the morning of 7 July 2015. Honours and awards Honours National honours Portugal : Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty : Recipient of the Red Cross Medal Portuguese Royal Family: Honorary Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Saint Isabel Foreign honours : Grand Cross of the Order of Rio Branco : Grand Cross of the Order of Boyaca : Grand Cross of the Order of the Leopard : Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose : Grand Cross of the Order of Merit : Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1st Class : : Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Merit : Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau : Dame of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg : Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown : Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III : Member Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Polar Star : Grand Cross of the Order of Francisco de Miranda Awards Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Aveiro Doctorate Honoris Causa by the University of Lisbon Doctor Honoris Causa by Lesley College, Boston Honorary Professor of the Society of International Studies, Madrid Award "Impegno Per La Pace" of the Association Insieme per la Pace, Rome Award "Beca" by the Colégio Mayor Zurbaran, Madrid Gold Medal for Distinct Service from the League of Portuguese Firemen Medal of Solidarity from CNAF Silver Medal of the Alcuin Award Gold Medal from FERLAP Gold Medal from the City of Ovar Gold Medal from the City of Olhão Gold Medal from the City of Faro Personality of the Year 1998 in the area of solidarity by the Magazine Revista Gente e Viagem Algarvia (lady from the Algarve region) of the Year 1997 by the Association of the Algarve’s Regional Press Most Elegant Woman of the Year 1998 – Magazine Revista VIP Neckband of the International Academy of Portuguese Culture “One in ten women of the year 1999” Prize – Brazil D. Antónia Ferreira Prize Prestige Prize “Manus Cais” Trophy “Lonely Life” Prize – Radio Central FM, Leiria References External links 1925 births 2015 deaths First Ladies of Portugal Socialist Party (Portugal) politicians Portuguese anti-fascists Portuguese film actresses Portuguese actor-politicians People from Olhão Spouses of prime ministers of Portugal Grand Crosses of the Order of