kusti Paasikivi | 1870–1956 | 17 November 1950 | ![]() | President of the Republic of Finland (1946–1956) |
![]() | Vincent Auriol | 1884–1966 | 28 November 1950 | ![]() | President of the French Republic (1947–1954) |
![]() | Sigvard, Prince Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg | 1907–2002 | 28 March 1952 | ![]() | Formerly Prince of Sweden, Duke of Uppland |
![]() | Chumbhotbongs Paribatra, Prince of Nakhon Sawan II | 1904–1959 | 28 November 1952 | ![]() | |
![]() | Akihito, Crown Prince of Japan | Born 1933 | 8 August 1953 | ![]() | Later Akihito, Emperor of Japan Abdicated 2019 |
![]() | Ásgeir Ásgeirsson | 1894–1972 | 5 April 1954 | ![]() | President of Iceland (1952–1968) |
![]() | Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia | 1892–1975 | 21 November 1954 | ![]() | Abdicated 1974 |
![]() | Prince Makonnen Haile Selassie, Duke of Harar | 1924–1957 | 21 November 1954 | ![]() | |
![]() | Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg | 1896–1985 | 21 March 1955 | ![]() | Abdicated 1964 |
![]() | René Coty | 1882–1962 | 15 May 1955 | ![]() | President of the French Republic (1954–1959) |
![]() | Takahito, Prince Mikasa | 1915–2016 | 5 March 1957 | ![]() | |
![]() | Urho Kekkonen | 1900–1986 | 3 September 1957 | ![]() | President of the Republic of Finland (1956–1982) |
![]() | Harald, Crown Prince of Norway | Born 1938 | 21 February 1958 | ![]() | Later Harald V, King of Norway |
![]() | Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand | 1927–2018 | 21 April 1958 | ![]() | |
![]() | Mohammad Reza, Shah of Iran | 1919–1980 | 14 May 1959 | ![]() | |
![]() | Caroline-Mathilde, Hereditary Princess of Denmark | 1912–1995 | 3 September 1960 | ![]() | |
![]() | Princess Axel of Denmark | 1899–1977 | 4 September 1960 | ![]() ![]() | Born Princess of Sweden |
![]() | Sirikit, Queen of Thailand | Born 1932 | 6 September 1960 | ![]() | |
Prince Ingolf of Denmark | Born 1940 | 17 February 1961 | ![]() | Later Count of Rosenborg | |
![]() | Princess Viggo, Countess of Rosenborg | 1895–1966 | 11 March 1961 | ![]() ![]() | |
![]() | Constantine, Crown Prince of Greece | 1940–2023 | 4 January 1962 | ![]() | Later Constantine II, King of the Hellenes |
![]() | Princess Elisabeth of Denmark | 1935–2018 | 11 March 1962 | ![]() | |
![]() | Adolf Schärf | 1890–1965 | 6 June 1962 | ![]() | Federal President of the Republic of Austria (1957–1965) |
![]() | Frederica, Queen of the Hellenes | 1917–1981 | 23 January 1963 |