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France: Orders, Decorations, and Awards

Distinctions and Recipients
Name
Tenure
Orders
Agricultural Merit, Order of
Established 1883
†1926
Whitaker (2364)
Arts and Letters, Order of
Joaquín Soriano
*1941
(5460)
Holy Spirit, Order of the
Founded 31 December 1578 by Henri III. Combined with the Order of Saint Michael in 1578 and both were called the Orders of the King.
1578; †1580
Savoy (254)
George IV, K of Great Britain
1814; †1830
Hanover (2857)
King, Orders of the
Consisting of the Order of the Holy Spirit and the Order of Saint Michael which were combined in 1578.
†1576
Gramont (1980)
1613; †1644
Gramont (1980)
1613; †1678
Gramont (1980)
1661; †1707    
Mancini-Mazarini (475)
†1707
Gramont (1980)
1689; †1720
Gramont (1980)
†1725
Gramont (1980)
1724; †1741
Gramont (1980)
1724; †1745
Gramont (1980)
1758; †1798
Mancini-Mazarini (475)
1820; †1836
Gramont (1980)
Legion of Honour
Founded 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte
Grand Cross
1866; †1880
Gramont (1980)
1914; †1945  
Wied (309)
1923; †1924
Faure (3123.1)
Willem Drees
†1988
••••
1957; *1921
Schleswig-H-S-G-Greece (218.2)
Jabir III Al-Sabah, Em of Kuwait
1989; †2006
Al-Sabah (1)
2006; †2020
Al-Sabah (1)
Grand Officer
1823; †1855
Gramont (1980)
Giuseppe Maria of Savoy, 2nd C of Villafranca
1823; †1825
Savoy (254)
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
1855; †1867
••••
1860; †1880
Gramont (1980)
Daniel Auber
1861; †1871
••••
1863; †1910
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (724.6)
1880; †1881
Gramont (1980)
1880; †1893
••••
1900; †1921
••••
1914; †1918
Pozzi (3028.1)
1920; †1924
Faure (3123.1)
Shk Nasir Al-Muhammad Al-Sabah, PM of Kuwait
2006; *1940
Al-Sabah (1.3)
Commander
1811; †1821
Gogel (3559)
Giuseppe Maria of Savoy, 2nd C of Villafranca
1814; †1825
Savoy (254)
1820; †1855
Gramont (1980)
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
1845; †1867
••••
Daniel Auber
1847; †1871
••••
1857; †1880
Gramont (1980)
1869; †1881
Gramont (1980)
1876; †1877
Gramont (1980)
1877; †1893
••••
1894; †1921
••••
1904; †1918
Pozzi (3028.1)
1910; †1924
Faure (3123.1)
Mishaal Al-Sabah, Em of Kuwait
2018; *1940
Al-Sabah (1)
Officer
1811; †1821
Gogel (3559)
Giuseppe Maria of Savoy, 2nd C of Villafranca
1813; †1825
Savoy (254)
1816; †1855
Gramont (1980)
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
1833; †1867
••••
Daniel Auber
1835; †1871
••••
1854; †1880
Gramont (1980)
1862; †1876
••••
1863; †1881
Gramont (1980)
1864; †1877
Gramont (1980)
1884; †1921
••••
1894; †1918
Pozzi (3028.1)
1903; †1924
Faure (3123.1)
Shk Jabir Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, PM of Kuwait
2009; *1948
Al-Sabah (1.8)
Knight
Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny
1804; 1817
Monsigny (5468)
1806; †1821
Gogel (3559)
1816; †1855
Gramont (1980)
Rodolphe Kreutzer
1821; †1831
Kreutzer (4483)
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
1825; †1867
••••
Daniel Auber
1825; †1871
••••
Louis Clapisson
1847; †1886
••••
1850; †1880
Gramont (1980)
1855; †1881
Gramont (1980)
1859; †1877
Gramont (1980)
Jacques Offenbach
1861; †1880
••••
†1913
Asser (2820)
1868; †1921
••••
1886; †1918
Pozzi (3028.1)
1890; †1924
Faure (3123.1)
1900; †1920  
Fabergé (5350)
†1944
Roosevelt (649)
Zog I, K of the Albanians
1926; †1961
Zogu (3)
Shk Nasir Al-Muhammad Al-Sabah, PM of Kuwait
1984; *1940
Al-Sabah (1.3)
National Order of Merit
Officer
Shk Nasir Al-Muhammad Al-Sabah, PM of Kuwait
2010; *1940
Al-Sabah (1.3)
Knight
Gustav Born
*1921
Born (4192)
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Order of
►Merged with French possession of the Order of St Lazarus 1608
Saint Lazarus and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Order of
Saint Louis, Order of
Established 1693 by King Louis XIV
Knight
Giuseppe Maria of Savoy, 2nd C of Villafranca
†1825
Savoy (254)
1788; †1836
Gramont (1980)
1814; †1855
Gramont (1980)
Saint Michael, Order of
Founded 1 August 1469 by Louis XI. Combined with the Order of the Holy Spirit in 1578 and both were called the Orders of the King.
Commander
Grand Officer
Knight
1472; †1497
Savoy (254)
1517; †1525
Savoy (254)
1543; †1547
Rossi (1448)
1549; †1580
Savoy (254)
1563; †1572
Savoy (254)
1666; †1676    
Ruyter (3603.1)
1693; †1708    
Hardouin-Mansart (3574.1)
Decorations
Croix de guerre 1914-18
Laurence Irving
1916; †1988
Irving (2855.1)
1918; †1918
Spencer (3564.2)
Croix de guerre 1939-45
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr (x3)
†1944
Roosevelt (649)
Arthur Cooper
*1911
Cooper (18.2)
1945; *1921
Schleswig-H-S-G-Greece (218.2)
Other Awards
Grand Prix de Rome
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
1801; †1867
••••
Medal of the City of Paris
Joaquín Soriano
*1941
(5460)


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