List of knights grand cross of the Military Order of William

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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.

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  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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