Honors Received by H.M. King Kigeli V (29 June 1936 - 16 October 2016)
Beware of websites that list honors that H.M. King Kigeli V has received. Mailing His Majesty an honor does not mean that it has been formally received and accepted by the Rwandan Crown. Mistakes have been made in the past regarding the receipt of honors from persons who did not have a valid fons honorum. As of June 29, 2016, these are the following formally accepted honors given to His Majesty:
Awards
Gold Star Award from by the International Strategic Studies Association for Outstanding Contributions to Strategic Progress Through Humanitarian Achievement for his work for Rwandan refugees in Africa
Accademico (Academician) of Studium, Accademia di Casale e del Monferrato per l'Arte, la Letteratura, la Storia, le Scienze e le Varie Umanita (Studium, Academy of Casale Monferrato for Art, Literature, History, Science, and Various Humanity Studies, founded in 1476 by the Prince William Paleologo, Marquis of Montferrat)
Honorary Member of Azzociazione Insigniti Onorificenze Cavalleresche
Honorary Member of Circolo dei Cento e non piu Cento
Confratello della Arciconfraternita dei Santi Apostoli di Casale Monferrato (Confrere of the Archconfraternity of Holy Apostles of Casale Monferrato, founded in 1460)
Orders and Decorations
Grand Cross, Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (Royal House of Braganza of Portugal)
Grand Cross, Order of Saint Michael of the Wing (Royal House of Braganza of Portugal)
Grand Collar, Order of Merit of the Royal House of Portugal (Royal House of Braganza of Portugal)
Grand Cross, Order of the Queen of Sheba (Imperial Solomonic House of Ethiopia through the Crown Council)
Grand Cross, Imperial Order of the Star of Honour of the Ethiopian Empire (Imperial Solomonic House of Ethiopia through the Crown Council)
Grand Cross, Imperial Order of Solomon of the Ethiopian Empire (Imperial Solomonic House of Ethiopia through the Crown Council)
Grand Collar, Order of the Eagle of Georgia (Royal House of Bagration-Mukhrani)
Grand Collar, Royal Order of Ismail (Royal House of Muhammad Ali of Egypt)
Grand Cross, Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Royal House of Savoy of Italy)
Knight, Most Prestigious Brotherhood of the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Noble City of Lisbon (Portugal)
Knight (single rank Order), Order of Saint King David the Psalmist (Royal House of Bagrationi-Gruzinski of Georgia)
Member, Order of the Star of Sonbai (Royal House of Nisnoni of Kupang)
Grand Commander of the Order of Humanitarian Merit (an Intergovernmental Organization comprised of seven African countries through the United Nations); only previous grantees at this rank were H.E. Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa; H.H. Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama; and HI&RH Archduke Markus Salvator Habsburg-Lothringen
Titles
Ras (Imperial Solomonic House of Ethiopia through the Crown Council)
