List of honours of Belgium awarded to heads of state and royalty
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This article serves as an index – as complete as possible – of all the honorific orders or similar decorations awarded by Belgium, classified by Monarchies chapter and Republics chapter, and, under each chapter, recipients' countries and the detailed list of recipients.
Awards
- For Leopold Recipients, see the list of grand cordons of the Order of Leopold
Monarchies
Europe
Belgian Royal Family
Main article:
List of honours of the Belgian Royal Family by country
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- King Philippe:
- Grand Master and Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, military division
- Grand Master of the Royal Order of the Lion (dormant), Order of the Crown & Order of Leopold II
- Queen Mathilde : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- King Albert II : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, military division[1]
- Queen Paola : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- Prince Lorenz : Grand Cordons of the Order of Leopold
- Prince Laurent : Grand Cordons of the Order of Leopold, military division
- Princess Claire : Grand Cordons of the Order of Leopold
Norwegian Royal Family
- King Harald V: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, military division °
- Queen Sonja: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, civil division °
- Princess Astrid: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown°
Swedish Royal Family
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- King Carl XVI Gustaf: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold(1977)
- Queen Silvia: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (1977)
- Crown Princess Victoria: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2001)
Danish Royal Family
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- Queen Margrethe II: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- Crown Prince Frederik: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- Crown Princess Mary: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown
- Prince Joachim: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown
- Princess Marie: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II
- Princess Benedikte: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown
Dutch Royal Family
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- King Willem-Alexander:
- Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2016)
- Queen Máxima:
- Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2016)
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) (2006)
- Princess Beatrix: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold - Civil division (2003)
- Prince Constantijn: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
- Princess Laurentien : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) (2016)
- Princess Irene: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- Princess Margriet: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown
- Pieter van Vollenhoven: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown
Luxembourgish Grand-Ducal Family
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- Grand Duke Henri: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (1994)
- Grand Duchess Maria Teresa: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (1994)
- Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown
- Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown
- Prince Guillaume: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (1994)
Spanish Royal Family
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- King Felipe VI: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- King Juan Carlos: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- Queen Sofía: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- Infanta Cristina: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold(1994)
Liechtenstein
- Prince Nikolaus: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (as former ambassador of Liechtenstein in Belgium)[citation needed]
- Alexander Frick: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold[2]
- Leopold Freiherr von Imhof: Knight's Cross of the Order of Leopold[3]
British Royal Family
- Queen Elizabeth II : - 1963 – - Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold[citation needed]
Asia
Thai Royal Family
- Queen Sirikit: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (1960)
Japanese Imperial Family
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- Emperor Emperus Akihito: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- Empress Emerita Michiko: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- Emperor Naruhito: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- Empress Masako: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold[citation needed]
Former
Bulgarian Royal Family
- King Simeon II: Knight Grand Cross of Order of the Crown (Belgium)[citation needed]
Iranian Imperial Family
- Empress Farah: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold[citation needed]
Republics
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Bulgaria
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- President Georgi Parvanov : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2003)
- Zorka Petrova Parvanova : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2003)\
China
- President Xi Jinping : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2014)[citation needed]
Estonia
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- President Toomas Hendrik Ilves : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2008)
- Evelin Ilves : Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) (2008)
France
- Nicolas Sarkozy : Commander of the Order of Leopold (ministre de l’Économie, des Finances et de l’Industrie, 2004)[citation needed]
Finland
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- President Tarja Halonen : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2004)
- Pentti Arajärvi : Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (2004)
Hungary
- President László Sólyom: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2008)[citation needed]
Latvia
- President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2007)[4]
Lithuania
- President Valdas Adamkus : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2006)[5]
- Alma Adamkienė : Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (2006)[5]
Poland
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- President Lech Wałęsa : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- President Aleksander Kwaśniewski : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (1999)
- Jolanta Kwaśniewska : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (1999)
Portugal
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- President Jorge Sampaio : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2005)
- Maria José Rodrigues Ritta : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2005)
Turkey
- President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2015) [6]
See also
- Mirror page : List of honours of the Belgian Royal Family by country
References
- ^ "Z.M. BOUDEWIJN". moriendi.be (in Dutch). 1 August 2023. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008.
- ^ Frommelt, Fabian (31 December 2011). "Frick, Alexander". Historisches Lexikon (in German). Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ Quaderer, Rupert (31 December 2011). "Imhof, Leopold Baron von". Historisches Lexikon (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ Biography on personal website
- ^ a b Lithuanian Presidency, article about the Belgian State visit in 2006
- ^ "King Philippe of Belgium presents Order of Leopold to President Erdogan". Presidency of the Republic of Turkey. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
External links
- Norway: See also the following decorations pages: Harald, Sonja, Haakon, Mette-Marit, Mârtha Louise, Astrid and Ragnhild