List of honours of Belgium 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 Belgium, classified by Monarchies chapter and Republics chapter, and, under each chapter, recipients' countries and the detailed list of recipients.

Awards

For Leopold Recipients, see the list of grand cordons of the Order of Leopold

Monarchies

Europe

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
Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
King Albert II : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, military division^[1]
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

King Harald V: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, military division °
Queen Sonja: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, civil division °
Princess Astrid: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown°

Liechtenstein

Prince Nikolaus: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (as former ambassador of Liechtenstein in Belgium)^{[citation needed]}
Alexander Frick: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold^[2]
Leopold Freiherr von Imhof: Knight's Cross of the Order of Leopold^[3]

British Royal Family

Queen Elizabeth II : - 1963 – - Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold^{[citation needed]}

Asia

Thai Royal Family

Queen Sirikit: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (1960)

Japanese Imperial Family

Emperor Emperus Akihito: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
Empress Emerita Michiko: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
Emperor Naruhito: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
Empress Masako: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold^{[citation needed]}

Former

Bulgarian Royal Family

King Simeon II: Knight Grand Cross of Order of the Crown (Belgium)^{[citation needed]}

Iranian Imperial Family

Empress Farah: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold^{[citation needed]}

Republics

Bulgaria

President Georgi Parvanov : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2003)
Zorka Petrova Parvanova : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2003)\

China

President Xi Jinping : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2014)^{[citation needed]}

Estonia

President Toomas Hendrik Ilves : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2008)
Evelin Ilves : Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) (2008)

France

Nicolas Sarkozy : Commander of the Order of Leopold (ministre de l’Économie, des Finances et de l’Industrie, 2004)^{[citation needed]}

Finland

President Tarja Halonen : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2004)
Pentti Arajärvi : Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (2004)

Hungary

President László Sólyom: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2008)^{[citation needed]}

Latvia

President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2007)^[4]

Lithuania

President Valdas Adamkus : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2006)^[5]
Alma Adamkienė : Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (2006)^[5]

Poland

President Lech Wałęsa : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
President Aleksander Kwaśniewski : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (1999)
Jolanta Kwaśniewska : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (1999)

Portugal

President Jorge Sampaio : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2005)
Maria José Rodrigues Ritta : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2005)

Turkey

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2015) ^[6]

References

^ "Z.M. BOUDEWIJN". moriendi.be (in Dutch). 1 August 2023. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008.
^ Frommelt, Fabian (31 December 2011). "Frick, Alexander". Historisches Lexikon (in German). Retrieved 18 May 2023.
^ Quaderer, Rupert (31 December 2011). "Imhof, Leopold Baron von". Historisches Lexikon (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
^ Biography on personal website
^ ^a ^b Lithuanian Presidency, article about the Belgian State visit in 2006
^ "King Philippe of Belgium presents Order of Leopold to President Erdogan". Presidency of the Republic of Turkey. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

External links

Norway: See also the following decorations pages: Harald, Sonja, Haakon, Mette-Marit, Mârtha Louise, Astrid and Ragnhild

[1] "Z.M. BOUDEWIJN". moriendi.be (in Dutch). 1 August 2023. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008.

[:2-2] Frommelt, Fabian (31 December 2011). "Frick, Alexander". Historisches Lexikon (in German). Retrieved 18 May 2023.

[:0-3] Quaderer, Rupert (31 December 2011). "Imhof, Leopold Baron von". Historisches Lexikon (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2023.

[4] Biography on personal website

[LITH-5] Lithuanian Presidency, article about the Belgian State visit in 2006

[6] "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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