Tycho Brahe, astronomer (1578)[9] Heinrich Rantzau, German-Danish humanist, writer, astrologer and statesman (1580)[10] Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam, Dutch lieutenant-admiral (1659)[11] Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer, Dutch vice-admiral (1659) Cornelis Tromp, Dutch and Danish admiral-general (1676) Ernst Albrecht von Eberstein, military leader (1676) Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann, politician and landowner (1790) Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg, Danish general and Governor of Copenhagen during the (Battle of Copenhagen (1801)) Albert, Prince Consort, (10 January 1843)[12] J.B.S. Estrup, Danish landowner, politician and President of the Council of State (1878) Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy (1891) Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1909) Vilhelm Thomsen, professor, Dr. Phil., Danish linguist (1912)[13] H.N. Andersen, Danish businessman, Consul-General, titular Councilor of State (1919) C.G.E. Mannerheim, President of the Republic of Finland, Marshal of Finland (1919) Umberto II, King of Italy, then Prince of Piedmont as heir to the throne (1922) Hirohito, Emperor of Japan then Crown prince (1923) Stanisław Wojciechowski, President of the Republic of Poland (1923) Tomáš Masaryk, President of the Czechoslovak Republic (1925) Reza Shah of Persia (former name of Iran) (1937) Miklós Horthy, Austro-Hungarian vice-admiral, Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary (1940) Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, British Field Marshal (1945)[14] Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America, General of the Army (1945)[15] Niels Bohr, professor, Dr. Phil. & Scient. & Techn., Danish physicist and Nobel laureate, Manifested Copenhagen interpretation ("atom theory") (1947)[13] Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1947)[16] Sir Winston Churchill, British prime minister and Nobel laureate (1950)[15] Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (21 November 1954) Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, Danish diplomat and cousin of Margrethe II of Denmark (1962) Julius Nyerere, President of the United Republic of Tanzania (1970) Josip Broz Tito, President of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia (1974) Richard von Weizsäcker, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1989) Nicolae Ceauşescu, President of the Socialist Republic of Romania (Note: Awarded on the November 1980 state visit to Denmark, but revoked by the Queen on 23 December 1989. The insignia have been returned to Denmark and Ceauşescu's name has been deleted from the official rolls.)[17] Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, President of the Italian Republic (1993) Nelson Mandela, President of the Republic of South Africa (1996)[14] Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish shipping magnate (2000)[13]