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REFERENCE TITLE NAME BORN DIED   TITLE NAME BORN DIED COMMENTS
2 King Christian IX of Denmark 1818 1906 Princess Luise of Hess-Cassel 1817 1898 See 45.13 - Christian was formally Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and became King of Denmark on 15 November 1863 following the death of his childless second cousin King Frederik VII of Denmark. For further reading please see The History of the Danish Monarchy.
2.1 King Frederik VIII of Denmark 1843 1912 Princess Louise of Sweden 1851 1926 See 3.111 - Frederick died in unfortunate circumstances. During an overnight stay in an hotel in Hamburg, on his way home from Nice where he had visited a health resort, he died all of a sudden during one of the anonymous, unaccompanied city walks that he had always enjoyed (one source mentions whilst visiting a house of ill repute). Only later was it realised the body was that of the King of Denmark.
2.11 King Christian X of Denmark 1870 1947 Duchess Alexandrine "Adini" of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1879 1952 See 23.1111 - In October 1942, Christian suffered a fall from his horse during his daily ride., which resulted in a gangrene foot leaving him wheel chair bound for the rest of his life.
2.111 King Frederik IX of Denmark 1899 1972 Princess Ingrid of Sweden 1910 2000 See 3.13113 - The Danish Act of Succession of 27 March 1953 , allowed female succession to the Throne with sons having precedence over daughters. A Plebiscite was held to agree a new Constitution, the vote on 28 May 1953 approved it by a large majority, with 1,181,173 votes in favour and 318,075 against. The new Constitution became effective from 5 June 1953. Frederik's brother Prince Knud of Denmark who up until the change in the Constitution as next in line to the succession was not seen as a suitable Monarch.
2.1111 - QVD Queen Margrethe II of Denmark 1940   Count Henri de Laborde de Monpezat 1934   Henri was created Prince of Denmark by King Frederick IX on 10 June 1967. Although born Henri, he is officially known as Henrik in Denmark.
2.11111 - QVD Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark 1968     Mary Elizabeth Donaldson 1972   On the occasion of her marriage to His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, Mary Donaldson became Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark.
2.111111 - QVD Prince Christian Valdemar Henri John of Denmark 2005            
2.111112 - QVD Princess Isabella of Denmark 2007            
2.11112 - QVD Prince Joachim of Denmark 1969     Alexandra Manley 1964   Alexandra married Martin Jorgensen (age 28), on 3 March 2007 and under the terms of an agreement struck with the royal household when she divorced from her husband Prince Joachim lost her membership of the Danish royal family, becoming Countess of Frederiksborg.
2.111121 - QVD Prince Nikolai of Denmark 1999            
2.111122 - QVD Prince Felix Henrik of Denmark 2002            
2.1112 - QVD Princess Benedikte of Denmark 1944   Prince Richard zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (6th Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg) 1934   Richard is the present Head of the Princely House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. Richard's father Prince Gustav Albrecht (5th Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg) born 1907 went missing in action in 1944 and was declared legally dead in 1969. Prince Richard is a brother of Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
2.11121 - QVD Hereditary Prince Gustav zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg 1969            
2.11122 - QVD Princess Alexandra zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg 1970   Count Jefferson-Friedrich von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth 1967    
2.111221 - QVD Count Richard von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth 1999            
2.111222 - QVD Countess Ingrid von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth 2003            
2.11123 - QVD Princess Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg 1975            
2.1113 - QVD Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark 1946   King Constantine II of the Hellenes 1940   See 16.142 - King Constantine was deposed on 1 June 1973 following the "Colonels Coup" on 13 December 1967
2.112 Prince Knud of Denmark 1900 1976 Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark 1912 1995 See 2.142 - Knud was next in line of succession to his brother Frederik for the throne of Denmark but was not seen as a suitable Monarch. The Danish Act of Succession of 27 March 1953 allowed female succession to the Throne with sons having precedence over daughters. thereby enabling Frederik's daughter Margrethe to replace Knud in the line of succession.
2.1121 Princess Elisabeth of Denmark 1935            
2.1122 Prince Ingolf of Denmark 1940     Inge Terney 1938 1996 Prince Ingolf became Count Ingolf of Rosenborg (see note below)
2.1122 Prince Ingolf of Denmark 1940     Sussie Hjorhoy Pedersen 1950   Prince Ingolf became Count Ingolf of Rosenborg (see note below)
2.1123 Prince Christian of Denmark 1942     Anne Dorthe Maltoft-Nielsen 1947   Prince Christian became Count Christian of Rosenborg (see note below)
2.11231 Countess Josephine of Rosenborg 1972     Thomas Schmidt 1970   Countess Josephine and Countess Camilla are twins
2.11232 Countess Camilla of Rosenborg 1972     Mikael Rosanes 1952   Countess Josephine and Countess Camilla are twins
2.11233 Countess Feodora of Rosenborg 1975     Eric Hervé Patrice Patte 1976    
2.12 Prince Carl of Denmark 1872 1957 Princess Maud of Great Britain 1869 1938 See 1.25 & 15 - Prince Carl was elected King Haakon VII of Norway 18 November 1905 following a plebiscite on 12/13 November 1905 where 259,563 (78.9 %) vote for a monarchy and 69,264 (21.1 %) vote for a republic
2.13 Princess Louise of Denmark 1875 1906 Prince Friedrich of Schaumburg-Lippe 1868 1945 See 43.73 - The official cause of death of Princess Louise was "cerebral inflammation". It is rumoured she drowned herself in the castle lake on her husband's estate in Bohemia
2.14 Prince Harald of Denmark 1876 1949 Princess Helen of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1888 1962 See 35.423 - Much to the consternation of Prince Harald and his two sons, Helen was a fervent supporter of the Nazis
2.141 Princess Feodora of Denmark 1910 1975 Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe 1898 1974 See 43.732
2.142 Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark 1912 1995 Prince Knud of Denmark 1900 1976 See 2.112
2.143 Princess Alexandrine Louise of Denmark 1914 1962 Count Luitpold Alfred of Castell-Castell 1904 1941 Count Luitpold died in a plane crash in Bankta near Sofia, Bulgaria
2.1431 Countess Amélie Alexandrine of Castell-Castell 1938     Oscar Ritter von Miller zu Aichholz 1934    
2.1432 Countess Thyra Antonie of Castell-Castell 1939     Karl Moes 1937    
2.1433 Count Otto-Luitpold of Castell-Castell 1942 1943          
2.144 Prince Gorm of Denmark 1919 1991          
2.145 Prince Oluf of Denmark 1923 1990   Helene Dorrit Puggaard-Muller 1926   Prince Oluf became Count Oluf of Rosenborg (see note below)
2.145 Prince Oluf of Denmark 1923 1990   Lis Wolf-Jurgensen 1935   Prince Oluf became Count Oluf of Rosenborg (see note below)
2.1451 Count Ulrik Harald of Rosenborg 1950     Tove Waigner Larsen 1950    
2.1452 Countess Charlotte Helene of Rosenborg 1953     Jens Philipsen 1954    
2.1452 Countess Charlotte Helene of Rosenborg 1953     Torben Gyldenfeldt Wulff 1954    
2.15 Princess Ingeborg of Denmark 1878 1958 Prince Oscar Carl of Sweden (Duke of Vastergotland) 1861 1951 See 3.33
2.16 Princess Thyra of Denmark 1880 1945          
2.17 Prince Gustav of Denmark 1887 1944          
2.18 Princess Dagmar of Denmark 1890 1961   Jurgen Castenskiold 1893 1978 Dagmar was briefly engaged to Prince Adalbert of Prussia
2.181   Carl Castenskiold 1923 2006   Bente Grevenkop-Castenskiold 1927   Carl is a distant cousin to Bente, she is a descendant of King Frederik VI (1768-1839) and his mistress Frederikke Dannemand
2.181   Carl Castenskiold 1923 2006   Else Albrechtsen 1933    
2.181   Carl Castenskiold 1923 2006   Maja Tegner 1919 2003  
2.182   Christian Castenskiold 1926     Cecily Abbotts 1927    
2.183   Jorgen Castenskiold 1928 1964   Kirsteen Schlichtkrull 1934    
2.183   Jorgen Castenskiold 1928 1964   Birgit Tengstedt 1932    
2.184   Dagmar Castenskiold 1931     Paul Bilsh 1930 1967  
2.184   Dagmar Castenskiold 1931     Ole Larsen 1948    
2.2 Princess Alexandra of Denmark 1844 1925 King Edward VII of Great Britain 1841 1910 See 1.2 - Alexandra suffered from an hereditary condition called otosclerosis which was the cause of increasing deafness. Her mother Queen Luise was inflicted with the same deafness condition
2.3 Prince Wilhelm of Denmark 1845 1913 Grand Duchess Olga of Russia 1851 1926 See 4.962 & 16 - Wilhelm who was elected King George I of the Hellenes on 5 June 1863 succeeded Otto (previously Prince Otto of Bavaria ) as King , after the latter had been forced to flee Greece in 1862. King George was assassinated at Salonika
2.4 Princess Dagmar "Minnie" of Denmark 1847 1928 Emperor Alexander III "Sasha" of all the Russias 1845 1894 See 4.913 - Dagmar took the name "Maria Feodorovna" on her marriage. Dagmar was due to marry Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia (Tsarevich) who died after an attack of bronchitis (some sources quote meningitis) a couple of months before the intended marriage
2.5 Princess Thyra of Denmark 1853 1933 Crown Prince Ernst August of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg) & (Duke of Cumberland) 1845 1923 See 25.11
2.6 Prince Waldemar of Denmark 1858 1939 Princess Marie of Orleans (France) 1865 1909 See 13.121 - Waldemar, in 1886 rejected an invitation to become the Sovereign Prince of Bulgaria following the abdication of Prince Alexander of Battenberg. Marie caught a severe cold which in a short while lead to her death from acute pneumonia
2.612.61 Prince Aage of Denmark 1887 1940   Matilda Calvi di Bergola 1885 1949 Aage became Count Aage of Rosenborg (see note below)
Matilda was a sister to Conte Giorgio Calvi di Bergolo (husband of Princess Yolanda Margherita of Savoy)
2.611 Count Waldemar of Rosenborg 1915 1995 Baroness Floria d'Huart Saint-Mauris 1925 1995  
2.62 Prince Axel of Denmark 1888 1964 Princess Margaretha of Sweden 1899 1977 See 3.331 - Gravestone of Axel and family
2.621 Prince George of Denmark 1920 1986   Anne Bowes-Lyon 1917 1980 Anne is Earl Lichfield's mother (photographer) from her first marriage to Viscount Anson. Anne's father was a brother to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. George was allowed to keep his title under apparent pressure from King George VI of Great Britain on the basis that if a Bowes-Lyon was good enough for him it was good enough for a Prince of Denmark.
2.622 Prince Flemming of Denmark 1922 2002   Alice Ruth Nielsen 1924   Flemming became Count Flemming of Rosenborg (see note below)
2.6221 Count Axel of Rosenborg 1950     Jane Glarborg 1950   Count Axel and Count Birger are twins
2.6221 Count Axel of Rosenborg 1950     Jutta Beck 1958   Count Axel and Count Birger are twins
2.6222 Count Birger of Rosenborg 1950     Minna Tillisch 1949   Count Axel and Count Birger are twins
2.6222 Count Birger of Rosenborg 1950     Susanne Kristensen 1951 1999 Count Axel and Count Birger are twins
2.6222 Count Birger of Rosenborg 1950     Lynne Denise Sharpe 1953    
2.6223 Count Carl Johan of Rosenborg 1952     Dorrit Olsen 1956    
2.6223 Count Carl Johan of Rosenborg 1952     Colette Cabral 1967    
2.6224 Countess Desiree of Rosenborg 1955     Fergus Smith   1949    
2.6224 Countess Desiree of Rosenborg 1955     Peter Rindom   1955    
2.63 Prince Eric of Denmark 1890 1950   Lois Booth 1897 1941 Eric became Count Eric of Rosenborg (see note below)
2.631 Countess Alexandra of Rosenborg 1927 1992   Ivar Emil Vind 1921 1977  
2.632 Count Christian of Rosenborg 1932 1997   Karin Lüttichau 1938    
2.64 Prince Viggo of Denmark 1893 1970   Eleanor Green 1895 1966 Viggo became Count Viggo of Rosenborg (see note below)
2.65 Princess Margrethe of Denmark 1895 1992 Prince René of Bourbon-Parma 1894 1962 See 38.S

Note: The "Danish Succession to the Throne Act" states "Where a person entitled to succeed to the Throne enters into marriage without the consent of the King (or Queen) given in the Council of State, the person in question shall forfeit his right of succession to the Throne for himself and the children born of the marriage and for their issue".

A prince who marries without the King (or Queen) permission is given the title of Count of Rosenborg.

Further reading can be found at Conditional Consent, Dynastic Rights and the Danish Law of Succession(*)
Note - QVD against a reference number indicates the first named individual is a descendant of Queen Victoria.

24 May 2008
By Allan Raymond
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