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List of knights grand cross of the Military Order of William

This is a list of knights Grand Cross of the Military Order of William. Established in 1815 by Willem I, it is the oldest and highest honour of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Knight grand cross's star

The order is only awarded for acts of extreme bravery. Yet in the 19th century, the rank of knight grand cross was commonly awarded to foreign monarchs as a mark of respect and diplomacy. It has not been awarded since 1954, yet the Dutch monarch, as sovereign of the order, wears the insignia of knight grand cross.

Willem I

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Image Name Life Date Country Notes
  Willem, Prince of Orange[1] 1792–1849 8 July 1815   Netherlands Later Willem II, King of the Netherlands
  Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Count of Doggerbank 1735–1819 8 July 1815   Netherlands
  Jonkheer Jan Willem Janssens 1762–1838 8 July 1815   Netherlands
  Leopold, Count of Limburg Stirum 1758–1840 8 July 1815   Netherlands
  Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington[2] 1769–1852 8 July 1815   United Kingdom Also Prince of Waterloo in the Dutch nobility
  Prince Wilhelm of Prussia[1] 1783–1851 8 July 1815   Prussia
  Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prince of Wahlstatt[1] 1742–1819 8 July 1815   Prussia
  Baron Friedrich Wilhelm of Bülow, Count of Dennewitz 1755–1816 8 July 1815   Prussia
  Count August Neidhardt of Gneisenau 1760–1831 8 July 1815   Prussia
  Prince Christian of Hesse-Darmstadt 1763–1830 3 August 1815   Hesse
Baron Karl von Vincent 1757–1834 3 August 1815   Austrian Empire
  Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg[3] 1771–1820 27 August 1815   Austrian Empire
  Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly 1761–1818 27 August 1815   Russian Empire
  Karl Philipp, Prince of Wrede[4] 1767–1838 27 August 1815   Bavaria
  Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Württemberg[5] 1781–1864 27 August 1815   Württemberg Later Wilhelm I, King of Württemberg
  Jonkheer Theodorus Frederik van Capellen 1762–1824 20 September 1816   Netherlands
  Edward Pellew, 1st Baron Exmouth 1757–1833 20 September 1816   United Kingdom Later 1st Viscount Exmouth
  Alexander I, Emperor of Russia[6] 1777–1825 19 November 1818   Russian Empire
  Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia[7] 1779–1831 19 November 1818   Russian Empire
  George, Prince Regent of the United Kingdom[8] 1762–1830 27 November 1818   United Kingdom Later George VI, King of the United Kingdom
Zeno Willem Anne Lodewijk van Tengnagell 1783–1836 24 May 1821   Netherlands
  Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia[9] 1770–1840 9 July 1821   Prussia
  Cornelis Rudolphus Theodorus, Baron Krayenhoff 1758–1840 12 May 1823   Netherlands
  Louis Antoine, Dauphin of France 1775–1844 13 May 1825   France
  Charles X, King of France and Navarre 1757–1836 13 May 1825   France
  Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia[10] 1796–1855 11 May 1826   Russian Empire
  Hendrik Merkus, Baron de Kock[11] 1779–1845 25 October 1830   Netherlands
  Prince Frederik of the Netherlands[12] 1797–1881 18 August 1831   Netherlands
  David Hendrik, Baron Chassé 1765–1849 25 December 1831   Netherlands

Willem II

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Image Name Life Date Country Notes
  Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia[13] 1795–1861 9 February 1842   Prussia
  Louis Philippe I, King of the French[14] 1773–1850 22 March 1842   France
  Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach[15] 1792–1862 8 October 1842   Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Commander of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army
  Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia 1798–1849 4 November 1843   Russian Empire

Willem III

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Image Name Life Date Country Notes
  Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erevansky, Prince of Warsaw 1782–1856 19 April 1849   Russian Empire
  Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary[16] 1830–1916 21 June 1849   Austrian Empire
  Frederik VII, King of Denmark[17] 1808–1863 21 June 1849   Denmark
  Oscar I, King of Sweden and Norway[18] 1799–1859 21 June 1849   Sweden-Norway
  Ernst August, King of Hanover[19] 1771–1851 3 July 1849   Hanover
  Alexander II, Emperor of Russia[20] 1818–1881 13 September 1855   Russian Empire
  Napoléon III, Emperor of the French 1808–1873 13 September 1855   France
  Prince Aleksandr Ivanovich Baryatinsky 1815–1879 19 February 1860   Russian Empire
  Jan van Swieten 1807–1888 12 May 1874   Netherlands
  Albert, King of Saxony[21] 1828–1902 9 July 1878   Saxony
  Friedrich, German Crown Prince and Crown Prince of Prussia[22] 1831–1888 23 August 1878   German Empire Later Friedrich III, German Emperor and King of Prussia
  Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia[23] 1828–1885 23 August 1878   Prussia
  Alexander III, Emperor of Russia[24] 1845–1894 17 March 1881   Russian Empire
  Wilhelm II, German Emperor and King of Prussia[25] 1859–1941 8 September 1889   German Empire Last awarded for diplomatic purposes

Wilhelmina

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Image Name Life Date Country Notes
  Joannes Benedictus van Heutsz 1851–1924 14 March 1903   Netherlands Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1904–1909)
  George VI, King of the United Kingdom[26] 1895–1952 1 July 1946   United Kingdom
  Franklin D. Roosevelt 1882–1945 15 April 1948   United States Posthumously awarded

Juliana

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Image Name Life Date Country Notes
  Princess Wilhelmina of the Netherlands[27] 1880–1962 4 September 1948   Netherlands Upon her abdication as Queen of the Netherlands
  Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia[28] 1892–1975 3 November 1954   Ethiopian Empire

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Militaire Willems-Orde: Oranje-Nassau, Willem Frederik George Lodewijk, Prins van" [Military William Order: Orange-Nassau, William Frederick George Louis, Prince of]. Ministerie van Defensie (in Dutch). 8 July 1815. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Militaire Willems-Orde: Wellesly 1st Duke of Wellington KG GCB, Arthur" [Military William Order: Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington KG GCB, Arthur]. Ministerie van Defensie (in Dutch). 8 July 1815. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  3. ^ (in Dutch) Military William Order: Schwarzenberg, Karl Phillip Fürst zu. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  4. ^ (in Dutch) Military William Order: Wrede, Carl Philipp Joseph Fürst von. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Militaire Willems-Orde: Würtemberg, Friedrich Wilhelm Carl Prinz von" [Military William Order: Württemberg, Frederick William Charles, Prince of]. Ministerie van Defensie (in Dutch). 27 August 1815. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Militaire Willems-Orde: Romanov, Aleksandr I Pavlovitsj" [Military William Order: Romanov, Alexander I Pavlovich]. Ministerie van Defensie (in Dutch). 19 November 1818. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Militaire Willems-Orde: Romanov, Konstantin Pavlovitsj" [Military William Order: Romanov, Konstantin Pavlovich]. Ministerie van Defensie (in Dutch). 19 November 1818. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Militaire Willems-Orde: Wales, George Augustus Frederick, Prince of" [Military William Order: Wales, George Augustus Frederick, Prince of]. Ministerie van Defensie (in Dutch). 27 November 1818. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  9. ^ Militaire Willems-Orde: Preussen, Friederich Wilhelm III von, (in Dutch)
  10. ^ "Militaire Willems-Orde: Romanov, Nicolaas I Pavlovitsj" [Military William Order: Romanov, Nicholas I Pavlovich]. Ministerie van Defensie (in Dutch). 11 May 1826. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  11. ^ "H.M. baron de Kock" (in Dutch). Parlementair Documentatie Centrum. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  12. ^ "Militaire Willems-Orde: Oranje-Nassau, Willem Frederik Karel, Prins van" [Military William Order: Orange-Nassau, William Frederick Charles, Prince of]. Ministerie van Defensie (in Dutch). 18 August 1831. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  13. ^ Militaire Willems-Orde: Preussen, Friederich Wilhelm IV von, (in Dutch)
  14. ^ Militaire Willems-Orde: Bourbon, Louis Phillip prince de (in Dutch)
  15. ^ "Militaire Willems-Orde: Saxen-Weimar-Eisenach, Karl Bernhard Herzog von" [Military William Order: Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Charles Bernhard Duke of]. Ministerie van Defensie (in Dutch). 8 October 1842. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  16. ^ (in Dutch) Military William Order: Franz Joseph I. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  17. ^ "Militaire Willems-Orde: Frederik VII" [Military William Order: Frederick VII]. Ministerie van Defensie (in Dutch). 21 June 1849. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  18. ^ "Militaire Willems-Orde: Wales, Oscar I." [Military William Order: Oscar I]. Ministerie van Defensie (in Dutch). 21 June 1849. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  19. ^ Militaire Willems-Orde: Ernst August (in Dutch)
  20. ^ "Militaire Willems-Orde: Romanov, Aleksandr II Nikolajevitsj" [Military William Order: Romanov, Alexander II Nikolaevich]. Ministerie van Defensie (in Dutch). 13 September 1855. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  21. ^ Militaire Willems-Orde: Sachsen, Friedrich August Albert Anton Ferdinand Joseph Karl Maria Baptist Nepomuk Wilhelm Xaver Georg Fidelis van (in Dutch)
  22. ^ Militaire Willems-Orde: Preussen, Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl Prinz von (in Dutch)
  23. ^ "Militaire Willems-Orde: Preussen, Friedrich Karl Nicolaus Prinz von" [Military William Order: Prussia, Frederick Charles Nicholas Prince of]. Ministerie van Defensie (in Dutch). 23 August 1878. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  24. ^ "Militaire Willems-Orde: Romanov, Aleksandr III Nikolajevitsj" [Military William Order: Romanov, Alexander III Alexandrovich]. Ministerie van Defensie (in Dutch). 17 March 1881. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  25. ^ Militaire Willems-Orde: Preussen, Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht Prinz von (in Dutch)
  26. ^ "Militaire Willems-Orde: Winsor, Albert Frederick Arthur George of" [Military William Order: Windsor, Albert Frederick Arthur George of]. Ministerie van Defensie (in Dutch). 1 July 1946.
  27. ^ "Militaire Willems-Orde: Oranje-Nassau, Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria, Prinses van" [Military William Order: Orange-Nassau, Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria, Princess of]. Ministerie van Defensie (in Dutch). 4 September 1948. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  28. ^ "Haile Selassie I", Military William Order (in Dutch), Defence, 3 November 1954, retrieved 9 March 2016.
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