Order of the Royal House of Chakri

The Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri
Collar and Star of the Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri
Awarded by

the King of Thailand
Type Royal family order
Motto "ร.จ.บ.ต.ว.ห.จ.", acronym of "เราจะบำรุงตระกูลวงศ์ให้เจริญ" ("We will maintain our family in prosperity")
Eligibility Thai Royal Family
Foreign Heads of State
Awarded for Memorial the Legacy of King Rama I descendants and The prosperity with foreign countries who are friendship with Royal Family members.
Status Rarely constituted
Sovereign King Vajiralongkorn
Grades Knight/Dame
Statistics
First induction 6 April 1882
Last induction 30 January 2013
Total inductees 227
Precedence
Next (higher) Order of the Rajamitrabhorn
Next (lower) Order of the Nine Gems

Ribbon bar of the Royal House of Chakri

The Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri (Thai: เครื่องขัตติยราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันมีเกียรติคุณรุ่งเรืองยิ่งมหาจักรีบรมราชวงศ์; RTGS: Khrueang Khattiyaratcha-itsariyaphon An Mi Kiattikhun Rung-rueang Ying Maha Chakkri Borommaratchawong) was established in 1882 by King Rama V of the Kingdom of Siam (now Thailand) to commemorate the Bangkok Centennial. The order is awarded to members of the House of Chakri (the Thai royal family), foreign heads of state and members of other royal houses.

Members of the order are entitled to use the postnominals ม.จ.ก.

Insignia

Sovereign

The Sovereign Grand Master of the order is Knight but the Star and Pendant have been decorated by diamonds and called Maha Savamissaradhibodi. (Thai: มหาสวามิศราธิบดี)

Queen Consort

The Queen Consort of the Order is Dame but the Star have been decorated by diamonds and called Maha Savamini. (Thai: มหาสวามินี)

Knight

The decoration consists of a single class (knight). The insignia is:

  • Pendant of Chakri, suspended from collar.
  • Pendant of Chula Chakri, attached onto the yellow sash, to wear over the left shoulder to the right hip.
  • Star of Chakri, to wear on the left breast.

Foreign recipients of the order

NameNationalityKnown forDate of appointmentRef.
Queen Victoria United KingdomQueen of the United Kingdom1887
Emperor William I German EmpireGerman Emperor1 September 1887
Emperor Meiji Empire of JapanEmperor of Japan22 December 1887
Emperor Nicholas II Russian EmpireEmperor of Russia8 March 1891
Sultan Abdul Hamid II Ottoman EmpireSultan of Ottoman Empire18 December 1892
Archduke Ludwig Viktor Austria-HungaryArchduke of Austria23 June 1898
Archduke Eugen Austria-HungaryArchduke of Austria23 June 1898
Prince Vittorio Emanuele Kingdom of ItalyCount of Turin10 December 1898
Empress Shōken Empire of JapanEmpress of Japan12 October 1890
Prince Henry PrussiaPrince of Prussia24 December 1890
Emperor Taishō Empire of JapanEmperor of Japan26 October 1891
Grand Duke Frederick Francis IV Mecklenburg-SchwerinGrand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin2 April 1902
Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich Russian EmpireGrand Duke of Russia22 May 1902
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Austria-HungaryArchduke of Austria1 June 1902
Prince Eitel Friedrich PrussiaPrince of Prussia6 June 1902
Émile Loubet FrancePresident of France29 August 1902
Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich Russian EmpireGrand Duke of Russia7 September 1902
Prince Luigi Amedeo Kingdom of ItalyDuke of the Abruzzi2 January 1904
Prince Adalbert PrussiaPrince of Prussia26 November 1904
Prince Georg BavariaPrince of Bavaria15 November 1906
Armand Fallières FrancePresident of France20 June 1907
King Gustaf VI Adolf SwedenKing of Sweden25 October 1911
King Fuad I Kingdom of EgyptMuhammad Ali dynasty1934
Raymond Poincaré FrancePresident of France1 August 1917
King Edward VIII (as Prince of Wales) United KingdomKing of the United Kingdom16 August 1917
Emperor Shōwa JapanEmperor of Japan30 January 1925
Gaston Doumergue FrancePresident of France30 January 1925
Prince Knud DenmarkPrince of Denmark13 February 1929
King Leopold III BelgiumKing of the Belgians16 February 1931
Empress Kōjun JapanEmpress of Japan8 April 1931
King Umberto II Kingdom of ItalyKing of Italy26 March 1933
Albert François Lebrun FrancePresident of France19 April 1934
King George VI United KingdomKing of the United Kingdom2 February 1937
Prince Axel DenmarkPrince of Denmark20 January 1949
King Norodom Sihanouk CambodiaKing of Cambodia15 December 1954
King Sisavang Vong Kingdom of LaosKing of Laos1955
Dwight D. Eisenhower United StatesU.S. President28 June 1960
Queen Elizabeth II United KingdomQueen of the United Kingdom19 July 1960
King Frederik IX DenmarkKing of Denmark
Queen Ingrid DenmarkQueen of Denmark6 September 1960
Queen Margrethe II DenmarkQueen of Denmark6 September 1960
King Olav V NorwayKing of Norway19 September 1960
King Harald V NorwayKing of Norway19 September 1960
Queen Louise SwedenQueen consort of Sweden21 September 1960
Prince Bertil SwedenDuke of Halland21 September 1960
King Baudouin BelgiumKing of the Belgians4 October 1960
Queen Fabiola BelgiumQueen consort of the Belgians
Charles de Gaulle FrancePresident of France11 October 1960
Grand Duchess Charlotte LuxembourgGrand Duchess of Luxembourg17 October 1960
Prince Felix LuxembourgPrince consort of Luxembourg17 October 1960
Grand Duke Jean LuxembourgGrand Duke of Luxembourg17 October 1960
Queen Juliana NetherlandsQueen of Netherlands24 October 1960
Prince Bernhard NetherlandsPrince consort of the Netherlands24 October 1960
Queen Beatrix NetherlandsQueen of the Netherlands24 October 1960
Queen Frederica GreeceQueen consort of Greece14 February 1963
Emperor Akihito JapanEmperor of Japan27 May 1963
Empress Michiko JapanEmpress of Japan
Empress Farah IranEmpress consort of Iran22 January 1968
King Juan Carlos I SpainKing of Spain22 February 2006
Queen Sofía SpainQueen consort of Spain22 February 2006
Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah MalaysiaYang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia30 January 2013
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