Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur

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grade of the Légion d'honneur rank of order of merit

The Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur is the highest and most prestigious rank of France’s national order of merit, the Légion d'honneur.

Aliases (10)

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	grade of the Légion d'honneur → rank of order of merit →
alsoKnownAs	Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour → Grand-croix de la Légion d'honneur →
awardedFor	outstanding civil merit → outstanding military merit →
awardFor	eminent services to the French nation →
awardingBody	Grand chancellor of the Légion d'honneur → President of the French Republic →
belongsToSystem	French system of national honours →
conferredBy	decree of the President of France →
country	France →
eligibility	French citizens → foreign nationals →
establishedAsPartOf	creation of the Légion d'honneur in 1802 →
establishedBy	Napoleon Bonaparte →
gradeLevel	grand cross →
hasInsignia	sash with badge → star worn on the left breast →
hasJurisdiction	French Republic →
hasMotto	Honneur et Patrie →
highestRankIn	Légion d'honneur →
insigniaShape	five-armed Maltese asterisk badge (as for other grades, with higher distinction) →
isComponentOf	French national order of merit system (Légion d'honneur, not Ordre national du Mérite) →
languageOfName	French →
lowerRanks	Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur → Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur → Grand officier de la Légion d'honneur → Officier de la Légion d'honneur →
notableRecipientsInclude	eminent French public figures → heads of state → members of foreign royal families →
order	Légion d'honneur →
partOf	Légion d'honneur →
precededByRank	Grand officier de la Légion d'honneur →
regulatesBy	Code de la Légion d'honneur et de la Médaille militaire →
relativeRank	5th class (highest) of the Légion d'honneur →
symbolizes	supreme recognition by the French Republic →
type	civil and military honour →
wearingClass	sash and star →
wearingOccasion	formal state banquets → official visits → state ceremonies →

Referenced by (52)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aimable Pélissier ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Alphonse Juin ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → André Malraux ("Grand Croix of the Légion d’honneur") → André Masséna ("Grand Eagle of the Legion of Honour") → Ban Ki-moon ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Charles de Gaulle ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Chester W. Nimitz ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Claude Bernard ("Grand-croix de la Légion d'honneur") → Claude Lévi-Strauss ("Grand-croix of the Légion d'honneur") → Ferdinand Foch ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Ferdinand de Lesseps ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → François Certain Canrobert ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Gerhard Schröder ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Jean Monnet ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Jean de Lattre de Tassigny ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Joachim Murat ("Grand Eagle of the Legion of Honour") → John J. Pershing ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Joseph-Louis Lagrange ("Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur") → Louis Franchet d'Espèrey ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Louis Leprince-Ringuet ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Louis Néel ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Louis Pasteur ("Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur") → Léon Bonnat ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Léon Bourgeois ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Marcel Dassault ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Maurice Gamelin ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Michel Debré ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Michel Eugène Chevreul ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Patrice de MacMahon ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Philippe Pétain ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Raymond Aron ("Grand-croix de la Légion d’honneur") → René Cassin ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → René Cassin ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Whitelaw Reid ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Wim Kok ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Émile Loubet ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") →	awardReceived
Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès ("Grand Eagle of the Legion of Honour") → Raymond Poincaré ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Valéry Giscard d’Estaing ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") →	honor
Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur ("Grand-croix de la Légion d'honneur") →	alsoKnownAs
François Hollande ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") → Édouard Balladur ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") →	hasHonor
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur → Grand Officier de la Légion d'honneur →	higherRank
Étienne Gilson ("Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur") →	award received
G.O.L.H. ("Grand‑croix de la Légion d'honneur") →	belowRank
François Darlan ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour") →	decoratedWith
Officier de la Légion d'honneur ("Grand-croix de la Légion d'honneur") →	hasGradeInSameOrder
Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur ("Grand-croix de la Légion d'honneur") →	hasHigherGrade
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ("Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur") →	militaryAward
Calouste Gulbenkian ("Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (France)") →	notableAward