List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name (C)

The following is a list of some notable Légion d'honneur recipients by name. The Légion d'honneur is the highest order of France. A complete, chronological list of the members of the Legion of Honour nominated from the very first ceremony in 1803 to now does not exist. The number is estimated at one million including about 3,000 Grand Cross.[1]

References

  1. Wattel, Michel et Béatrice, Les Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur. De 1805 à nos jours, titulaires français et étrangers, Archives et Culture, 2009
  2. "Decree of 19 April 2000 on the promotion and appointment". Grand Chancellery of the Legion of Honor. 19 April 2000. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  3. Petteys, Chris, ‘’Dictionary of Women Artists’’, G K Hill & Co. publishers, 1985
  4. ORDRE NATIONAL DE LA LEGION D'HONNEUR Archived 2012-02-15 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Ratcliffe, Barrie M. (2010). Philip Daileader; Philip Whalen (eds.). French historians 1900–2000. Chichester, UK; Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 112–135. ISBN 978-1-4051-9867-7.
  6. Kuc, Morag. "Top military honour for Peterhead man". Buchan Observer. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.