Order of the Elephant

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Order of the Elephant Elefantordenen
Badge of the Order of the Elephant.
Awarded by Sovereign of Denmark
Type	Chivalric order in one class
Motto	Magnanimi Pretium (Latin: The prize of greatness)
Awarded for	At the Monarch's pleasure
Status	Currently constituted
Sovereign	Frederik X
Grades	Knight (Danish: Ridder, abbr.: R.E.)
Statistics
First induction	1693 Christian V of Denmark
Last induction	2024 Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland
Precedence
Next (higher)	None (Highest)
Next (lower)	Order of the Dannebrog
Order of the Elephant ribbon

The Order of the Elephant (Danish: Elefantordenen) is a Danish order of chivalry and is Denmark's highest-ranked honour. It has origins in the 15th century, but has officially existed since 1693, and since the establishment of constitutional monarchy in 1849, is now almost exclusively used to honour royalty and heads of state.^[1]