Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur

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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.


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 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 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 (18)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Bruno Latour ("Chevalier of the Legion of Honour")
Daniel Chester French ("Chevalier of the Legion of Honour")
Ismail Serageldin
Jean-Paul Agon
Samuel Goldwyn Jr. ("Chevalier of the Legion of Honour")
William S. Paley ("Chevalier of the Legion of Honour")
Yann Arthus-Bertrand ("Knight of the Legion of Honour")
awardReceived
Mary Higgins Clark ("Chevalier of the Legion of Honour")
Ralph Lauren ("Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur")
notableAward
Officier de la Légion d'honneur
follows
Édouard Daladier ("Knight of the Legion of Honour")
hasHonor
Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur
hasLowerGrade
Brooke Astor ("Chevalier of the Legion of Honour")
honor
Tino Rossi ("Chevalier of the Legion of Honour")
honorificTitle
Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur
lowerRanks
Officier de la Légion d'honneur
precededBy
Louise Arner Boyd ("Chevalier of the Legion of Honour")
receivedAward
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ("Knight of the Legion of Honour")
translationOfName

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