Recipients of the Order of the Netherlands Lion

Recipients of the Order of the Netherlands Lion and, until 1830, its counterpart the Order of the Lion Belgium.

The Order of the Netherlands Lion is a high order of chivalry of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Order of the Netherlands Lion was until recently awarded upon eminent individuals from all walks of life, including generals, ministers of the crown, mayors of large towns, professors and leading scientists, industrialists, high ranking civil servants, presiding judges and renowned artists. Since 1980 the Order has been primarily used to recognise merit in the arts, science, sport and literature. The following are recipients within the award.

Knight Grand Cross

(List incomplete)

Nationality Military Rank Name Date Political offices(s) Military offices(s) Comments
Netherlands Jan Jacob Rochussen 10 October 1841 Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1845-1851)
Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1858-1860)
Elevated to Knight Grand Cross from Commander (28/11/1840)
Elevated to Commander from Knight (04/07/1829)
Netherlands Johan Rudolph Thorbecke 7 June 1863 Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1849-1853, 1862-1866, 1871-1872) Elevated to Knight Grand Cross from Commander (14/01/1851)
United KingdomGerman Empire Admiral of the Fleet Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1865
Ottoman Empire Pasha Khedive Isma'il of Egypt 1866
Netherlands Jan Heemskerk 1 May 1878 Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1874-1877, 1883-1888) Elevated to Knight Grand Cross from Commander (25/09/1867)
United Kingdom Field marshal Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn 23 August 1878 Governor General of Canada (1911-1916)
Ottoman Empire Pasha Khedive Abbas II of Egypt 1892
Netherlands Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 7 February 1901
Netherlands Aeneas Mackay 27 May 1905 Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1888-1891) Elevated to Knight Grand Cross from Commander (17/02/1890)
Kingdom of Egypt King Fuad I of Egypt 1925
Netherlands Pieter Cort van der Linden 10 May 1926 Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1913-1918) Elevated to Knight Grand Cross from Commander (1901)
Netherlands Dirk Fock 7 September 1926 Governor of Suriname (1908-1911)
President of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (1917-1920)
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1921-1926)
Elevated to Knight Grand Cross from Commander (10/10/1920)
Netherlands Queen Juliana of the Netherlands 31 August 1927 Former Grand Master (04/09/1948-30/04/1980)
Ethiopian Empire Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia 1930
Netherlands Major Hendrikus Colijn 6 January 1937 Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1925-1926, 1933-1939) Elevated to Knight Grand Cross from Commander (30/08/1926)
Netherlands General
Lieutenant admiral
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld 7 January 1937FF Commander-in-chief of the Armed forces of the Netherlands (1944-1945) Husband of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
United States General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower 6 October 1945 President of the United States (1953-1961) Chief of Staff of the Army (1945-1948)
Supreme Allied Commander Europe
(1951-1952)
Netherlands General Henri Winkelman 14 April 1946 Commander-in-chief of the Armed forces of the Netherlands (1940)
Netherlands Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy 6 May 1946 Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1940-1945) Elevated to Knight Grand Cross from Knight (28/08/1930)
United Kingdom Lieutenant colonel Sir Winston Churchill 1946 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-1945, 1951-1955)
United Kingdom Field marshal Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein 16 January 1947 Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom) (1946-1948)
United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon of the United Kingdom 1950 Wife of King George VI of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom 1950
Netherlands Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands 31 January 1956 Former Grand Master (30/04/1980-30/04/2013)
Netherlands Princess Irene of the Netherlands 5 August 1957
United Kingdom Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 26 March 1958 Husband of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Netherlands Willem Drees 22 December 1958 Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948-1958)
Netherlands Prince Claus of the Netherlands 10 March 1966 Husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
Thailand King Rama IX of Thailand 12 May 1960
Thailand Queen Sirikit of Thailand 12 May 1960 Wife of King Rama IX of Thailand
Germany Konrad Adenauer 1960 Chancellor of Germany (1949-1963)
Netherlands Princess Margriet of the Netherlands 19 January 1961
Jordan King Hussein of Jordan 1964
Netherlands Princess Christina of the Netherlands 18 February 1965
West Germany Walter Hallstein 1968 President of the European Commission (1958-1967)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marshal Josip Broz Tito 1970 Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1944-1963)
President of Yugoslavia (1953-1980)
Netherlands Louis Beel 28 June 1972 Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1946-1948, 1958-1959)
Vice President of the Council of State of the Netherlands (1959-1972)
Netherlands Sicco Mansholt 18 December 1972 European Commissioner for Agriculture (1958-1973)
President of the European Commission (1972-1973)
Elevated to Knight Grand Cross from Commander (7 January 1958)
Netherlands Jelle Zijlstra 18 November 1981 Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1966-1967) Elevated to Knight Grand Cross from Commander (27 July 1963)
Netherlands King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands 27 April 1985 Grand Master (30/04/2013)
Netherlands Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau 25 September 1986
Netherlands Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands 11 October 1987
Japan Emperor Akihito of Japan 22 October 1991
Japan Empress Michiko of Japan 22 October 1991 Wife of Emperor Akihito of Japan
Netherlands Ruud Lubbers 8 October 1994 Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1982-1994)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2001–2005)
Elevated to Knight Grand Cross from Knight (11/04/1978)
ArgentinaNetherlands Queen Máxima of the Netherlands 2 February 2002 Wife of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
Netherlands Pieter van Vollenhoven 29 April 2004 Husband of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
Belgium King Albert II of Belgium 20 June 2006
Belgium Queen Paola of Belgium 20 June 2006 Wife of King Albert II of Belgium
Ghana Kofi Annan 2006 Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997-2007)
Slovakia Ivan Gašparovic 21 May 2007 President of Slovakia (1998, 2004-2014)
Lithuania Valdas Adamkus 2008 President of Lithuania (1998-2003, 2004-2009)
Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves 2008 President of Estonia (since 2006)
Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar 9 March 2011 Prime Minister of Qatar (1995-1996)
Turkey Abdullah Gul 17 April 2012 Prime Minister of Turkey (2002-2003)
President of Turkey (2007-2014)
Italy Giorgio Napolitano 23 October 2012 President of Italy (2006-2015)
France François Hollande 20 January 2014 President of France (since 2012)
South Korea Ban Ki-moon 19 April 2016 Secretary-General of the United Nations (since 2007)
Belgium King Baudouin of Belgium Unknown
Netherlands Lieutenant admiral Conrad Helfrich Unknown Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy (1945-1948)
United States General Walter Bedell Smith Unknown Commanding General of the U.S. First Army (1949-1950)
Germany Helmut Kohl Unknown Chancellor of Germany (1982-1998)
Netherlands Joseph Luns Unknown Secretary General of NATO (1971-1984)
Finland Martti Ahtisaari Unknown President of Finland (1994-2000)
Union of South Africa Field marshal Jan Smuts Unknown Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa (1919-1924, 1939-1948)
United Kingdom Field marshal Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke Unknown Chief of the Imperial General Staff (1941-1946)
United Kingdom Major Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale Unknown
Netherlands Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp Unknown Vice President of the Council of State of the Netherlands (1814-1816)
Netherlands Cardinal Bernardus Johannes Alfrink Unknown
United Kingdom Major-general Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone Unknown Governor General of the Union of South Africa (1924-1930)
Governor General of Canada (1940-1946)
Sweden King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden Unknown
Sweden King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden Unknown
United Kingdom Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope Unknown Lord High Steward (1953) First Sea Lord (1943–1946)
Belgium Charles de Broqueville Unknown Prime Minister of Belgium (1911-1918, 1932-1934)
Mexico General Porfirio Díaz Unknown President of Mexico (1876, 1877-1880, 1884-1911)
United Kingdom King George V of the United Kingdom Unknown
Norway King Haakon VII of Norway Unknown
Norway King Harald V of Norway Unknown
German Empire Prince Henry of Prussia Unknown
Denmark Queen Margrethe II of Denmark Unknown
Denmark Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark Unknown Husband of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
SwedenDenmark Queen Ingrid of Sweden Unknown Wife of King Frederick IX of Denmark
South Korea Ban Ki-moon 19 April 2016 Secretary-General of the United Nations

Knight

(List incomplete)

Nationality Military Rank Name Date Political offices(s) Military offices(s) Comments
NetherlandsIndonesia Hok Hoei Kan 1930 Politician and community leader of the Dutch East Indies, member of the Volksraad Knight

Order of the Lion Belgium

Belgium Vicomte Raymond de Biolley, Belgian industrialist

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