List of honorary British Knights

This is an incomplete list of people who have been created Honorary Knights (or Dames) by the British crown, as well as those who have been raised to the two comparable Orders of Chivalry (Order of Merit and Order of the Companions of Honour) and the Royal Victorian Chain, which do not carry titles.

Royalty

• Amir Abdur Rahman Khan of Afghanistan - GCB (1893), GCSI (1885)
• Prince Nasrullah Khan of Afghanistan - GCMG (1896)
• King Habibullah Shah of Afghanistan - GCB (1907), GCMG (1896)
• King Amanullah Shah of Afghanistan - RVC (1928)
• Queen Soraoiya Shahzada Khanum of Afghanistan - GBE (1928)
• Prince Muhammad Hasan of Afghanistan - GCVO (1928)
• Princess Razia Begum of Afghanistan - DBE (1928)
• Princess Bibi Khurd of Afghanistan - DBE (1928)
• King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan - RVC (1971)
• Prince Zalmai Mahmud Khan Ghazi of Afghanistan - GCVO (1971)
• Prince Abdul Wali Khan of Afghanistan - GCVO (1971)
• Prince Wilhelm I of Albania - GCVO (1914)
• King Essad Pasha of Albania - KCMG (1916)
• Prince Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta - KG (1902)
• King Alfonso V of Aragon - KG (1450)
• King Ferdinand II of Aragon - KG (1480)
• Emperor Francis I of Austria - KG (1814)
• Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary - KG (1867; removed 1915), RVC
• Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria - KG (1902)
• Grand Duke Frederick I of Baden - KG (1906)
• Sheikh Isa I ibn Ali al-Khalifa of Bahrain - KCIE (1919)
• Sheikh Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah of Bahrain - KCIE (1935)
• Sheikh Salman ibn Hamad Al-Khalifa of Bahrain - KCMG (1952), KCIE (1943)
• Emir Isa ibn Salman al-Khalifa of Bahrain - GCB (1984), GCMG (1979), KCMG (1964)
• King Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifah of Bahrain - KCMG (1979)
• Sheikh Muhammad ibn Mubarak al-Khalifa of Bahrain - GCMG (1984)
• Sheikh Muhammad ibn Khalifa ibn Hamad al-Khalifa of Bahrain - GBE (1984)
• King Léopold I of Belgium - KG (1816)
• King Léopold II of Belgium - KG (1866)
• King Albert I of Belgium - KG (1914), GCB
• King Léopold III of Belgium - KG (1935), RVC (1937)
• King Baudouin of Belgium - KG (1963)
• Maharaja Ugyen Wangchuk of Bhutan - GCIE (1921), KCSI (1911), KCIE (1905)
• Maharaja Jigme Wangchuk of Bhutan - KCIE (1930)
• Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg - KG (1654)
• Emperor Pedro II of Brazil - KG (1871)
• Duke John V of Brittany - KG (1375)
• Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam II of Brunei - KCMG (1920)
• Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin of Brunei - KBE (1949)
• Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin III of Brunei - GCVO (1972), KCMG (1953)
• Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei - GCB (1992), GCMG (1972)
• Prince Idris of Brunei - KCVO (1992)
• Prince Jefri Bolkiah of Brunei - GCVO (1992)
• Prince Muhammad Bolkiah of Brunei - GCMG (1998)
• Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah of Brunei - GCVO (1998)
• Duke William of Brunswick - KG (1450)
• Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick-Bevern - KG (1759)
• Duke George William of Brunswick-Lüneburg - KG (1690)
• Prince George Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg - KG (1706; later King George II of Great Britain)
• Duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick-Lüneburg - KG (1765)
• Duke William of Brunswick-Lüneburg - KG (1831)
• Duke Christian of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel - KG (1624)
• Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy - KG (1468)
• King Philip I of Castile - KG (1503)
• Prince Chun of China - GCVO
• King Eric VII of Denmark - KG (1404)
• King John of Denmark - KG (1493)
• King Frederick II of Denmark - KG (1578)
• King Christian IV of Denmark - KG (1603)
• King Christian V of Denmark - KG (1662)
• King Frederick VI of Denmark - KG (1822)
• King Christian IX of Denmark - KG (1865)
• King Frederick VIII of Denmark - KG (1896), RVC (1902)
• King Christian X of Denmark - KG (1914)
• King Frederick IX of Denmark - KG (1951)
• Queen Margrethe II of Denmark - LG (1979), GCVO, RVC (1974)
• Khedive Isma'il of Egypt - GCB (1866), GCSI (1868)
• Khedive Tawfiq of Egypt - GCB (1887), GCSI (1875)
• Khedive Abbas II of Egypt - GCB (1892), GCMG (1891), GCVO (1900), RVC (1905)
• Prince Muhammad Ali of Egypt - GCB (1937), GCMG (1900)
• Sultan Husayn Kamil of Egypt - GCB (1914)
• King Fuad I of Egypt - GCB (1917), RVC (1927)
• Emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia - GCB (1902), GCMG (1897)
• Prince Makonnen Wolde Mikael of Ethiopia - KCMG (1902)
• Emperor Iyasu V of Ethiopia - GCVO (1911)
• Prince Kassa Hailu ze-Darge of Ethiopia - GCVO (1911), GBE (1930)
• Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia - KG (1954), GCB (1924), GCMG (1917), GCVO (1930), RVC (1930)
• Emperor Amha Selassie of Ethiopia - GCMG (1958), GCVO (1930), GBE (1932), RVC (1965)
• Princess Tenagne Worq of Ethiopia - DBE (1932)
• Prince Makonnen Haile Selassie of Ethiopia - GCVO (1954)
• Princess Sebla-Wangel Desta of Ethiopia - DCVO (1965)
• Prince Asserate Kassa of Ethiopia - GCVO (1965)
• Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici of Florence - KG (1514)
• King Francis I of France - KG (1527)
• King Henry II of France - KG (1551)
• King Charles IX of France - KG (1564)
• King Henry III of France - KG (1575)
• King Henry IV of France - KG (1590)
• King Louis XVIII of France - KG (1814)
• King Charles X of France - KG (1825)
• King Louis-Philippe of France - KG (1844)
• Emperor Napoleon III of France - KG (1855)
• Empress Eugénie of France - GBE (1919)
• Emperor Friedrich III of Germany - KG (1858)
• Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany - KG (1861)
• Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany - KG (1879; removed 1915), GCVO (1899; removed 1915?), RVC (1902)
• Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany - KG (1901; removed 1915)
• Prince Hailu Takla-Haymaynot of Gojjam - KBE (1924)
• King George I of Greece - KG (1876)
• King George II of Greece - KG (1938)
• King Paul of Greece - KG (1963)
• Elector George Louis of Hanover - KG (1701; later King George I of Great Britain)
• King Hussein of the Hejaz - GCB (1920)
• King Ali of the Hejaz - GBE (1920)
• Grand Duke Ludwig III of Hesse and by Rhine - KG (1865)
• Grand Duke Ludwig IV of Hesse and by Rhine - KG (1862)
• Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine - KG (1892; removed 1915), RVC (1902)
• Landgrave Wilhelm IX of Hesse-Kassel - KG (1786)
• Count William VI of Holland - KG (1390)
• Emperor Sigismund of the Holy Roman Empire - KG (1415)
• Emperor Albert II of the Holy Roman Empire - KG (1438)
• Emperor Frederick III of the Holy Roman Empire - KG (1457)
• Emperor Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire - KG (1489)
• Emperor Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire - KG (1508)
• Emperor Ferdinand I of the Holy Roman Empire - KG (1522)
• Emperor Maximilian II of the Holy Roman Empire - KG (1567)
• Emperor Rudolf II of the Holy Roman Empire - KG (1578)
• Shah Nasser-al-Din of Iran (Persia) - KG (1873)
• Prince Sultan Masud of Iran (Persia) - GCSI (1887)
• Prince Vajihullah of Iran (Persia) - GCMG (1897)
• Shah Mozaffar-al-Din of Iran (Persia) - KG (1903)
• Prince Abul Fath of Iran (Persia) - GCMG (1903)
• Prince Abul Husain of Iran (Persia) - GCMG (1916)
• Prince Ismail of Iran (Persia) - KCSI (1916)
• Prince Firuz of Iran (Persia) - GCMG (1919)
• Prince Husain Quli of Iran (Persia) - GCVO (1919)
• Prince Asadullah of Iran (Persia) - KCVO (1919)
• Prince Muhammad Husain of Iran (Persia) - KCVO (1919)
• Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran - GCB (1942), RVC (1948)
• Prince Yadullah of Iran - GCMG (1961)
• King Faisal I of Iraq - GCB (1933), GCMG (1927), RVC (1918)
• Prince Zeid of Iraq - GCVO (1956), GBE (1920)
• Crown Prince Abdul Illah of Iraq - GCB (1956), GCMG (1942), GCVO (1943)
• King Faisal II of Iraq - GCVO (1952), RVC (1956)
• Prince Ra'ad of Iraq - GCVO (1984), KCVO (1966)
• King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy - KG (1855)
• King Umberto I of Italy - KG (1878)
• King Victor Emanuel III of Italy - KG (1891)
• Emperor Mutsuhito of Japan - KG (1905)
• Emperor Yoshihito of Japan - KG (1912)
• Emperor Hirohito of Japan - KG (1929; removed 1941; restored 1971), GCB, GCVO
• Emperor Akihito of Japan - KG (1998)
• Sultan Ibrahim of Johor - GCMG (1916), GBE (1935), KCMG (1897), KBE (1918)
• Sultan Ismail of Johor - KBE (1937)
• King Abdullah I of Jordan - GCMG (1935), GBE (1920), KCMG (1927)
• King Hussein I of Jordan - GCB (1984), GCVO (1953), RVC (1966)
• Prince Hussein of Jordan - GCVO (1966)
• Prince Muhammad of Jordan - GCVO (1984)
• Prince Hassan of Jordan - GCVO (1984)
• Princess Basma of Jordan - GCVO (2001)
• King Abdullah II of Jordan - GCB (2001), GCMG (1999), KCVO (1984)
• Prince Ali of Jordan - KCVO (2001)
• Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah of Kedah - KCMG (1911)
• Sultan Tunku Mahmud of Kedah - KBE (1935)
• Sultan Tuanku Abdul Halim of Kedah - GCB (1972)
• Emperor Gojong of Korea - GCIE (1900)
• Sheikh Salim al-Mubarak al-Sabah of Kuwait - KCSI (1914), KCIE (1911)
• Sheikh 'Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah of Kuwait - KCSI (1944), KCIE (1930)
• Sheikh 'Abd Allah III al-Salim al-Sabah of Kuwait - GCMG (1959) KCMG (1952)
• Emir Sabah III al-Salim al-Sabah of Kuwait - KCMG (1959)
• Emir Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah of Kuwait - GCB (1995), GCMG (1979)
• Sultan Abdul Karim bin Fadhl bin Ali of Lahej - KCMG (1935), KCIE
• Prince Charles of Leiningen - KG (1837)
• Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg - KG (1972)
• Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg - GCVO
• Sultan Mohammed Farid Didi of the Maldives - KCMG (1961)
• Duke Adolf Friedrich IV of Mecklenburg-Strelitz - KG (1764)
• Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Strelitz - KG (1862)
• Duke Francesco I of Milan - KG (1463)
• Sheikh Khazal Khan of Mohammerah - GCIE (1916), KCSI (1914), KCIE (1910)
• King Nicholas I of Montenegro - GCVO
• François, Duke of Montmorency - KG (1572)
• Sultan Abdelaziz of Morocco - GCB (1901)
• Sultan Yusef of Morocco - GCMG (1917)
• King Hassan II of Morocco - RVC (1980)
• King Mohammed VI of Morocco - GCVO (1980)
• King Ferdinand I of Naples - KG (1463)
• King Alphonso II of Naples - KG (1493)
• Yang di Pertnan Besar Tunku Mohamed of Negri Sembilan - KCMG (1916)
• King Mahendra of Nepal - RVC (1961)
• King Birendra of Nepal - RVC (1975)
• King Gyanendra of Nepal - GCMG (1986)
• Stadtholder Maurice of the Netherlands - KG (1612)
• Stadtholder Frederick Henry of the Netherlands - KG (1627)
• Stadtholder William II of the Netherlands - KG (1645)
• Stadtholder William III of the Netherlands - KG (1653; later King William III of England)
• Stadtholder William IV of the Netherlands - KG (1733)
• Stadtholder William V of the Netherlands - KG (1752)
• King William I of the Netherlands - KG (1814)
• King William III of the Netherlands - KG (1882)
• Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands - LG (1944)
• Queen Juliana of the Netherlands - LG (1958), RVC (1950)
• Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands - LG (1989), GCVO, RVC (1982)
• King Haakon VII of Norway - KG (1906), GCB (1896), GCVO (1901), RVC (1902)
• King Olav V of Norway - KG (1959), KT (1962), GCB (1946), GCVO (1923)
• King Harald V of Norway - KG (2001), GCVO (1955)
• Sultan Turki bin Said of Muscat and Oman - GCSI (1886)
• Sultan Faisal bin Turki of Muscat and Oman - GCIE (1903)
• Sultan Taimur bin Feisal of Muscat and Oman - KCIE (1926)
• Sultan Said Bin Taimur of Muscat and Oman - GCMG (1956), GCIE (1945)
• Sultan Qaboos of Oman - GCB (1982), GCMG (1976), GCVO (1979)
• Sultan Abd-ul-Mejid I of the Ottoman Empire - KG (1856)
• Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz of the Ottoman Empire - KG (1867)
• Sultan Abdullah of Pahang - KCMG (1921)
• Elector Frederick V of the Palatinate - KG (1612)
• Elector Karl II of the Palatinate - KG (1680)
• Sultan Idris of Perak - KCMG (1921)
• Sultan Raja Chulan of Perak - KBE (1930)
• Sultan Yussuf Izzudin Shah of Perak - KCMG (1949)
• Rajah Tuan Syed Alwi ibni Almerhum Syed Safi of Perlis - KBE (1938)
• King Casimir IV of Poland - KG (1450)
• King John II of Portugal - KG (1400)
• Prince Pedro of Portugal - KG (1427)
• King Edward of Portugal - KG (1435)
• Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal - KG (1443)
• King Afonso V of Portugal - KG (1447)
• King John II of Portugal - KG (1482)
• King Manuel I of Portugal - KG (1510)
• King John VI of Portugal - KG (1822)
• King Pedro V of Portugal - KG (1858)
• King Luis I of Portugal - KG (1865)
• King Carlos I of Portugal - KG (1895), RVC (1902)
• Crown Prince Luis Filipe of Portugal - KG (1902)
• King Manuel II of Portugal - KG (1909)
• King Frederick I of Prussia - KG (1690)
• King Frederick William III of Prussia - KG (1814)
• King Frederick William IV of Prussia - KG (1842)
• Prince Heinrich of Prussia - KG (1889; removed 1915), RVC (1902)
• King Charles I of Romania - KG (1892)
• King Ferdinand I of Romania - KG (1924)
• King Carol II of Romania - KG (1938)
• Emperor Alexander I of Russia - KG (1813)
• Emperor Nicholas I of Russia - KG (1827)
• Emperor Alexander II of Russia - KG (1867)
• Emperor Alexander III of Russia - KG (1881)
• Emperor Nicholas II of Russia - KG (1893), GCB (1916)
• Grand Duke Michael of Russia - KG (1902)
• King Fahd of Saudi Arabia - RVC (1987)
• King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia - GCB (1998)
• Duke Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy - KG (1554)
• Duke Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - KG (1838)
• Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - KG (1902; removed 1915)
• Duke Friderich III of Saxe-Gotha - KG (1741)
• Duke Ernst Ludwig of Saxe-Gotha - KG (1790)
• Duke Bernard of Saxe-Meiningen - KG (1830)
• Duke John Adolphus of Saxe-Weissenfels - KG (1745)
• Elector John George II of Saxony - KG (1668)
• Elector John George IV of Saxony - KG (1692)
• King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony - KG (1842)
• King Albert of Saxony - KG (1882)
• King James V of Scotland - KG (1535)
• King James VI of Scotland - KG (1590; later King James I of England)
• Sultan Hisamund Din Alam Shah of Selangor - KCMG (1938)
• Sultan Salih bin Ghalib al Qu'aiti of Shihr and Mukalla - KCMG (1938)
• King Philip II of Spain - KG (1554)
• King Ferdinand VII of Spain - KG (1814)
• King Alfonso XII of Spain - KG (1881)
• King Alfonso XIII of Spain - KG (1902), GCVO
• King Juan Carlos I of Spain - KG (1988), RVC (1986)
• King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden - KG (1627)
• King Charles XI of Sweden - KG (1668)
• King Frederick I of Sweden - KG (1741)
• King Oscar II of Sweden - KG (1881)
• King Gustav V of Sweden - KG (1905)
• King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden - KG (1954)
• King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden - KG (1983), RVC (1975)
• Prince Henry of Taranto - KG (1653)
• King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand - RVC (1960)
• Prince Seyum Mangasha of Tigray - KBE (1924)
• Prince Mangasha Seyum of Tigray - GCVO (1965)
• Queen Salote Tupou III of Tonga - GCMG (1965), GCVO (1953), GBE (1945), DBE (1932?)
• King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga - GCMG (1977), GCVO (1970), KBE (1958)
• Duke Frederick I of Württemberg - KG (1597)
• King William I of Württemberg - KG (1830)
• King Karl I of Württemberg - KG (1890)
• King William II of Württemberg - KG (1904; removed 1915)
• Prince Paul of Yugoslavia - KG (1939)
• Sultan Khalifa bin Harub of Zanzibar - GCB (1956), GCMG (1936), GBE (1935), KCMG (1914), KBE (1919)
• Sultan Abdullah bin Khalifa of Zanzibar - KBE (1959)
• Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar - GCMG (1963)