List of honours of Belgium awarded to heads of state and royalty
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Awards
Monarchies
- European monarchies
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Belgian Royal Family
- King Philippe:
- Grand Master and Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, military division
- Grand Master of the Order of the African Star (dormant), Royal Order of the Lion (dormant), Order of the Crown & Order of Leopold II
- Queen Mathilde : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- King Albert II : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, military division
- Queen Paola : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- Princess Astrid & 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
See also decorations pages (mark °) : Harald, Sonja, Haakon, Mette-Marit, Mârtha Louise, Astrid & Ragnhild
- King Harald V: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, military division ° [1]
- Queen Sonja: Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, civil division ° [1]
- Princess Astrid: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown°
Swedish Royal Family [2]
- King Carl XVI Gustaf: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (1977)
- Queen Silvia: Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (1977)
- Crown Princess Victoria: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2001)
Danish Royal Family
Official website pages (click on "Decorations") : Margrethe - Henrik - Frederik - Mary - Joachim - Marie - Benedikte
- Queen Margrethe II: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (Belgium)
- Prince Henrik: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- Crown Prince Frederik: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- Prince Joachim: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown
- Princess Benedikte: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown
Dutch Royal Family
- King Willem-Alexander: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (before 1993)[3][4][5]
- Queen Máxima: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) (2006) [3][5]
- Princess Beatrix: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold - Civil division (2003) [6][3]
- Prince Constantijn: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) [7]
- 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
- Grand Duke Henri: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (1994) [8][9]
- Grand Duchess Maria Teresa: Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (1994) [8][9]
- Prince Guillaume: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (1994) [8]
Spanish Royal Family
- King Felipe VI: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold[10]
- King Juan Carlos: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold[11]
- Queen Sofía: Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold[11][12]
- Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold [13]
- Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (1994)[12]
Liechtenstein's Princely Family
- Prince Nikolaus: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (as former ambassador of Liechtenstein in Belgium)[14]
British Royal Family
- Queen Elizabeth II : - 1963 – - Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh : 1963 – - Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- Asian monarchies
Thai Royal Family
- King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX): Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (1960)
- Queen Sirikit: Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (1960)
Japanese Imperial Family
- Emperor Akihito: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold[15][16]
- Empress Michiko: Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold[15][16]
- Crown Prince Naruhito: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold[17]
- Crown Princess Masako: Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
Former monarchies
Bulgarian Royal Family
- King Simeon II: Knight Grand Cross of Order of the Crown (Belgium)[18]
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Iranian Imperial Family
- Empress Farah: Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
Romanian Royal Family
- King Michael I - Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold[19]
Republics
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Bulgaria
- President Georgi Parvanov : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2003)[20]
- Zorka Petrova Parvanova : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2003)[20]
China
- President Xi Jinping : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2014)[21]
Estonia
- President Toomas Hendrik Ilves : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2008)[22]
- Evelin Ilves : Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) (2008)[22]
France
- Nicolas Sarkozy : Commander of the Order of Leopold (ministre de l’Économie, des Finances et de l’Industrie, 2004)
Finland
- President Tarja Halonen : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2004)[23]
- Pentti Arajärvi : Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (2004)[23]
Germany
- President Roman Herzog : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2005)[24]
Hungary
- President László Sólyom: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2008)[25]
Latvia
- President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2007)[26]
Lithuania
- President Valdas Adamkus : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2006)[27]
- Alma Adamkienė : Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (2006)[27]
Poland
- President Lech Wałęsa : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- President Aleksander Kwaśniewski : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (1999)[28]
- Jolanta Kwaśniewska : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (1999) [28]
Portugal
- President Jorge Sampaio : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2005)[29]
- Maria José Rodrigues Ritta : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2005)[29]
Turkey
- President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2015) [30]
Internal links
- Mirror page : List of honours of the Belgian Royal Family by country
References
- 1 2 Belga Pictures, State visit of Norway in Belgium, May 2003, Group photo, Harald V & Paola, Albert II & Sonja
- ↑ State visit of Sweden in Belgium 2001, Gala dinner, group photo
- 1 2 3 State visit of Beatrix in Belgium, 2006, Belga Pictures, group photo
- ↑ King Baudouin's funerals (08/1993), Willem-Alexander on third row
- 1 2 All Things Royal
- ↑ Volks krant, State visit of Netherlands in Belgium, 2006, Group Photo
- ↑ PPE group photo
- 1 2 3 Royalement Blog, State visit of Belgium in Luxembourg (1994), Princes Photos, Group Photo
- 1 2 Photo with Order of Leopold illustrating an article of "Noblesse et Royautes" website
- ↑ Belga Pictures, Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde's wedding, 12/1999, Felipe
- 1 2 State visit in Belgium in 2000 - Belga Pictures, Group photo, King & Queen
- 1 2 Foro Dinastias, State visit of Belgium in Spain, 1994, Cristina & Queen Sofia, Queen Sofia
- ↑ See the 4th photo in this serie
- ↑ Noblesse et Royautés, Guillaume of Luxembourg's wedding : gala dinner, Photo of Margaretha & Nikolaus, showing him with the star of Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Belgium
- 1 2 Belga Pictures, State visit in Japan, 1996, Sovereign couples
- 1 2 Belga Pictures, State visit in Japan, 1996, Sovereign couples & Prince Philippe
- ↑ Guillaume and Stephanie of Luxembourg’s religious wedding Ceremony, Prince Naruhito, having no Luxembourgish decoration, has worn the ribbon bar of Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- ↑ Noblesse et Royautés, Guillaume of Luxembourg's wedding : gala dinner, Photo of Margarita & Simeon II, showing him with the Golden Fleece around the neck, the sash and star of the Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius, the star of ? and the star of Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Belgium (the one at the bottom)
- ↑ "A Parade of Magnificent Jewels". Angelfire.com. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- 1 2 Belgian Royal Family Website, State visit in Bulgaria (2003), Photo
- ↑ , image shows Xi Jinping receiving the Order of Leopold from King Philippe during his State Visit to Belgium, March 30-April 1, 2014
- 1 2 Belga Pictures, State visit of Belgium in Estonia, 10–12 June 2008
- 1 2 Belga Pictures, Photo during the gala dinner of the state visit of H.E. Mrs Tarja Halonen, President of Finnish Republic & Docteur Pentti Arajärvi in Belgium (30/03 - 01/04/2004)
- ↑ Belga Pictures, State visit in Germany (1995), Photo of Head Couples, Photo of King & President
- ↑ Royal Official Website, State visit in Belgium of (15 - 17/04/2008, Photo
- ↑ Biography on personal website
- 1 2 Lithuanian Presidency, article about the Belgian State visit in 2006
- 1 2 Belgian royal official site, Gala dinner, Group photo of President, his wife and the Royal Family (2004)
- 1 2 Blaga Pictures, State visit in Belgium (18 - 20/10/2005), Head Couples Photo
- ↑ "King Philippe of Belgium presents Order of Leopold to President Erdogan". Presidency of the Republic of Turkey. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
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