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List of honorary British Knights

This is an incomplete list of people who have been created honorary Knights (or Dames) by the British crown, as well as those who have been raised to the two comparable Orders of Chivalry (Order of Merit and Order of the Companions of Honour) and the Royal Victorian Chain, which do not carry titles.

An honorary award is made to a person who is not a citizen of a Commonwealth Realm. They cannot use the title of "Sir" or "Dame", but can use the initials of the award after their names. If such a person later acquires citizenship of a Commonwealth Realm, then any honorary awards are usually made substantive, and in the case of knighthoods and dameships they can begin to use the titles.

Citizens of a country which was a full part of the British Empire when they received the honour (i.e. who were British subjects at the time) were substantive knights or dames, not honorary, although some chose not to use their title after their country became independent. Citizens of British protectorates and mandated territories, however, received honorary awards. Before 1947, Indian princes and citizens of the princely states were made substantive members of the two Indian orders (Order of the Star of India and Order of the Indian Empire), but honorary members of the other orders. Other Indians, however, were made substantive members of all orders.

In recent years, the following numbers of Honorary Knights and Dames have been created (other than Knights and Dames in the Royal Victorian Order, which is the Queen's personal prerogative).

1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
8	9	23	7	12	18	22	21	18	6	29	13

Entertainment and Arts

Alfred Brendel - KBE (1989)
Julien Cain - KBE (1952)
Ralf Dahrendorf - KBE (1982; later became a British national)
Christian Conrad, Count Danneskjold-Samsöe - KCVO (1904)
Anna Davies - DBE (2000)
Plácido Domingo - KBE (2002)
Antal Doráti - KBE (1983)
Maurice Druon - KBE
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. - KBE (1949)
Naum Gabo - KBE (1973)
Bernard Haitink - CH (2002), KBE (1977)
Bob Hope - KBE (1998; he had lost British nationality in 1920)
Magnus Magnusson - KBE (1989)
Yehudi Menuhin - KBE (1965; later became a British national)
Spike Milligan - KBE (2001)
Ettore Modigliani - KBE (1930)
Arnaldo Momigliano - KBE (1974)
Lewis Mumford - KBE (1975)
Ann Murray - DBE (2002)
Iris Origo - DBE (1977)
Eugene Ormandy - KBE (1976)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski - GBE (1925)
Roberto Paribeni - KBE (1930)
Murray Perahia - KBE (2004)
Mario Praz - KBE (1962)
Andre Previn - KBE
Arthur Rubinstein - KBE (1977)
Georg Solti - KBE (1971; later became a British national)
Steven Spielberg - KBE (2001)
William Trevor - KBE (2002)
Terry Wogan - KBE (2005; later took dual Irish/British nationality)
James Wolfensohn - KBE (1995; previously an Australian citizen, but became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1980)
Franco Zeffirelli - KBE (2004)

Politics and Government

Duke of Alba de Tormes - GCVO (1902)
Emeka Anyaoku - GCVO (2000)
Count d'Arnoso - GCVO (1903), KCVO
Franz Joseph von Auersperg - GCVO (1904)
Joseph Avenol - KBE (1921)
Antonio Jose d'Avila - KCVO (1903)
Ayub Khan - GCMG, Royal Victorian Chain
August Graf Bellegarde - KCVO (1903)
Alexis Prince Bentheim und Steinfurt - GCVO (1904)
Hermann Baron von Bilfinger - GCVO (1904)
Anatol Biogot de Saint-Quentin - GCVO (1904)
Robert, Count of Bourboulon - GCVO (1905)
Henri, Marquis de Breteuil - KCVO (1904)
George H. W. Bush - GCB (1993)
Nicolae Ceauşescu - GCB (1978; rescinded 1989)
Anson Chan - GCMG (2002)
Chentung Liang-Chang - KCMG, KCVO (1909)
Cherif Pasha - GCSI (1878)
Eduard Graf Choloniewski Myszka - KCVO (1903)
Prospero Colonna - GCVO (1903)
Abel Combarieu - GCVO (1903)
Émile Combes - GCVO (1903)
Karl Graf Coudenhove - GCVO (1904)
Philippe Crozier - KCVO (1898)
Christian Frederik, Count Danneskjold-Samsöe - GCVO (1904)
Théophile Delcassé - GCVO (1903)
Johan Deuntzer - GCVO (1904)
Alphonse Deville - GCVO (1903)
António Ramalho Eanes - Royal Victorian Chain (1985)
Gustavus Ernest of Erbach-Schönberg - GCVO (1900)
Hussein Fakhry Pasha - KCMG (1902)
Luiz Coutinho Borges de Medeiros, Marquis of Fayal - GCVO (1909)
Tassilo Graf Festétics de Tolna - GCVO (1904)
Antonio, Count of Figueiro - GCVO (1905)
Arturo Frondizi - GCMG (1960)
Eduardo Galhardo - KCIE (1901)
Romeo Gallenga-Stuart - KBE
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom - GCMG (2000)
Cesare Gianotti - GCVO (1903)
Rudolph W. Giuliani - KBE (2002)
Balbino Giuliano - GBE (1930)
Agenor Graf Goluchowski von Goluchowo - GCVO (1903)
Alan Greenspan - KBE (2002)
Leopold Baron von Gudenus - KCVO (1903)
Václav Havel - GCB (1996)
Gustav Heinemann - GCB (1972)
Count Basil Hendrikov - GCVO (1909)
Sassoon Effendi Heskail - KBE
Harri Holkeri - KBE (1999)
Mohammed Ikramullah - KCMG (1961)
Ito Yukichi - KCVO (1905)
Dato Onn Bin Ja'Afar - KBE (1953)
Muhammad Hasan Jan - GCVO
Martin Baron von Jenisch - GCVO (1908)
Bhim Shumshere Jung - GCSI (1931), KCSI (1917), KCVO
Judha Shumshere Jung - GCSI (1935), GCIE, KCIE (1917)
Kajetan von Kapos-Mére - KCVO (1903)
Hamid Karzai - GCMG (2003)
Abera Kassa - KBE (1932)
Erich Graf Kielmansegg - GCVO (1904), KCVO (1903)
Kim Dae-jung - GCB, GCMG
Helmut Kohl - GCMG
Julius, Count Krag Juel Vind Frijs - KCVO (1904)
Magens, Count Krag Juel Vind Frijs - KCVO (1904)
John Kufuor - GCB (2007)
Husein Kuli Khan - KCIE (1902)
Pier Francesco, Marchese di Lajatico - KCVO (1903)
Pierre-Olivier Lapie - KBE
Alfred, Marquis de Lau d'Allemand - KCVO (1904)
Jose d'Almeida Correa de Sa, Marquis of Lavradio - GCVO (1909)
Lee Kuan Yew - GCMG (1972), CH (1970)
Hans Ritter von Lex - KBE (1961)
Wenceslau de Lima - GCVO (1903)
Joseph Luns - CH (1971)
Heinrich Graf Lützow zu Drey Lützow - KCVO (1903)
Sayyed Abdelrahman el-Mahdi - KBE (1926)
Mohammed Pasha Mahmud - GCMG (1929)
Nelson Mandela - OM (1995)
Ferdinand Meldahl - GCVO (1904)
Paul Metternich - GCVO (1901)
Andreas Michalakopoulos - KBE
Mirza Hussein Khan - GCSI (1873)
George J. Mitchell - GBE (1999)
François Mitterrand - GCB, Royal Victorian Chain (1992)
Joachim Moltke - GCVO (1896)
Felipe, Duke of Montellano - GCVO (1905)
Alfred Prince von Montenuovo - GCVO (1903)
Kengo Mori - KBE (1927)
Robert Mugabe - KCB (1994; rescinded 2008)
Benito Mussolini - GCB (1923; rescinded 1940)
Muhammad Tawfiq Nasim Pasha - GCMG (1920)
Ameer Ibrahim Nasir - KBE (1972)
Constantin Freiherr von Neurath - GCVO (1904)
Nubar Pasha - GCSI (1896)
Waldemar Oldenburg - KCVO (1904)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski - GBE (1925)
Manuel Augusto Pereira da Cunha - KCVO (1903)
Hasan Khan Pirnia - GCMG (1907)
Byron Price - KBE (1948)
Husain Khan Qazvini - GCSI (1873)
Mahdi Quli Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu - KCMG (1889)
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan - OM (1963)
Tunku Abdul Rahman - CH (1961)
Wenceslau Ramirez de Villa-Urrutia - GCVO (1905)
Abdul Razak - GCMG (1972)
Ronald Reagan - GCB (1989)
Carl Baron von der Recke - KCVO (1905)
Eck Baron von Reischach - GCVO (1904)
Hugo Freiherr von Reischach - KCVO (1897)
Oswald Baron von Richthofen - GCVO (1904)
Charles de Rocca-Serra - KCMG (1917)
Ernst von Röder - KCVO (1902)
Roh Moo-hyun - GCB (2004)
Carlos Roma du Bocage - GCVO (1909)
F. W. F. Rosenstand - KCVO (1901)
Friedrich von Ruexleben - KCVO (1905)
Dean Rusk - KBE (1976)
Saba Pasha - KCMG (1907)
Antonio Vasco de Mello Silva Cezar e Menezes, Count of Sabugosa - GCVO (1909)
Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun - KCMG (1926)
Safvet Pasha - GCSI (1878)
Mohammed Said Pasha - GCMG (1912)
Saito Momotaro - GCVO (1905)
Mariano, Duke of Santo Mauro - GCVO (1905)
Justin de Selves - GCVO (1903)
Fernando Eduardo de Serpa Pimentel - KCVO (1903)
Eduard Shevardnadze - GCMG (2000)
Said Shoucair Pasha - KBE (1924)
Ismail Sirry Pasha - KCMG (1913)
Duke of Sotomayor - GCVO (1902)
Georges de Staal - GCVO (1902)
Dirk Stikker - GCVO (1958), GBE (1951)
Karl Friedrich von Strenge - KCVO (1899)
Suharto - GCB (1974)
Cevdet Sunay - KCB (1967)
Count Tarouca - GCVO (1903)
Clément Thomas - GCIE (1893)
Nicholas Thon - GCVO (1905), KCVO
Josip Broz Tito - GCB (1972)
Tommaso Tittoni - GCVO (1903)
Ali El Tom - KBE (1926)
Karl Prince Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg - GCVO (1904)
Alexander Trepoff - KCMG (1916)
Antonio Villaça - GCVO (1904)
Count Carl Wachtmeister - KCVO (1908)
Rudolf de Weede - KCVO (1904)
Caspar Weinberger - GBE (1988)
Richard von Weizsäcker - Royal Victorian Chain (1992)
John Gilbert Winant - OM (1947)
August von Wöllwarth-Lauterburg - GCVO (1900)
Robert Worcester - KBE (2004; later became a British national)
Ketema Yifru - KCMG (1965)
Giuseppe Zanardelli - GCVO (1903)
Jose Zarco de Camara, Count of Ribeira Grande - GCVO (1904)
Zulfikar Pasha - KBE (1920)

Diplomatic

Abderrahman bin Abdelsadok - KCVO (1903)
Winthrop W. Aldrich - KBE (1957)
Henry Angst - KCMG (1906)
Walter Annenberg - KBE (1976)
Frants Bille - GCVO (1904)
Antonio Chiaramonte Bordonaro - GBE (1930)
Paul Cambon - GCVO (1903)
Andrew Clasen - GCVO (1968)
Timoor al-Daghistani - GCVO (2001)
John W. Davis - GBE (1953)
Hermann von Eckhardtstein - KCVO (1902)
Léon Geoffray - GCVO (1908)
Lloyd Griscom - KCMG (1919)
Slavko Grouitch - KBE
Gunnar Hägglöf - GCVO
Hayashi Tadasu - GCVO (1905)
Pedro Felipe Iñiguez - KCVO (1919)
Louis Joxe - KBE (1952)
Ferdinand de Lesseps - GCSI (1870)
Li Ching Fong - GCVO (1909), KCVO (1896)
Li Hung Chang - GCVO (1896)
Dimitry Metaxas - GCVO (1905)
Armand Mollard - KCVO (1903)
Nazir ul Mulk - GCMG (1897)
Willem J. Oudendyk - KCMG
Alberto Pansa - GCVO (1903)
Wilfried Platzer - GCVO
Luis Polo de Bernabé - GCVO (1905)
Muhsin Rais - GCVO (1948)
Rodrigo Saavedra y Vinent, 2nd Marques de Villalobar - KCVO
Sergey Sazonov - GCB (1916)
Comte de Serionne - KCMG (1917)
Marquis de Soveral - GCMG, GCVO (1902)
Eduardo Abranches de Soveral - MVO (1957)
Ismael Tocornal - GCVO (1919)
Dimitri Tzokoff - KCVO (1905)

Military

Jean Abrial - KCB (1940)
Alfredo Acton - KCB
Christian Arendrup - GCVO (1904)
Ferdinand von Arnim - KCVO (1900)
Gustav von Arnim - GCVO (1900)
Henry H. Arnold - GCB
V. G. Balck - KCMG
Edouard Barrera - KCVO (1897)
Jose de Bascaran y Federico - GCVO (1905)
Friedrich Graf von Baudissin - KCVO (1904)
Anton Baron von Bechtolsheim - GCVO (1903)
Walter Bedell Smith - GBE (1945), KCB (1944)
Prince Konstantin Belosselsky-Belozersky - GCVO (1909)
John Biddle - KCB (1918)
Georges Blanchard - KCB (1940)
Tasker H. Bliss - GCMG (1918)
Leopoldo Boado y Montes - KCVO (1905)
Friedrich von Bock und Polack - GCVO (1904)
Petar Bojović - GCMG (1918)
Augustin Boué de Lapeyrère - KCB (1915)
Omar Bradley - KCB
Guilherme Augusto de Brito Capello - KCVO (1902)
Hermenegildo de Brito Capello - GCVO (1904), KCVO (1903)
Herrmann von Broizem - GCVO (1904)
Karl Baron von Bronn - KCVO (1909)
Ugo Brusati - GCVO (1903)
Wilhelm Büchsel - GCVO (1904)
Luigi Cadorna - GCB (1915)
François Certain Canrobert - GCB
Ivan Chaghin - KCVO (1909)
Chiang Kai-shek - GCB (1942)
Mark W. Clark - KBE (1944)
Wesley Clark - KBE (2000)
Henri de la Croix - GCVO (1903)
William Joseph Donovan - KBE
James Doolittle - KCB (1944)
A. M. J. Dor de Lastours - KCMG (1915)
Antonio Duartt e Silva - KCVO (1903)
Émile Dubois - GCVO (1903)
Karl von Eisendecher - GCVO (1904)
Dwight D. Eisenhower - GCB (1945), OM (1945)
Maximilian von Engelbrechten - KCVO (1904)
François Ernest-Fournier - GCVO (1903)
Prince Louis Esterházy - GCVO (1902)
Marie-Pierre de Fauque de Jonquières - KCMG (1915)
Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral - KCVO (1903)
Max Fischel - KCVO (1904)
Ferdinand Foch - GCB, OM (1918)
Benoit de Formel de la Laurencie - KBE (1940)
Tommy Franks - KBE (2004)
Giovanni Frigerio - GCVO (1903)
Yasumasa Fukushima - KCB
Luis Gomez Carreño - KCVO (1919)
William Gorgas - KCMG (1920)
Emile Guépratte - KCB (1916)
Albert Guérisse - KBE
Alexis Hagron - KCVO (1898)
Leopold Ritter von Jedina - KCVO (1903)
Joseph Joffre - GCB, OM (1919)
Kamio Mitsuomi - GCMG (1915)
Kato Sadakichi - GCMG (1915)
Gustav von Kessel - GCVO (1901)
Alan Kirk - KCB (1943)
Hans von Koester - GCVO (1904)
Wenzel Freiherr Kotz von Dobrz - GCVO (1904)
Marian Kukiel - KCB
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny - GCB (1952)
J. M. E. G. Lefevre - KCMG (1915)
André Lemonnier - KCB
Waldemar Lemvigh - KCVO (1904)
Milans Leon - KCVO (1905)
Rudolf Prince von und zu Liechtenstein - GCVO (1903)
Alfred von Loewenfeld - GCVO (1905), KCVO (1902)
Douglas MacArthur - GCB
Comte de Maigret - KCVO (1899)
Pio Carlo di Majo - KCVO (1903)
Mikhail Malinin - KBE (1945)
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim - GBE (1938)
Peyton March - GCMG (1918)
Peter Markoff - GCVO (1905)
George Marshall - GCB
Rodolphe Maton - KBE (1955)
Hugo Graf Mensdorff-Pouilly - KCVO (1904)
Živojin Mišić - GCMG (1916), KCB (1915)
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger - KCVO (1901)
Anne de Montmorency - KG (1532)
Enrico Morin - GCVO (1903)
Edward von Müller - GCVO (1897)
François de Negrier - GCVO (1898)
Chester Nimitz - GCB
Maresuke Nogi - GCB
Hély d'Oissel - KCB (1915)
Kuwashi Okazawa - GCVO
Oyama Iwao - OM (1906)
Eduard Graf Paar - GCVO (1903)
Adolf Palander - GCVO (1908)
Alexander Papagos - GBE (1941)
Ettore Pedotti - GCVO (1903)
John J. Pershing - GCB (1918)
Philippe Pétain - GCMG
Nobile Porro - GCMG (1915)
Colin Powell - KCB (1993)
Felice, Conti di Quinto - GCVO (1904)
Karl Freiherr von Röder - KCVO (1904)
Hugh Rodman - KCB (1918)
Konstantin Rokossovsky - KCB (1945)
Garcia Rosado - KCMG
Sah Chen-ping - KCMG (1909)
Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. - KCB (1993)
Brent Scowcroft - KBE (1993)
Baron von Seckendorff - GCVO (1904)
Fernando de Serpa Pimentel - KCVO (1909)
W. S. Sims - GCMG (1918)
Rudolf Slatin - KCMG, KCVO (1909)
Leighton W. Smith, Jr. - KBE (1997)
Carl Spaatz - GBE (1945), KBE (1944)
George Squier - KCMG
Stepa Stepanović - GCMG (1918)
Joseph Strauss - KCMG (1918)
Tamemoto Kuroki - GCMG
Giichi Tanaka - GBE, KCMG
Alfred von Tirpitz - GCVO (1904)
Togo Heihachiro - OM (1906), GCVO
Emilio Vaglia - GCVO (1903)
Friederich Wahle - KCVO (1904)
Yamagata Aritomo - OM (1906)
Nikolai Yermoloff - KCVO (1905)
George Zachariae - KCVO (1901)
Georgy Zhukov - GCB (1945)

Business

Auguste-Louis-Albéric, prince d'Arenberg - GCSI (1909)
Ariyoshi Yoshiya - KBE
Ralph Melton Bateman - KBE (1975)
Antonin Besse - KBE
Henri Deterding - KBE (1920)
S. S. Eriks - KBE (1961)
Niall FitzGerald - KBE (2002)
Bill Gates - KBE (2004)
Lou Gerstner
Paul Getty - KBE (1987; later became a British national)
Carlos Ghosn - KBE (2006)
Cecil H. Green (he lost British nationality on becoming a US citizen before 1949)
Sam E. Jonah - KBE (2003)
Leyland Jordan - KBE
Kim Sang Man - KBE (1981)
Gerrit Klijnstra - KBE
Jonkheer Loudon - KBE (1960)
Akio Morita - KBE (1993)
Masaru Shinchi- KBE (2002)
Paul Rykens - KBE (1959)
Edgar Sengier - KBE (1956)
Antonio Joaquim Simoes de Almeida - KCVO (1903)
Peter Sutherland - KCMG (2004)

Religion

Zaki Badawi - KBE (2004)
Billy Graham - KBE (2001)
Gilbert Helmer - KCVO (1909)
Sheikh Ali bin Salim - KBE (1929)
Turian, Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem - KBE (1930)

Royalty

Afghanistan

Amir Abdur Rahman Khan - GCB (1894), GCSI (1885)
Prince Nasrullah Khan - GCMG (1896)
King Habibullah Khan - GCB (1907), GCMG (1896)
King Amanullah Khan - RVC (1928)
Queen Soraya Tarzi - GBE (1928)
Prince Muhammad Hasan - GCVO (1928)
Princess Razia Begum - DBE (1928)
Princess Bibi Khurd - DBE (1928)
King Mohammed Zahir Shah - Royal Victorian Chain (1971)
Prince Zalmai Mahmud Khan Ghazi - GCVO (1971)
Prince Abdul Wali Khan - GCVO (1971)

Albania

Prince Wilhelm I - GCVO (1914)
King Essad Pasha - KCMG (1916)

Aragon

King Alfonso V - KG (1450)
King Ferdinand II - KG (1480)

Austria-Hungary

Emperor Francis I - KG (1814)
Emperor Franz Joseph I - KG (1867; rescinded 1915), GCVO (1904), Royal Victorian Chain (1904)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand - KG (1902)
Archduke Ludwig Victor - GCVO (1903)
Archduke Leopold Salvator - GCVO (1903)
Archduke Franz Salvator - GCVO (1903)
Archduke Rainer - GCVO (1903)

Bahrain

Sheikh Isa I ibn Ali al-Khalifa - KCIE (1919)
Sheikh Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah - KCIE (1935)
Sheikh Salman ibn Hamad Al-Khalifa - KCMG (1952), KCIE (1943)
Emir Isa ibn Salman al-Khalifa - GCB (1984), GCMG (1979), KCMG (1964)
King Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifah - KCMG (1979)
Sheikh Muhammad ibn Mubarak al-Khalifa - GCMG (1984)
Sheikh Muhammad ibn Khalifa ibn Hamad al-Khalifa - GBE (1984)

Belgium

King Léopold I - KG (1816)
King Léopold II - KG (1866)
King Albert I - KG (1914), GCB
King Léopold III - KG (1935), Royal Victorian Chain (1937)
King Baudouin I - KG (1963)

Bhutan

Maharaja Ugyen Wangchuk - GCIE (1921), KCSI (1911), KCIE (1905)
Maharaja Jigme Wangchuk - KCIE (1930)

Brazil

Emperor Pedro II - KG (1871)

Brittany

Duke John V - KG (1375)

Brunei

Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam II - KCMG (1920)
Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin - KBE (1949)
Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin III - GCVO (1972), KCMG (1953)
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah - GCB (1992), GCMG (1972)
Prince Idris - KCVO (1992)
Prince Jefri Bolkiah - GCVO (1992)
Prince Muhammad Bolkiah - GCMG (1998)
Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah - GCVO (1998)

Bulgaria

King Ferdinand I - GCVO (1904)

Burgundy

Duke Charles the Bold - KG (1468)

Castile

King Philip I - KG (1503)

China

Prince Chun - GCVO
Prince Tsai Hsun - GCB (1909)

Denmark

King Eric VII - KG (1404)
King John - KG (1493)
King Frederick II - KG (1578)
King Christian IV - KG (1603)
King Christian V - KG (1662)
King Frederick VI - KG (1822)
King Christian IX - KG (1865)
King Frederick VIII - KG (1896), GCB, GCVO (1901), Royal Victorian Chain (1902)
King Christian X - KG (1914)
King Frederick IX - KG (1951)
Queen Margrethe II - LG (1979), GCVO, Royal Victorian Chain (1974)

Egypt

Khedive Isma'il - GCB (1866), GCSI (1868)
Khedive Tawfiq - GCB (1887), GCSI (1875)
Khedive Abbas II - GCB (1892), GCMG (1891), GCVO (1900), Royal Victorian Chain (1905)
Prince Muhammad Ali - GCB (1937), GCMG (1900)
Sultan Husayn Kamil - GCB (1914)
King Fuad I - GCB (1917), Royal Victorian Chain (1927)

Ethiopia

Emperor Menelek II - GCB (1902), GCMG (1897)
Prince Makonnen Wolde Mikael - KCMG (1902)
Emperor Iyasu V - GCVO (1911)
Prince Kassa Hailu ze-Darge - GCVO (1911), GBE (1930)
Emperor Haile Selassie - KG (1954), GCB (1924), GCMG (1917), GCVO (1930), Royal Victorian Chain (1930)
Emperor Amha Selassie - GCMG (1958), GCVO (1930), GBE (1932), Royal Victorian Chain (1965)
Princess Tenagne Worq - DBE (1932)
Prince Makonnen Haile Selassie - GCVO (1954)
Princess Sebla-Wangel Desta - DCVO (1965)
Prince Asserate Kassa - GCVO (1965)

Florence

Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici - KG (1514)

France

King Francis I - KG (1527)
King Henry II - KG (1551)
King Charles IX - KG (1564)
King Henry III - KG (1575)
King Henry IV - KG (1590)
King Louis XVIII - KG (1814)
King Charles X - KG (1825)
King Louis-Philippe - KG (1844)
Emperor Napoleon III - KG (1855)
Empress Eugénie - GBE (1919)

Germany

Anhalt

Prince Aribert - GCB (1891)

Baden

Grand Duke Friedrich I - KG (1906), GCVO (1905)

Battenberg

Prince Francis Joseph - GCVO (1897), KCB

Brandenburg

Elector Frederick William - KG (1654)

Brunswick or Hanover

Duke William the Victorious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg - KG (1450)
Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick-Bevern - KG (1759)
Duke George William of Brunswick-Lüneburg - KG (1690)
Elector George Louis - KG (1701; later King George I of Great Britain)
Prince George Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg - KG (1706; later King George II of Great Britain)
Duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick-Lüneburg - KG (1765)
Duke William of Brunswick-Lüneburg - KG (1831)
Duke Christian of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel - KG (1624)

The German Empire (before 1850 see Prussia

Emperor Friedrich III - KG (1858)
Emperor Wilhelm I - KG (1861)
Emperor Wilhelm II - KG (1879; rescinded 1915), GCVO (1899; rescinded 1915?), Royal Victorian Chain (1902)
Crown Prince Wilhelm - KG (1901; rescinded 1915)
Prince Heinrich - KG (1889; rescinded 1915), Royal Victorian Chain (1902)
Prince Friedrich Leopold - GCVO (1899)
Prince Eitel Friederich - GCVO (1904)
Prince August Wilhelm - GCVO (1904)
Prince Oskar - GCVO (1904)
Prince Joachim - GCVO (1904)

Hesse

Grand Duke Ludwig III of Hesse and by Rhine - KG (1865)
Grand Duke Ludwig IV of Hesse and by Rhine - KG (1862)
Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine - KG (1892; rescinded 1915), RVC (1902)
Landgrave Wilhelm IX of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) - KG (1786)

Kinsky

Karl, Prince Kinsky von Wchynitz und Tettau - GCVO (1905)

Leiningen

Prince Charles - KG (1837)

The Palatinate

Elector Frederick V - KG (1612)
Elector Karl II - KG (1680)

Prussia See also The German Empire

King Frederick I - KG (1690)
King Frederick William III - KG (1814)
King Frederick William IV - KG (1842)
Emperor Friedrich III - KG (1858)(on becoming son-in-law of Queen Victoria when a Prince of Prussia)
Emperor Wilhelm I - KG (1861) (on becoming King of Prussia)

Reuss

Henry XXX, Prince Reuss - GCVO (1900)

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Duke Ernst I - KG (1838)
Duke Carl Eduard - KG (1902; rescinded 1915), GCVO (1901)
Duke Friderich III - KG (1741)
Duke Ernst Ludwig - KG (1790)

Saxe-Meiningen

Duke Bernard - KG (1830)

Saxe-Weissenfels

Duke John Adolphus - KG (1745)

Saxony

Elector John George II - KG (1668)
Elector John George IV - KG (1692)
King Frederick Augustus II - KG (1842)
King Albert - KG (1882)

Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Duke Friedrich - GCVO (1905)
Prince Albert - GCVO (1904)

Wied also the Royal House of Albania

Prince Wilhelm - GCVO (1904)

Württemberg

Duke Frederick I - KG (1597)
King William I - KG (1830)
King Karl I - KG (1890)
King William II - KG (1904; rescinded 1915)

Gojjam

Prince Hailu Takla-Haymaynot - KBE (1924)

Greece

King George I - KG (1876), GCVO (1901), Royal Victorian Chain (1905)
King George II - KG (1938)
Prince Andrew - GCVO (1902)
King Paul - KG (1963)
Prince Nicholas - GCVO (1901)

Hejaz

King Hussein - GCB (1920)
King Ali - GBE (1920)

Holland

Count William VI - KG (1390)

Holy Roman Empire

Emperor Sigismund - KG (1415)
Emperor Albert II - KG (1438)
Emperor Frederick III - KG (1457)
Emperor Maximilian I - KG (1489)
Emperor Charles V - KG (1508)
Emperor Ferdinand I - KG (1522)
Emperor Maximilian II - KG (1567)
Emperor Rudolf II - KG (1578)

India-see List of Honorary Knighthoods in India

Iran (Persia)

Shah Nasser-al-Din - KG (1873)
Prince Sultan Masud - GCSI (1887)
Prince Vajihullah - GCMG (1897)
Shah Mozaffar-al-Din - KG (1903)
Prince Abul Fath - GCMG (1903)
Prince Abul Husain - GCMG (1916)
Prince Ismail - KCSI (1916)
Prince Firuz - GCMG (1919)
Prince Husain Quli - GCVO (1919)
Prince Asadullah - KCVO (1919)
Prince Muhammad Husain - KCVO (1919)
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi - GCB (1942), Royal Victorian Chain (1948)
Prince Yadullah - GCMG (1961)

Iraq

King Faisal I - GCB (1933), GCMG (1927), Royal Victorian Chain (1918)
Prince Zeid - GCVO (1956), GBE (1920)
Crown Prince Abdul Illah - GCB (1956), GCMG (1942), GCVO (1943)
King Faisal II - GCVO (1952), Royal Victorian Chain (1956)
Prince Ra'ad - GCVO (1984), KCVO (1966)

Italy

King Victor Emmanuel II - KG (1855)
King Umberto I - KG (1878)
King Victor Emmanuel III - KG (1891)

Japan

Emperor Mutsuhito - KG (1905)
Emperor Yoshihito - KG (1912)
Emperor Hirohito - KG (1929; rescinded 1941; restored 1971), GCB, GCVO
Emperor Akihito - KG (1998)

Johor

Sultan Ibrahim - GCMG (1916), GBE (1935), KCMG (1897), KBE (1918)
Sultan Ismail - KBE (1937)

Jordan

King Abdullah I - GCMG (1935), GBE (1920), KCMG (1927)
King Hussein I - GCB (1984), GCVO (1953), Royal Victorian Chain (1966)
Prince Hussein - GCVO (1966)
Prince Muhammad - GCVO (1984)
Prince Hassan - GCVO (1984)
Princess Basma - GCVO (2001)
King Abdullah II - GCB (2001), GCMG (1999), KCVO (1984)
Prince Ali - KCVO (2001)

Kedah

Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah - KCMG (1911)
Sultan Tunku Mahmud - KBE (1935)
Sultan Tuanku Abdul Halim - GCB (1972)

Kelantan

Sultan Mohamed IV - KCMG (1922)

Korea

Emperor Gojong - GCIE (1900)

Kuwait

Sheikh Salim al-Mubarak al-Sabah - KCSI (1914), KCIE (1911)
Sheikh 'Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah - KCSI (1944), KCIE (1930)
Sheikh 'Abd Allah III al-Salim al-Sabah - GCMG (1959) KCMG (1952)
Emir Sabah III al-Salim al-Sabah - KCMG (1959)
Emir Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah - GCB (1995), GCMG (1979)

Lahej

Sultan Abdul Karim bin Fadhl bin Ali - KCMG (1935), KCIE (1918)

Liechtenstein

Prince Eduard Victor - KCVO (1909)

Luxembourg

Grand Duke Jean - KG (1972)
Grand Duke Henri - GCVO

The Maldives

Sultan Mohammed Farid Didi - KCMG (1961)

Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Duke Adolf Friedrich IV - KG (1764)
Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm - KG (1862)

Milan

Duke Francesco I - KG (1463)

Mohammerah

Sheikh Khazal Khan - GCIE (1916), KCSI (1914), KCIE (1910)

Montenegro

King Nicholas I - GCVO, KCVO (1897)

Montmorency

François, Duke of Montmorency - KG (1572)

Morocco

Sultan Abdelaziz - GCB (1901)
Sultan Kapil Talwalkar - GCB (1914)
Sultan Yusef - GCMG (1917)
King Hassan II - RVC (1980)
King Mohammed VI - GCVO (1980)

Naples

King Ferdinand I - KG (1463)
King Alphonso II - KG (1493)

Negri Sembilan

Yang di Pertuan Besar Tunku Mohamed - GCMG (1931), KCMG (1916), KCVO1961

Nepal

Rana Dynasty

Jang Bahadur - GCB (1858)
Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - GCB (1905), GCMG (1919), GCVO (1911)
Bhim Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - GCMG (1931), KCVO (1911)
Sher Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - KBE (1919)]
Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - GCVO (1946), GBE (1919)
Padma Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - GBE (1920)
Tej Shamsher Jang Bahdur Rana - KBE (1924)
Kaiser Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - GBE (1937), KBE (1924)
Bahadur Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - GBE (1934), KCB (1945)
Krishna Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - KBE (1937)
Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - GCB (1939)
Singha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - KBE (1942)
Nir Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - GCVO (1961), KBE (1945)
Kiran Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - KCVO (1961), KBE (1945)
Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - GCB (1950), GBE (1945)
Shankar Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - GBE (1949), KBE (1946)
Subarna Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - GCVO (1960)
Arjun Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - KCVO (1961)
Samrajya Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - KCVO (1961)
Nara Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - KCVO (1961)
Jagdish Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - GBE (1980)
Preksha Rajya Lakshmi Devi - GCVO (1986)

Shah Dynasty

Prince Himalaya Pratap Bir Bikram Shah - GCMG (1961), GBE (1953)
Prince Basundhara Bir Bikram Shah - GCMG (1961)
King Mahendra - Royal Victorian Chain (1961)
King Birendra - Royal Victorian Chain (1975)
King Gyanendra - GCMG (1986)
Prince Dhirendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva - GCMG (1986)

The Netherlands

Stadtholder Maurice - KG (1612)
Stadtholder Frederick Henry - KG (1627)
Stadtholder William II - KG (1645)
Stadtholder William III - KG (1653; later King William III of England)
Stadtholder William IV - KG (1733)
Stadtholder William V - KG (1752)
King William I - KG (1814)
King William III - KG (1882)
Queen Wilhelmina - LG (1944)
Queen Juliana - LG (1958), Royal Victorian Chain (1950)
Queen Beatrix - LG (1989), GCVO, Royal Victorian Chain (1982)

Norway

King Haakon VII - KG (1906), GCB (1896), GCVO (1901), Royal Victorian Chain (1902)
King Olav V - KG (1959), KT (1962), GCB (1946), GCVO (1923)
King Harald V - KG (2001), GCVO (1955)

Oman (formerly Muscat and Oman)

Sultan Turki bin Said - GCSI (1886)
Sultan Faisal bin Turki - GCIE (1903)
Sultan Taimur bin Feisal - KCIE (1926)
Ali bin Salim Al-Busaidy - KBE (1932)
Sultan Said Bin Taimur - GCMG (1956), GCIE (1945)
Sultan Qaboos - GCB (1982), GCMG (1976), GCVO (1979)

Ottoman Empire

Sultan Abd-ul-Mejid I - KG (1856)
Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz - KG (1867)

Pahang

Sultan Abdullah - KCMG (1921)

Perak

Sultan Idris Shah I - GCMG, GCVO (1913)
Sultan Iskandar - GCMG, KCMG (1921), KCVO
Raja Chulan - KBE (1930)
Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah - KCMG (1949)

Perlis

Rajah Tuan Syed Alwi ibni Almerhum Syed Safi - KBE (1938)

Poland

King Casimir IV - KG (1450)

Portugal

King John I - KG (1400)
Prince Pedro - KG (1427)
King Edward - KG (1435)
Prince Henry the Navigator - KG (1443)
King Afonso V - KG (1447)
King John II - KG (1482)
King Manuel I - KG (1510)
King John VI - KG (1822)
King Pedro V - KG (1858)
King Luis I - KG (1865)
King Carlos I - KG (1895), Royal Victorian Chain (1902)
Prince Afonso - GCVO (1903)
Crown Prince Luis Filipe - KG (1902)
King Manuel II - KG (1909), GCVO (1904)

Romania

King Charles I - KG (1892)
King Ferdinand I - KG (1924)
King Carol II - KG (1938)

Russia

Emperor Alexander I - KG (1813)
Emperor Nicholas I - KG (1827)
Emperor Alexander II - KG (1867)
Emperor Alexander III - KG (1881)
Emperor Nicholas II - KG (1893), GCB (1916), Royal Victorian Chain (1904)
Grand Duke Michael - KG (1902), GCVO (1901)
Grand Duke Vladimir - GCVO (1903)

Saudi Arabia

King Fahd - RVC (1987)
King Abdullah - GCB (1998)

Savoy

Duke Emmanuel Philibert - KG (1554)
Prince Emanuele Filiberto - KG (1902)
Prince Luigi Amedeo - GCVO (1903)
Prince Victor Emmanuel - GCVO (1903)
Prince Ferdinando - GCVO (1903)

Scotland

King James V - KG (1535)
King James VI - KG (1590; later King James I of England)

Selangor

Sultan Sulaiman - GCMG (1929), KCMG (1912)
Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah - KCMG (1938)

Shihr and Mukalla

Sultan Salih bin Ghalib al Qu'aiti - KCMG (1938)

Spain

King Philip II - KG (1554)
King Ferdinand VII - KG (1814)
King Alfonso XII - KG (1881)
King Alfonso XIII - KG (1902), GCVO (1897), Royal Victorian Chain (1905)
King Juan Carlos I - KG (1988), Royal Victorian Chain (1986)

Sweden

King Gustavus Adolphus - KG (1627)
King Charles XI - KG (1668)
King Frederick I - KG (1741)
King Oscar II - KG (1881)
King Gustav V - KG (1905), GCVO (1905)
Prince Eugen - GCVO (1905)
Prince Carl - GCVO (1904)
King Gustav VI Adolf - KG (1954), GCVO (1905)
Prince Wilhelm - GCVO (1905)
King Carl XVI Gustaf - KG (1983), Royal Victorian Chain (1975)

Taranto

Prince Henry - KG (1653)

Thailand (formerly Siam)

King Vajiravudh - GCVO (1902)
King Bhumibol Adulyadej - Royal Victorian Chain (1960)

Tigray

Prince Seyum Mangasha - KBE (1924)
Prince Mangasha Seyum - GCVO (1965)

Tonga

Queen Salote Tupou III - GCMG (1965), GCVO (1953), GBE (1945), DBE (1932)
King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV - GCMG (1977), GCVO (1970), KBE (1958)

Trengganu

Sultan Sulaiman - KCMG (1922)

Yugoslavia

King Alexander I - GCB, Royal Victorian Chain
Prince Paul - KG (1939)

Zanzibar

Sultan Ali bin Said - GCSI (1890)
Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini - GCSI (1894)
Sultan Khalifa bin Harub - GCB (1956), GCMG (1936), GBE (1935), KCMG (1914), KBE (1919)
Sultan Abdullah bin Khalifa - KBE (1959)
Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah - GCMG (1963)