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)^[1]
  • 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^{[citation needed]}

Bruneian Royal Family

• Hassanal Bolkiah: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (12 February 1996)^{[citation needed]}

Japanese Imperial Family

• Emperor Emeritus Akihito: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour^{[citation needed]}
• 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)

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