ID: 901001989 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001989	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Légion d'Honneur (French award, established 1802)

Note: French order of merit for military and civil accomplishments; established by Napoléon Bonaparte in 1802.

Display Date: from 1802

Names:

	Légion d'Honneur (French award, established 1802) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Légion d'Honneur (French award, established 1802) (French-P,D,P)
	Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur (French award, established 1802) (French,U,P)
	Legion of Honor (French award, established 1802) (t,English,U,P)
	Order of the Legion of Honor (French award, established 1802) (t,English,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<Named competitions> (P)
		........Légion d'Honneur (French award, established 1802) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... award
	.....(social recognition, sociological concepts, social science concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... France
	.....(Europe) (TGN)

	creator is .... Bonaparte, Napoleon (French emperor, 1769-1821)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Sources:

	Légion d'Honneur (French award, established 1802)
	................Grove Art Online (2008-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 83197456
	Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur (French award, established 1802)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Legion of Honor (French award, established 1802)
	................Provenace Index Databases, Inventories (1985-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Order of the Legion of Honor (French award, established 1802)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Grove Art Online (2008-)