List of grand cordons of the Order of Leopold
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 .
19th century
Horace François Sébastiani
Etienne-Denis Pasquier (1767-1852)
Pedro II of Brazil was the youngest grand Cordon in Belgian History, only ten years old
King of Sardinia
King of Bavaria
Name
Date
Function
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
Archduke Rudolf is wearing the Grand Cordon for the official engagement photo. This was a wedding gift of his father-in-law in 1880.
Ludwig Wilhelm, Duke in Bavaria was only 14 years old when he received the wedding gift in honour of his sister.
Cardinal Vanutelli
Itō Hirobumi, Prime Minister of Japan
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
20th century
The Emperor of Japan
The Maharaja of Patiala
Emperor of Ethiopia
King of Siam
Adolf Max, Lord mayor of the City of Brussels
Albert I, 1909-1934
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
Leopold III 1934-1951
King Baudouin 1951-1993
King Albert II 1993-2013
21st century
King Philippe (2013-)
Unknown
Duke of Frias (before 1838)[ 300]
Marquis of Saldanha (before 1838)[ 301]
Baron of Arnhim (before 1838)[ 302]
Mgr Tommaso Pasquale Gizzi , Nuntio (before 1838)[ 303]
Mustafa Reşid Pasha (before 1838)[ 304]
Charles Joseph, comte Bresson (before 1838)[ 305]
General Sá da Bandeira (before 1838)[ 306]
Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Archduke Otto of Austria
Charles I of Austria
Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria
Archduke Joseph August of Austria
Prince William of Baden
Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden
Prince Leopold of Bavaria
Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria
Marie Henriette of Austria
Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of the Belgians
Prince Charles, Count of Flanders
Fabiola of Belgium
Prince Laurent of Belgium
Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma
Ferdinand I of Bulgaria
Boris III of Bulgaria
Prince Harald of Denmark
Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg
Frederik IX of Denmark
Ingrid of Sweden
Margrethe II of Denmark
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
Frederik X of Denmark
Farouk of Egypt
Prince Henry of Prussia
Wilhelm, German Crown Prince
Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia
Hussein bin Ali, King of Hejaz
Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern
Prince Frederick of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
William, Prince of Hohenzollern
Umberto II of Italy
Empress Michiko
Sunjong of Korea
Prince Rudolf of Liechtenstein
Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium
Alfred, 2nd Prince of Montenuovo
Hassan II of Morocco
Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Beatrix of the Netherlands
Olav V of Norway
Harald V of Norway
Queen Sonja of Norway
Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
Ferdinand I of Romania
Michael I of Romania
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Prince August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Prince Pedro Augusto of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
Milan I of Serbia
Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi
Infante Jaime, Duke of Madrid
Gustav, Prince of Vasa
Gustaf V
Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland
Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke
Gustaf VI Adolf
Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland
Prince Carl Bernadotte
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland
Queen Silvia of Sweden
Prince Arthur of Connaught
Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke
William I of Württemberg
Mohamed Ennaceur (before 1838)
Konstantinos Mousouros
Achille Van Acker
Porfirio Díaz
Ernest Krings
Charles de Gaulle
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Camille Gutt
Sylvain Van de Weyer
Nursultan Nazarbayev
Józef Piłsudski
Baron Pierre Jacques, Grand Marshal of the Royal Court
Baron Julien Liebaert
Baron Édouard Descamps
Baron Victor de Tornaco
Baron Jean-Jacques Baude
Count Henri Carton de Wiart , Minister
Count Edmond de Wiart, Grand Marshal of the Royal Court
Books
F. Veldekens, Le livre d'or de l'ordre de Léopold et de la croix de fer (Brussels: Lelong, 1858–1861).
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