List of titles and honours of Queen Sofía of Spain

Sofía, Queen of Spain, has received numerous titles, decorations, and honorary appointments, both during and before her time as consort to King Juan Carlos. Each is listed below. Where two dates are shown, the first indicates the date of receiving the award or title and the second indicates the date of its loss, renunciation or when its use was discontinued.

Honours[]

National honours[]

• Greek Royal Family:
  • Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Olga and Sophia^{[citation needed]}
  • Recipient of the Commemorative Badge of the Centenary of the Royal House of Greece
•  Spain:
  • Dame Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Charles III^[1][2]
  • 11th Former Grand Mistress and 1,193rd Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa^{[citation needed]}
  • Recipient of the Spanish Red Cross Medal^{[citation needed]}

Foreign honours[]

•  Argentina:
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Liberator General San Martín
•  Austria:
  • Grand Star of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria^[3]
•  Belgium:
  • Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold^[4]
•  Brazil:
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross^{[citation needed]}
•  Chile:
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Merit^{[citation needed]}
•  Colombia:
  • Grand Cross Extraordinary of the Order of Boyacá^{[citation needed]}
  • Grand Cross of the Order of San Carlos^{[citation needed]}
•  Congo:
  • Grand Cross of the National Order of the Leopard^{[citation needed]}
•  Costa Rica:
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Juan Mora Fernández^{[citation needed]}
•  Denmark:
  • Knight of the Order of the Elephant^{[citation needed]}
•  Dominican Republic:
  • Grand Cross with Gold Breast Star of the Order of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella^[5]
•  Ecuador:
  • Grand Cross of the National Order of San Lorenzo^[6]
•  Egypt:
  • Grand Cross Supreme Class of the Order of the Virtues^[7]
•  El Salvador:
  • Grand Cross with Silver Star of the Order of José Matías Delgado^[8][9]
•  Estonia:
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana^[10]
• Ethiopian Imperial Family:
  • Dame Grand Cordon with Collar of the Order of the Queen of Sheba^{[citation needed]}
•  Finland:
  • Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland^{[citation needed]}
•  France:
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Legion of Honour^{[citation needed]}
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the National Merit
•  Germany:
  • Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany^{[citation needed]}
•  Greece:
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer^{[citation needed]}
•  Guatemala:
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Quetzal^[11]
•   Holy See:
  • Dame Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre^{[citation needed]}
  • Recipient of the For Church and Pope Badge Medal^{[citation needed]}
  • Recipient of the Benemerenti Medal^{[citation needed]}
•  Honduras:
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Francisco Morazán^{[citation needed]}
•  Hungary:
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary^{[citation needed]}
•  Iceland:
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon^[12]
•  Indonesia:
  • 1st Class Bintang Mahaputera Adipurna of the Star of Mahaputera^{[citation needed]}
• Iranian Imperial Family:
  • Member 1st Class of the Order of the Pleiades^{[citation needed]}
  • Recipient of the Commemorative Medal of the 2,500 year Celebration of the Persian Empire^{[citation needed]}
•  Italy:
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic^[13]
  • Calabrian Royal Family of Two Sicilies:
    • Dame Grand Cross of Justice of the Two Sicilian Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George^{[citation needed]}
•  Jamaica:
  • Honorary Member of the Order of Jamaica^[14][15]
•  Japan:
  • Grand Cordon (Paulownia) of the Order of the Precious Crown^[16]
•  Jordan:
  • Grand Cordon Special Class of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance^[17]
•  Jordan:
  • Grand Cordon 2nd Class of the Order of the Star of Jordan^[18]
•  Latvia:
  • Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Three Stars^[19][20]
•  Lebanon:
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Merit^{[citation needed]}
•  Lithuania:
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great^[21][22]
•  Luxembourg:
  • Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau^[23]
•  Malta:
  • Honorary Member of the Xirka Ġieħ ir-Repubblika^{[citation needed]}
•  Mexico:
  • Sash of Special Category of the Order of the Aztec Eagle^{[citation needed]}
•  Morocco:
  • Member Special Class of the Order of Muhammad^[24]
• Nepalese Royal Family:
  • Member of the Order of Ojaswi Rajanya^{[citation needed]}
•  Netherlands:
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion^[25]
  • Recipient of the Wedding Medal of Princess Beatrix, Princess of Orange and Claus Van Amsberg^{[citation needed]}
•  Nigeria:
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Niger^{[citation needed]}
•  Norway:
  • Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav^{[citation needed]}
•  Panama:
  • Grand Cross Extraordinary of the Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa
•  Peru:
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru^[26]
•  Philippines:
  • Member of the Order of Gabriela Silang^{[citation needed]}
  • Grand Collar of the Order of the Golden Heart^{[citation needed]}
•  Poland:
  • Knight of the Order of the White Eagle^{[citation needed]}
•  Portugal:
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Christ^{[citation needed]}
  • Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword^{[citation needed]}
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry^{[citation needed]}
•  Romania:
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania^[27]
•  Slovakia:
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross^[28]
•  South Africa:
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Good Hope^[29]
•  South Korea:
  • Member of the Grand Order of Mugunghwa^{[citation needed]}
•  Sweden:
  • Member of the Royal Order of the Seraphim^{[citation needed]}
  • Recipient of the 50th Birthday Badge Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf^{[citation needed]}
•  Thailand:
  • Dame of the Order of the Royal House of Chakri^{[citation needed]}
  • Dame Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of Chula Chom Klao^[30]
•  Uruguay
  • Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1996)^[31]
•  Venezuela :
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Liberator^[32]

Honorific eponyms[]

 Soviet Union

•  Spain
  • Córdoba: (University Hospital Queen Sofia)
  • Murcia: Hospital Reina Sofía (Hospital Queen Sofia)
  • Granada:
  • Tudela: (Hospital Queen Sofia)
  • Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Queen Sofia National Museum and Art Center)
  • Madrid: Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía (Queen Sofía College of Music)
  • Tenerife: Tenerife South–Queen Sofía Airport
  • Spanish frigate Queen Sofía (F84)
•  Philippines
  • Manila: Queen Sofia Hall – National Museum of Fine Arts
•  USA
  • New York City: Queen Sofía Spanish Institute
• Antarctica
  • South Shetland Islands: Mount Reina Sofía (Mount Queen Sofía) on Livingston Island

Other honours[]

•  Spain
  • Fundación Reina Sofía (Queen Sofía's Foundation): President (1977 – Present)
  • Fundación de Ayuda contra la Drogadicción (Spanish Foundation of Aid against Drug Addiction): Honorary President (1986–2015).^[33]
  • Real Patronato sobre Discapacidad (Spanish Royal Board on Disability): Honorary President (1986–2015).^[34]

Scholastic[]

Queen Sofía has been the recipient of numerous honorary doctorates including:

•  Spain
  • University of Valladolid
•  Colombia
  • Rosario University
•  Japan
  • Tokyo: University of Seinen
•  Portugal
  • University of Évora
•  UK
  • University of Cambridge
  • University of Oxford
•  USA
  • Georgetown University
  • Downtown San Antonio, Texas: St. Mary's University^[35]
  • State University of New York

Spanish Royal Academies

• Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (Royal Academy of Fine Arts of St. Ferdinand): Honorary Member
• Real Academia de la Historia (Royal Academy of History): Honorary Member

See also[]

• Queen Sofía of Spain
• List of titles and honours of Juan Carlos I of Spain
• List of titles and honours of Felipe VI of Spain
• List of titles and honours of Queen Letizia of Spain
• List of honours of the Spanish Royal Family by country
• List of titles and honours of the Spanish Crown

References[]

• (in Spanish) HM The Queen, Official site of the Royal Household of Spain.