By reign List of Knights of the Order of the Elephant

1 reign

1.1 king christian ix of denmark

1.1.1 20th century


1.2 king frederik viii of denmark
1.3 king christian x of denmark
1.4 king frederick ix of denmark (1947-1972)
1.5 queen margrethe ii of denmark (14 january 1972 - )

by reign

persons in bold characters alive members

king christian ix of denmark

1863-1879 : in development ...

20 july 1880: oscar, prince bernadotte, formerly prince of sweden (and norway), duke of gotland (oscar ii s 2nd son)
10 september 1881: michael nikolaevich, grand duke of russia (nicholas s 4th son)
19 september 1881: albrecht, archduke of austria-hungary, duke of teschen
19 may 1882: milan i, king of serbia
28 october 1882: ernst ii, duke of saxe-altenburg
26 november 1882: arthur mohrenheim, russian envoy in denmark
6 july 1883: alexander i, prince of bulgaria (1879–1886)
31 august 1883: carl, prince of sweden (and norway), duke of västergötland (oscar ii s 3rd son , queen astrid s father)
31 august 1883: eugen, prince of sweden (and norway), duke of närke (oscar ii s 4th son)
7 october 1883: carlos i, king of portugal
11 october 1883: albert victor, prince of united kingdom, duke of clarence , avondale
18 may 1884: nicholas ii, grand duke tsar of russia (alexander iii s elder son)
29 october 1884: alexander frederick, landgrave of hesse-kassel
13 december 1884: abdul hamid ii, sultan of ottoman empire
14 september 1885: robert philippe, prince of orléans, duke of chartres (prince valdemar of denmark s father-in-law).
11 october 1885: george v, king of united kingdom , ireland
22 october 1885: (louis) philippe, prince of orléans, count of paris
28 august 1886: constantine i, king of greece, george s eldest son
18 may 1887: mutsuhito, emperor meiji of japan
30 july 1888: henry, prince of prussia (wilhelm ii s brother)
25 august 1888: alexander august wilhelm von pape, governor of berlin
26 september 1888: christian x, king of denmark, when christian ix s grandson
25 october 1888: nikolay girs, foreign minister of russia
15 november 1888: george, prince of greece , denmark, george s 2nd son
18 may 1889: nikola i, prince of montenegro (later king of montenegro)
18 may 1889: gustav kálnoky, count, foreign minister of austria-hungary
21 june 1889: karl i, king of württemberg
9 october 1889: george alexandrovich, grand duke of russia (alexander iii s 3rd son)
21 july 1890: karl ludwig, archduke of austria-hungary
3 august 1890: haakon vii, king of norway, when carl, prince of denmark
18 august 1890: charles stephen, archduke of austria-hungary
7 september 1890: nicholas, prince of greece , denmark, george s 3rd son
18 may 1891: luitpold, prince regent of bavaria
5 august 1891: sadi carnot, president of france (1887-1894)
23 september 1891: victor emmanuel iii, king of italy, when crown prince
21 december 1891: illarion ivanovich vorontsov-dashkov, count, russian general
8 january 1892: chulalongkorn (rama v), king of siam (1853-{1868–1910})
26 may 1892: louise, queen consort of denmark (christian ix of denmark s wife)
26 may 1892: friedrich, archduke of austria-hungary, duke of teschen
26 may 1892: prince albrecht of schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg (christian ix of denmark s nephew)
26 may 1892: carl løvenskiold (da), grand hofmarschall of denmark
12 may 1893: johannes nellemann (da), justice minister of denmark
17 july 1894: frederick francis iii, grand duke of mecklenburg-schwerin
28 july 1894: harald, prince of denmark (christian ix of denmark s grandson)
28 july 1894: peter buch (da), justice of supreme court of denmark
24 june 1895: frederick charles, prince of hessen-kassel (later king elect of finland (1918) )
7 september 1895: alexander mikhailovich, grand duke of russia (michael nikolaevich s 4th son)
5 may 1896: georg, prince of schaumburg-lippe
27 july 1897: vajiravudh (rama vi), king of siam (1881-{1910–1925}), when crown prince of siam
27 july 1897: svasti sobhana, prince of siam
3 august 1897: frederick francis iv, grand duke of mecklenburg-schwerin
6 august 1897: michael alexandrovich, grand duke of russia (alexander iii s 4th son)
18 september 1897: fredrik von essen, marshal of realm of sweden
13 october 1897: frederick ii, grand duke of baden
18 november 1897: nicholas mikhailovich, grand duke of russia (michael nikolaevich s elder son)
8 april 1898: niels frederik ravn (da), marine & foreign minister of denmark
9 june 1898: john albert, duke of mecklenburg-schwerin
9 october 1898: george william, prince of hanover , cumberland
9 october 1899: yoshihito, emperor taishō of japan

20th century

6 may 1900: wilhelm, crown prince of germany , prussia (wilhelm ii s elder son)
10 july 1900: maximilian, prince of baden
7 september 1900: george mikhailovich, grand duke of russia (michael nikolaevich s 3rd son)
14 september 1900: frederick, prince of schaumburg-lippe
1 november 1900: Émile loubet, president of france (1899-1906) °
20 july 1901: alfonso xiii, king of spain
12 september 1901: peter, count of oldenburg
14 july 1902: friedrich ii, duke of anhalt, when hereditary prince of anhalt
6 august 1902: andrew, prince of greece , denmark (george s 4th son)
27 october 1902: lave beck-friis, swedish envoy denmark
3 april 1903: august eulenberg, prussian general
29 august 1903: friedrich heinrich, prince of prussia (elder son of albert of prussia & great-grandson frederick william iii of prussia)
28 october 1903: gustaf vi adolf, king of sweden (1950–1973), pr. of sweden (and norway), formerly duke of skåne (gustav v s 1st son)
3 august 1904: paul friedrich, duke of mecklenburg(-schwerin)
3 august 1904: heinrich xviii of reuss-köstritz (1847-1911)
19 august 1904: adolf friedrich v, grand duke of mecklenburg-strelitz
4 march 1905: gustav, prince of denmark
8 april 1905: friedrich wilhelm, prince of prussia (3rd son of albert of prussia & great-grandson frederick william iii of prussia)
10 june 1905: aage, prince of denmark, later count of rosenborg
21 july 1905: hans von koester, german grand admiral
17 november 1905: ernst august iii, duke of brunswick, when hereditary prince of brunswick (and hanover)

king frederik viii of denmark

16 june 1906: charles edward, duke of saxe-coburg , gotha
12 august 1906: axel, prince of denmark
11 september 1906: conrad victor ankarcrona, grand master of stockholm palace
31 october 1906: louise, queen of denmark (fr viii s consort), née princess of sweden (and norway)
19 november 1906: prince eitel friedrich of prussia (wilhelm ii s 2nd son)
19 november 1906: bernhard von bülow, chancellor of german empire
25 april 1907: prince ludwig ferdinand of bavaria
14 june 1907: clément armand fallières, president of france (1906-1913) °
3 july 1907: prince adalbert of prussia (wilhelm ii s 3rd son)
18 december 1907: wilhelm, prince of sweden (and norway), duke of södermanland (gustav v s 2nd son)
8 january 1908: ferdinand i, king of romania, when crown prince
12 may 1908: franz ferdinand, archduke of austria-hungary
3 june 1908: christian danneskiold-samsøe (1838-1914) (da)
8 november 1908: erik, prince of denmark, later count of rosenborg
24 march 1909: manuel ii, king of portugal
28 april 1909: frederick augustus ii, grand duke of oldenburg
16 july 1909: vladimir frederiks, minister of imperial court
19 july 1909: nicholas nikolaevich, grand duke of russia
29 july 1909: christopher, prince of greece , denmark, george s 5th son
15 august 1909: george ii, king of greece, constantine s eldest son
23 february 1910: albert i, king of belgians
20 may 1910: ferdinand i, prince of bulgaria (1887–1908) , tsar of bulgaria (1908–1918)
6 march 1911: arvid taube (sv), foreign minister of sweden
27 march 1911: johannes zeuthen schroll
7 august 1911: chakrabongse bhuvanath, prince of siam
25 december 1911: viggo, prince of denmark, later count of rosenborg
25 january 1912: vilhelm thomsen, danish linguist

king christian x of denmark

14 may 1912: frederick, crown prince of denmark, later king frederick ix of denmark
14 may 1912: knud, hereditary prince of denmark, prince of denmark (until change in succession law)
15 june 1912: prince august wilhelm of prussia (wilhelm ii s 4th son)
26 september 1912: queen alexandrine née mecklenburg-schwerin (christian x s wife, received order insignia)
20 november 1912: erik, prince of sweden (and norway), duke of västmanland (gustav v s 3rd son)
12 december 1912: henry, prince consort of netherlands
25 february 1913: prince oskar of prussia (wilhelm ii s 5th son)
25 february 1913: theobald von bethmann-hollweg, german chancellor
17 march 1914: prince edward albert of united kingdom, prince of wales, later edward viii, king of united kingdom
10 may 1914: prince arthur, duke of connaught , strathearn, prince of united kingdom
16 may 1914: raymond poincaré, president of france (1913-1920) °
12 february 1919: hans niels andersen
18 february 1919: carl gustaf mannerheim, regent , president of finland
27 october 1919: leopold iii, king of belgians (at time : léopold, duke of brabant, prince of belgium)
30 november 1920: prince albert of united kingdom, duke of york, later george vi of united kingdom , ireland
8 december 1920: alexandre millerand, president of france (1920-resignation 1924) °
9 june 1921: prince rené of bourbon-parma, prince valdemar of denmark s son-in-law.
13 august 1921: olav v, king of norway
14 november 1921: epitácio pessoa, president of brazil
31 august 1922: umberto ii of italy, when crown prince of italy
5 september 1922: wilhelmina, queen of netherlands (only received order insignia)
23 september 1922: prince george, duke of kent, prince of united kingdom
23 january 1923: hirohito, emperor showa of japan
30 october 1923: tage reedtz-thott, baron, former council president of denmark
20 december 1923: stanisław wojciechowski, president of poland
24 june 1924: prince henry, duke of gloucester, prince of united kingdom
23 august 1924: duke adolf friedrich of mecklenburg, elected duke of united baltic duchy (1918)
24 february 1925: tomáš garrigue masaryk, president of czechoslovakia
8 february 1926: prajadhipok (rama vii), king of siam (1893-{1925-1935})
7 october 1926: lauri kristian relander, president of finland
9 november 1926: charles, prince of belgium, count of flanders
12 march 1927 : gaston doumergue, president of france (1924-1931) °
7 august 1927: paul, king of greece, constantine s 3rd son
18 october 1928: kirill vladimirovich, grand duke of russia
6 february 1929: alfonso, prince of asturias (alfonso xiii of spain s elder son & juan carlos s uncle)
6 february 1929: infante jaime, duke of segovia (alfonso xiii of spain s 2nd son & juan carlos s uncle)
23 march 1929: louis ii, reigning prince of monaco
7 june 1929: friedrich franz, hereditary grand duke of mecklenburg-schwerin (nephew of queen alexandrine , christian x)
26 march 1930: alexander i, king of yugoslavia
26 april 1930: berthold, margrave of baden (prince andrew of greece , denmark s son-in-law)
4 june 1930: paribatra sukhumbhand, prince of siam
4 june 1930: purachatra jayakara, prince of siam
13 july 1930: damrong rajanubhab, prince of siam / thailand
3 september 1930: nobuhito, prince takamatsu of japan
6 october 1930 : prince jean, duke of guise, orléanist claimant headship of royal family of france & (robert s son, 1885)
25 january 1932 : paul doumer, president of france (1931-1932)
17 march 1932: christian, prince of schaumburg-lippe (princess louise of denmark s son, christian x s nephew)
4 november 1932: fuad i, king of egypt
17 february 1933 : albert lebrun, president of france (1932-de facto 1940) °
16 june 1933: gustaf adolf, prince of sweden, duke of västerbotten (gustaf vi adolf s son , carl xvi gustaf s father)
5 december 1933: prince carl bernadotte, formerly prince of sweden, duke of Östergötland, (duke of västergötland s son)
7 november 1934: prince paul of yugoslavia, prince regent of yugoslavia (9 october 1934 – 27 march 1941)
26 november 1934: peter, prince of greece , denmark, prince george s son
21 may 1935: carl johan, count bernadotte of wisborg, formerly prince of sweden, duke of dalarna
21 may 1935: bertil, prince of sweden, duke of halland (gustav vi s 3rd son)

nb 24. may 1947: ingrid of sweden, queen of denmark
20 january 1937: rezā shāh, emperor of iran
24 january 1937: frederick ii, duke of schleswig-holstein, head of house of oldenburg
24 february 1937: prince gorm of denmark (christian x s nephew)
16 april 1938: george, prince of denmark,
19 january 1939: ernst augustus iv of hanover
16 february 1940: miklós horthy, regent of hungary
9 march 1940: flemming, prince of denmark, later count of rosenborg
10 march 1941: oluf, prince of denmark, later count of rosenborg
5 july 1945: bernard montgomery, field marshal
15 december 1945: dwight d. eisenhower, general, later president of united states
5 april 1946: juliana, retired queen of netherlands (only awarded order insignia)
5 april 1946: bernhard, prince consort of netherlands

king frederick ix of denmark (1947-1972)

20 april 1947: princess margrethe of denmark, margrethe ii of denmark, sovereign of order
20 april 1947: princess benedikte of denmark
20 april 1947: queen anne-maria, former queen of hellenes, princess of denmark
24 may 1947: ingrid, queen of denmark, née princess of sweden (only awarded order insignia)
17 october 1947: niels bohr, danish nobel prize in physics
16 november 1947: queen elizabeth ii of united kingdom of great britain , northern ireland (then princess elizabeth)
16 november 1947: prince philip of united kingdom of great britain , northern ireland, duke of edinburgh
9 october 1950: winston churchill, prime minister of united kingdom
17 november 1950: juho kusti paasikivi, president of finland
28 november 1950: vincent auriol, president of france (1947-1954)
28 march 1952: sigvard bernadotte, count of wisborg
28 november 1952: chumbhotbongs paribatra, prince of thailand
8 august 1953: him emperor akihito of japan
5 april 1954: Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, president of iceland
21 november 1954: haile selassie, emperor of ethiopia
21 november 1954: makonnen haile selassie, prince of ethiopia
21 march 1955: charlotte, grand duchess of luxembourg
15 may 1955: rené coty, president of france (1954-1959)
5 march 1957: prince mikasa of japan
3 september 1957: urho kekkonen, president of finland
21 february 1958: king harald v of norway
21 april 1958: king bhumibol adulyadej of thailand
14 may 1959: mohammad reza pahlavi, shah of iran
3 september 1960: caroline-mathilde, hereditary princess of denmark
4 september 1960: margaretha, prinsess of denmark, born princess of sweden
6 september 1960: queen sirikit of thailand
17 february 1961: count ingolf of rosenborg, former prince of denmark
11 march 1961: eleanor, countess of rosenborg, formerly princess of denmark
4 january 1962: king constantine ii, former king of hellenes
11 march 1962: princess elisabeth of denmark
6 june 1962: adolf schärf, president of austria (1890-{1957–1965})
23 january 1963: frederike, queen of greece
3 may 1963: empress farah, former empress of iran
4 june 1963: habib bourguiba, president of tunisia
9 september 1963: julius nyerere, president of tanzania
20 october 1963: christian, count of rosenborg, formerly prince of denmark
20 april 1964: antonio segni, president of italy
11 september 1964: princess irene of greece , denmark
11 september 1964: prince michael of greece , denmark
12 january 1965: king carl xvi gustaf of sweden
5 april 1965: charles de gaulle, president of france (1959-1969), died 9 november 1970 °
28 september 1965: prince hitachi of japan
8 february 1966: baudouin, king of belgium
16 may 1966: giuseppe saragat, president of italy
10 june 1967: prince henrik of denmark
3 february 1968: prince richard of sayn-wittgenstein-berleburg
18 june 1968: king albert ii of belgians (at time: albert, prince of liège, prince of belgium)
15 january 1970: asfa wossen haile selassie, crown prince of ethiopia
9 june 1970: gustav heinemann, president of west germany
2 september 1970: kristján eldjárn, president of iceland

queen margrethe ii of denmark (14 january 1972 - )

14 january 1972: crown prince frederik of denmark
14 january 1972: prince joachim of denmark
16 january 1973: princess christina, mrs magnuson
12 february 1973: queen sonja of norway
16 april 1974: anne, princess of denmark
30 april 1974: prince prince charles of united kingdom of great britain , northern ireland, prince of wales
29 october 1974: josip broz tito, president of yugoslavia
29 october 1975: queen beatrix of netherlands
29 october 1975: claus, prince consort of netherlands
22 november 1976: grand duke jean of luxembourg
22 november 1976: joséphine-charlotte, grand duchess of luxembourg
12 october 1978: valéry giscard d estaing, former president of french republic (1974-1981) °
8 november 1978: giovanni leone, president of italy
3 april 1979: rudolf kirchschläger, president of austria (1915-{1974-1986}-2000)
17 march 1980: king juan carlos of spain
17 march 1980: queen sofía of spain
25 february 1981: vigdís finnbogadóttir, former president of republic of iceland
21 april 1981: nagako, empress of japan
28 april 1982: françois mitterrand, president of france (1981-1995), died 8 january 1996 °
20 april 1983: mauno henrik koivisto, former president of republic of finland
18 march 1984: fahd, king of saudi arabia
25 june 1984: antónio santos ramalho eanes, former president of portuguese republic
3 september 1985: queen silvia of sweden
19 february 1986: mohamed hosni mubarak, president of arab republic of egypt
15 february 1988: hassan ii, king of morocco
25 april 1989: richard von weizsäcker, former president of federal republic of germany
17 october 1989: birendra, king of nepal
20 july 1991: crown prince haakon of norway
6 may 1992: mário alberto nobre lopes soares, former president of portuguese republic
13 october 1992: princess märtha louise of norway
5 july 1993: lech wałęsa, former president of republic of poland
19 october 1993: oscar luigi scalfaro, president of italy
12 april 1994: lennart meri, president of estonia
7 september 1994: martti ahtisaari, former president of republic of finland
16 may 1995: queen paola of belgians
14 july 1995: crown princess victoria of sweden
17 november 1995: alexandra, countess of frederiksborg
18 february 1996: nelson mandela, president of republic of south africa
9 october 1996: algirdas brazauskas, president of lithuania
18 november 1996: Ólafur ragnar grímsson, president of republic of iceland
14 january 1997: crown prince pavlos of greece, prince of denmark
18 march 1997: guntis ulmanis, former president of republic of latvia
31 january 1998: prince willem-alexander of netherlands, prince of orange
27 april 1998: hussein, king of jordan
27 april 1998: queen noor al-hussein of hashemite kingdom of jordan
2 june 1998: empress michiko of japan
3 may 1999: fernando henrique cardoso, former president of federative republic of brazil
23 may 2000: emil constantinescu, former president of republic of romania
17 october 2000: petar stoyanov, former president of republic of bulgaria
15 december 2000 mærsk mc-kinney møller, ship owner
7 february 2001: crown prince vajiralongkorn of thailand
3 april 2001: tarja halonen, president of republic of finland
10 october 2001: milan kučan, former president of republic of slovenia
24 april 2002: johannes rau, president of germany
28 may 2002: prince philippe of belgium, duke of brabant
20 october 2003: grand duke henri, grand duke of luxembourg
20 october 2003: grand duchess maria teresa
16 march 2004: ion iliescu, former president of romania
9 may 2004: crown princess mary of denmark
16 november 2004: crown prince naruhito of japan
29 march 2006: georgi parvanov, current president of republic of bulgaria
24 may 2006: karolos papoulias, current president of hellenic republic
12 september 2007: luiz inácio lula da silva, former president of federative republic of brazil
8 october 2007: roh moo-hyun, president of south korea
18 february 2008: felipe calderón hinojosa, former president of united mexican states
24 may 2008: princess marie of denmark, wife of prince joachim of denmark
11 may 2011: lee myung-bak, former president of south korea
23 october 2012 : ivan gašparovič, current president of slovakia
17 march 2015 : queen máxima of netherlands
13 april 2016: enrique peña nieto, current president of united mexican states
24 january 2017: guðni thorlacius jóhannesson, current president of iceland




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