# List of honours of France awarded to heads of state and royalty

This article serves as an index – as complete as possible – of all the honorific orders or similar decorations awarded by France, classified by Monarchies chapter and Republics chapter, and, under each chapter, recipients' countries and the detailed list of recipients.

## Awards
### Monarchies
#### European
##### Belgian Royal Family

* King Philippe of Belgium: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
* Queen Mathilde of Belgium: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
* King Albert II of Belgium: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
* Queen Paola of Belgium: Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit

##### British Royal Family

* King Charles III:
** Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (23 October 1984)
** Commander of the Order of Agricultural Merit (16 March 2017)
* Queen Camilla: Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (6 June 2014)

##### Norwegian Royal Family

See also decorations pages (mark °) : Harald, Sonja, Haakon, Mette-Marit, Mârtha Louise, Astrid & Ragnhild
* King Harald V of Norway: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
* Queen Sonja of Norway: Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
* Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner: Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit

##### Swedish Royal Family

* King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
* Queen Silvia of Sweden:
** Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
** Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
* Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden:
** Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
** Grand Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
* Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland: Grand Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
* Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland: Grand Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
* Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland: Grand Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
* Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson: Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
* Tord Magnuson: Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour

##### Danish Royal Family

* King Frederik X of Denmark: Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
* Queen Mary of Denmark: Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
* Queen Margrethe II of Denmark: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
* Prince Joachim of Denmark: Grand Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
* Princess Marie of Denmark:
** Grand Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
** Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters

##### Dutch Royal Family

* King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands:
** Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
** Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
* Queen Máxima of the Netherlands:
** Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
** Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
* Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (1991)
* Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands: Grand Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
* Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands: Grand Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
* Princess Margriet of the Netherlands: Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
* Pieter van Vollenhoven: Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit

##### Spanish Royal Family

* King Felipe VI of Spain: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
* Queen Letizia of Spain: Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
* King Juan Carlos I of Spain: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
* Queen Sofía of Spain: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour

##### Monegasque Princely Family

* Albert II, Prince of Monaco :
** Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (2006)
** Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (25 July 1997)
** Commander of the Order of Academic Palms (19 June 2009)
** Commander of the Ordre du Mérite Maritime (9 February 2015)

#### Asian
##### Jordanian Royal Family

* Queen Noor of Jordan: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
* Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein: Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
* Princess Rym Ali: Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
* Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad:
** Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (16 November 1999)
** Grand Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (7 January 2000)
** Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (20 November 1997)
** Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (10 March 1997)

##### Thai Royal Family

* Princess Sirindhorn of Thailand : Commander of Ordre des Palmes Academiques, 1989

##### Bruneian Royal Family

* Hassanal Bolkiah: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (12 February 1996)

##### Japanese Imperial Family

* Emperor Emeritus Akihito: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
* Empress Emerita Michiko: Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit

#### Former
##### Bulgarian Royal Family

* Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour

##### Iranian Imperial Family

* Farah Pahlavi: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
* Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour

##### Nepalese Royal Family

* King Gyanendra of Nepal: Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (2 May 1983)
* Queen Komal of Nepal: Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (2 May 1983)

### Republics
#### Bulgaria

* Rosen Plevneliev, former President: Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (15 March 2018)

#### Estonia

* Toomas Hendrik Ilves, former President: Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (2001)

#### Finland

* President Alexander Stubb: Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (2018)
* Tarja Halonen, former President: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
* Sauli Niinistö, former President: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (9 July 2013)
* Jenni Haukio, his wife: Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (9 July 2013)

#### Germany

* President Frank-Walter Steinmeier: Grand Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (26 January 2017)
* Joachim Gauck, former President: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (3 September 2013)
* Daniela Schadt, his partner: Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (3 September 2013)

#### Hungary

* Katalin Novák, former President: Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (2019)

#### Liberia

* Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (7 November 2012)

#### Lithuania

* Valdas Adamkus, former President: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (2001)

#### Poland

* Lech Wałęsa, former President: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (1991)
* Aleksander Kwaśniewski, former President: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (1996)
* Bronisław Komorowski, former President: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (16 November 2012)

#### Portugal

* Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (26 August 2016)
* António Ramalho Eanes, former President: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (5 March 1979)