Aoki Shūzō (1844–1914), Japanese minister to Berlin, received the GC 1/26/1895, later received the GC in brilliants 6/18/1897 The Guangxu Emperor (1871–1908), 11th Qing Emperor of China, invested 1898 First Class Marquis Suyi Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Chinese politician and diplomat, invested 6/14/1896 Yuan Shikai (1859–1916), Chinese politician and general Nikolay Karlovich Giers (1820–1895), Russian Foreign Minister and architect of the Franco-Russian Alliance; Grand Cross (by statute of the Order of the Black Eagle), July 23, 1888 Prince Alfred of Edinburgh (1874–1899, GB), invested June 1889 George V, King of Great Britain (1865–1936), invested 7/3/1890 Alexander, Duke of Fife (1849–1912, GB), invested 1892 Gen.-Lt. Constantin von Alvensleben (1809–1892), invested with the Grand Cross, 1892, by statute of the Order of the Black Eagle FM Archduke Friedrich of Austria-Hungary (1856–1936), GC / 1st Class (also held the Ord of the Black Eagle from October 22, 1892) – invested c. 1895 Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico (1876–1880, 1884–1911) St John Brodrick, British Secretary of State for War (1856–1942), invested in September 1902 when he visited Prussia for German Army maneuvers. Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (formerly Prince Adolphus Duke of Teck) (1868–1927, GB), invested 1903 Count Katsura Tarō (1848–1913), Japanese politician and soldier, October 4, 1906 Haakon VII, King of Norway (1872–1957), invested 5/27/1907 Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI - Nizam (sovereign prince) of Hyderabad, a principality in India; honorary (British and Indian) lieutenant general, invested 1911 Albert I, King of the Belgians (1875–1934) LTG Rt. Hon Charles William Stewart, Lord Stewart (GB) British soldier, politician and nobleman, great-grandfather of Winston Churchill MG Carl Löwenhielm, Count of Löwenhielm (Sweden / Norway) Franz Josef I, Emperor of Austria-Hungary (1830–1916) Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse & by Rhine (1837–1892), son-in-law of Queen Victoria; brother-in-law of Friedrich III; uncle of Wilhelm II Gen der INF Otto von Bülow – Nov 15, 1917, by statute regarding conferral of the Order of the Black Eagle Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1868–1937), grandson of Queen Victoria, husband of Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh, cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm II, invested with the Grand Cross or the 1st Class (?) General der Infanterie Friedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin (1851–1936), awarded the Grand Cross by statute of the Order of the Black Eagle, conferred, 1917 Prince Leopold of Bavaria (1846–1930); Awarded the Grand Cross with Swords; also a member of the Order of the Black