This is a list of the knights of the Order of the Elephant, the highest Danish order of chivalry, since its foundation by Christian V in 1693.
By reign Persons in bold characters are alive members Frederik III (1648–1670) Image Name Life Date Country Notes Prince George of DenmarkMatikkala, Antti (2008). The Orders of Knighthood and the Formation of the British Honours System 1660–1760. Rochester, New York: Boydell Press. 1653–1708 2 April 1653 Later prince consort of Great Britain and Duke of Cumberland Count Frederik of Ahlefeldt-Rixingen 1623–1686 11 October 1663 Later Grand Chancellor of Denmark (1676–1686)
Christian V (1670–1699) Image Name Life Date Country Notes Johann Adolf, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön 1634–1704 25 October 1671 August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg-Plön 1635–1699 29 May 1676 Friedrich VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach 1647–1709 26 July 1682 Margraviate of Baden-Durlach
Frederik IV (1699–1730) Image Name Life Date Country Notes Prince Friedrich of Hesse-Kassel 1676–1751 27 May 1700 Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel Later Fredrik, Prince consort of Sweden; Fredrik I, King of Sweden; and Friedrich I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1675–1713 28 February 1703 Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Peter I, Tsar of Russia 1762–1725 18 February 1713 Later Peter I, Emperor of Russia Prince Alexander Danilovich Menshikov 1673–1729 22 February 1710 Field Marshal of the Russian Imperial Army Prince Anikita Ivanovich Repnin 1668–1726 16 June 1713 Russian general Prince Vasily Vladimirovich Dolgorukov 1667–1746
Christian VI (1730–1746) Image Name Life Date Country Notes Karl I, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal 1682–1770 6 June 1731 Landgraviate of Hesse-Philippsthal Adolf Friedrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1686–1752 Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Christian Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1683–1756 30 April 1737 Later Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Frederik V (1746–1766) Image Name Life Date Country Notes Adolf Fredrik, King of Sweden 1710–1771 4 September 1752 Friedrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1717–1785 28 September 1762 Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Baron Carl Otto Hamilton of Hageby 1704–1770 24 December 1763 Member of the Privy Council of Sweden
Christian VII (1766–1808) Image Name Life Date Country Notes Gustaf, Crown Prince of Sweden 1746–1972 19 April 1766 Later Gustaf III, King of Sweden Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark 1768–1839 28 January 1768 Later Frederik VI, King of Denmark and Norway, and Sovereign of the Order Karl Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach 1755–1801 29 January 1769 Margraviate of Baden Later Karl Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Baden (unified) Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1725–1778 11 October 1774 Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Duke Ernst Gottlob of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1742–1814 20 January 1776 Gustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden 1778–1837 1 November 1786 Later Gustaf IV Adolf, King of SwedenAbdicated 1809 Prince Christian Frederik of Denmark 1786–1848 16 November 1787 Later Christian VIII, King of Denmark and Norway, and Sovereign of the Order Prince Frederik of Hesse-Kassel 1771–1845 1801 Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel Later Governor-General of Norway (1810–1813) and Schleswig and Holstein (1836–1842) Prince Christian of Hesse-Kassel 1776–1814 1803 Prince Alexander Borisovich Kurakin 1752–1818 9 February 1808 Acting Chancellor of the Russian Empire (1801–1802)
Frederik VI (1808–1839) Image Name Life Date Country Notes Napoléon I, Emperor of the French 1769–1821 18 May 1808 French Empire Alexander I, Emperor of Russia 1777–1825 2 July 1808 Lodewijk I, King of Holland 1778–1846 29 August 1808 Kingdom of Holland Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte 1763–1844 10 October 1808 French Empire Marshal of FranceLater Karl XIV Johan, King of Sweden and Norway Carl XIII, King of Sweden 1748–1818 10 February 1810 Later also Carl II, King of Norway Jean-Pierre, Count of Montalivet 1766–1823 4 February 1811 French Empire Minister of the Interior of the French Empire
Christian VIII (1839–1848) Image Name Life Date Country Notes Friedrich Wilhelm, Crown Prince of PrussiaKongelig Dansk Hof-og Statscalender Statshaandbog for det danske Monarchie for Aaret 1860, p.27 (in Danish). Retrieved 12 March 2020 1795–1861 19 January 1840 Later Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia Adolf, Duke of Nassau 1817–1905 1 February 1840 Duchy of Nassau Later Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse-Kassel 1820–1884 28 June 1840 Electorate of Hesse Later Friedrich Wilhelm II, Landgrave of Hesse Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau 1794–1871 25 December 1840 Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau Later Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt Prince Wilhelm of Prussia 1797–1888 27 February 1841 Later Wilhelm I, German Emperor and King of Prussia Fernando II, King of Portugal and the Algarves 1816–1885 12 April 1841 Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Born Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, later Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Duke Gustav Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1781–1851 14 July 1841 Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1823–1883 5 April 1842 Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1819–1861 10 January 1843 Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1818–1906 22 June 1843 Later Christian IX, King of Denmark, and Sovereign of the Order Prince Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1814–1885 18 September 1843 Later Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Prince Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky 1776–1852 28 January 1844 Minister of the Imperial Court of the Russian Empire (1826–1852) Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievich of Russia 1827–1892 23 July 1844 Louis Philippe I, King of the French 1773–1850 30 April 1846 Kingdom of France Leopold I, King of the Belgians 1790–1865 16 June 1846 Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Born Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, later Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha François Guizot 1787–1874 27 June 1846 Kingdom of France Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of France (1840–1848)Later Prime Minister of the Kingdom of France (1847–1848) Élie Decazes, Duke of Decazes and Glücksbierg 1780–1860 Carl, Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway 1826–1872 16 July 1846 Later Carl XV, King of Sweden and Norway Otto, King of Greece 1815–1867 2 November 1846 Born Prince of Bavaria Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland 1827–1852 27 September 1847 Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil 1825–1891 29 March 1847
Frederik VII (1848–1863) Image Name Life Date Country Notes Friedrich Wilhelm I, Elector of Hesse 1802–1875 29 January 1848 Electorate of Hesse Francisco de Asís, King of Spain 1822–1902 21 May 1848 Prince Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov 1787–1869 2 June 1848 Governor-General of Finland (1831–1855) Prince Oscar, Duke of Östergötland 1829–1907 3 June 1848 Later Oscar II, King of Sweden Baron Gustaf Algernon Stierneld 1791–1868 2 October 1848 Prime Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway (1838–1842; 1848–1856) Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria 1830–1916 17 January 1849 Willem III, King of the Netherlands 1817–1890 24 August 1849 Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg 1800–1852 28 October 1849 Minister-President of the Austrian Empire (1848–1852) Count Joseph Radetzky von Radetz 1766–1858 Georg V, King of Hanover 1819–1878 23 November 1851 Count Karl Ferdinand von Buol 1797–1865 11 June 1852 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Austrian Empire (1852–1859) Otto Theodor von Manteuffel 1805–1882 11 June 1852 Minister-President of the Kingdom of Prussia (1850–1858) Prince August, Duke of Dalarna 1831–1873 9 June 1852 Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg 1827–1900 2 April 1853 Grand Duchy of Oldenburg Prince Karl of Prussia 1801–1883 26 May 1853 Napoléon III, Emperor of the French 1808–1873 2 August 1855 French Empire François Certain de Canrobert 1809–1895 28 November 1855 Prince Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte 1822–1891 24 September 1856 Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov 1798–1883 16 September 1857 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire (1856–1882) Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia 1843–1865 20 September 1859 Muhammad Ali Pasha, Hereditary Prince of Egypt 1833–1861 16 May 1859 Egyptian Eyalet Friedrich Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1819–1904 17 October 1860 Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Prince Frederik of Denmark 1843–1912 3 June 1861 Later Frederik VIII, King of Denmark, and Sovereign of the Order Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy 1820–1878 2 September 1861 George I, King of the Hellenes 1845–1913 6 June 1863 Born Prince Vilhelm of Denmark Umberto, Prince of Piedmont 1844–1900 19 August 1863 Later Umberto I, King of Italy Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta 1845–1890 Later Amadeo I, King of Spain
Christian IX (1863–1906)