Order of the Elephant

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chivalric order order of knighthood

The Order of the Elephant is Denmark’s highest and most prestigious chivalric order, traditionally awarded to royalty and heads of state.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Order of the Elephant canonical 19
Knight of the Order of the Elephant 4

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chivalric order ⓘ
order of knighthood ⓘ
associatedWithMonarch Christian IX of Denmark ⓘ
Christian V of Denmark ⓘ
Frederick IV of Denmark–Norway ⓘ
surface form: Frederick IV of Denmark

Frederick VI of Denmark ⓘ
Margrethe II of Denmark ⓘ
awardedFor exceptional service to Denmark ⓘ
awardingAuthority Danish monarch ⓘ
awardingOccasions royal jubilees ⓘ
special national occasions ⓘ
state visits ⓘ
chapelCity Hillerød ⓘ
chapelCountry Denmark ⓘ
chapelLocation Frederiksborg Castle ⓘ
country Denmark ⓘ
currentSovereign Margrethe II of Denmark ⓘ
dateOfFirstEstablishment 1460s ⓘ
eligibility Danish royalty ⓘ
foreign heads of state ⓘ
foreign royalty ⓘ
featuresOnCoatOfArms Danish royal coat of arms ⓘ
governingBody Royal Court of Denmark ⓘ
surface form: Danish Royal Court
gradeName Order of the Elephant self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Knight of the Order of the Elephant
gradeStructure single class ⓘ
hasChapel Chapel of the Royal Orders of Knighthood ⓘ
hasPrestigeLevel highest Danish chivalric order ⓘ
headTitle Sovereign ⓘ
insigniaDecoration diamonds ⓘ
insigniaMaterial gold ⓘ
insigniaShape white enameled elephant ⓘ
insigniaType badge ⓘ
collar ⓘ
star ⓘ
isHighestOrderOf Denmark ⓘ
motto Magnanimi Pretium ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
mottoTranslation The reward of the great-hearted ⓘ
notableRecipient Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden ⓘ
Charles Philip Arthur George ⓘ
surface form: Charles III

Elizabeth II ⓘ
Akihito ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Akihito of Japan

Naruhito ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Naruhito of Japan

Harald V of Norway ⓘ
Willem-Alexander ⓘ
surface form: Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
orderPrecedenceInDenmark 1 ⓘ
postNominalLetters R.E. ⓘ
reestablishedAsRoyalOrder 1693 ⓘ
reestablishedBy Christian V of Denmark ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
ribbonColor light blue ⓘ
sovereign Monarch of Denmark ⓘ
typicalRecipients heads of state ⓘ
royalty ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haakon VII of Norway → honor → Order of the Elephant ⓘ
Cornelis Tromp → awardReceived → Order of the Elephant ⓘ
Jørn Utzon → awardReceived → Order of the Elephant ⓘ
Admiral Cornelis Tromp → awardReceived → Order of the Elephant ⓘ
subject surface form: Cornelis Tromp
King Baudouin of Belgium → honor → Order of the Elephant ⓘ
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi → awardReceived → Order of the Elephant ⓘ
Giorgio Napolitano → awardReceived → Order of the Elephant ⓘ
Sandro Pertini → awardReceived → Order of the Elephant ⓘ
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg → honor → Order of the Elephant ⓘ
Order of the Dannebrog → higherAward → Order of the Elephant ⓘ
Olav V of Norway → honor → Order of the Elephant ⓘ
Order of the Elephant → gradeName → Order of the Elephant self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight of the Order of the Elephant
Harold Alexander, 1st Baron Rideau → awardReceived → Order of the Elephant ⓘ
Frederick IX of Denmark → honor → Order of the Elephant ⓘ
Baudouin Albert Charles Leopold Axel Marie Gustave → honor → Order of the Elephant ⓘ
Karl Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach → honor → Order of the Elephant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight of the Order of the Elephant
Wilhelm Ernst, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach → honor → Order of the Elephant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight of the Order of the Elephant
Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller → awardReceived → Order of the Elephant ⓘ
Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller → hasHonorificTitle → Order of the Elephant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight of the Order of the Elephant
Jean Benoît Guillaume Robert Antoine Louis Marie Adolphe Marc d'Aviano → awardReceived → Order of the Elephant ⓘ
Castle Chapel → associatedWith → Order of the Elephant ⓘ
Ingrid of Sweden → honor → Order of the Elephant ⓘ
Princess Ingrid of Denmark → awardReceived → Order of the Elephant ⓘ