List of titles and honours of Beatrix of the Netherlands

Royal styles of Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands
Reference style	Her Royal Highness
Spoken style	Your Royal Highness

Beatrix of the Netherlands has held numerous titles and honours, both during, before, and after her reign, including a number of historical titles.

Royal and noble titles and styles

• 31 January 1938 – 30 April 1980: Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld ^[1]
• 30 April 1980 – 30 April 2013: Her Majesty The Queen
• 30 April 2013 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld ^[1]

Beatrix's full regnal title was:

Beatrix, by the Grace of God, Queen of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Lady of Amsberg, Marquise of Veere and Flushing, Countess of Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Spiegelberg, Buren, Leerdam and Culemborg, Burgravine of Antwerp, Baroness of Breda, Diest, Beilstein, the town of Grave and the lands of Cuyk, IJsselstein, Cranendonk, Eindhoven, Liesveld, Herstal, Warneton, Arlay and Nozeroy, Hereditary and Free Lady of Ameland, Lady of Borculo, Bredevoort, Lichtenvoorde, Het Loo, Geertruidenberg, Clundert, Zevenbergen, Hooge and Lage Zwaluwe, Naaldwijk, Polanen, St Maartensdijk, Soest, Baarn, Ter Eem, Willemstad, Steenbergen, Montfort, St Vith, Bütgenbach, Dasburg, Niervaart, Turnhout and Besançon ^[2]

It was usually shortened to: "Beatrix, by the Grace of God, Queen of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, etc, etc, etc." ^{[1] [3]}

Dutch honours

National honours

Country	Date	Honour	Ribbon
The Netherlands	31 January 1956 – 30 April 1980	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
	30 April 2013 – present
	30 April 1980 – 30 April 2013	Grand Master of the Military Order of William
		Grand Master and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
		Grand Master of the Order of Orange-Nassau

House honours

Country	Date	Honour	Ribbon
The Netherlands  Luxembourg	30 April 1980 – 30 April 2013	Joint Grand Master of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau
The Netherlands		Grand Master of the Order of the House of Orange
		Grand Master of the Order for Loyalty and Merit
		Grand Master of the Order of the Crown

Other honours

Country	Date	Honour	Ribbon
The Netherlands	1959	Honorary Commander of the Order of Saint John in the Netherlands [4]
		Patron of the Bailiwick of Utrecht of the Teutonic Order
	30 April 1980 – 30 April 2013	Grand Master of the Order of the Golden Ark

Honorary degree

•   Netherlands: Doctor honoris causa of the Leiden University, 8 February 2005 ^[5]

Foreign honours, decorations and awards

Foreign honours

Country	Date	Honour	Ribbon	Post-nominal letters
United Kingdom	1958	Honorary Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order		GCVO
Sovereign Military Order of Malta	1960	Dame Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta [6]
Thailand		Dame of the Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri [7]		MChK
Austria	1961	Grand Star of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria [8]
Norway	1964	Grand Cross with Collar of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav
Denmark	29 October 1975	Knight of the Order of the Elephant		RE
Sweden	6 October 1976	Member with Collar of the Royal Order of the Seraphim		LSerafO
Philippines	1979	Member of the Order of Gabriela Silang [9]
Spain	1980	Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic [10]		GYC
Germany	1 March 1983	Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Italy	1985	Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic [11] [12]		OMRI
Spain		Lady of the Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece [13]
United Kingdom	1989	Stranger Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter [14] [15]		LG
Portugal	14 May 1991	Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry [16]		GColIH
South Africa	1996	Grand Cross of the Order of Good Hope
Romania	2001	Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania [17]
Brazil	2003	Grand Collar of the National Order of the Southern Cross [18]
Thailand		Dame of the Most Auspicious Order of the Rajamitrabhorn [19]		RMBh
Latvia	17 May 2006	Commander Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Three Stars
Slovakia	2007	Member 1st Class of the Order of the White Double Cross [20]
Estonia	2008	Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana [21]
Ghana		Companion of the Order of the Star of Ghana		CSG
Lithuania		Order of Vytautas the Great with the Golden Chain
Mexico	2009	Collar of the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle [22]
Oman	2012	Collar of the Order of Al-Said [23]
Turkey		Order of the State of Republic of Turkey
United Arab Emirates		Collar of the Order of Zayed [24]
Brunei	2013	Recipient of the Royal Family Order of the Crown of Brunei		DKMB
Belgium		Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
Bulgaria		Order of the Balkan Mountains with Sash
Chile		Collar of the Order of the Merit
Ethiopian Empire		Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of the Queen of Sheba
Finland		Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
France		Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
Kingdom of Greece		Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Saints Olga and Sophia, Special Class
Greece		Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer
Iceland		Collar with Grand Cross Breast Star of the Order of the Falcon
Indonesia		Star of the Republic of Indonesia, First Class
		Star of Mahaputera, First Class
Imperial State of Iran		Member 1st Class of the Order of the Pleiades
Ivory Coast		Grand Cross of the National Order of the Ivory Coast
Japan		Collar of the Order of the Chrysanthemum
Jordan		Collar of the Order of Al-Hussein bin Ali
Liberia		Grand Cordon of the Grand Order of the Most Venerable Order of the Knighthood of the Pioneers of the Republic of Liberia
Luxembourg		Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau
		Grand Cross of the Order of Civil and Military Merit of Adolph of Nassau
		Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown
Peru		Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru
Poland		Knight of the Order of the White Eagle
Qatar		Member Grand Cordon with Collar of the Order of Independence of the State of Qatar [25]
Senegal		Grand Cross of the National Order of the Lion
Suriname		Grand Cordon of the Honorary Order of the Yellow Star
Tunisia		Grand Cordon of the Order of the Republic
Venezuela		Grand Collar of the Order of the Liberator
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia		Grand Cross of the Order of the Yugoslav Star

Foreign decorations

Country	Date	Decoration	Ribbon
Sweden	30 April 1996	King Carl XVI Gustaf's Jubilee Commemorative Medal
	30 April 2016	King Carl XVI Gustaf's Jubilee Commemorative Medal III
United Kingdom	1982	Royal Victorian Chain

Foreign awards

Country	Date	Award
Germany	16 May 1996	Charlemagne Prize [26]

References

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7. Royal Thai Government Gazette (28 December 1960). "แจ้งความสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์" (PDF) (in Thai). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 5, 2015. Retrieved 2019-05-08.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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9. "Roster of Recipients of Presidential Awards" . Retrieved 2022-07-11.
10. Real Decreto 754/1980 - BOE website (Spanish)
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15. "Image: 51349757-members-of-european-royalty-taking-part-in-gettyimages.jpg, (594 × 458 px) – WINDSOR, UNITED KINGDOM: Members of European Royalty taking part in the Most Noble Order of the Garter ceremony at Windsor Castle, 17 June 2002,(L-R) Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, King Juan Carlos of Spain, Queen Margrethe of Denmark, alongside the Grand Duke Jean of Luxemburg. Queen Elizabeth II installed her second cousin, King Harald of Norway, as a Knight of the Garter. The Order of the Garter is the most senior and the oldest British Order of Chivalry and was founded by Edward III in 1348. The Order, consisting of the King and twenty-five knights, was intended by Edward III to be reserved as the highest reward for loyalty and for military merit. AFP PHOTO/ MARTYN HAYHOW/ROYAL ROTA (Photo credit should read MARTYN HAYHOW/AFP/Getty Images)". cache2.asset-cache.net. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
16. Pesquisa dos membros das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas Archived 2011-01-21 at the Wayback Machine - official website of the President of Portugal (Portuguese)
17. (in Romanian) Recipients of the order (Excel sheet) Archived 2015-07-03 at the Wayback Machine , Presidency of Romania website (Romanian)
18. "Diário Oficial da União". 19 March 2003. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
19. Royal Thai Government Gazette (25 March 2004). "ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์แด่สมเด็จพระราชินีนาถเบียทริกซ์และเจ้าชายวิลเลม-อเล็กซานเดอร์แห่งเนเธอร์แลนด์" (PDF) (in Thai). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 31, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2014.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
20. Slovak republic website, State honours  : 1st Class received in 2007 (click on "Holders of the Order of the 1st Class White Double Cross" to see the holders' table)
21. Estonian Presidency, Estonian State Decorations (Estonian) - Beatrix Hollandi kuninganna
22. "PODER EJECUTIVO SECRETARIA DE RELACIONES EXTERIORES" (PDF). 3 November 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2013. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
23. Oman Observer Archived 2013-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
24. H.H Sheikh Khalifa welcomes HM Queen Beatrix of Netherlands Archived 2013-04-29 at the Wayback Machine - website of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs
25. "Global Arab Network | Netherland: Qatar Emir Receives Queen Beatrix | Qatar Politics | Politics". english.globalarabnetwork.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
26. Der Karlspreisträger 1996 - Königin Beatrix der Niederlande Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine - website of the Internationalen Karlspreises zu Aachen

• Onderscheidingen Koningin Beatrix - website Alles op een rij (Dutch)