Royal House of Hohenzollern •
Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Prince in Prussia (1700–1770) — nephew of Friedrich I. •
August Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia (1722–1758) — second son of Friedrich Wilhelm I; brother of Friedrich II ("Friedrich the Great"); father of Friedrich Wilhelm II; Prussian general in the
Silesian Wars •
Heinrich, Prince of Prussia (1726–1802) — third son of Friedrich Wilhelm I and younger brother of Friedrich the Great; general in the
Seven Years' War •
August Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1730–1813) — fourth and youngest son of Friedrich Wilhelm I, and youngest brother of Friedrich the Great •
Ludwig Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1772–1806) — son of August Ferdinand; general in the Napoleonic Wars, killed at the
Battle of Saalfeld •
Ludwig Karl, Prince of Prussia (1773–1796) — second son of Friedrich Wilhelm II and brother of Friedrich Wilhelm III •
Kaiserin Augusta (1811–1890) — Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, wife and empress consort of Wilhelm I •
Karl, Prince of Prussia (1801–1883) — third son of
Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia, father of Friedrich Karl •
Adalbert, Prince of Prussia (1811–1873) — son of Prinz Wilhelm; Grandson of Friedrich Wilhelm II and nephew of Friedrich Wilhelm III; naval theorist, admiral, and founder of the first Prussian Fleet •
Friedrich Karl, Prince of Prussia (1828–1885) — veteran of the Austro-Prussian War and Franco-Prussian War; hero of
Königgrätz; Generalfeldmarschall of Prussia, and honorary field marshal of Russia; eldest son of Karl, father of Friedrich Leopold •
Albrecht, Prince of Prussia (1809–1872) — second and youngest son of Karl, father of Albrecht •
Heinrich, Prince of Prussia (1862–1929) — second son of Friedrich III and brother of Wilhelm II; Grand Admiral in the German Imperial Navy, World War I •
Kaiserin Victoria (1840–1901) — "Kaiserin Friedrich"; Daughter of Queen Victoria, Princess Royal of Great Britain; wife and Empress consort of Friedrich III; mother of Wilhelm II; Dowager German Empress and Queen Dowager of Prussia, 1888–1901; recognized by Friedrich III, 9 March 1888 •
Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria (1858–1921) — Princess of Schleswig-Holstein, (first) wife and empress consort of Wilhelm II •
Kronprinz Wilhelm (1882–1951) — Crown Prince of Germany and Prussia until 1918, World War I-era German general. •
Friedrich Leopold, Prince of Prussia (1865–1931) — son of Friedrich Karl, father of Friedrich Sigismund, Friedrich Karl, and Friedrich Leopold •
Albrecht, Prince of Prussia (1837–1906) — only son of Albrecht •
Friedrich Heinrich, Prince of Prussia (1874–1940) — eldest son of
Albrecht and grandson of Albrecht •
Joachim Albrecht, Prince of Prussia (1876–1939) — second son of Albrecht and grandson of Albrecht •
Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia (1880–1925) — third son of
Albrecht and grandson of Albrecht •
Eitel Friedrich, Prince of Prussia (1883–1942) — second son of Wilhelm II •
Adalbert, Prince of Prussia (1884–1948) — third son of Wilhelm II –
invested 18 January 1903 •
August Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia (1887–1949) — fourth son of Wilhelm II •
Oskar, Prince of Prussia (1888–1958) — fifth son of Wilhelm II •
Waldemar, Prince of Prussia (1889–1945) — eldest son of Prince Heinrich, Grand Admiral •
Joachim, Prince of Prussia (1890–1920) — sixth and youngest son of Wilhelm II •
Friedrich Sigismund, Prince of Prussia (1891–1927) — eldest son of Friedrich Leopold; World War I pilot •
Friedrich-Karl, Prince of Prussia (1893–1917) — second son of Friedrich Leopold; Bronze medallist in the 1912 Olympics; World War I pilot; wounded in action, taken POW, and died of wounds (1917) •
Friedrich Leopold, Prince of Prussia (1895–1959) — third and youngest son of
Friedrich Leopold •
Sigismund, Prince of Prussia (1896–1978) — second and youngest son of Prince Heinrich, Grand Admiral •
Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia (1906–1940) — eldest son of Crown prince Wilhelm
Princely House of Hohenzollern •
Karl Anton, Sovereign Prince Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1811–1885) •
Leopold, Sovereign Prince Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1835–1905) — son of Karl Anton •
Wilhelm, Sovereign Prince Hohelnzollern-Sigmaringen (1864–1927) •
Ferdinand, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (b. 1865-1927) — brother of Sovereign Prince Wilhelm, reigned as Ferdinand I of Romania, 1914–1927 •
Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1839–1914) — second son of Karl Anton; reigned as Carol I of Romania, 1881–1914
Foreign royal members of the Order •
Prince Alexander of the Netherlands (1818-1848), invested with the order 4 December 1834 •
Albert I of Belgium (1875–1934) — King of the Belgians during the First World War •
Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1865–1939) — Head of the Royal
House of Württemberg, invested with the order 18 January 1900 •
Alexander III –
Tsar of
Russia (1881–1894) •
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850–1942) — Kaiser Wilhelm II's uncle, he was still a member of the order in 1918 despite being a British military officer. •
Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland (1861–1951) — Prince of Sweden •
Carol I of Romania — King of
Romania (1866–1914); member of the Princely House of Hohenzollern. •
Charles XV — King of
Sweden and Norway (1859–1872) •
Christian IX of Denmark — King of
Denmark (1863–1906) •
Chulalongkorn —
King of Siam (1868–1910) •
Constantine I of Greece — King of
Greece (1913–1917 and 1920–1922) •
Pedro II of Brazil — Emperor of
Brazil (1831-1889) •
Edward VII — King of
Great Britain and Ireland,
Emperor of India (1901–1910). •
Prince Eugén, Duke of Närke — Prince of Sweden (1865–1947) •
Franz Joseph I — Emperor of
Austria (1848–1916) •
Frederik VIII of Denmark — King of
Denmark (1906–1912) •
George V — King of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India (1910–1936) •
Guangxu Emperor — Emperor of
China (1875–1908) •
Gustaf V of Sweden — King of
Sweden (1907–1950) •
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden —
Crown Prince, later King of
Sweden (1950–1973) •
Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau — Prussian field marshal known as the "Old Dessauer" •
Leopold II of Belgium — King of the Belgians (1865–1909). •
Louis XVIII — King of France (1814-1815, 1815-1824). •
Ludwig II of Bavaria — King of
Bavaria (1864–1886). •
Ludwig III of Bavaria — Last king of
Bavaria •
Prince Maximilian of Baden – heir to the Grand Duchy of Baden (1867–1929) –
invested 18 January 1903 •
Emperor Meiji – Emperor of Japan (1867–1912). •
Mozaffar ad-Din Shah —
Shah of
Persia (1896–1907) —
29 May 1902 — during the visit to Berlin of the Shah •
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar —
Shah of
Persia (1848–1896). •
Count Oscar Bernadotte of Wisborg — former Prince Oscar of Sweden (1859–1953) •
Nicholas II — Last
Emperor of the
Russian Empire. •
Duke Nicholas of Württemberg (1833–1903) — heir presumptive to the throne of Württemberg –
invested with the order 18 January 1900 •
George Keith (1692/93-1778) - 10th Earl Marischal of Scotland, and Confidante of Friedrich the Great, Ambassador of Prussia to France and Great Britain. •
Friedrich von Beck-Rzikowsky (1830–1920), Austrian
field marshal,
chief of the general staff of the
Imperial and Royal Army of
Austria-Hungary, invested 19 September 1893 •
Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) — Prussian chancellor and statesman •
Gebhard von Blücher (1742-1819) — Prussian field marshal and leader of Prussian troops at the
Battle of Leipzig and
Battle of Waterloo. •
Wilhelm Malte I of
Putbus (1677–1749) — Swedish-German
aristocrat,
prussian general, for his dedication and skillful leadership of the province of
New West Pomerania and of
Rügen. •
Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière (1733-1811) — Prussian field marshal •
Adolf von Deines (1845-1911) - Prussian
General of the Cavalry and
aide-de-camp to
Wilhelm II. • General Edler von der Planitz –
invested 18 January 1903 • General von Lignitz –
invested 18 January 1903 •
Ernst von Pfuel —
Prussian general and
Prime Minister of Prussia. •
Albrecht von Roon (1803-1879) —
Prussian field marshal and Minister. • Count
Alfred von Schlieffen — German field marshal and strategist •
Gustav von Senden-Bibran an admiral of the German Imperial Navy •
Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz — Prussian cavalry general under Frederick the Great. •
Friedrich Sixt von Armin — World War I-era German general. •
Alexander Suvorov — Napoleonic-era Russian general and
Generalissimo. •
Ernst von Tettau (1644–1711) — General in Danish, Brandenburg, and Dutch service. • Karl von Thielen – Prussian Minister for Public works –
invested 18 January 1903 •
Giuseppe Zanardelli (1826-1903) — Italian Minister-President — in August 1902, in connection with the visit to Germany of King
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy •
Duke of Terceira, Prime Minister of Portugal •
Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia (1871-1899) — younger brother and initial heir of Emperor
Nicholas II of Russia •
Eduard von Simson (1810-1899) – German jurist, President of the
Frankfurt Parliament (1848–1849), President of the
North German Confederation's Parliament (1867–1871), President of
Reichstag (1871–1887), President of the
Supreme Court of Justice (
Reichsgericht) (1877–1891) == Current usage ==