List of knights of the Order of the Elephant explained

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

Persons in bold characters are alive members

Frederik VI (1808–1839)

Image	Name	Life	Date	Country	Notes
	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	French Empire
	Alexander I, Emperor of Russia	1777–1825	2 July 1808
	Lodewijk I, King of Holland	1778–1846	29 August 1808	Kingdom of Holland
	Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte	1763–1844	10 October 1808	French Empire	Marshal of France Later Karl XIV Johan, King of Sweden and Norway
	Carl XIII, King of Sweden	1748–1818	10 February 1810		Later also Carl II, King of Norway
	Jean-Pierre, Count of Montalivet	1766–1823	4 February 1811	French Empire	Minister of the Interior of the French Empire

Christian VIII (1839–1848)

Image	Name	Life	Date	Country	Notes
	Friedrich Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Prussia^[1]	1795–1861	19 January 1840		Later Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia
	Adolf, Duke of Nassau	1817–1905	1 February 1840	Duchy of Nassau	Later Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
	Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse-Kassel	1820–1884	28 June 1840	Electorate of Hesse	Later Friedrich Wilhelm II, Landgrave of Hesse
	Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau	1794–1871	25 December 1840	Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau	Later Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt
	Prince Wilhelm of Prussia^[2]	1797–1888	27 February 1841		Later Wilhelm I, German Emperor and King of Prussia
	Fernando II, King of Portugal and the Algarves	1816–1885	12 April 1841	Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha	Born Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, later Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
	Duke Gustav Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Schwerin	1781–1851	14 July 1841	Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
	Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin	1823–1883	5 April 1842	Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
	Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha	1819–1861	10 January 1843	Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
	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	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	1827–1892	23 July 1844
	Louis Philippe I, King of the French	1773–1850	30 April 1846	Kingdom of France
	Leopold I, King of the Belgians	1790–1865	16 June 1846	Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha	Born Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, later Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
	François Guizot	1787–1874	27 June 1846	Kingdom of France	Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of France (1840–1848) Later Prime Minister of the Kingdom of France (1847–1848)
		1780–1860	27 June 1846	Kingdom of France
	Carl, Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway	1826–1872	16 July 1846		Later Carl XV, King of Sweden and Norway
	Otto, King of Greece	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)

Image	Name	Life	Date	Country	Notes
	Friedrich Wilhelm I, Elector of Hesse	1802–1875	29 January 1848	Electorate of Hesse
	Francisco de Asís, King of Spain	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	1830–1916	17 January 1849
	Willem III, King of the Netherlands	1817–1890	24 August 1849
	Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg	1800–1852	28 October 1849		Minister-President of the Austrian Empire (1848–1852)
	Count Joseph Radetzky von Radetz	1766–1858	28 October 1849
	Georg V, King of Hanover	1819–1878	23 November 1851
	Count Karl Ferdinand von Buol	1797–1865	11 June 1852		Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Austrian Empire (1852–1859)
	Otto Theodor von Manteuffel	1805–1882	11 June 1852		Minister-President of the Kingdom of Prussia (1850–1858)
	Prince August, Duke of Dalarna^[3]	1831–1873	9 June 1852
	Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg	1827–1900	2 April 1853	Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
	Prince Karl of Prussia	1801–1883	26 May 1853
	Napoléon III, Emperor of the French	1808–1873	2 August 1855	French Empire
	François Certain de Canrobert	1809–1895	28 November 1855	French Empire
	Prince Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte	1822–1891	24 September 1856	French Empire
	Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov	1798–1883	16 September 1857		Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire (1856–1882)
	Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia	1843–1865	20 September 1859
	Muhammad Ali Pasha, Hereditary Prince of Egypt	1833–1861	16 May 1859	Egyptian Eyalet
	Friedrich Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz	1819–1904	17 October 1860	Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
	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	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	1844–1900	19 August 1863		Later Umberto I, King of Italy
	Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta	1845–1890	19 August 1863		Later Amadeo I, King of Spain

Christian IX (1863–1906)

Image	Name	Life	Date	Country	Notes
	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	French Empire
	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	Mexican Empire
	Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys	1805–1881	16 May 1866	French Empire	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	Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
	Baron Egor Fedorovich Meyendorff	1794–1879	16 September 1868
	Patrice Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta	1808–1893	4 May 1869	French Empire	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	Electorate of Hesse	Later Friedrich Wilhelm III, Landgrave of Hesse
	Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt	1831–1904	22 March 1873	Duchy of Anhalt
	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	Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine
	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	Duchy of Nassau	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	Grand Duchy of Baden
	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	Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
	Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine	1837–1892	23 September 1878	Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine
	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	Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg
	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	Electorate of Hesse	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)
		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	Siam
		1817–1898	26 May 1892	Electorate of Hesse	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
		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	Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
	Prince Harald of Denmark	1876–1949	28 July 1894
		1816–1904	28 July 1894
	Prince Friedrich Karl of Hesse-Kassel	1868–1940	24 June 1895	Electorate of Hesse	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	Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
	Vajiravudh, Crown Prince of Siam	1881–1925	27 July 1897	Siam	Later Vajiravudh, King of Siam
	Svasti Sobhana, Prince Svastivatana Visishtha	1865–1935	27 July 1897	Siam
	Friedrich Franz IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin	1882–1945	3 August 1897	Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
	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	Grand Duchy of Baden	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)
		1857–1920	9 June 1898	Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
	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	Grand Duchy of Baden	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	Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
	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	Duchy of Anhalt	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	Empire of Korea
	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	Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
	Prince Heinrich XVIII Reuss of Köstritz	1847–1911	3 August 1904	Principality of Reuss-Gera
	Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz	1848–1914	19 August 1904	Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
	Prince Gustav of Denmark	1887–1944	4 March 1905
		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)

Image	Name	Life	Date	Country	Notes
	Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha	1884–1954	16 June 1906	Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
	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	Grand Duchy of Oldenburg	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	Tsardom of Bulgaria	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)

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	Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin	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	Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin	Born Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
		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	Kingdom of Finland	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	Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
	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	Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
	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
		1907–1938	6 February 1929		Later Count of Covadonga
	Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia	1908–1975	6 February 1929
		1870–1949	23 March 1929
	Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin	1910–2001	7 June 1929	Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
	Alexander I, King of Yugoslaiva	1888–1934	26 March 1930
	Berthold, Margrave of Baden	1906–1963	26 April 1930	Grand Duchy of Baden
	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	Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
	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)
		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)

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)
		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	Duchy of Brunswick	Born Princess of Hanover
	Farah, Queen of Iran	Born 1938	3 May 1963		Later Empress of Iran
	Habib Bourguiba	1903–2000	4 June 1963		President of the Republic of Tunisia (1957–1987)
	Julius Nyerere	1922–1999	9 September 1963		President of the Republic of Tanganyika (1962–1964)
	Prince Christian of Denmark	1942–2013	20 October 1963		Later Count of Rosenborg
	Antonio Segni	1891–1972	20 April 1964		President of the Italian Republic (1962–1964)
	Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark	Born 1944	11 September 1964
	Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark	1939–2024	11 September 1964
	Carl Gustaf, Crown Prince of Sweden	Born 1946	12 January 1965		Later Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden
		1890–1970	5 April 1965		President of the French Republic (1959–1969)
	Masahito, Prince Hitachi	Born 1935	28 September 1965
	Baudouin, King of the Belgians	1930–1993	8 February 1966
	Giuseppe Saragat	1898–1988	16 May 1966		President of the Italian Republic (1964–1971)
	Prince Henrik of Denmark	1934–2018	10 June 1967		Born Henri de Laborde de Monpezat
	Richard, Hereditary Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg	1934–2017	3 February 1968		Later Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
	Albert, Prince of Liège	Born 1934	18 June 1968		Later Albert II, King of the Belgians Abdicated 2013
	Asfa Wossen Haile Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia	1914–1997	15 January 1970
	Gustav Heinemann	1899–1976	9 June 1970		Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1969–1974)
	Kristján Eldjárn	1916–1982	2 September 1970		President of Iceland (1968–1980)

Margrethe II (1972–2024)

Image	Name	Life	Date	Country	Notes
	Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark	Born 1968	14 January 1972		Later Frederik X, King of Denmark, and Sovereign of the Order
	Prince Joachim of Denmark	Born 1969	14 January 1972		Chancellor of the Chapter of the Royal Orders of Chivalry
	Princess Christina of Sweden	Born 1943	16 January 1973		Later Princess Christina, Mrs Magnuson
	Sonja, Crown Princess of Norway	Born 1937	12 February 1973		Later Queen of Norway
	Princess Georg of Denmark	1917–1980	16 April 1974		Born Anne Bowes-Lyon, formerly Viscountess Anson
	Charles, Prince of Wales	Born 1947	30 April 1974		Later Charles III, King of the United Kingdom
	Josip Broz Tito	1892–1980	29 October 1974		President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1953–1980)
	Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands	Born 1938	29 October 1975		Later Queen of the Netherlands Abdicated 2013
	Prince Claus of the Netherlands	1926–2002	29 October 1975		Later Prince consort of the Netherlands
	Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg	1921–2019	22 November 1976		Abdicated 2000
	Joséphine-Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg	1927–2005	22 November 1976		Born Princess of Belgium
	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	1926–2020	12 October 1978		President of the French Republic (1974–1980)
	Giovanni Leone	1908–2001	8 November 1978		President of the Italian Republic (1971–1978)
	Rudolf Kirchschläger	1915–2000	3 April 1979		Federal President of the Republic of Austria (1974–1986)
	Juan Carlos I, King of Spain	Born 1938	17 March 1980		Abdicated 2014
	Sofía, Queen of Spain	Born 1938	17 March 1980		Born Princess of Greece and Denmark
	Vigdís Finnbogadóttir	Born 1930	25 February 1981		President of Iceland (1980–1996)
	Nagako, Empress of Japan	1903–2000	21 April 1981
	François Mitterrand	1916–1996	28 April 1982		President of the French Republic (1981–1995)
	Mauno Koivisto	1923–2017	20 April 1983		President of the Republic of Finland (1982–1994)
	Fahd, King of Saudi Arabia	1920, 1921 or 1923–2005	18 March 1984
	António Ramalho Eanes	Born 1935	25 June 1984		President of the Portuguese Republic (1976–1986)
	Silvia, Queen of Sweden	Born 1943	3 September 1985
	Hosni Mubarak	1928–2020	19 February 1986		President of the Arab Republic of Egypt (1981–2011)
	Hassan II, King of Morocco	1929–1999	15 February 1988
	Richard Freiherr von Weizsäcker	1920–2015	25 April 1989		Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1984–1994)
	Birendra, King of Nepal	1945–2001	17 October 1989
	Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway	Born 1973	20 July 1991
	Mário Soares	1924–2017	6 May 1992		President of the Portuguese Republic (1986–1996)
	Princess Märtha Louise of Norway	Born 1971	13 October 1992
	Lech Wałęsa	Born 1943	5 July 1993		President of the Republic of Poland (1990–1995)
	Oscar Luigi Scalfaro	1918–2012	19 October 1993		President of the Italian Republic (1992–1999)
	Lennart Meri	1929–2006	12 April 1994		President of the Republic of Estonia (1992–2001)
	Martti Ahtisaari	1937–2023	7 September 1994		President of the Republic of Finland (1994–2000)
	Paola, Queen of the Belgians	Born 1937	16 May 1995
	Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden	Born 1977	14 July 1995
	Alexandra Manley	Born 1964	17 November 1995		Later Princess of Denmark, then Countess of Frederiksborg
	Nelson Mandela	1918–2013	18 February 1996		President of the Republic of South Africa (1994–1999)
	Algirdas Brazauskas	1932–2010	9 October 1996		President of the Republic of Lithuania (1992–1998)
	Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson	Born 1943	18 November 1996		President of Iceland (1996–2016)
	Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece	Born 1967	14 January 1997		Also Prince of Denmark
	Guntis Ulmanis	Born 1939	18 March 1997		President of the Republic of Latvia (1993–1999)
	Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange	Born 1967	31 January 1998		Later Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands
	Al Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan	1935–1999	27 April 1998
	Noor Al Hussein, Queen of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan	Born 1951	27 April 1998
	Michiko, Empress of Japan	Born 1934	2 June 1998
	Fernando Henrique Cardoso	Born 1931	3 May 1999		President of the Federative Republic of Brazil (1995–2002)
	Emil Constantinescu	Born 1939	23 May 2000		President of Romania (1996–2000)
	Petar Stoyanov	Born 1952	17 October 2000		President of the Republic of Bulgaria (1997–2002)
	Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller	1913–2012	15 December 2000
	Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince of Thailand	Born 1952	7 February 2001		Later Maha Vajiralongkorn, King of Thailand
	Tarja Halonen	Born 1943	3 April 2001		President of the Republic of Finland (2000–2012)
	Milan Kučan	Born 1941	10 October 2001		President of the Republic of Slovenia (1991–2002)
	Johannes Rau	1931–2006	24 April 2002		Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1999–2004)
	Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant	Born 1960	28 May 2002		Later Philippe, King of the Belgians
	Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg	Born 1955	20 October 2003
	Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg	Born 1956	20 October 2003
	Ion Iliescu	Born 1930	16 March 2004		President of Romania (1989–1996)
	Mary Donaldson	Born 1972	9 May 2004		Later Crown Princess, then Queen of Denmark
	Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan	Born 1960	16 November 2004		Later Naruhito, Emperor of Japan
	Georgi Parvanov	Born 1957	29 March 2006		President of the Republic of Bulgaria (2002–2012)
	Karolos Papoulias	1929–2021	24 May 2006		President of the Hellenic Republic (2005–2015)
	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva^[4]	Born 1945	12 September 2007		President of the Federative Republic of Brazil (2003–2010; 2023–present)
	Roh Moo-hyun	1946–2009	8 October 2007		President of the Republic of Korea (2003–2008)
	Felipe Calderón Hinojosa	Born 1962	18 February 2008		President of the United Mexican States (2006–2012)
	Princess Marie of Denmark^[5]	Born 1976	24 May 2008		Born Marie Cavallier
	Lee Myung-bak	Born 1941	11 May 2011		President of the Republic of Korea (2008–2013)
	Ivan Gašparovič	Born 1941	23 October 2012		President of the Republic of Slovakia (2004–2018)
	Sauli Niinistö	Born 1948	4 April 2013		President of the Republic of Finland (2012–2024)
	Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway^[6]	Born 1973	17 May 2014
	Máxima, Queen of the Netherlands	Born 1971	17 March 2015
	Enrique Peña Nieto	Born 1966	13 April 2016		President of the United Mexican States (2012–2018)
	Guðni Th. Jóhannesson	Born 1968	24 January 2017		President of Iceland (2016–2024)
	Mathilde, Queen of the Belgians	Born 1973	28 March 2017
	Emmanuel Macron	Born 1977	28 August 2018		President of the French Republic (2017–present)
	Frank-Walter Steinmeier	Born 1956	10 November 2021		Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany (2017–present)
	Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway	Born 2004	21 January 2022
	Prince Christian of Denmark	Born 2005	15 October 2023		Later Crown Prince of Denmark
	Felipe VI, King of Spain	Born 1968	6 November 2023
	Letizia, Queen of Spain	Born 1972	6 November 2023

Frederik X (2024–present)

Image	Name	Life	Date	Country	Notes
	Princess Isabella of Denmark	Born 2007	14 January 2024
	Prince Vincent of Denmark	Born 2011	14 January 2024
	Princess Josephine of Denmark	Born 2011	14 January 2024
	Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland	Born 1973	6 May 2024

By country

Persons in bold characters are alive members

• 2 April 1653: Prince George of Denmark
• 11 October 1663: Frederik Ahlefeldt
• 25 October 1671: John Adolphus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön
• 29 May 1676: Augustus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Norburg
• 28 January 1768: Future Frederick VI, King of Denmark
• 16 November 1787: Future Christian VIII, King of Denmark
• 19 December 1811: Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
• 28 October 1817: Future Frederick VII, King of Denmark
• 22 June 1843: Future Christian IX, King of Denmark
• 18 September 1843: Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
• 3 June 1861: Future Frederik VIII, King of Denmark
• 15 November 1863: Prince Valdemar of Denmark
• 9 March 1864: Prince Johann of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
• 13 October 1864: Prince Julius of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
• 8 April 1876: Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
• 26 September 1888: Future Christian X, King of Denmark, when he was Christian IX's grandson
• 26 May 1892: Louise, Queen Consort of Denmark (Christian IX of Denmark's wife)
• 26 May 1892:, Grand Hofmarschall of Denmark
• 12 May 1893: Johannes Nellemann, Justice Minister of Denmark
• 28 July 1894: Harald, Prince of Denmark (Christian IX of Denmark's grandson)
• 28 July 1894:, Justice of the Supreme Court of Denmark
• 8 April 1898: Niels Frederik Ravn, Marine & Foreign Minister of Denmark
• 4 March 1905: Gustav, Prince of Denmark
• 10 June 1905: Aage, Prince of Denmark, later Count of Rosenborg
• 12 August 1906: Axel, Prince of Denmark
• 31 October 1906: Louise, Queen of Denmark (Fr VIII's Consort), née Princess of Sweden (and Norway)
• 3 June 1908:
• 8 November 1908: Erik, Prince of Denmark, later Count of Rosenborg
• 27 March 1911: Johannes Zeuthen Schroll, Danish General
• 25 December 1911: Viggo, Prince of Denmark, later Count of Rosenborg
• 25 January 1912: Vilhelm Thomsen, Danish Linguist
• 14 May 1912: Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, later King Frederik IX of Denmark
• 14 May 1912: Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Prince of Denmark (until the change in succession law)
• 26 September 1912: Queen Alexandrine née Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Christian X's wife, only received the order insignia)
• 12 February 1919: Hans Niels Andersen
• 30 October 1923: Tage Reedtz-Thott, Baron, former Council President of Denmark
• 24 February 1937: Prince Gorm of Denmark (Christian X's nephew)
• 16 April 1938: Georg, Prince of Denmark,
• 9 March 1940: Flemming, Prince of Denmark, later Count of Rosenborg
• 10 March 1941: Oluf, Prince of Denmark, later Count of Rosenborg
• 20 April 1947: Princess Margrethe of Denmark, now Margrethe II of Denmark
• 20 April 1947: Princess Benedikte of Denmark
• 20 April 1947: Queen Anne-Maria, former Queen of the Hellenes, Princess of Denmark
• 24 May 1947: Ingrid, Queen of Denmark, née Princess of Sweden (only awarded the order insignia)
• 17 October 1947: Niels Bohr, Danish Nobel Prize in Physics
• Before 1958: Princess Ingeborg of Denmark
• 3 September 1960: Caroline-Mathilde, Hereditary Princess of Denmark
• 17 February 1961: Count Ingolf of Rosenborg, former Prince of Denmark
• 11 March 1961: Eleanor, Countess of Rosenborg, formerly Princess of Denmark
• 11 March 1962: Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
• 20 October 1963: Christian, Count of Rosenborg, formerly Prince of Denmark
• 10 June 1967: Prince Henrik of Denmark
• 3 February 1968: Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
• 14 January 1972: Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, now Frederik X of Denmark, Sovereign of the Order
• 14 January 1972: Prince Joachim of Denmark
• 16 April 1974: Anne, Princess of Denmark
• 17 November 1995: Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, first wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark
• 15 December 2000 Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, ship owner
• 9 May 2004: Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, now Queen Mary of Denmark
• 24 May 2008: Princess Marie, second wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark ^[5]
• 15 October 2023: Prince Christian of Denmark, now Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark
• 14 January 2022: Princess Isabella of Denmark
• 14 January 2022: Prince Vincent of Denmark
• 14 January 2022: Princess Josephine of Denmark

Since King George I of Greece (born Prince William of Denmark), the Prince(sse)s of Greece are named "Prince(sse)s of Greece and Denmark"

• (1832–1924; 1935–1941; 1944–1974)
  • 2 November 1846: Otto I, King of Greece
  • 6 June 1863: Georg I, King of Greece
  • 28 August 1886: Constantine I, King of Greece, George I's eldest son
  • 15 November 1888: George, Prince of Greece and Denmark, George I's 2nd son
  • 7 September 1890: Nicholas, Prince of Greece and Denmark, George I's 3rd son
  • 6 August 1902: Andrew, Prince of Greece and Denmark, George I's 4th son
  • 29 July 1909: Christopher, Prince of Greece and Denmark, George I's 5th son
  • 15 August 1909: George II, King of Greece, Constantine I's eldest son
  • 7 August 1927: Paul, King of Greece, Constantine I's 3rd son
  • 26 November 1934: Peter, Prince of Greece and Denmark, Prince George's son
  • 4 January 1962: King Constantine II, former King of the Hellenes, King Paul's son
  • 23 January 1963: Frederica, Queen of Greece
  • 11 September 1964: Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, Constantine II's sister
  • 11 September 1964: Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, Prince Christopher's son

N.B. Princess Sofia of Greece and Denmark, later Queen Sofía of Spain (17 March 1980), see Spain

• • • 14 January 1997: Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece, Prince of Denmark
  • 24 May 2006: Karolos Papoulias, former President of the Hellenic Republic

• (1804–1867)
  • 12 November 1814: Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor Francis I of Austria (1768–))
  • 7 December 1814: Clemens Wenzel Fürst von Metternich, Foreign Minister of Austria
  • 30 April 1815: Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Field Marshal of Austria
  • 1 February 1831: Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Croatia
  • 17 January 1849: Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary
  • 28 October 1849: Felix zu Schwarzenberg, Prime Minister of Austria
  • 28 October 1849: Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Field Marshal of Austria
  • 11 June 1852: Count Karl Ferdinand von Buol-Schauenstein, Foreign Minister of Austria
• (1867–1918)
  • 24 November 1873: Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary
  • 16 November 1879: Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, First Grand Hofmeister of Austria-Hungary
  • 16 November 1879: Franz Folliot de Crenneville, Armourer of Austria-Hungary
  • 19 September 1881: Albrecht, Archduke of Austria-Hungary, Duke of Teschen
  • 18 May 1889: Gustav Kálnoky, Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary
  • 21 July 1890: Karl Ludwig, Archduke of Austria-Hungary
  • 18 August 1890: Charles Stephen, Archduke of Austria-Hungary
  • 26 May 1892: Friedrich, Archduke of Austria-Hungary, Duke of Teschen
  • 12 May 1908: Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Hungary
• (1955–)
  • 6 June 1962: Adolf Schärf, President of Austria (1890–)
  • 3 April 1979: Rudolf Kirchschläger, President of Austria (1915––2000)

• 16 June 1846: Leopold I, King of the Belgians
• 9 January 1866: Leopold II, King of the Belgians
• 1 November 1875: Philippe, Prince of Belgium, Count of Flanders
• 23 February 1910: Albert I, King of the Belgians
• 27 October 1919: Leopold III, King of the Belgians (At that time : Léopold, Duke of Brabant, Prince of Belgium)
• 9 November 1926: Charles, Prince of Belgium, Count of Flanders
• 8 February 1966: Baudouin, King of the Belgians
• 18 June 1968: King Albert II of the Belgians (at that time: Albert, Prince of Liège, Prince of Belgium)
• 16 May 1995: Queen Paola of the Belgians
• 28 May 2002: Prince Philippe of Belgium, Duke of Brabant
• 28 March 2017: Queen Mathilde of Belgium

• Principality of Bulgaria (1878–1908)
  • 6 July 1883: Alexander I, Prince of Bulgaria (1879–1886)
• (1908–1946)
  • 20 May 1910: Ferdinand I, Prince of Bulgaria (1887–1908) and Tsar of Bulgaria (1908–1918)
• (1990 -)
  • 17 October 2000: Petar Stoyanov, President of the Republic of Bulgaria (1997–2002)
  • 29 March 2006: Georgi Parvanov, President of the Republic of Bulgaria (2002–2012)

• 12 April 1994: Lennart Meri, President of Estonia

N.B. : Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov (2 June 1848), see Russia

• 18 February 1919: Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, Regent and former President of Finland
• 7 October 1926: Lauri Kristian Relander, former President of Finland
• 17 November 1950: Juho Kusti Paasikivi, former President of Finland
• 3 September 1957: Urho Kekkonen, former President of Finland
• 20 April 1983: Mauno Henrik Koivisto, former President of the Republic of Finland
• 7 September 1994: Martti Ahtisaari, former President of the Republic of Finland
• 3 April 2001: Tarja Halonen, former President of the Republic of Finland
• 4 April 2013: Sauli Niinistö, President of the Republic of Finland^[7]

• First French Empire (1804–1814)
  • 18 May 1808: Napoleon I, Emperor of France
  • 29 August 1808: Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland
  • 4 February 1811: Jean-Pierre Bachasson, Count of Montalivet, French Minister of Interior
  • 4 February 1811: Nicolas François, Count Mollien, French Minister of Finance
  • 4 February 1811: Antoine Jean Auguste Durosnel, French General
  • 22 March 1811: Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia
• Bourbon Restoration (1814–1815–1830)
  • 25 January 1818: Louis XVIII, King of France (1755–)
  • 5 December 1818: Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis de Richelieu, Prime Minister of France (1815 – 29 December 1818; 1820–1821)
  • 10 July 1819: Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles, Prime Minister of France (December 1818 – November 1819)
  • 2 October 1824: Charles X, King of France (1757––1836)
• July Monarchy (1830–1848)
  • 30 April 1846: Louis Philippe I, King of France (1773––1850)
  • 27 June 1846: François Guizot, Foreign Minister of France
  • 27 June 1846: Élie, Duke Decazes, Duke of Glücksbjerg
• Second French Empire (1852–1870)
  • 2 August 1855: Napoleon III, Emperor of France (1808––1873)
  • 28 November 1855: François Certain de Canrobert
  • 24 September 1856: Prince Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte
  • 11 March 1865: Louis Napoleon, Imperial Crown Prince of France (1856–1879)
  • 16 May 1866: Edouard Drouyn de Lhuys, Foreign Minister of France (1848–1849, 1851, 1852–1855, 1862–1866) °
  • 4 May 1869: Patrice Mac-Mahon, Former Marshal of France, President of France (1873–1879) °
• French Third Republic (1870–1940)
  • 22 January 1876: Louis, duc de Decazes, Foreign Minister of France (1873–1877) °
  • 14 September 1885: Robert Philippe, Prince of Orléans, Duke of Chartres (Prince Valdemar of Denmark's father-in-law).
  • 22 October 1885: (Louis) Philippe, Prince of Orléans, Count of Paris
  • 5 August 1891: Sadi Carnot, President of France (1887–1894)
  • 1 November 1900: Émile Loubet, President of France (1899–1906) °
  • 14 June 1907: Clément Armand Fallières, President of France (1906–1913) °
  • 16 May 1914: Raymond Poincaré, President of France (1913–1920) °
  • 8 December 1920: Alexandre Millerand, President of France (1920–resignation 1924) °
  • 12 March 1927 : Gaston Doumergue, President of France (1924–1931) °
  • 6 October 1930 : Prince Jean, Duke of Guise, Orléanist claimant to the headship of the Royal Family of France & (Robert's son, 1885)
  • 25 January 1932 : Paul Doumer, President of France (1931–1932)
  • 17 February 1933 : Albert Lebrun, President of France (1932–de facto 1940) °
• French Fourth Republic (1946–1958)
  • 28 November 1950: Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947–1954)
  • 15 May 1955: René Coty, President of France (1954–1959)
• French Fifth Republic (1958–)
  • 5 April 1965: Charles de Gaulle, President of France (1959–1969), died 9 November 1970 °
  • 12 October 1978: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, former President of the French Republic (1974–1981) °
  • 28 April 1982: François Mitterrand, President of France (1981–1995), died 8 January 1996 °
  • 28 August 2018: Emmanuel Macron, current President of the French Republic

• • 19 August 1873: Frederick III, German Emperor
  • 28 November 1879: Wilhelm II, German Emperor
  • 30 July 1888: Henry, Prince of Prussia (Wilhelm II's brother)
  • 25 August 1888: Alexander August Wilhelm von Pape, Governor of Berlin
  • 6 May 1900: Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Germany and Prussia (Wilhelm II's elder son)
  • 3 April 1903: August zu Eulenburg, Prussian General
  • 29 August 1903: Friedrich Heinrich, Prince of Prussia (elder son of Albert of Prussia & great-grandson Frederick William III of Prussia)
  • 8 April 1905: Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia (3rd son of Albert of Prussia & great-grandson Frederick William III of Prussia)
  • 21 July 1905: Hans von Koester, German Grand Admiral
  • 19 November 1906: Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia (Wilhelm II's 2nd son)
  • 19 November 1906: Bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of German Empire
  • 3 July 1907: Prince Adalbert of Prussia (Wilhelm II's 3rd son)
  • 15 June 1912 : Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia (Wilhelm II's 4th son)
  • 25 February 1913 : Prince Oskar of Prussia (Wilhelm II's 5th son)
  • 25 February 1913 : Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, German Chancellor
• (1949–1990)
  • 9 June 1970 : Gustav Heinemann, President of West Germany
• (1990–)
  • 25 April 1989 : Richard von Weizsäcker, former President of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 24 April 2002 : Johannes Rau, President of Germany
  • 10 November 2021 : Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany

Formerly reigning German local dynasties

• • 25 December 1840: Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt
  • 22 March 1873: Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt
  • 14 July 1902: Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt, when Hereditary Prince of Anhalt
• • 8 November 1825: Ludwig I of Bavaria
  • 18 May 1891: Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria
  • Ludwig III of Bavaria
  • 25 April 1907: Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria
• • 26 July 1682: Frederick VII, markgreve of Baden-Durlach
  • 29 January 1769: Charles Louis, Margrave of Baden
  • 9 September 1811: Charles, Grand Duke of Baden
  • 16 March 1819: Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden
  • 17 July 1830: Leopold I, Grand Duke of Baden
  • 24 April 1877: Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden
  • 13 October 1897: Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden
  • 10 July 1900: Maximilian, Prince of Baden
  • 26 April 1930: Berthold, Margrave of Baden (Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark's son-in-law)
• • 7 July 1838: Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover
  • 23 November 1851: George V of Hanover
  • 16 November 1878: Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
  • 9 October 1898: George William, Prince of Hanover and Cumberland
  • 17 November 1905: Ernst August III, Duke of Brunswick, when Hereditary Prince of Brunswick (and Hanover)
  • 19 January 1939: Ernst Augustus IV of Hanover
• • 6 June 1731: Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal
  • 1801: Prince Frederik of Hesse
  • 1803: Prince Christian of Hesse
  • 16 April 1821: William II, Elector of Hesse
  • 28 June 1840: Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel
  • 29 January 1848: Frederick William, Elector of Hesse
  • 2 October 1871: Frederick William III, Landgrave of Hesse
  • 20 November 1875: Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine
  • 23 September 1878: Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
  • 29 October 1884: Alexander Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
  • 24 June 1895: Frederick Charles, Prince of Hessen-Kassel (later King Elect of Finland (1918))
• • 28 February 1703: Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
  • 30 April 1737: Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
  • 28 September 1762: Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
  • 11 October 1774: Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Christian Ludwig II)
  • 24 August 1775: Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, when Prince
  • 24 September 1838: Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
  • 14 July 1841: Duke Gustav Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (de), Prince of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Frederick Francis I's 2nd son)
  • 5 April 1842: Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
  • 17 July 1894: Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
  • 3 August 1897: Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
  • 9 June 1898: John Albert, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
  • 3 August 1904: Paul Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg(-Schwerin)
  • 23 August 1924: Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, elected Duke of the United Baltic Duchy (1918)
  • 7 June 1929: Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (nephew of Queen Alexandrine and Christian X)^[8]
• • 6 June 1731: Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  • 4 March 1769: George Augustus, Prince of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  • 20 January 1776: Ernest Gottlob, Prince of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  • 28 September 1838: George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Frederick VII of Denmark's father-in-law)
  • 17 October 1860: Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Frederick VII of Denmark's brother-in-law)
  • 1 September 1868: George, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Grand Duke George's 2nd son & Frederick VII of Denmark's brother-in-law)
  • 19 August 1904: Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
• • 29 July 1829: Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
  • 2 April 1853: Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
  • 26 May 1892: Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (Christian IX of Denmark's nephew)
  • 12 September 1901: Peter, Count of Oldenburg
  • 28 April 1909: Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
  • 24 January 1937: Frederick II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Head of the House of Oldenburg
• • 31 August 1814: Frederick William III of Prussia
  • 4 July 1815: Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
  • 19 January 1840: Frederick William IV of Prussia
  • 27 February 1841: William I, German Emperor
  • 11 June 1852: Otto Theodor von Manteuffel
  • 26 May 1853: Prince Charles of Prussia
• Principalities of Reuss
  • 3 August 1904:, (1847–1911)
• • 14 September 1900: Frederick, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
  • 17 March 1932: Christian, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (Princess Louise of Denmark's son, so Christian X's nephew)
  • 5 May 1896: Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
• • 28 October 1882: Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
• • 16 June 1906: Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
• • 1 July 1878: Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
• • 14 June 1878: Albert of Saxony, King of Saxony
• • 1 February 1817: William I, King of Württemberg
  • 21 June 1889: Karl I, King of Württemberg

• 16 February 1940: Miklós Horthy, Regent of Hungary

• 5 April 1954: Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, former President of Iceland
• 2 September 1970: Kristján Eldjárn, former President of Iceland
• 25 February 1981: Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, former President of Iceland
• 18 November 1996: Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, former President of Iceland
• 24 January 2017: Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson, current President of Iceland

• 2 September 1861: Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy
• 19 August 1863: Umberto I, King of Italy, when Crown Prince
• 19 August 1863: Amedeo, Prince of Italy and King of Spain
• 23 September 1891: Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy, when Crown Prince
  • 31 August 1922: Umberto II of Italy, when Crown Prince of Italy
• • 20 April 1964: Antonio Segni, President of Italy
  • 16 May 1966: Giuseppe Saragat, President of Italy
  • 8 November 1978: Giovanni Leone, President of Italy
  • 19 October 1993: Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, President of Italy

Formerly reigning Families of the Pre-Unification States

• • 9 June 1921: Prince René of Bourbon-Parma, Prince Valdemar of Denmark's son-in-law.
• • 4 August 1829: Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies

• 18 March 1997: Guntis Ulmanis, former President of the Republic of Latvia

• 9 October 1996: Algirdas Brazauskas, President of Lithuania

Kings of Netherlands from William I to William III are also Grand Duke of Luxembourg, see Netherlands

• 1 February 1840: Adolphe of Nassau, Duke of Nassau & Grand Duke of Luxembourg
• 23 April 1876: William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
• 21 March 1955: Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
• 22 November 1976: Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg
• 22 November 1976: Joséphine-Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
• 20 October 2003: Grand Duke Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
• 20 October 2003: Grand Duchess Maria Teresa

• 23 March 1929: Louis II, Reigning Prince of Monaco

• 18 May 1889: Nikola I, Prince of Montenegro (later King of Montenegro)

• 24 August 1849: William III, King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg
• 12 August 1868: William, Prince of Orange, Crown Prince of the Netherlands (William III's son)
• 4 July 1874: Alexander, Prince of Orange, Crown Prince of the Netherlands (William III's son)
• 12 December 1912: Henry, Prince Consort of the Netherlands
• 5 September 1922: Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands (only received the order insignia)
• 5 April 1946: Juliana, retired Queen of the Netherlands (only awarded the order insignia)
• 5 April 1946: Bernhard, Prince Consort of the Netherlands
• 29 October 1975: Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (then Crown Princess)
• 29 October 1975: Claus, Prince Consort of the Netherlands
• 31 January 1998: Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange
• 17 March 2015: Máxima, Queen Consort of the Netherlands

• 3 August 1890: Haakon VII, King of Norway, when he was "Carl, Prince of Denmark"
• 13 August 1921: Olav V, King of Norway
• 21 February 1958: King Harald V of Norway
• 12 February 1973: Queen Sonja of Norway
• 20 July 1991: Crown Prince Haakon of Norway
• 13 October 1992: Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
• 17 May 2014: Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway
• 21 January 2022: Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway

• 20 December 1923: Stanisław Wojciechowski, President of Poland
• 5 July 1993: Lech Wałęsa, former President of the Republic of Poland

• • 10 August 1824: John VI, King of Portugal
  • 12 April 1841: Fernando II, King of Portugal
  • 18 April 1864: Luís I, King of Portugal
  • 1 May 1868: António José de Ávila, Prime Minister of Portugal
  • 7 October 1883: Carlos I, King of Portugal
  • 24 March 1909: Manuel II, King of Portugal
• • 25 June 1984: António Santos Ramalho Eanes, former President of the Portuguese Republic
  • 6 May 1992: Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares, former President of the Portuguese Republic

• (1881–1947)
  • 10 May 1879: Carol, Prince of Romania (proclaimed King of Romania in 1881)
  • 8 January 1908: Ferdinand I, King of Romania, when Crown Prince
• (modern republic, 1989 -)
  • 23 May 2000: Emil Constantinescu, former President of the Republic of Romania
  • 16 March 2004: Ion Iliescu, former President of Romania

• • 18 February 1713: Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia
    • 2 July 1808: Alexander I, Tsar of Russia
      • 24 January 1826: Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia
        • 23 April 1834: Alexander II of Russia, Tsar of Russia (Nicholas I's elder son)
          • 20 September 1859: Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsarevich, Grand Duke of Russia (Alexander II's elder son)
          • 29 June 1865: Alexander III, Grand Duke then Tsar of Russia (Alexander II's 2nd son)
            • 18 May 1884: Nicholas II, Grand Duke then Tsar of Russia (Alexander III's elder son)
            • 9 October 1889: George Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia (Alexander III's 3rd son)
            • 6 August 1897: Michael Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia (Alexander III's 4th son)
          • 14 June 1866: Vladimir Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia (Alexander II's 3rd son)
            • 18 October 1928: Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia
          • 17 June 1866: Alexei Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia (Alexander II's 4th son)
          • 3 August 1876: Sergei Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia (Alexander II's 5th son)
          • 3 August 1876: Paul Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia (Alexander II's 6th son)
        • 23 July 1844: Konstantin Nikolayevich, Grand Duke of Russia (Nicholas I's 2nd son)
          • 25 June 1875: Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, Grand Duke of Russia (Konstantin Nikolayevich's 2nd son)
        • 1 September 1868: Nicholas Nikolaevich, Grand Duke of Russia (Nicholas I's 3rd son)
          • 19 July 1909: Nicholas Nikolaevich, Grand Duke of Russia
        • 10 September 1881: Michael Nikolaevich, Grand Duke of Russia (Nicholas I's 4th son)
          • 18 November 1897: Nicholas Mikhailovich, Grand Duke of Russia (Michael Nikolaevich's elder son)
          • 7 September 1900: George Mikhailovich, Grand Duke of Russia (Michael Nikolaevich's 3rd son)
          • 7 September 1895: Alexander Mikhailovich, Grand Duke of Russia (Michael Nikolaevich's 4th son)
• personalities
  • Reign of Peter the Great (7 May 1682 – 8 February 1725)
    • 22 February 1710: Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov, Prince and Field Marshal of Russia
    • 16 June 1713: Anikita Ivanovich Repnin, Noble Prince and General of Russia
    • 16 June 1713: Prince Vasily Vladimirovich Dolgorukov. Fell into disfavor in 1718, order returned in 1719. Awarded the order again in 1726, deprived for the second time in 1732, and again assigned in 1742 'Once received the order, 3 times given.
  • Reign Alexander I of Russia (24 March 1801 – 1 December 1825)
    • 9 February 1808: Alexander Borisovich, Prince Kurakin, Russian Foreign Minister.
    • 1 January 1815: Levin August, Count von Bennigsen, Russian general
    • 1 September 1819: Carl Robert, Count von Nesselrode, Foreign Minister of Russia
    • 1 September 1819: Ioannis Antonios, Count Kapodistrias, Foreign Minister of Russia (1816–1822)
  • Reign of Nicholas I of Russia (1 December 1825 – 2 March 1855)
    • 28 January 1844: Prince Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky, Russian General-Field Marshal, Min. of Imp. Court and Properties (1826 - 1852)
    • 2 June 1848: Prince Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, Russian Marine Minister and General-Governor of Grand-Duchy of Finland
  • Reign of Alexander II of Russia (2 March 1855 – 13 March 1881)
    • 16 September 1857: Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov, Foreign Minister of Russia
    • 11 October 1864: Count Sergei Stroganov, Russia General
    • 26 October 1866: Count Vladimir Adlerberg, Russian Minister of the Imperial Court
    • 26 October 1866: Count Andrej Shuvalov (ru), Grand Marshal of the Court of Russia
    • 16 September 1868: Count Georg Meyendorff (ru), Russian Generalløjtnant
    • 3 August 1876: Count Alexander Vladimirovich Adlerberg (ru), Russian Minister of the Imperial Court
    • 14 August 1876: Prince Vladimir Andreyevich Dolgorukov (ru), Governor General of Moscow
    • 19 August 1876: Dmitry Milyutin, Minister of War of Russia
    • 22 April 1879: Eduard Ivanovich Totleben, Russian General ingenior
  • Reign of Alexander III of Russia (13 March 1881 – 1 November 1894)
    • 26 November 1882: Baron Arthur Mohrenheim, Russian envoy in Denmark
    • 25 October 1888: Nikolay von Giers, Foreign Minister of Russia
    • 21 December 1891: Prince Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov, Russian General
  • Reign of Nicholas II of Russia (1894–1917)
    • 16 July 1909: Count Vladimir Frederiks, Russian Minister of the Imperial Court

• 1882–1918
  • 19 May 1882: Milan I, King of Serbia
• 1918–1943
  • 26 March 1930: Alexander I, King of Yugoslavia
  • 7 November 1934: Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Prince Regent of Yugoslavia (9 October 1934 – 27 March 1941)
• (1943–1992)
  • 29 October 1974: Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia

• 24 February 1925: Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, President of Czechoslovakia
• October 2012 : Ivan Gašparovič, current President of Slovakia

• 10 October 2001: Milan Kučan, former President of the Republic of Slovenia

• 29 August 1818: Ferdinand VII, King of Spain
• 21 May 1848: Francis, Duke of Cádiz, married to Isabella II of Spain and titular King of Spain
• Amedeo, King of Spain, see Italy
• 8 January 1878: Alfonso XII, King of Spain
• 20 July 1901: Alfonso XIII, King of Spain
• 6 February 1929: Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (Alfonso XIII of Spain's elder son & Juan Carlos's uncle)
• 6 February 1929: Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia (Alfonso XIII of Spain's 2nd son & Juan Carlos's uncle)
• 17 March 1980: King Juan Carlos I of Spain
• 17 March 1980: Queen Sofía of Spain
• 6 November 2023: King Felipe VI of Spain
• 6 November 2023: Queen Letizia of Spain

• (-1814)
  • 27 May 1700: Frederick I, King of Sweden
  • 4 September 1752: Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden
  • 24 December 1763:, Baron and Privy Council of Sweden
  • 19 April 1766: Gustav III, King of Sweden
  • 1 November 1786: Gustav IV Adolf, King of Sweden
• (1814–1905)
  • 10 October 1808: Charles XIV John, King of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway (1818–44), formerly Marshal of France
  • 28 January 1810: Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809–1818) and Norway (1814–1818)
  • 1 December 1835: Oscar I, King of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway (1844–1859), formerly Duke of Södermanland
  • 16 July 1846: Charles XV, King of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway (1859–1872), formerly Duke of Skåne (Oscar I's elder son)
  • 27 September 1847: Gustaf, Prince of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Uppland (Oscar I's 2nd son)
  • 3 June 1848: Oscar II, King of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway (1872–1905) and of Sweden (1905–1907), formerly Duke of Östergötland (Oscar I's 3rd son)
  • 2 October 1848: Gustaf Algernon Stierneld, Foreign Minister of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
  • 9 June 1852: August, Prince of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Dalarna (Oscar I's 4th son)
  • 28 July 1869: Gustaf Sparre (justitiestatsminister), Marshal of the Realm
  • 28 July 1869: Carl Wachtmeister, Foreign Minister of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
  • 5 March 1874: Axel Gustaf Adlercreutz, Minister of Justice (Sweden)
  • 22 June 1874: Gustaf V, King of Sweden (1907–50), formerly Prince of Sweden (and Norway), Duke of Värmland (Oscar II's elder son)
  • 20 July 1880: Oscar, Prince Bernadotte, formerly Prince of Sweden (and Norway), Duke of Gotland (Oscar II's 2nd son)
  • 31 August 1883: Carl, Prince of Sweden (and Norway), Duke of Västergötland (Oscar II's 3rd son and Queen Astrid's father)
  • 31 August 1883: Eugen, Prince of Sweden (and Norway), Duke of Närke (Oscar II's 4th son)
  • 18 September 1897: Fredrik von Essen, Marshal of the Realm of Sweden
  • 27 October 1902: Lave Beck-Friis, Swedish envoy to Denmark
  • 28 October 1903: Gustaf VI Adolf, King of Sweden(1950–73), Pr. of Sweden (and Norway), formerly Duke of Skåne (Gustav V's 1st son)
• (1905–)
  • 11 September 1906: Conrad Victor Ankarcrona, Grand Master of Stockholm Palace
  • 18 December 1907: Wilhelm, Prince of Sweden (and Norway), Duke of Södermanland (Gustav V's 2nd son)
  • 6 March 1911: Arvid Taube, Foreign Minister of Sweden
  • 20 November 1912: Erik, Prince of Sweden (and Norway), Duke of Västmanland (Gustav V's 3rd son)
  • 16 June 1933: Gustaf Adolf, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Västerbotten (Gustaf VI Adolf's son and Carl XVI Gustaf's father)
  • 5 December 1933: Prince Carl Bernadotte, formerly Prince of Sweden, Duke of Östergötland, (Duke of Västergötland's son)
  • 21 May 1935: Carl Johan, Count Bernadotte of Wisborg, formerly Prince of Sweden, Duke of Dalarna (Gustav VI's 4th son)
  • 21 May 1935: Bertil, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Halland (Gustav VI's 3rd son)
    NB 24. May 1947: Ingrid of Sweden, Queen of Denmark, see Denmark
  • 28 March 1952: Sigvard, Count Bernadotte of Wisborg, formerly Prince of Sweden, Duke of Uppland (Gustav VI's 2nd son)
  • 4 September 1960: Margaretha, Prinsess Consort of Denmark, née Princess of Sweden
  • 12 January 1965: King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
  • 16 January 1973: Princess Christina, Mrs Magnusson
  • 3 September 1985: Queen Silvia of Sweden
  • 14 July 1995: Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden

• • 13 December 1884: Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

• 4 July 1815: George IV, King of the United Kingdom
• 4 July 1815: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
• 15 July 1830: William IV, King of the United Kingdom and Hanover
• 20 January 1843: Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince Consort of United Kingdom
• 16 November 1863: Edward VII, King of United Kingdom and Ireland
• 26 March 1867: Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
• 2 August 1873: Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Prince of the United Kingdom
• 4 July 1875: Alfred of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of United Kingdom and Ireland
• 11 October 1883: Albert Victor, Prince of United Kingdom, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
• 11 October 1885: George V, King of United Kingdom and Ireland
• 17 March 1914: Prince Edward Albert of United Kingdom, Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom
• 10 May 1914: Prince Arthur of Connaught, Prince of the United Kingdom
• 30 November 1920: Prince Albert of United Kingdom, Duke of York, later George VI of the United Kingdom and Ireland
• 23 September 1922: Prince George, Duke of Kent, Prince of the United Kingdom
• 24 June 1924: Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Prince of the United Kingdom
• 5 July 1945: Bernard Montgomery, Field Marshal
• 16 November 1947: Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, later Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
• 16 November 1947: Prince Philip of the United Kingdom, Duke of Edinburgh
• 9 October 1950: Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 30 April 1974: Charles, Prince of Wales, now King Charles III of the United Kingdom

• Khedivate of Egypt (1867–1914)
  • 16 May 1859: Muhammad Ali Pasha, Hereditary Prince of Egypt
• Sultanate of Egypt (1914–1922)
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• (1922–1953)
  • 4 November 1932: Fuad I, King of Egypt
• • 19 February 1986: Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt

• (-1975)
  • 21 November 1954: Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia
  • 21 November 1954: Makonnen Haile Selassie, Prince of Ethiopia
  • 15 January 1970: Asfa Wossen Haile Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia

• 15 February 1988: Hassan II, King of Morocco

• 18 February 1996: Nelson Mandela, President of the Republic of South Africa

• 9 September 1963: Julius Nyerere, President of Tanzania

• 4 June 1963: Habib Bourguiba, President of Tunisia

• 29 March 1847: Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil
• 14 November 1921: Epitácio Pessoa, President of Brazil
• 3 May 1999: Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former President of the Federative Republic of Brazil
• 12 September 2007: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil ^[4]

• 11 January 1866: Maximilian I of Mexico
• 18 February 2008: Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, former President of the United Mexican States
• 13 April 2016: Enrique Peña Nieto, former President of the United Mexican States

• 15 December 1945: Dwight D. Eisenhower, later President of United States (made Knight in his capacity of General)

Asia - Middle East

• • Imperial State of Iran
    • 20 January 1937: Rezā Shāh, Emperor of Iran
    • 14 May 1959: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran
    • 3 May 1963: Empress Farah, former Empress of Iran

• 27 April 1998: Hussein, King of Jordan
• 27 April 1998: Queen Noor al-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

• 18 March 1984: Fahd, King of Saudi Arabia

Asia - Far East

• 18 May 1887: Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan
• 9 October 1899: Yoshihito, Emperor Taishō of Japan
• 23 January 1923: Hirohito, Emperor Showa of Japan
• 3 September 1930: Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu of Japan
• 8 August 1953: Akihito, former Emperor (Heisei) of Japan
• 5 March 1957: Takahito, Prince Mikasa of Japan
• 28 September 1965: Masahito, Prince Hitachi of Japan
• 21 April 1981: Nagako, Empress Kōjun of Japan
• 2 June 1998: Michiko, former Empress of Japan
• 16 November 2004: Naruhito, Emperor of Japan

• 17 October 1989: Birendra, King of Nepal

• 31 August 1903: Emperor Gojong of Korea
• 8 October 2007: Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea
• 11 May 2011: Lee Myung-bak, former President of South Korea

• (until 1939; 1945–1949)
  • 8 January 1892: Chulalongkorn (Rama V), King of Siam (1853–)
  • 27 July 1897: Vajiravudh (Rama VI), King of Siam (1881–), when Crown Prince of Siam
  • 27 July 1897: Svasti Sobhana, Prince of Siam
  • 7 August 1911: Chakrabongse Bhuvanath, Prince of Siam
  • 8 February 1926: Prajadhipok (Rama VII), King of Siam (1893–)
  • 4 June 1930: Paribatra Sukhumbandhu, Prince of Siam
  • 4 June 1930: Purachatra Jayakara, Prince of Siam
  • 13 July 1930: Damrong Rajanubhab, Prince of Siam
• (1939–1945; since 1949)
  • 28 November 1952: Chumbhotbongs Paribatra, Prince of Thailand
  • 21 April 1958: King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) of Thailand (1927–)
  • 6 September 1960: Queen Sirikit of Thailand
  • 7 February 2001: King Vajiralongkorn of Thailand, when Crown Prince of Thailand

Bibliography

• Book: Pedersen, Jørgen . Riddere af Elefantordenen, 1559–2009 . 2009 . Syddansk Universitetsforlag . Odense . da . 19 February 2024 . 978-87-7674-434-2.

Notes and References

1. Kongelig Dansk Hof-og Statscalender Statshaandbog for det danske Monarchie for Aaret 1860, p.27 (in Danish). Retrieved 12 March 2020
2. Book: Johann Heinrich Friedrich Berlien. Der Elephanten-Orden und seine Ritter: eine historische Abhandlung über die ersten Spuren dieses Ordens und dessen fernere Entwicklung bis zu seiner gegenwärtigen Gestalt, und nächstdem ein Material zur Personalhistorie, nach den Quellen des Königlichen Geheimen-Staatsarchivs und des Königlichen Ordenskapitelsarchivs zu Kopenhagen. 1846. Gedruckt in der Berlingschen Officin. 176.
3. Book: 1872 . 1st pub.:1801 . Bille-Hansen . A. C. . Holck . Harald . Statshaandbog for Kongeriget Danmark for Aaret 1872 . State Manual of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1872 . Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender . da . Copenhagen . J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri . 3 . 3 May 2020 . .
4. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/gigi_ho/drws/fb10bde8.jpg Photobucket
5. https://www.borger.dk/foa/Sider/default.aspx?fk=24&foaid=213 Official list of knights of the Order of the Elephant.
6. https://www.royalcourt.no/artikkel.html?tid=34904&sek=34891 Royal House of Norway
7. Web site: Suomen tasavallan presidentti: Kuvat: Vierailut. www.tpk.fi. fi-FI. 2018-11-22.
8. Gothaischer Hofkalender genealogisches Taschenbuch der fürstlichen Häuser 1930. Page 57