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.

Royal and noble titles and styles

Royal styles of Sofía, Queen of Spain
Reference style	Her Majesty
Spoken style	Your Majesty
Alternative style	Ma'am

• 2 November 1938 – 14 May 1962: Her Royal Highness Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark
• 14 May 1962 – 21 July 1969: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Asturias
• 21 July 1969 – 22 November 1975: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Spain
• 22 November 1975 – 19 June 2014 : Her Majesty The Queen
• 19 June 2014 – present: Her Majesty Queen Sofía

Spanish honours

• Dame Grand Cross of the Royal and Distinguished Order of Charles III (10 May 1962).^[1]
• 1,193rd Dame of the Royal Order of Queen Maria Luisa (on 14 May 1962).^[2]
• Dame Grand Collar of the Royal and Distinguished Order of Charles III (31 October 1983).^[3]

Foreign honours

• Austria
  • Grand Star of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (31 January 1978) ^[4]
• Argentina
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Liberator General San Martín^[5]
• Belgium
  • Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (26 September 1978)^[6][7][8][9]
• Brazil
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross (16 May 1991)^[10]
• Chile
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (4 June 2001)^[11][12]
• Colombia
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Boyacá (1976)^[13][14][15]
  • Grand Cross of the Order of San Carlos (1979)^[16]
• Costa Rica
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Juan Mora Fernández (26 January 1993) (Photo)^[17][18]
• Denmark
  • Knight of the Order of the Elephant (17 March 1980)
• Dominican Republic
  • Grand Cross with Gold Breast Star of the Order of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella (13 November 2000)^[19]
• Ecuador
  • Grand Cross of the National Order of San Lorenzo (13 May 1980)^[20][21]
• Egypt
  • Supreme Class of the Order of the Virtues (18 February 1997)^[22][23]
• El Salvador  :
  • Grand Cross with Silver Star of the Order of José Matías Delgado (14 September 1977)^{[24][25][26][27]}
• Estonia
  • 1st Class of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (9 July 2007)^[28]
• Finland
  • Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (4 June 1975)^[29][30]
• France
  • Grand Cross of the National Order of the Légion d'honneur^[31]
• Germany
  • Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (19 April 1977)^[32]
• Greece
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer^[33]
• Guatemala
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Quetzal (10 September 1977)^[34][35][36]
• Holy See
  • Collar Lady of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
  • Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice^[37]
• Honduras
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Francisco Morazán (13 September 1977)^[38]
• Hungary
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, Civilian Class (31 January 2005)^[39][40]
• Iceland
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon (16 September 1985) ^[41]
• Italy
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (27 June 1996)^[42]
• Jamaica
  • Honorary Member of the Order of Jamaica (17 February 2009)^[43][44]
• Japan
  • Grand Cordon (or 1st Class) of the Order of the Precious Crown (28 October 1980)^[45][46][47]
• Jordan
  • Grand Cordon of the Order of the Star of Jordan (26 March 1985)^[48][49]
  • Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance (20 October 1999)^[50][51]
• Latvia
  • Commander Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of Three Stars (16 October 2004)^[52][53]
• Lebanon
  • Grand Cordon of the Order of Merit (19 October 2009)^[54]
• Lithuania
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great (1 June 2005)^[55]
• Luxembourg
  • Lady of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau (9 July 1980)^[56][57][58]
• Malta
  • Honorary Member of the Xirka Ġieħ ir-Repubblika (, List)
• Mexico
  • Sash of the Order of the Aztec Eagle (8 October 1977)^[59][60][61]
• Morocco
  • Special Class of the Order of Muhammad (18 September 2000)^[62]
• Nepal
  • Member of the Order of Ojaswi Rajanya (19 September 1983)^[63]
• Netherlands
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion (8 October 1985)^[64]
• Nigeria
  • Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (19 November 1991, GCON)^[65]
• Norway
  • Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (14 April 1982)^[66]
• Panama
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa (16 September 1977)^[67][68]
• Peru
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun (5 July 2004)^[69]
• Philippines  :
  • Grand Collar (Maringal na Kuwintas) of the Order of the Golden Heart (3 December 2007)^[70]
  • Order of Gabriela Silang
• Poland
  • Order of the White Eagle (14 May 2001)
• Portugal
  • Grand Cross decorated with Grand Cordon of the Order of St. James of the Sword (23 August 1996)
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Christ (17 April 1978)
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry (13 October 1988)
• Romania
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania (2003)^[71][72][73]
• Slovakia
  • Grand Cross (or 1st Class) of the Order of the White Double Cross (22 October 2007)^[74][75]
• South Africa
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Good Hope (15 February 1999)^[76][77]
• Sweden
  • Member of the Royal Order of the Seraphim (5 October 1980)^[78]
• Thailand
  • Dame Grand Cross (First Class) of the Order of Chula Chom Klao (19 November 1987)^[79][80]
  • Dame of the Order of the Royal House of Chakri (22 February 2006)^[81][82]
• Venezuela
  • Grand Cordon of the Order of the Liberator (8 September 1977)^[83]
•  Zaire, now Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Grand Cordon of the National Order of the Leopard (1 December 1986)^[84]

Former sovereign families

• House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1962)
  • Dame Grand Cross of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George
• House of Pahlavi:
  • Grand Cross (First Class) of the Order of the Pleiades (or Order of Haft Peikar)^[85]
  • Commemorative Medal of the 2500th Anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire (14 October 1971)^[86][87]
• House of Solomon
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Queen of Sheba
• Royal House of Greece
  • Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olga and St. Sophia^[88]

Honorific eponyms

•  Spain
  • Córdoba: Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía (University Hospital Queen Sofia)
  • Granada: Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Reina Sofía
  • Tudela: Hospital Reina Sofia (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)
•  USA
  • New York: Queen Sofía Spanish Institute
• Antarctica
  • South Shetland Islands: Mount Reina Sofía (Mount Queen Sofía) on Livingston Island

Other honours

•  Spain
  • Fundación de Ayuda contra la Drogadicción (Spanish Foundation of Aid against Drug Addiction): Honorary President
  • Real Patronato sobre Discapacidad (Spanish Royal Board on Disability): Honorary President

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^[89]
  • 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

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