# List of grand cordons of the Order of Leopold

The grand cordon of the Order of Leopold is the highest and oldest rank of chivalry and a formal diplomatic gift of the Kingdom of Belgium. This honour is bestowed very rarely in name of the grand-master, the king of the Belgians. This list is chronological by official authorisation of the Royal Decree.

## 19th century
### Leopold I, 1832-1865

| Name | Date | Function |
| King Leopold I of Belgium | 1832 | Grand-Master and Founder |
| King Louis Philippe I | 1833 | Wedding gift to his Father-in-law |
| Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans | 1833 | Wedding gift to his Brother-in-law |
| Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours | 1833 | Wedding gift to his Brother-in-law |
| Charles Joseph, Comte de Flahaut | 1833 | Ambassador to the Court of St James's |
| Horace-François de La Porta | 1833 | French Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duke of Dalmatia | 1833 | 10th Prime Minister of France |
| Georges Mouton, Count of Lobau | 1833 | Marshal of France |
| Étienne, 1st Count Gérard | 1833 | 11th Prime Minister of France |
| Gabriel Neigre | 1833 | French General |
| Étienne-Denis, Duke of Pasquier | 1833 | President of the Chamber of Peers |
| Baron Saint-Cyr Nugues | 1833 | French General |
| John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham | 1833 | Lord Privy Seal |
| François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo | 1833 | French Army General |
| Duke of Choiseul-Stainville | 1833 | Governor of the Louvre Palace |
| Victor, 3rd Duke of Broglie | 1833 | Pair of France |
| Pedro II of Brazil | 1835 | Emperor of Brazil |
| Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1835 | Reigning Duke |
| Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1835 | Brother of the King |
| Ferdinand II of Portugal | 1835 | King of Portugal |
| Baron Gaspard Gourgaud | 1837 | French General |
| José Travassos Valdez, 1st Count of Bonfim | 1838 | 12th Prime Minister of Portugal |
| Prosper Louis, 7th Duke of Arenberg | 1838 | Duke of Arenberg |
| Eugène, 8th Prince of Ligne | 1838 | President of the Senate |
| Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1839 | Wedding gift |
| Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1859 | Nephew |
| Henri Count of Merode | 1839 | Ambassador |
| Bernard Pierre Magnan | 1839 | Marshal of France |
| Ludwig I of Bavaria | 1840 | King of Bavaria |
| Charles Albert of Sardinia | 1840 | King of Sardinia |
| Mgr. Luigi Lambruschini | 1840 | Cardinal Secretary of State |
| Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen | 1840 | Duke |
| Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen | 1840 | Heretier Duke |
| Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg | 1840 | Duke of Saxe-Altenburg |
| Alexander, Duke of Württemberg | 1841 | Duke of Württemberg |
| Otto of Greece | 1841 | King of Greece |
| Prince Wilhelm of Prussia | 1841 | Prussian Prince |
| Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale | 1842 | Brother-in-law |
| François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville | 1842 | Brother-in-law |
| Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden | 1843 | Grand Duke |
| Frederick Augustus II of Saxony | 1843 | King of Saxony |
| Louis II, Grand Duke of Baden | 1843 | Crown Prince of Baden |
| Christian VIII of Denmark | 1843 | King of Denmark |
| Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg | 1844 | Grand Duke |
| Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1844 | Prince |
| Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany | 1844 | Grand Duke |
| Antoine, Duke of Montpensier | 1844 | Brother-in-law |
| Emmanuel, Count of Mensdorff-Pouilly | 1845 | Brother-in-law |
| Archduke John of Austria | 1845 | Imperial Regent |
| Frederick William, Elector of Hesse | 1846 | Prince Elector |
| Pope Leo XIII | 1846 | Apostolic Nuncio |
| Baron Louis Atthalin | 1847 | ADC of King Louis |
| Ferdinand II | 1847 | King of the Two Sicilies |
| Charles XV of Sweden | 1849 | King of Sweden |
| William III of the Netherlands | 1849 | King of the Netherlands |
| Franz Joseph I of Austria | 1849 | Emperor of Austria |
| Oscar I of Sweden | 1849 | King of Sweden |
| Maximilian II of Bavaria | 1850 | King of Bavaria |
| Frederick William IV of Prussia | 1850 | King of Prussia |
| Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1850 | Nephew |
| William I, German Emperor | 1851 | Heir to the Prussian throne |
| Count d'Azeglio | 1851 | Minister of Foreign affairs |
| Théodore Quinette de Rochemont | 1852 | French diplomat |
| Otto Theodor von Manteuffel | 1852 | Minister |
| Maximilian I of Mexico | 1853 | Wedding gift |
| Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria | 1853 | Wedding gift |
| John of Saxony | 1853 | King of Saxony |
| Leopold II of Belgium | 1853 | Duke of Brabant |
| George V of Hanover | 1853 | King of Hannover |
| Frederick III, German Emperor | 1853 | Future German Emperor |
| Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg | 1853 | Grand Duke |
| Prince Charles of Prussia | 1853 | Prince |
| Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | 1853 | Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
| Emperor Napoleon III | 1854 | Emperor of France |
| Prince Napoleon | 1854 | Prince |
| Luís I of Portugal | 1854 | Future King of Portugal |
| Pedro V of Portugal | 1854 | King of Portugal |
| Count Charles Lanckoroński | 1855 | Imperial Lord Chamberlain |
| George, King of Saxony | 1855 | King of Saxony |
| Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders | 1855 | Heir presumptive to the Belgian Throne |
| Vély-Eddin-Rifaat-Pach | 1855 | Ambassador |
| Jerôme Bonaparte of Westphalia | 1855 | King of Westphalia |
| Antonio López de Santa Anna | 1855 | President of Mexico |
| Francis II of the Two Sicilies | 1855 | Duke of Calabria |
| Luigi, Count Cibrario | 1855 | Minister of the Foreign Office |
| Mehmed Fuad Pasha | 1855 | Ottoman Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Mgr. Giacomo Antonelli | 1855 | Cardinal Secretary of State |
| Alexandre, Count Colonna-Walewski | 1855 | Diplomat |
| Raymond-Theodore Troplong | 1855 | President of the French Senate |
| Friedrich von Thurn und Taxis | 1855 | Imperial Lord Chamberlain |
| Baron von Budberg | 1855 | ADC of the Tsar |
| Jean-Baptiste, 1st Count Vaillant | 1855 | Marshal of France |
| Victor Emmanuel II of Italy | 1855 | King of Sardinia |
| Heinrich von Wedel | 1855 | Military Governor |
| Bernard Pierre Magnan | 1855 | French Marshal |
| Count Felix de Muelenaere | 1856 | 3rd Prime Minister of Belgium |
| Baron Étienne Constantin de Gerlache | 1856 | 1st President of the Court of Cassation |
| Barthélémy, Count of Theux de Meylandt | 1856 | 5th Prime Minister of Belgium |
| Oscar II of Sweden | 1856 | Duke of Östergötland |
| Albrecht, Duke of Teschen | 1856 | Archduke |
| Heinrich LXVII, Prince of Reuss | 1856 | Prince |
| Alexander II of Russia | 1856 | Tsar of Russia |
| Joseph, 17th Prince of Chimay | 1856 | Diplomat |
| Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany | 1856 | Heir to Tuscany |
| Count Félix de Mérode | 1857 | Defence Minister of Belgium |
| Nuno Barreto, Duke of Loulé | 1857 | President of the Council |
| Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia | 1857 | Grand Duke |
| Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia | 1857 | Grand Duke |
| Count Anatole de Montesquiou-Fezensac | 1857 | General |
| Marie de Gueulluy, Marquess of Rumigny | 1857 | French Diplomat |
| Baron Pierre de Schiervel | 1857 | President of the Senate |
| Frederick VII of Denmark | 1857 | King of Denmark |
| Naser al-Din Shah Qajar | 1857 | Shah of Iran |
| Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria | 1857 | Archduke |
| Alphonse O'Sullivan de Grass | 1859 | Ambassador |
| Henri de Liem | 1859 | ADC of the King |
| Paul Devaux | 1859 | Promoter of King Leopold I |
| Mathieu Leclercq | 1859 | Minister of Justice |
| Boniface, Count de Castellane | 1859 | Marshal of France |
| Edward VII | 1859 | Future King of the United Kingdom |
| Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia | 1859 | Tsesarevich |
| Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern | 1859 | Prince of Hohenzollern |
| Abdulmejid I | 1860 | Ottoman Sultan |
| Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | 1861 | Duke of Nassau |
| Muhammad III as-Sadiq | 1861 | Bey of Tunis |
| William, Prince of Orange | 1861 | Heir to Dutch throne |
| Duke Philipp of Württemberg | 1861 | Duke of Württemberg |
| Christian IX of Denmark | 1862 | Future King of Denmark |
| Archduke Stephen of Austria (Palatine of Hungary) | 1862 | Archduke |
| Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse | 1862 | Future Grand Duke of Hesse |
| Amadeo, Duke of Aosta | 1863 | Future King of Spain |
| Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1863 | Duke of Edinburgh |
| Francisco de Asís, Duke of Cádiz | 1863 | King Consort of Spain |
| Charles I of Württemberg | 1864 | King of Württemberg |

### Leopold II, 1865-1909

| Name | Year | Function |
| Alexander III of Russia | 1865 | Emperor of All Russias |
| Henri de Brouckère | 1866 | Minister |
| Viscount Charles Vilain XIIII | 1866 | Minister |
| Alfonso, Prince of Asturia | 1866 | Crown Prince of Spain |
| Frederik | 1866 | Crown Prince of Denmark |
| Prince Albert of Prussia | 1867 | Prussian Prince |
| Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia | 1867 | Prussian Prince |
| Prince Albert of Prussia | 1867 | Prussian Prince |
| Prince Adalbert of Prussia | 1867 | Prussian Prince |
| Prince George of Prussia | 1867 | Prussian Prince |
| Prince Alexander of Prussia | 1867 | Prussian Prince |
| Prince Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst | 1867 | Obersthofmeister |
| Umberto I of Italy | 1868 | Future King of Italy |
| Carol I of Romania | 1869 | Future King of Romania |
| Barthélémy du Mortier | 1870 | Minister of State |
| Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia | 1870 | Grand Duke |
| Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught | 1873 | Governor General of Canada |
| Naser al-Din Shah Qajar | 1873 | King of Persia |
| Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria | 1874 | President of the Expo Vienna |
| Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1874 | Wedding gift to his Son-in-law |
| Baron Alfred von Fabrice | 1874 | Diplomat of Saxe |
| Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta | 1874 | President of France |
| Hüseyin Avni Pasha | 1874 | Ottoman Grand Vizier |
| António Cardoso Avelino | 1874 | Minister of Portugal |
| Baron Antoine-Henri Jomini | 1874 | President of the Congress |
| Charles III, Prince of Monaco | 1874 | Prince of Monaco |
| Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt | 1874 | Duke of Anhalt |
| Edouard d'Huart | 1878 | Minister of Finance |
| General Mathieu Brialmont | 1878 | Belgian General |
| Count Bloudoff | 1878 | Ambassador of the Tsar |
| Bohuslav, Count Chotek | 1878 | Ambassador |
| Rafael Carlos Merry del Val | 1878 | Ambassador |
| Mgr. Vincenzo Vannutelli | 1878 | Apostolic Nuncio |
| von Brandenburg | 1878 | Ambassador |
| Charles Duchatel | 1878 | Ambassador |
| Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany | 1878 | Prince of the United Kingdom |
| Prince Henry of the Netherlands | 1878 | Governor of Luxembourg |
| Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen | 1878 | Future Duke of Saxe-Meiningen |
| Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg | 1878 | Future Grand Duke of Oldenburg |
| Prince August of Württemberg | 1878 | Prince of Württemberg |
| Archduke Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria | 1880 | Wedding gift |
| Walthère Frère-Orban | 1881 | Prime Minister |
| Louis Gallait | 1881 | Painter |
| Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen | 1881 | Archduke |
| Duke William of Württemberg | 1881 | Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Jules Malou | 1882 | Minister |
| Count Edmond de Sélys Longchamps | 1882 | President of Senate |
| Wilhelm II, German Emperor | 1884 | Future German Emperor |
| Nicholas II of Russia | 1884 | Future Russian Emperor |
| Prince Albert, Duke of Clarence | 1885 | Cousin, once removed |
| Prince Fushimi Sadanaru | 1886 | Japanese prince |
| Prince Baudouin of Belgium | 1887 | Heir to the Belgian Throne |
| Auguste, Baron Lambermont | 1888 | Minister of State |
| Henry Morton Stanley | 1890 | Royal Explorer of Congo |
| Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern | 1894 | Nephew |
| Friedrich Krafft Graf von Crailsheim | 1894 | Foreign Minister of Bavaria |
| Auguste Beernaert | 1894 | Prime Minister |
| François-Auguste Gevaert | 1896 | Composer |
| Christian X of Denmark | 1897 | King of Denmark |
| Prince Valdemar of Denmark | 1897 | Prince of Denmark |
| Prince Svasti Sobhana | 1897 | Prince of Siam |
| Marquis Itō Hirobumi | 1897 | Prime Minister of Japan |
| Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria | 1897 | Crown Prince of Bavaria |
| Guangxu Emperor | 1898 | Emperor of China |
| Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein | 1898 | Wedding gift |
| Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands | 1898 | Queen of the Netherlands |
| Queen Emma of the Netherlands | 1898 | Queen Mother |
| Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1898 | Heir to Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
| Émile Loubet | 1900 | President of France |
| Prince Kan'in Kotohito | 1900 | Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army |
| Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria | 1900 | Wedding gift |
| Prince Arnulf of Bavaria | 1900 | Wedding gift |
| Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria | 1900 | Wedding gift |
| Ludwig III of Bavaria | 1900 | Wedding gift |
| Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria | 1900 | Wedding gift |
| Adolf von Auer | 1900 | Member of the Bavarian Chamber |
| Jules von Auer | 1900 | President of the Regency |
| Gustav zu Castell-Castell | 1900 | Grand Master of the Royal Court |
| Afons von Lerchenfeld | 1900 | ADC of the Regent |
| Karl von Perfall | 1900 | Intendant of the Court |
| Albert von Seinsheim | 1900 | Grand Marshal of the Court |
| Franz Joseph von Stein | 1900 | Archbishop |
| Rudolphe von der Tann | 1900 | Ambassador |
| Carl von Wolfskeel von Reichenberg | 1900 | Grand Squire of the Regent |
| Ritter von Xylander | 1900 | ADC of Leopold II |
| Theophile Delclassé | 1900 | Minister |
| Cardinal Goossens | 1900 | Cardinal |
| Gojong of Korea | 1901 | Emperor of Korea |
| Alfonso XIII of Spain | 1902 | King of Spain |
| Maria Christina of Austria | 1902 | Queen of Spain |
| Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar | 1903 | Shah of Iran |
| Cardinal Granito di Belmonte | 1904 | Apostolic Nuncio |
| Count of Wallwitz | 1904 | Ambassador of the German Emperor |
| Sunjong of Korea | 1904 | Imperial Crown Prince |
| Charles, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1905 | Wedding gift |
| Mgr. Merry del Val | 1906 | Cardinal |
| Count Kiyoura Keigo | 1906 | 23rd Prime Minister of Japan |
| Haakon VII of Norway | 1906 | King of Norway |
| Prince Maximilian of Baden | 1906 | Prince of Baden |
| Tōgō Heihachirō | 1907 | Japanese Marshal-Admiral |
| Count Charles Woeste | 1907 | Minister |
| Baron Jules d'Anethan | 1907 | Minister |
| Count Paul de Smet de Naeyer | 1907 | Minister |
| Jules Greindl | 1907 | Minister of State |
| Count Charles John d'Oultremont | 1907 | Marshal to the Royal Court |
| Baron Auguste Goffinet | 1907 | Grand Master of the Imperial Household |
| Manuel II of Portugal | 1908 | King of Portugal |
| Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi | 1909 | Japanese Prince |

## 20th century
### Albert I, 1909-1934

| Name | Year | Function |
| Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu | 1910 | Chief of the Japanese Navy |
| Baron Kurino Shin'ichiro | 1910 | Imperial Ambassador |
| Othon van der Staal, Lord of Piershil | 1910 | Dutch Diplomat |
| René de Marees van Swinderen | 1910 | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Archduke Eugen of Austria | 1910 | Archduke |
| Antonino Castello, Marquis of San Giuliano | 1911 | Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Prince Mohammed Ali Tewfik | 1911 | Egyptian Prince |
| Count Toda Ujitaka | 1911 | Master of Ceremonies to the Emperor |
| Abbas II of Egypt | 1911 | Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt |
| Fuad I of Egypt | 1912 | King of Egypt |
| Ma Fuxiang | 1912 | General and minister |
| Joseph Marie Hellenbout | 1912 | Minister |
| Raymond Poincaré | 1913 | Prime Minister of France |
| Prince Axel of Denmark | 1913 | Prince of Denmark |
| Erik Scavenius | 1914 | 12th Prime Minister of Denmark |
| Lu Zhengxiang | 1914 | Premier of the Republic of China |
| Ahmad Shah Qajar | 1914 | Shah of Iran |
| Salvador Bermúdez, Duke of Ripalda | 1915 | Minister Foreign Affairs |
| Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone | 1915 | Major General |
| John French, 1st Earl of Ypres | 1916 | Field Marshal |
| Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig | 1916 | Field Marshal |
| Emperor Taishō | 1916 | Emperor of Japan |
| Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge | 1916 | Duke of Teck |
| John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe | 1917 | Earl |
| General John Pershing | 1917 | Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army |
| Alexander I of Yugoslavia | 1918 | King of Yugoslavia |
| Cardinal Désiré-Joseph Mercier | 1918 | Cardinal |
| Ernest Solvay | 1918 | Chemist |
| Gérard Cooreman | 1918 | Politician |
| Bhupinder Singh | 1918 | Maharaja of Patiala |
| Baron Paul-Louis de Favereau | 1919 | Minister of State |
| Count Charles de Broqueville | 1919 | Minister |
| Count Gérard Leman | 1919 | General |
| Lieutenant-General Louis Bernheim | 1919 | General |
| Lieutenant-General Louis Ruquoy | 1919 | General |
| Baron Alphonse de Dixmude | 1919 | General |
| Baron Armand de Ceuninck | 1919 | General |
| Baron Édouard d'Aigremont | 1919 | General |
| Lieutenant-General Cyriaque Gillain | 1919 | General |
| Lieutenant-General Aloïs Biebuyck | 1919 | General |
| Lieutenant-General Baron Honoré Drubbel | 1919 | General |
| Vice-Admiral William Sims | 1919 | President of the Naval War College |
| Admiral Hugh Rodman | 1919 | Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet |
| Mario García Menocal | 1919 | 3rd President of Cuba |
| Faisal I of Iraq | 1919 | King of Iraq |
| Emile Verhaeren | 1920 | Belgian Poet (post mortem) |
| Count Maurice Maeterlinck | 1920 | Nobel Prize in Literature |
| Gustave Ador | 1920 | President of the Swiss Confederation |
| Sir Mineichiro Adatci | 1921 | Japanese Ambassador to Belgium |
| Count Amedée Visart de Bocarmé | 1921 | President of the Chamber |
| Nicholas Murray Butler | 1921 | 12th President of Columbia University |
| Lieutenant-General Harry Jungbluth | 1923 | Chief of the Military Household |
| Pieter Cort van der Linden | 1923 | Prime Minister of the Netherlands |
| Edvard Beneš | 1923 | 4th President of Czechoslovakia |
| Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk | 1923 | 1st President of Czechoslovakia |
| Jhr. John Loudon | 1923 | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Baron Léon de Witte de Haelen | 1924 | Inspector-General of the Cavalry |
| Lieutenant-General Victor Bertrand | 1924 | General |
| Emperor Haile Selassie | 1924 | Emperor of Ethiopia |
| Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso | 1924 | President of Cuba |
| Count Makino Nobuaki | 1925 | Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan |
| Baron Kijūrō Shidehara | 1925 | 31st Prime Minister of Japan |
| Prince Yasuhiko Asaka | 1925 | Prince |
| Reza Shah | 1925 | Imperial Shah of Iran |
| Karl Robert Pusta | 1925 | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia |
| Cardinal Clemente Micara | 1925 | Apostolic Nuncio |
| Jacobo Stuart, Duke of Alba | 1925 | Duke of Alba |
| Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading | 1925 | Governor-General of India |
| Baron Eugène Beyens | 1925 | Minister |
| Jhr. Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck | 1925 | Prime Minister of the Netherlands |
| Jhr. Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek | 1925 | Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Prajadhipok | 1926 | King of Siam |
| Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez | 1926 | 11th President of Colombia |
| Miguel Abadía Méndez | 1926 | 12th President of Colombia |
| Louis Betrand | 1926 | Minister of State |
| Emile Francqui | 1926 | Minister of State |
| Antonín Švehla | 1927 | Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia |
| Prince Devawongse Varoprakar | 1927 | Prince and Foreign Minister of Siam |
| Amanullah Khan | 1928 | King of Afghanistan |
| Prince Gustav of Denmark | 1928 | Prince of Denmark |
| Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark | 1928 | Prince of Denmark |
| Laust Moltesen | 1928 | Foreign Minister of Denmark |
| Thomas Madsen-Mygdal | 1928 | 10th Prime Minister of Denmark |
| Zog I of Albania | 1929 | King of Albania |
| Raouf Fitso | 1929 | Albanian Diplomat |
| Kostaq Kota | 1929 | 14th Prime Minister of Albania |
| Sir William Herbert Phillipps | 1929 | Honorary Consul in Australia |
| Henry Fletcher | 1929 | United States Ambassador |
| Gerardo Machado | 1929 | 5th President of Cuba |
| Émile-Joseph Galet | 1930 | General |
| Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu | 1930 | Imperial Prince of Japan |
| Isidro Ayora | 1930 | President of Ecuador |
| Petar Živković | 1930 | 8th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia |
| Adolphe Max | 1932 | Mayor of Brussels |
| Jules Renkin | 1932 | 28th Prime Minister of Belgium |
| Ferdinand Foch | 1932 | French Marshal |
| Aloys Van de Vyvere | 1932 | Minister |

### Leopold III 1934-1951

| Eggert Reeder | 1938 | Governor of Cologne |
| Sir Winston Churchill | 1945 | Prime Minister of the UK |
| General Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1945 | Supreme Allied Commander in Europe (1943-45); later U.S. President (1953-61) |
| Juliana of the Netherlands | 1950 | Queen of the Netherlands |
| Irene of Orange-Nassau | 1950 | Dutch Princess |

### King Baudouin 1951-1993

| Name | Year | Function |
| Amha Selassie | 1859 | Crown Prince of Ethiopia |
| Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | 1960 | Shah of Persia |
| Joseph Kasa-Vubu | 1960 | 1st President of Congo |
| King Rama IX | 1960 | King of Thailand |
| Queen Sirikit of Thailand | 1960 | Queen Consort of Thailand |
| Queen Elizabeth II | 1963 | Queen of the UK |
| Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | 1963 | Prince Consort of the UK |
| Josip Broz Tito | 1970 | President of Yugoslavia |
| Emperor Hirohito | 1971 | Emperor of Japan |
| Empress Kōjun | 1971 | Empress Consort of Japan |
| Erskine Hamilton Childers | 1974 | President of Ireland |
| Edmond Leburton | 1977 | Minister |
| Carl XVI Gustaf | 1977 | King of Sweden |
| Juan Carlos I of Spain | 1978 | King of Spain |
| Queen Sofia | 1978 | Queen Consort of Spain |
| Mstislav Rostropovich | 1989 | Russian Cellist |
| Emperor Akihito | 1990 | Emperor of Japan |
| Prince Philippe of Belgium | 1990 | Son of the Prince of Liège |

### King Albert II 1993-2013

| Name | year | Function |
| Queen Paola of Belgium | 1994 | Queen Consort of Belgium |
| Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | 1994 | Nephew |
| Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg | 1994 | Grand Duchess |
| Felipe VI of Spain | 1994 | Crown Prince of Spain |
| Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo | 1994 | Infanta of Spain |
| Infanta Cristina of Spain | 1994 | Infanta of Spain |
| Andries Kinsbergen | 1995 | Minister |
| Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan | 1996 | Crown Prince |
| Lucien Buysse | 1997 | Grand Marshal of the Royal Court |
| Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este | 1997 | Daughter |
| Stranard | 1998 | President of Court of Cassation |
| Eliane Liekendael | 1998 | Procureur-generaal bij het Hof van Cassatie |
| Aleksander Kwaśniewski | 1999 | President of Poland |
| Jolanta Kwaśniewska | 1999 | First Lady of Poland |
| Roger Lallemand | 1999 | Minister of State |
| Leo Tindemans | 1999 | Minister |
| Louis De Grève | 1999 | Pres. Arbitragehof |
| Frank Swaelen | 1999 | Minister |

## 21st century

| Name | Year | Function |
| Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este | 2000 | Son-in-law |
| Jean-Marie Piret | 2000 | Procureur-generaal bij het Hof van Cassatie |
| Queen Mathilde of Belgium | 2000 | Duchess of Brabant |
| Jorge Sampaio | 2000 | President of Portugal |
| Maria Jose Ritta | 2000 | First Lady of Portugal |
| Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden | 2001 | Duchess of Västergötland |
| Jan Willems | 2001 | Grand Marshal of the Royal Court |
| Georgi Parvanov | 2003 | President of Bulgaria |
| Zorka Parvanova | 2003 | First Lady of Bulgaria |
| Princess Claire of Belgium | 2004 | Daughter-in-law |
| Tarja Halonen | 2004 | President of Finland |
| Mohammed VI of Morocco | 2004 | King of Morocco |
| Roman Herzog | 2005 | President of Germany |
| General Mertens | 2005 | Chief of the Military Household |
| J. du Jardin | 2005 | Procureur-generaal bij het Hof van Cassatie |
| Frank de Conick | 2006 | Grand Marshal of the Royal Court |
| Roland Gillet | 2006 | Member of Senate |
| Valdas Adamkus | 2006 | President of Lithuania |
| Alex Arts | 2007 | President of Constitutional Court |
| Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga | 2007 | President of Latvia |
| Marc Lahousse | 2008 | First President Court of Cassation |
| László Sólyom | 2008 | Presindent of Hungary |
| Toomas Hendrik Ilves | 2008 | President of Estonia |
| Guy Verhofstadt | 2008 | 47th Prime Minister of Belgium |
| Count Herman Van Rompuy | 2009 | President of the Chamber of Representatives |
| Michel Melchior | 2010 | President of Constitutional Court |
| Count Jean-Pierre de Launoit | 2012 | President Queen Elisabeth Concours |
| Countess Solange de Liedekerke de Pailhe | 2012 | Lady-in-Waiting of Queen Fabiola |

### King Philippe (2013-)

| Name | Year | Function |
| Count Jacques Rogge | 2013 | Honorary President IOC |
| General Major Wilfried Van Kerckhove | 2013 | Grand Master of Household of Queen Fabiola |
| Baron Marc Bossuyt | 2013 | President of the Constitutional Court |
| Xi Jinping | 2014 | President of China |
| Recep Tayyip Erdogan | 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 |
| Abdullah II | 2016 | King of Jordan |
| Queen Rania | 2016 | Queen Consort of Jordan |
| Masako | 2016 | Crown Princess of Japan |
| Willem-Alexander | 2016 | King of the Netherlands |
| Maxima of the Netherlands | 2016 | Queen Consort of the Netherlands |
| General Joseph Van den Put | 2016 | Chief of the Military Household |
| Vice-Admiral Pierre Warnauts | 2016 | Chief of Protocol of the Court |
| Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa | 2018 | President of Portugal |
| Emmanuel Macron | 2018 | President of France |
| Jean Spreutels | 2018 | President of the Constitutional Court |
| Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant | 2019 | Crown Princess of Belgium |
| Baron André Alen | 2020 | President of the Constitutional Court |
| Angela Merkel | 2021 | Chancellor of Germany |
| Sergio Mattarella | 2021 | President of Italy |
| Lieutenant-General Noël De Bruyne | 2021 | Intendant of the Civil List of His Majesty the King |
| Alexander Van der Bellen | 2022 | President of Austria |
| Katerina Sakellaropoulou | 2022 | President of Greece |
| Gitanas Nausėda | 2022 | President of Lithuania |
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## Unknown

* Duke of Frias (before 1838)
* Marquis of Saldanha (before 1838)
* Baron of Arnhim (before 1838)
* Mgr Tommaso Pasquale Gizzi, Nuntio (before 1838)
* Mustafa Reşid Pasha (before 1838)
* Charles Joseph, comte Bresson (before 1838)
* General Sá da Bandeira (before 1838)
* Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria
* Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
* Archduke Otto of Austria
* Charles I of Austria
* Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria
* Archduke Joseph August of Austria
* Prince William of Baden
* Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden
* Prince Leopold of Bavaria
* Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria
* Marie Henriette of Austria
* Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of the Belgians
* Prince Charles, Count of Flanders
* Fabiola of Belgium
* Prince Laurent of Belgium
* Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma
* Ferdinand I of Bulgaria
* Boris III of Bulgaria
* Prince Harald of Denmark
* Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg
* Frederik IX of Denmark
* Ingrid of Sweden
* Margrethe II of Denmark
* Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
* Frederik X of Denmark
* Farouk of Egypt
* Prince Henry of Prussia
* Wilhelm, German Crown Prince
* Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia
* Hussein bin Ali, King of Hejaz
* Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern
* Prince Frederick of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
* William, Prince of Hohenzollern
* Umberto II of Italy
* Empress Michiko
* Sunjong of Korea
* Prince Rudolf of Liechtenstein
* Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma
* Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
* Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium
* Alfred, 2nd Prince of Montenuovo
* Hassan II of Morocco
* Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
* Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
* Beatrix of the Netherlands
* Olav V of Norway
* Harald V of Norway
* Queen Sonja of Norway
* Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
* Ferdinand I of Romania
* Michael I of Romania
* Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
* Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
* Prince August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
* Prince Pedro Augusto of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
* Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
* Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
* Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
* Milan I of Serbia
* Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi
* Infante Jaime, Duke of Madrid
* Gustav, Prince of Vasa
* Gustaf V
* Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland
* Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke
* Gustaf VI Adolf
* Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland
* Prince Carl Bernadotte
* Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
* Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland
* Queen Silvia of Sweden
* Prince Arthur of Connaught
* Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke
* William I of Württemberg
* Mohamed Ennaceur (before 1838)
* Konstantinos Mousouros
* Achille Van Acker
* Porfirio Díaz
* Ernest Krings
* Charles de Gaulle
* William Lyon Mackenzie King
* Camille Gutt
* Sylvain Van de Weyer
* Nursultan Nazarbayev
* Józef Piłsudski
* Baron Pierre Jacques, Grand Marshal of the Royal Court
* Baron Julien Liebaert
* Baron Édouard Descamps
* Baron Victor de Tornaco
* Baron Jean-Jacques Baude
* Count Henri Carton de Wiart, Minister
* Count Edmond de Wiart, Grand Marshal of the Royal Court

## Books

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