List of Grand Cordons of the Order of Leopold

The Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold is the highest and oldest rank of chivalrie and a formal diplomatic gift of the Kingdom of Belgium. This honours 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 (RD).

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19th century

Leopold I, Founder, until 1865

Horace François Sébastiani

Etienne-Denis Pasquier (1767-1852)

Pedro II was Grand Cordon only ten years old, and probably the youngest grand Cordon in Belgian History

king of Sardinia

King of Bavaria

Name	Date	Function
The King Grand-Master and Founder	1832	By Law of 11.07.1832
King Louis-Philippe	1833[1]	Wedding gift to his Father-in-Law
The Duke of Orleans	1833[2]	Wedding gift to his Brother in law
The Duke of Nemours	1833[3]	Wedding gift to his Brother in law
The 2nd Count of Flahaut	1833[4]	French Ambassador to the Court of St James's
Horace-François Sébastiani de La Porta	1833[5]	French Minister of Foreign Affairs
1st Duke of Dalmatia	1833[6]	10th Prime Minister of France
The Count of Lobau	1833[7]	Marshal of France
The 1st Count Gérard	1833[8]	11th Prime Minister of France
Gabriel Neigre	1833[9]
The Duke of Pasquier	1833[10]	president of the Chamber of Peers
The Baron Saint-Cyr Nugues	1833[11]
The Earl of Durham	1833[12]	Lord Privy Seal
François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo	1833[13]	French Army general
The Duke of Choiseul-Stainville	1833[14]	Governor of the Louvre Palace
The 3rd Duke of Broglie	1833[15]	Pair of France
Pedro II of Brazil	1835[16]
Ernest I of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha	1835[17]	Reigning Duke
Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha	1835[18]	Brother of the King
Ferdinand II of Portugal	1835[19]
Baron Gaspard Gourgaud	1837	French General
The 1st Count of Bonfim	1838[20]	12th Prime Minister of Portugal
Prosper Louis, 7th Duke of Arenberg [21]	1838
Eugène, 8th Prince of Ligne	1838[22]	President of the Senate
Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha	1839[23]	Wedding gift to the Nephew of the King
Henri Count of Merode, Marquess of Westerloo	1839[24]	ambassador
Bernard Pierre Magnan	1839	Marshal of France
Ludwig I of Bavaria	1840[25]	King of Bavaria
Charles Albert, King of Sardinia	1840[26]
Mgr.Luigi Lambruschini	1840[27]	Cardinal Secretary of State
The Duke of Saxe-Meinigen	1840[28]
Georg of Saxe-Meiningen	1840[29]	Heretier Duke of Saxe
The Duke of Saxe-Altenburg	1840[30]	Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
The Duke of Württemberg	1841[31]
Otto of Greece	1841[32]	King of Greece
The Duke of Aumale	1842[33]	Brother in Law
The Prince of Joinville	1842[34]	Brother in Law
The Grand Duke of Baden	1843
King Frederick Augustus II	1843[35]	King of Saxony
Louis, prince of Baden	1843[36]	Crown prince
King Christian VIII	1843[37]	King of Denmark
The Grand Duke of Oldenburg	1844[38]
Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha	1844[39]
The Grand Duke of Tuscany	1844[40]
The Duke of Montpensier	1844[41]	Brother in Law
Emmanuel, Count of Mensdorff-Pouilly	1845[42]	brother-in-law of the King
Archduke John of Austria	1845[43]	Imperial regent
The Elector of Hesse	1846[44]
Mgr. Pecci.	1846 [45]	Nonce Apostolique
Baron Louis Atthalin	1847[46]	ADC of King Louis
King Charles XV of Sweden	1847[47]
King Ferdinand II	1847 [48]	King of the Two Sicilies
The Duke of Skåne	1849[49]	Crown Prince
William III[50]	1849	King of the Netherlands
Emperor Franz Joseph	1849[51]	Emperor of Austria
King Oscar I	1849[52]	King of Sweden
King Maximilan II	1850[53]	King of Bavaria
King Frederick William IV	1850[54]	King of Prussia
Otto Theodor von Manteuffel[55]	1852	Minister
Maximilian, Archduke of Austria	1853[56]	Wedding Gift of the King.
Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria	1853[57]	Wedding Gift of the king.
The King of Saxony	1853[58]
The Duke of Brabant	1853[59]	9 April
King George V	1853[60]	King of Hannover
The Grand Duke of Oldenburg	1853[61]
Charles, Prince of Prussia	1853[62]
Emperor Napoleon III	1854[63]	Emperor of the French
The Prince Imperial	1854[64]
The Duke of Oporto	1854[65]	Futur King of Portugal
King Pedro V of Portugal	1854[66]	King of Portugal
Count Charles Lanckoroński	1855[67]	Imperial Lord Chamberlain
The king of Saxony	1855[68]
The Count of Flanders	1855[69]	heir presumptive to the Belgian throne
Vély-Eddin-Rifaat-Pach	1855[70]	ambassador
the King of Westphalia	1855[71]
Antonio López de Santa Anna	1855[72]	President of Mexico
Francis, Duke of Calabria	1855[73]
Luigi, Count Cibrario	1855[74]	Minister of the Foreign Office
Mehmed Fuad Pasha	1855[75]	Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Ottoman Empire
Mgr. Giacomo Antonelli	1855[76]	Cardinal Secretary of State
Alexandre, Count Colonna-Walewski	1855[77]	Diplomate
Raymond-Theodore Troplong	1855[78]	President of the French Senat
Friedrich von Thurn und Taxis	1855[79]	Imperial Lord Chamberlain
Baron von Budberg	1855[80]	Aide-de-camp of the Tsar
Jean-Baptiste, 1st Count Vaillant	1855[81]	Marechal of France
Victor Emmanuel	1855[82]	King of Sardinia
Heinrich von Wedel	1855[83]	military Governor
Bernard Pierre Magnan	1855[84]	French Marchall
Count Felix de Muelenaere	1856[85]	3rd Prime Minister of Belgium
Baron Étienne Constantin de Gerlache	1856[86]	1st President of the Court of Cassation
The Count of Theux de Meylandt	1856[87]	5th Prime Minister of Belgium
Oscar, Duke of Östergötland	1856[88]
Albrecht, Duke of Teschen	1856[89]
Heinrich LXVII, prince of Reuss	1856[90]
Alexander II of Russia	1856[91]
Joseph, 17th Prince of Chimay	1856[92]	diplomat
Count Félix de Mérode	1857[93]	defence minister of Belgium
The Duke of Loulé	1857[94]	President of the Council
Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia	1857[95]
Anatole de Montesquiou-Fezensac	1857[96]
The 2nd Marquess of Rumigny	1857[97]	Diplomate of the French King
Baron Pierre de Schiervel	1857[98]	President of the Senate
Alphonse O'Sullivan de Grass	1859[99]	Ambassador
Henri de Liem	1859[100]	ADC of the King
Paul Devaux	[101]	Promotor of King Leopold I
Mathieu Leclercq	[102]	Minister of justice
The Count de Castellane	1859[103]	Marshals of France

Leopold II, 1865-1909

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
Emperor Alexander III	1865	Emperor of All the Russias
Henri de Brouckère[104]	1866	Minister
Viscount Charles Vilain XIIII[105]	1866	Minister
Amadeo, Prince of Asturia	1866 [106]	Crown Prince of Spain
Barthélémy du Mortier	1870 [107]	botanist and Minister of State
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn	1873	Governor General of Canada
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar	1873[108]	King of Persia
Archduke Rainer	1874[109]	President of the Expo Vienna
Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha	1874[110]	Wedding gift to his Son in law
Baron Alfred von Fabrice	1874[111]	Diplomate of Saxe
The Duke of Magenta	1874[112]	President of France
Hüseyin Avni Pasha	1874[113]	Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
António Cardoso Avelino	1874[114]	Minister of Portugal
BaronJomini	1874[115]	Russian Diplomate, President of the congress in Brussels
Prince Charles III	1874[116]	Sovereign of Monaco
Edouard d'Huart	1878	Minister of Finance
Mathieu Brialmont	1878
Count Bloudoff	1878[117]	Ambassador of the Tsar.
Bohuslav, Count Chotek	1878[118]	Ambassador of the Emperor.
Rafael Carlos Merry del Val	1878[119]	Ambassador to the King of Spain.
Mgr. Vincenzo Vannutelli	1878[120]	Cardinal, Nonce Apostolique.
von Brandenburg	1878[121]	Ambassador to the Emperor.
Charles Duchatel	1878[122]	Ambassador to the French Republic.
Archduke Rudolf	1880[123]	Wedding gift.
Walthère Frère-Orban	1881[124]	Prime Minister
Louis Gallait	1881[125]	Painter
Jules Malou	1882[126]	Minister
Count Edmond de Sélys Longchamps	1882	President of Senate
the Duke of Clarence	1885 [127]	Cousin, Once removed
Prince Baudouin	1887 [128]	Heir to the Belgian Throne
baron Auguste Lambermont	1888 [129]	Minister of State
Henry Morton Stanley	1890[130]	Royal Explorer of Congo.
Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern	1894 [131]	Nephew
Friedrich Krafft Graf von Crailsheim	1894[132]	Foreign Minister of Bavaria
Auguste Beernaert	1894 [133]	Prime Minister.
François-Auguste Gevaert	1896	Composer
Christian X	1897[134]	King of Denmark
Prince Valdemar	1897[135]
Prince Svasti Sobhana	1897[136]	Prince of Siam
Marquis Itō Hirobumi	1897[137]	Prime Minister of Japan
Prince Rupprecht	1897[138]	Crown Prince of Bavaria
the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein	1898 [139]	Wedding Gift of the King
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands	1898[140]	Queen of the Netherlands
Queen Emma of the Netherlands	1898[141]	Queen Mother
Émile Loubet	1900[142]	President of France
Prince Kan'in Kotohito	1900[143]	Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff
Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria	1900[144]	Wedding gift
Prince Arnulf of Bavaria	1900[145]	Wedding gift
Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria	1900[146]	Wedding gift
Ludwig III of Bavaria	1900[147]	Wedding gift
Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria	1900[148]	Wedding gift
Adolf von Auer	1900[149]	Member of the Bavarian Chamber - Royal Wedding Gift
Jules von Auer	1900[150]	President of the Regency- Royal Wedding Gift
Gustav zu Castell-Castell	1900[151]	Grand Master of the Royal Court - Royal Wedding Gift
Afons von Lerchenfeld	1900[152]	Aide de Camp of the Regent - Royal Wedding Gift
Karl von Perfall	1900[153]	Intendant of the Court - Royal Wedding Gift
Albert von Seinsheim	1900[154]	Grand Marshall of the Court - Royal Wedding Gift
Franz Joseph von Stein	1900[155]	Archbishop, Royal Wedding Gift
Rudolphe von der Tann	1900[156]	Ambassador of the Regent, Royal Wedding Gift
Carl von Wolfskeel von Reichenberg	1900[157]	Grand Eqquiery of the Regent Royal Wedding Gift
Ritter von Xylander	1900[158]	ADC of Leopold II, Royal Wedding Gift
Theophile Delclassé	1900 [159]	Minister
Cardinal Goossens	1900 [160]	Cardinal
Gojong of Korea	1901[161]	Emperor of Korea
Alfonso XIII	1902[162]	King of Spain
the Queen of Spain	1902[163]
Cardinal Granito di Belmonte	1904 [164]	Nonce Apostolique
count of Wallwitz	1904 [165]	Ambassador of the German Emperor
Sunjong of Korea	1904 [166]	Imperial Crown Prince
the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha	1905[167]	Wedding gift
Mgr. Merry del val	1906[168]	Cardinal
Count Kiyoura Keigo	1906[169]	23rd Prime Minister of Japan
Haakon VII	1906[170]	King of Norway
Tōgō Heihachirō	1907 [171]	Japanese Marshal-Admiral
Count Charles Woeste	Leopold II	Minister
Baron Jules-Joseph d'Anethan	Leopold II	Minister
Count Paul de Smet de Naeyer	Leopold II	Minister
Jules Greindl	Leopold II	Minister Of state
Count Charles John d'Oultremont	Leopold II	Marschall to the Royal Court
Baron Auguste Goffinet	Leopold II	Grand Master of the Imperial Household of Empress Charlotte

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[172]	Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Baron Kurino Shin'ichiro	1910[173]	Imperial ambassador
Lord Piershil	1910[174]	Diplomate of the Netherlands
Jhr. René de Marees van Swinderen	1910[175]	Minister for Foreign Affairs.
The Marquess di San Giuliano	1911[176]	Italian diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Prince Mohammed Ali	1911[177]	Egyptian Prince
Count Toda Ujitaka	1911[178]	Master of Ceremonies to the Emperor
Abbas II of Egypt	1911
Fuad I	1912[179]	King of Egypt
Joseph Marie Hellenbout	1912	Minister
Raymond Poincaré	1913[180]	Prime Minister of France
Prince Axel	1913[181]	Prince of Denmark
Erik Scavenius	1914[182]	12th Prime Minister of Denmark
Lou Tseng-Tsiang	1914[183]	Premier of the Republic of China
The 2nd Marquess of Lema	1915[184]	Minister Foreign Affairs,
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone	1915	Major General
John French, Earl of Ypres	1916	Field Marshall
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig	1916	Field Marshall
Emperor Taishō	1916[185]	The Emperor of Japan
John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe	1917
General John Pershing	1917[186]	Chief of Staff of the United States Army
King Alexander I	1918[187]	King of Yugoslavia
Cardinal Désiré-Joseph Mercier	1918[188]	Belgian Primate
Ernest Solvay	1918[189]
Gérard Cooreman	1918
Bhupinder Singh	1918[190]	Maharaja of the princely state of Patiala
Baron Paul-Louis de Favereau	1919[191]	Minister of State
Count Charles de Broqueville	1919[192]	Minister
General Count Gérard Leman	1919[193]	General
Lieutenant-General Louis Bernheim	1919[194]	General
Lieutenant-General Louis Ruquoy	1919[195]	General
Lieutenant-General Baron Alphonse Jacques de Dixmude	1919[196]	General
Lieutenant-General Baron de Ceuninck	1919[197]	General
Lieutenant-General Baron Édouard Michel du Faing d'Aigremont	1919	General
Lieutenant-General Gillain	1919[198]	General
Lieutenant-General Biebuyck	1919[199]	General
Lieutenant-General Baron Drubbel	1919[200]	General
Vice Admiral William Sowden Sims	1919[201]	President of the Naval War College
admiral Hugh Rodman	1919[202]	Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet
Mario García Menocal	1919[203]	3rd President of Cuba
Faisal I of Iraq	1919[204]	King of Syria
Emile Verhaeren	1920[205]	Post Mortem
Count Maurice Maeterlinck	1920[206]	Nobel Prize in Literature
Gustave Ador	1920[207]	President of the Swiss Confederation
Sir Adatci, Mineichiro	1921[208]	Imperial ambassador to Belgium
Count Amedée Visart de Bocarmé	1921	President of the Chamber and Mayor of Brugge
Nicholas Murray Butler	1921[209]	12th President of Columbia University
Lieutenant-General Harry Jungbluth	1923[210]	Chief of the Military Household of His Majesty
Pieter Cort van der Linden	1923[211]	Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Edvard Beneš	1923[212]	4th President of Czechoslovakia
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk	1923[213]	1st President of Czechoslovakia
Jhr. John Loudon	1923[214]	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Baron Léon de Witte de Haelen	1924[215]	Inspector-General of the Cavalry
Lieutenant-General Victor Bertrand	1924[216]	Général
Emperor Haile Selassie	1924[217]	Emperor of Ethiopia
Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso	1924[218]	President of Cuba
count Makino Nobuaki	1925[219]	9th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan
Baron Kijūrō Shidehara	1925[220]	31st Prime Minister of Japan
Prince Prince Yasuhiko Asaka	1925[221]
Reza Shah	1925[222]	Imperial Shah of Iran
Karl Robert Pusta	1925[223]	Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
Cardinal Clemente Micara	1925[224]	Papal Nonce in Belgium
the 17th Duke of Alba	1925[225]	Duke of Berwick
The 1st Marquess of Reading	1925[226]	Governor-General of India
Baron Eugène Beyens	1925[227]	Belgian minister
Jhr.Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck	1925[228]	Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Jhr. Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek	1925[229]	Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Prajadhipok	1926[230]	King of Siam
Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez	1926[231]	11th President of Colombia
Miguel Abadía Méndez	1926[232]	12th President of Colombia
Louis Betrand	1926[233]	Minister of State
Emile Francqui	1926[234]	Belgian Minister of State
Antonín Švehla	1927[235]
Prince Devawong Varodaya	1927[236]	Prince of Siam
Amanullah Khan	1928[237]	King of Afghanistan
Prince Gustav	1928[238]	Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia
Prince Knud of Denmark	1928[239]	Hereditary Prince of Denmark
Laust Moltesen	1928[240]	Foreign Minister of Denmark
Thomas Madsen-Mygdal	1928[241]	10th Prime Minister of Denmark
Zog I	1929[242]	King of the Albanians
Raouf Fitso	1929[243]	Diplomat
Konstatin Kotta	1929[244]	14th Prime Minister of Albania
Sir William Herbert Phillipps	1929[245]	honorary consul for Belgium in South Australia
Henry Fletcher	1929[246]	United States Ambassador to Belgium
Gerardo Machado	1929[247]	5th President of Cuba
Émile-Joseph Galet	1930[248]	General
Prince Takamatsu	1930[249]	Imperial Prince of Japan
Isidro Ayora	1930[250]	President of Ecuador
Petar Živković	1930[251]	8th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
Adolphe Max	1932[252]	Mayor of Brussels
Jules Renkin[253]	1932	28th Prime Minister of Belgium
Ferdinand Foch	Albert I	French Marshal
Aloys Van de Vyvere	Albert I	Minister

Leopold III 1934-1951

Eggert Reeder	1938	governor of Cologne
Winston Churchill	1945	Prime Minister
Dwight D. Eisenhower[254]	1945
Queen Juliana	Leopold III	Queen of the Netherlands
Irene of Orange-Nassau	Leopold III	Dutch Princess

King Baudouin 1951-1993

Name	Year	Function
Shah Reza Pahlevi of Persia	1960[255]	Sjah of Persia
Joseph Kasa-Vubu	1960[256]	1st President of Kongo.
Rama IX	1960	King of Thailand
Queen Sirikit	1960	Consort of Thailand
Queen Elizabeth II	1963	Queen of the UK
the Duke of Edinburgh	1963	Consort of the UK
Josip Broz Tito	1970
Hirohito	1971	Emperor of Japan
Kōjun	1971	Empress Consort of Japan.
Edmond Leburton	1977 [257]	Minister
King Juan Carlos	1978	King of Spain
Queen Sofia	1978	Consort of Spain
Mstislav Rostropovich	1989	Soloist
Akihito		Emperor of Japan
Prince Philippe[258]	1990	Oldest son of the Prince of Liège

Note : Laurent of Belgium was created By Counsel of Ministers on 6 augustus 1993.

King Albert II 1993- 2013

Name	year	Function
Queen Paola[259]	1994	Queen Consort of the King of the Belgians
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg	1994	Nepew
Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg	1994	Consort of Luxemburg
Felipe, Prince of Asturias	1994	Crown prince of Spain
Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo	1994	Infanta of Spain
Cristina, Infanta of Spain	1994	Infanta of Spain
Andries Kinsbergen[260]	1995	Minister
Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan	1996	Crown prince
Lucien Buysse [261]	1997	Grand Marshal of the Royal Court
Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este [262]	1997	Daughter
Stranard [263]	1998	president Court of Cassatie
Eliane Liekendael[264]	1998	procureur-generaal bij het Hof van Cassatie
Aleksander Kwaśniewski	1999	President of Poland
Jolanta Kwaśniewska	1999	Consort of Poland
Roger Lallemand[265]	1999	Minister of State
Leo Tindemans[266]	1999	Minister
Louis De Grève	1999	Pres. Arbitragehof
Frank Swaelen[267]	1999	Minister

21st Century

Name	Year	Function
Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este[268]	2000	Son-in-Law
Jean-Marie Piret[269]	2000	emeritus-procureur-generaal bij het Hof van Cassatie
Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant[270]	2000	Daughter in Law
Jorge Sampaio	2000	President of Portugal
Maria Jose Ritta	2000	Consort of President of Portugal
Victoria, Duchess of Västergötland	2001	Crown Princess of Sweden
Jan Willems[271]	2001	Grand Marshal of the Royal Court
Georgi Parvanov	2003	President of Bulgaria
Zorka Parvanova	2003	Consort of President of Bulgaria
Princess Claire[272]	2004	Daughter in Law
Tarja Halonen[273]	2004	President of Finland
King Mohammed VI[274]	2004	King of Morocco
Roman Herzog	2005	President of Germany
General Mertens[275]	2005	Chief of the Military Household of the King
J. du Jardin	2005	procureur-generaal bij het Hof van Cassatie
Frank de Conick [276]	2006	Grand Marshal of the Royal Court
Roland Gillet[277]	2006	Member of Senate
Valdas Adamkus	2006[278]	President of Lithuania
Alex Arts	2007[279]	President of Constitutionial Court
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga	2007	President of Latvia
Marc Lahousse	2008[280]	First President Court of Cassastion
László Sólyom	2008	Presindent of Hungary
Toomas Hendrik Ilves	2008	President of Estonia
Guy Verhofstadt	2008[281]	47th Prime Minister of Belgium
Count Herman Van Rompuy	2009[282]	President of the Chamber of Representatives and President of the European Council
Michel Melchior	2010[283]	President of Constitutional Court
Count Jean-Pierre de Launoit	2012[284]	President Queen Elisabeth Concours
Countess Solange de Liedekerke de Pailhe	2012[285]	Lady-in-Waiting of Queen Fabiola.

King Philippe 2013

Name	Year	Function
Baron Marc Bossuyt[286]	2013	President of the Constitutional Court
Count Jacques Rogge	2013	Honorary President IOC
Major General Wilfried Van Kerckhove [287]	2013	Grand Master of Queen Fabiola's Household
Xi Jinping	2015	President of China
Recep Tayyip Erdogan[288]	2015	President of Turkey
Andrzej Duda	2015	President of Poland
Agata Kornhauser-Duda	2015	First Lady of Poland
Joachim Gauck	2016	President of Germany
Daniela Schadt	2016	First Lady of Germany
King Abdullah II	2016	King of Jordan
Queen Rania	2016	Consort of Jordan
Masako	2016	Consort of Japan
King Willem-Alexander	2016	King of the Netherlands
Queen Maxima	2016	Consort of the Netherlands
Vice-admiraal Pierre Warnauts	2016[289]	Chief of Protocol of His Majesty the King of the Belgians
General Joseph Van den put	2016[290]	Chief of the Military Household of his Majesty the King of the Belgians
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa	2018	President of Portugal
Emmanuel Macron	2018	President of France
Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant	2019	Oldest daughter, heir to the throne

Unknown

• The Duke of Frias, (Before 1838).[291]
• The Marques of Saldanha, (Before 1838).[292]
• Mgr Tommaso Pasquale Gizzi, Nuntio, (Before 1838).[293]
• The Baron of Arnhim, (Before 1838).[294]
• Mustafa Reşid Pasha, (Before 1838).[295]
• General Sa da Bandeira, (Before 1838).[296]
• Charles Joseph, comte Bresson, (Before 1838).[297]
• Alexander I of Yugoslavia
• Mohamed Ennaceur, before 2008.
• Konstantinos Mousouros
• Achille Van Acker.
• Porfirio Díaz
• Ernest Krings
• Charles de Gaulle
• William Lyon Mackenzie King.
• Camille Gutt.
• Sylvain Van de Weyer.
• Baron Julien Liebaert.
• Baron Pierre Jacques, Grand Marshall of the royal Court.
• Baron Édouard Descamps
• Baron Victor de Tornaco.
• Baron Jean-Jacques Baude.
• Count Henri Carton de Wiart, Minister.
• Count Edmond Carton de Wiart, Grand Marshall of the Royal court.
• Nursultan Nazarbayev
• Józef Piłsudski

Books

• F. Veldekens, Le livre d'or de l'ordre de Léopold et de la croix de fer (Brussels: Lelong, 1858-1861).

References

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5. RD of 10.03.1833
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7. RD of 01.12.1833
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16. Albert I;Museum Dynasticum N° .21: 2009/ n° 2
17. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1: Tarlier, 1854, p. 37
18. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1: Tarlier, 1854, p. 37
19. Le livre d'or de l'ordre de Léopold et de la croix de fer, Volume 1 /Ferdinand Veldekens
20. Le livre d'or de l'ordre de Léopold et de la croix de fer, Volume 2
21. Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier
22. RD of 16.06.1838
23. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1: Tarlier, 1854, p. 37
24. Rd of 07.06.1839
25. Almanach de la cour (1841): contenant les indications les plus complètes sur les cours ... /Hauman & Cie, 1841
26. Almanach de la cour (1841): contenant les indications les plus complètes sur les cours ... /Hauman & Cie, 1841
27. Almanach de la cour (1841): contenant les indications les plus complètes sur les cours ... /Hauman & Cie, 1841
28. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1: Tarlier, 1854, p. 37
29. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1: Tarlier, 1854, p. 37
30. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1: Tarlier, 1854, p. 37
31. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1: Tarlier, 1854, p. 37
32. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1: Tarlier, 1854, p. 37
33. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1: Tarlier, 1854, p. 37
34. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1: Tarlier, 1854, p. 37
35. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1: Tarlier, 1854, p. 37
36. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1: Tarlier, 1854, p. 37
37. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1: Tarlier, 1854, p. 37
38. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1: Tarlier, 1854, p. 37
39. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1: Tarlier, 1854, p. 37
40. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1: Tarlier, 1854, p. 37
41. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1: Tarlier, 1854, p. 37
42. RD of 13.03.1845
43. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1: Tarlier, 1854, p. 37
44. Le livre d'or de l'ordre de Léopold et de la croix de fer, Volume 1 /Ferdinand Veldekens
45. Laatste Nieuws (Het) 01-01-1910
46. RD of 23.07.1847
47. Le livre d'or de l'ordre de Léopold et de la croix de fer, Volume 1 /Ferdinand Veldekens
48. Handelsblad (Het) 16-04-1847
49. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1: Tarlier, 1854, p. 37
50. Handelsblad (Het) 23-04-1849
51. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1 ; Tarlier, 1854
52. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1 ; Tarlier, 1854
53. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1 ; Tarlier, 1854
54. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1 ; Tarlier, 1854
55. Indépendance Belge (L') 20-04-1852
56. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1 ; Tarlier, 1854
57. Le livre d'or de l'ordre de Léopold et de la croix de fer, Volume 1 /Ferdinand Veldekens
58. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1 ; Tarlier, 1854
59. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1 ; Tarlier, 1854
60. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1 ; Tarlier, 1854
61. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1 ; Tarlier, 1854
62. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1 ; Tarlier, 1854
63. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1 ; Tarlier, 1854
64. Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi, Volume 1 ; Tarlier, 1854
65. Le livre d'or de l'ordre de Léopold et de la croix de fer, Volume 1 /Ferdinand Veldekens
66. Le livre d'or de l'ordre de Léopold et de la croix de fer, Volume 1 /Ferdinand Veldekens
67. Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier
68. Le livre d'or de l'ordre de Léopold et de la croix de fer, Volume 1 /Ferdinand Veldekens
69. Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier
70. Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier
71. Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier
72. Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier
73. Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier
74. Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier
75. Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier
76. Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier
77. Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier
78. Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier
79. Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier
80. Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier
81. Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier
82. Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier
83. Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier
84. Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier
85. RD of 19.07.1856
86. RD of 19.07.1856
87. RD of 19.07.1856
88. Le livre d'or de l'ordre de Léopold et de la croix de fer, Volume 1 /Ferdinand Veldekens
89. Le livre d'or de l'ordre de Léopold et de la croix de fer, Volume 1 /Ferdinand Veldekens
90. Le livre d'or de l'ordre de Léopold et de la croix de fer, Volume 1 /Ferdinand Veldekens
91. Le livre d'or de l'ordre de Léopold et de la croix de fer, Volume 1 /Ferdinand Veldekens
92. RD of 19.07.1856
93. RD of 07.02.1857
94. Le livre d'or de l'ordre de Léopold et de la croix de fer, Volume 2
95. Le livre d'or de l'ordre de Léopold et de la croix de fer, Volume 1 /Ferdinand Veldekens
96. Rd of 29.07.1857
97. Le livre d'or de l'ordre de Léopold et de la croix de fer, Volume 2
98. RD 26.02.1857 / Met gezag bekleed, p.65.
99. RD of 21.6.1859
100. RD of 14.03.1859
101. RD of 12.06.1859
102. RD of 12.06.1859
103. RD of 13.09.1859
104. Bien Public (Le) 11-06-1866/ RD of 10.6.1866
105. Bien Public (Le) 11-06-1866/ RD of 10.6.1866
106. Koophandel (De) 02-03-1866
107. Handelsblad (Het) 25-07-1870
108. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naser_al-Din_Shah_Qajar
109. Almanach royal officiel: 1875; p. 55
110. Almanach royal officiel: 1875; p. 55
111. Almanach royal officiel: 1875; p. 55
112. Almanach royal officiel: 1875; p. 55
113. Almanach royal officiel: 1875; p. 55
114. Almanach royal officiel: 1875; p. 55
115. Almanach royal officiel: 1875; p. 55
116. Almanach royal officiel: 1875; p. 55
117. Handelsblad (Het) 28-08-1878
118. Handelsblad (Het) 28-08-1878
119. Handelsblad (Het) 28-08-1878
120. Handelsblad (Het) 28-08-1878
121. Handelsblad (Het) 28-08-1878
122. Handelsblad (Het) 28-08-1878
123. Koophandel (De) 06-03-1880
124. Handelsblad (Het) 11-06-1881 / Wedding honour of Princess Stephanie in Vienna
125. Handelsblad (Het) 15-05-1881
126. Handelsblad (Het) 12-06-1882
127. Handelsblad (Het) 12-02-1885
128. Handelsblad (Het) 02-06-1887, RD of 8th Jun 1887
129. Handelsblad (Het) 21-07-1888
130. Handelsblad (Het) 09-03-1890
131. Nieuws Van Den Dag (Het) 03-02-1894
132. Albert I;Museum Dynasticum N° .21: 2009/ n° 2.
133. Laatste Nieuws (Het) 29-03-1894
134. Rd of 22.07.1897
135. Rd of 22.07.1897
136. Mémorial du centenaire de l'Ordre de Léopold. 1832-1932. Bruxelles, J. Rozez, 1933.
137. Mémorial du centenaire de l'Ordre de Léopold. 1832-1932. Bruxelles, J. Rozez, 1933.
138. Albert I;Museum Dynasticum N° .21: 2009/ n° 2; pag.30.
139. Handelsblad (Het) 27-07-1898
140. Handelsblad (Het) 01-09-1898
141. Handelsblad (Het) 01-09-1898
142. Nieuws Van Den Dag (Het) 07-10-1900
143. Het Nieuws Van Den Dag / 03-05-1900
144. Albert I;Museum Dynasticum N° .21: 2009/ n° 2.
145. Albert I;Museum Dynasticum N° .21: 2009/ n° 2.
146. Albert I;Museum Dynasticum N° .21: 2009/ n° 2.
147. Albert I;Museum Dynasticum N° .21: 2009/ n° 2.
148. Albert I;Museum Dynasticum N° .21: 2009/ n° 2.
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150. Albert I;Museum Dynasticum N° .21: 2009/ n° 2.
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155. Albert I;Museum Dynasticum N° .21: 2009/ n° 2.
156. Albert I;Museum Dynasticum N° .21: 2009/ n° 2.
157. Albert I;Museum Dynasticum N° .21: 2009/ n° 2.
158. Albert I;Museum Dynasticum N° .21: 2009/ n° 2.
159. Handelsblad (Het) 03-11-1900
160. Golden Priesthood / Handelsblad (Het) 07-03-1905
161. RD of 10.08.1901
162. RD of 14.02.1902
163. Rd of 19.01.1902
164. Nieuws Van Den Dag (Het) 31-01-1904
165. Nieuws Van Den Dag (Het) 02-02-1904
166. Nieuws Van Den Dag (Het) 02-06-1904
167. 03.07.1905
168. Handelsblad (Het) 27-04-1906
169. RD of 12.07.1906
170. RD of 02.10.1906
171. Tōgō Heihachirō
172. RD of 04.05.1910
173. RD of 19.01.1910
174. RD of 14.05.1910
175. RD of 15.09.1910
176. RD of 02.02.1911
177. RD of 28.08.1911
178. RD of 28.02.1911
179. RD of 03.08.1912
180. RD of 26.02.1913
181. RD of 22.06.1913
182. RD of 19.05.1914
183. RD of 04.05.1914
184. RD of 20.11.1915
185. RD of 14.11.1916
186. RD of 29.12.1917
187. RD of 10.11.1918
188. RD of 08.12.1918
189. RD of 08.12.1918
190. RD of 04.07.1918
191. RD of 15.11.1919
192. RD of 18.11.1919
193. RD of 14.08.1919
194. RD of 14.08.1919
195. RD of 14.08.1919
196. RD of 14.08.1919
197. RD of 14.08.1919
198. RD of 14.08.1919
199. RD of 14.08.1919
200. RD of 14.08.1919
201. Rd of 22.12.1919
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203. Rd of 05.03.1919
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205. RD of 27.01.1920
206. RD of 27.01.1920
207. RD of 15.09.1920
208. RD of 01.07.1921
209. RD of 28.07.1921
210. RD of 21.07.1923
211. RD of 10.02.1923
212. RD of 20.10.1923
213. RD of 20.10.1923
214. RD of 10.02.1923
215. RD of 06.10.1924
216. RD of 06.10.1924
217. RD of 22.05.1924
218. RD of 24.11.1924
219. RD of 07.02.1925
220. RD of 07.02.1925-Mémorial du centenaire de l'Ordre de Léopold. 1832-1932. Bruxelles, J. Rozez, 1933.
221. RD of 29.04.1925
222. RD 10.06.1925-Mémorial du centenaire de l'Ordre de Léopold. 1832-1932. Bruxelles, J. Rozez, 1933.
223. RD of 08.38.1925
224. RD of 23.12.1925
225. RD of 17.06.1925
226. RD of 05.10.1925
227. RD of 01.12.1925
228. RD of 10.04.1925
229. RD of 10.04.1925
230. Mémorial du centenaire de l'Ordre de Léopold. 1832-1932. Bruxelles, J. Rozez, 1933.
231. Rd of 12.11.1926
232. Rd of 12.11.1926
233. RD of 12.01.1926
234. RD of 15.11.1926
235. RD of 11.07.1927
236. Mémorial du centenaire de l'Ordre de Léopold. 1832-1932. Bruxelles, J. Rozez, 1933.
237. RD of 08.02.1928
238. Rd of 20.04.1928
239. Rd of 20.04.1928
240. Rd of 20.04.1928
241. Rd of 20.04.1928
242. RD of 04.11.1929
243. RD of 04.09.1929
244. RD of 04.09.1929
245. RD of 15.12.1929
246. RD of 15.12.1929
247. RD of 25.03.1929
248. RD of 12.12.1930
249. Rd of 30.07.1930
250. RD of 05.09.1930
251. RD of 30.10.1930
252. RD of 26.11.1932
253. RD of 26.11.1932
254. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2012-06-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
255. http://www.britishpathe.com/video/shah-of-persia-visits-brussels/query/KING+BAUDOUIN+LAYS+WREATH+ON
256. http://www.lavdc.net/portail/les-discours-du-30-juin-1960-roi-baudouin-pdt-joseph-kasavubu-et-le-1er-min-patrice-emery-lumumba/
257. RD 16.04.1977
258. De monarchie in België. Author: Wyvekens, Pierre Year: 1992 Publisher: Brussel Inbel
259. RD of 2 March 1994
260. 1995 http://www.odis.be/lnk/PS_38494 /RD of 21 December 1995
261. RD of 12 juni 1997
262. RD 6 July 1997
263. RD 2 April 1998
264. RD of 26 November 1998
265. https://www.senate.be/www/?MIval=/showSenator&ID=92&LANG=nl
266. RD of 13 April 1999
267. RD of 19 October 1999
268. RD of 20 December 2000
269. 26 juni 2000
270. RD of 19 September 2000
271. 19 December 2001
272. RD of 14 July 2004
273. state visit of 2004
274. state visit of 2004
275. RD 2 maart 2005
276. RD 3 October 2006
277. RD 11 October 2006
278. http://archyvas.lrp.lt/en/news.full/6486
279. RD of 25 September 2007
280. RD of 23 April 2008
281. RD of 13 April 2008
282. RD of 17 December 2009
283. RD of 24 November 2010
284. 13 July 2012
285. RD of 10 October 2012
286. Royal decree of 8 December 2013
287. Royal Decree of 6 July 2013
288. http://www.dewereldmorgen.be/artikel/2015/10/05/verontwaardiging-om-grootlint-in-de-leopoldsorde-voor-erdoan
289. RD 13 December 2016
290. RD 27 November 2016
291. Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier /p. 126
292. Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier /p. 126
293. Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier /p. 126
294. Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier /p. 126
295. Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier /p. 126
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297. Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier /p. 126