Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur

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rank of order of merit

The Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur is the knight rank of France’s highest order of merit, awarded for distinguished military or civil achievements.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Chevalier of the Legion of Honour 17
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur canonical 12
Knight of the Legion of Honour 11

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rank of order of merit ⓘ
awardFor distinguished civil achievements ⓘ
distinguished military achievements ⓘ
awardingCriteria eminent merits in service of the nation ⓘ
conferringBody President of the French Republic ⓘ
country France ⓘ
createdBy Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
eligibility French citizens ⓘ
foreign nationals ⓘ
gradeLevel 5th class ⓘ
hasGenderedTitle Chevalier (masculine) ⓘ
Chevalière (feminine, in common usage) ⓘ
hasInsignia five-armed white-enameled star ⓘ
green laurel and oak wreath ⓘ
hasPostnominalLetters no official postnominals in France ⓘ
hasRibbonColor solid red ⓘ
higherRank Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
Grand Officier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
Officier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
inception 1802 ⓘ
jurisdiction France ⓘ
surface form: French Republic
languageOfName French ⓘ
minimumServiceRequirement usually 20 years of public service ⓘ
motto Honneur et Patrie ⓘ
orderPrecedence highest French order of merit ⓘ
orderType order of merit ⓘ
partOf French system of national orders ⓘ
Légion d'honneur ⓘ
positionInOrder lowest rank ⓘ
regulatingBody Grand Chancery of the Légion d'honneur ⓘ
symbolizes recognition by the French nation ⓘ
translationOfName Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Knight of the Legion of Honour
typicalRecipients distinguished civil servants ⓘ
notable figures in arts and sciences ⓘ
prominent business and community leaders ⓘ
senior military officers ⓘ
wearingStyle badge on left breast ⓘ

Referenced by (50)

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

Ismail Serageldin → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur → translationOfName → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight of the Legion of Honour
Officier de la Légion d'honneur → follows → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
Officier de la Légion d'honneur → precededBy → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur → hasLowerGrade → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur → lowerRanks → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
Brooke Astor → honor → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
Daniel Chester French → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
Mary Higgins Clark → notableAward → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
Tino Rossi → honorificTitle → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
Yann Arthus-Bertrand → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight of the Legion of Honour
Jean-Paul Agon → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
Ralph Lauren → notableAward → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur
Louise Arner Boyd → receivedAward → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
William S. Paley → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
Samuel Goldwyn Jr. → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
Bruno Latour → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
Édouard Daladier → hasHonor → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight of the Legion of Honour
Renée Fleming → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur
Diane von Fürstenberg → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
Anne-Sophie Mutter → hasHonorificTitle → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight of the Legion of Honour
Liliane Bettencourt → honorificTitle → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
Odette Sansom → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur
Isabelle Adjani → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
Bernard Cazeneuve → honorificTitle → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
Sonia Rykiel → honorificTitle → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
Roberto Alagna → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur
Alain Juppé → hasHonor → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight of the Legion of Honour
Hubert de Givenchy → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
Jean Gabin → honorificTitle → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
Jacques Duclos → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight of the Legion of Honour
Seymour H. Knox III → notableAward → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
Robert Florey → notableAward → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
Isadora Duncan → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
Lorado Taft → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (France)
Renaud Capuçon → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
Cross of Knight of the Legion of Honor → nativeName → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Croix de chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
Angelin Preljocaj → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur
Jean Paul Gaultier → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
Jean-Michel Cousteau → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight of the Legion of Honour
Louis Langrée → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur
Raymond Poulidor → awarded → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight of the Legion of Honour
Edward Steichen → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
Théodore de Banville → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
Sir Quentin Saxby Blake → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
subject surface form: Quentin Saxby Blake
this entity surface form: Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur
Luc Oursel → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight of the Legion of Honour
Ruth J. Simmons → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour
J. R. D. Tata → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight of the Legion of Honour
Olivier Giscard d’Estaing → awardReceived → Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight of the Legion of Honour