presumptive to the throne of Württemberg – invested with the order 18 January 1900 Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria — Last crown prince of Bavaria and First World War German field marshal Emperor Taishō — Emperor of Japan (1912–1926). Umberto I of Italy — King of Italy (1878–1900). Victor Emmanuel III — king of Italy (1900–1946). Prince Vilhelm, Duke of Södermanland — Prince of Sweden (1884–1965) William III of the Netherlands — King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1849–1890). William IV — King of Great Britain and Ireland (1830–1837) Gojong of Korea — Emperor of Korea (1863–1907) Abdul Hamid II - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Knights of the Order Henning Alexander von Kleist (1677–1749) — Prussian general, field marshal, for action at the Battle of Mollwitz. Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) — Prussian chancellor and statesman Gebhard von Blücher (1742-1819) — Prussian field marshal and leader of Prussian troops at the Battle of Leipzig and Battle of Waterloo. Wilhelm Malte I of Putbus (1677–1749) — Swedish-German aristocrat, prussian general, for his dedication and skillful leadership of the province of New West Pomerania and of Rügen. Joachim von Blumenthal (1720-1800) — Prussian War and Finance Minister, received the order in 1787 Leonhardt von Blumenthal (1810-1900) — Prussian field-marshal, 1877. Bernhard von Bülow (1849-1929) — German chancellor and statesman. Karl von Bülow (1846-1921) — Prussian general — invested with the order 18 January 1900 General Mikhail Chertkov (sometimes written Tchertkoff) (1829-1905) — Russian Governor-General of Warsaw — September 1902 — when he visited Posen for German army maneuvers. Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière (1733-1811) — Prussian field marshal Adolf von Deines (1845-1911) - Prussian General of the Cavalry and aide-de-camp to Wilhelm II. Karl von Einem — World War I-era German general and Minister of War. Prince Philip of Eulenburg — German politician and diplomat. Count Albrecht Konrad Finck von Finckenstein — Prussian field marshal under Frederick William I of Prussia Count Karl-Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein — Prussian Prime Minister under Frederic the Great Friedrich Wilhelm Quirin von Forcade de Biaix — Prussian lieutenant general under Frederic the Great Johann Quirin von Forcade de Biaix — Prussian lieutenant general under Frederick William I of Prussia August von Gneisenau — Napoleonic-era Prussian field marshal. His insignia of the order was formerly Napoleon's. Gottlieb Graf von Haeseler — German field marshal. Paul von Hindenburg — World War I-era German field