with a rosette. The cross has a thinner laurel-wreath than the Knight of the Order of St. Charles. Knight The Knight of the Order of St. Charles wears the badge of the order on a chest ribbon without rosette. Legal basis Sovereign Ordonnance of 16 January 1863 about the Order of Saint-Charles (modified) : Text (French) Sovereign Ordonnance of 16 January 186 establishing the statutes of the Order of Saint-Charles (modified) : Text (French) Sovereign Ordonnance n° 125 of 23 April 1923 concerning the insignias of the Order of Saint-Charles : Text (French) Notable recipients Knights Grand Cross Granted by Charles III, Prince of Monaco Oscar II of Sweden and Norway – 16 January 1862. Christian IX of Denmark – 7 February 1864. Muhammad III as-Sadiq – 28 December 1864. Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse – 23 April 1865. Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine – 23 April 1865. Isabella II of Spain – 17 September 1865. Alfonso XII of Spain – 17 September 1865. Charles I of Württemberg – 24 September 1865. Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys – 24 December 1865. Manuel Bermúdez de Castro y Díez – 2 June 1866. Juan de Zavala – 2 June 1866. Prince Charles of Prussia – 6 April 1869. Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden – 19 October 1869. Napoleon III – 16 November 1869. Pedro II of Brazil – 19 March 1872. Franz Joseph I of Austria – 24 September 1872. Alexander II of Russia – 22 July 1873. Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin – 8 September 1874. Gustaf V of Sweden – 6 April 1875. William III of the Netherlands – 13 April 1875. Amadeo I of Spain – 27 April 1875. Fontes Pereira de Melo – 18 July 1876. Louis, duc Decazes – 20 March 1877. Antoine Chanzy – 30 April 1878. Mustapha Ben Ismaïl – 16 July 1878. Count Gustav Kálnoky – 11 April 1882. Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern – 26 September 1882. Milan I of Serbia – 29 May 1883. Alexander III of Russia – 14 August 1883. Nikolay Girs – 21 August 1883. Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach – 4 December 1883. Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland – 5 August 1884. Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg – 12 February 1889. Granted by Albert I, Prince of Monaco Jules François Émile Krantz – 19 Novembre 1889. Victor Emmanuel III of Italy – 30 Decembre 1890. Ferdinand I of