Genealogy of the Royal Family of Denmark1, 2Genealogy of the Royal Family of Denmark1, 2
HM King Christian
IX of Denmark ("Apapa")
(Born as: HSH Prince Christian of
Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck)
(Since July 6th, 1825:) HSH Prince Christian of
Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
(Since July 31st, 1853:) HRH Prince Christian of Denmark
* Schloß Gottorp, Gottorp, April 8th, 1818
† Amalienborg, Copenhagen, January 29th, 1906
Created Prince of Denmark and proclaimed Heir to the Throne of
Denmark, July 31st, 1853
King of Denmark, November 15th, 1863
Married:
Amalienborg, Copenhagen, May 26th, 1842:
HH Princess Louise Wilhelmine Friederike Caroline Auguste
Julie of Hesse-Cassel ("Amama")
* Schloß Rumpelheim, Cassel, September 7th, 1817
† Bernstorff Castle, Gentofte near Copenhagen, September
29th, 1898
Children from this marriage:
Married:
St. George's Chapel, Windsor
Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, March 10th, 1863:
HM King Edward VII of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Emperor of India, Defender of Faith, Prince of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
("Bertie")
(Born as: HRH Prince Albert Edward of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, Duke of Cornwall)
(Since December 8th, 1841:) HRH Prince Albert Edward
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, Prince
of Wales
* Buckingham Palace, St. James Park, London, November
9th, 1841
† Buckingham Palace, St. James Park, London, May
6th, 1910
Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick,
Baron Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Great Steward of
Scotland, November 9th, 1841; created Prince of Wales,
Earl of Chester, December 8th, 1841; created Earl of
Dublin, January 17th, 1850
King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Emperor of India, January 22nd, 1901 (crowned:
Westminster Abbey, London, August 9th, 1902)
Knight of the Garter, November 9th, 1858; Knight of the
Thistle, May 24th, 1867
HSH Princess Marie Sophie Frederikke Dagmar
of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
("Minnie")
Married:
Chapel, Winter Palace, St.
Petersburg, November 9th n.s., 1866:
HIM Emperor and Autocrat Aleksandr
III Aleksandrovitch of all
the Russias ("Sascha")
(Born as: HIH Grand Duke Aleksandr Aleksandrovitch
of Russia)
(Since April 24th n.s., 1865:) HIH Czarevitch Aleksandr
Aleksandrovitch of Russia
* St. Petersburg, March 10th n.s., 1845
† (nephritis) Livadia Palace, Crimea, November 1st
n.s., 1894
Czarevitch of Russia, April 24th n.s., 1865
Emperor of Russia, March 13th n.s., 1881 (crowned:
Dormition Cathedral, Kremlin, Moscow, May 27th n.s.,
1883)
HH Princess Thyra Amalia Caroline
Charlotte Anna of Denmark
Married:
Royal Chapel, Christiansborg
Palace, Copenhagen, December 21st, 1878:
HRH Crown Prince Ernst
August Wilhelm Adolf Georg Friedrich of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and
Lüneburg, Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, 3rd Duke of Cumberland
(Born as: HRH Prince Ernst August Wilhelm Adolf
Georg Friedrich of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and
Lüneburg, Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland)
(Since November 18th, 1851:) HRH Crown Prince Ernst
August Wilhelm Adolf Georg Friedrich of Hanover, Duke
of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Prince of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland
* Hanover, September 21st, 1845
† Gmunden am Traunsee, November 14th, 1923
Crown Prince of Hanover, November 18th, 1851
Head of the Royal Family of Hanover and 3rd Duke of
Cumberland and Teviotdale, Earl of Armagh, June 12th,
1878 (deprived of his British peerages by Order of the
Privy Council of March 28th, 1919 which order was invalid
because it violated the Sophia Naturalisation Act (1701)
that provided British citizinship for Protestant
descendants of the Electress Sophia of Hanover in
perpetuity)
Knight of the Garter, June 23rd, 1878
Illegitimate child:
Married:
1902:
Frode Pløyen-Holstein
* ?
† ?
HM King Frederik
VIII of Denmark ("Freddy")
(Born as: HSH Prince Christian Frederik Vilhelm Carl of
Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
(Since July 31st, 1853:) HH Prince Christian Frederik
Vilhelm Carl of Denmark
(Since December 21st, 1858:) HRH Prince Christian Frederik
Vilhelm Carl of Denmark
(Since November 15th, 1863:) HRH Crown Prince Christian Frederik
Vilhelm Carl of Denmark
* Yellow Palace, Amaliegade, Copenhagen, June 3rd, 1843
† (on the street during a walk, declared deceased in
hospital) Hamburg, May 14th, 1912
Crown Prince of Denmark, November 15th, 1863
King of Denmark, January 29th, 1906 (proclaimed: Amalienborg,
Copenhagen, January 30th, 1906)
Married:
Chapel, Royal Palace, Stockholm, July 28th,
1869:
HRH Princess Lovisa Josefina Eugenia of Sweden ("Sessa")
(In Denmark styled as Queen Louise)
* Royal Palace, Stockholm, October 31st, 1851
† Amalienborg, Copenhagen, March 20th, 1926
Children from this marriage:
HRH Princess Ingeborg Charlotte Caroline Frederikke Louise of Denmark
Married:
Royal Chapel, Christiansborg
Palace, Copenhagen, August 27th, 1897:
HRH Prince Oscar Carl Wilhelm of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland
* Palace of the Hereditary Prince, Stockholm, February
27th, 1861
† Hovslagaregatan, Stockholm, October 24th, 1951
President of the Swedish Red Cross (resigned: 1946)
HRH Princess Thyra Louise Caroline
Amalia Augusta Elisabeth of Denmark
HRH Prince Christian Frederik Vilhelm
Valdemar Gustav of Denmark
HM King Christian
X Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm of Denmark
(Born as: HRH Prince Christian Carl Frederik Albert
Alexander Vilhelm of Denmark)
(Since January 29th, 1906:) HRH Crown Prince Christian
Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm of Denmark
* Charlottenlund Castle near Copenhagen, September 26th, 1870
† Amalienborg, Copenhagen, April 20th, 1947
Crown Prince of Denmark, January 29th, 1906
King of Denmark, May 14th, 1912 (proclaimed: Christian VII's
Palace, Amalienborg, Copenhagen, May 15th, 1912); King of
Iceland, 1918-1944
Married:
(civil) Villa Wenden and (religious) German
Church, Boulevard Cannet, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, April 26th,
1898:
HH Duchess Alexandrine Auguste of Mecklenburg ("Adini")
* Neues Stadt Palais, Schwerin, December 24th, 1879
† St. Lukasstiftelsen, Hellerup near Copenhagen, December
28th, 1952
Children from this marriage:
HM King Frederik
IX of Denmark ("Rico")
(Born as: HRH Prince Christian Frederik Franz Michael
Carl Valdemar Georg of Denmark)
(Since May 14th, 1912:) HRH Crown Prince Christian Frederik
Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg of Denmark
* Sorgenfri Castle, Lyngby near Copenhagen, March 11th, 1899
† Kommunehospitalet, Copenhagen, January 14th, 1972
Crown Prince of Denmark, May 14th, 1912
King of Denmark, April 20th, 1947 (proclaimed: Christiansborg
Palace, Copenhagen, April 21st, 1947)
Married:
Storkyrkan, Stockholm, May 24th, 1935:
HRH Princess Ingrid Victoria Sofia Louise Margareta of Sweden
* Royal Palace, Stockholm, March 28th, 1910
† Kancellihuset, Fredensborg Palace, Fredensborg, November
7th, 2000
Children from this marriage:
HRH
Princess Anne Marie Dagmar Ingrid of DenmarkMarried:
Metropolis, Athens, September 18th, 1964:
HM King Konstantinos II of the Hellenes ("Tino")
(Born as: HRH Prince Konstantinos of Greece and
Denmark)
(Since April 1st, 1947:) HRH Crown Prince Konstantinos
of Greece, Prince of Denmark
* Villa Psychiko, Athens, June 2nd, 1940
Crown Prince of Greece, April 1st, 1947
King of the Hellenes, March 6th, 1964 (fled into exile:
December 13th, 1967; deposed: June 1st, 1973; the
monarchy was abolished by plebiscite: December 8th, 1974)
HM Queen Margrethe
II Alexandrine Thorhildur Ingrid of Denmark ("Daisy")
(Born as: HRH Princess Margrethe Alexandrine Thorhildur
Ingrid of Denmark)
* Amalienborg, Copenhagen, April 16th, 1940
Heir to the Throne of Denmark, June 5th, 1953
Queen of Denmark, January 14th, 1972 (proclaimed: Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, January 15th,
1972)
Married:
Holmens Kirke, Copenhagen, June 10th, 1967:
Henri Marie Jean André de Laborde de Monpezat
(Since June 10th, 1967:) HRH Prince Henrik of Denmark
* Talence, Gironde, June 11th, 1934
Created HRH Prince of Denmark, June 10th, 1967
President of the Danish Red Cross
Children
from this marriage:
Married:
Dom, Copenhagen, May 14th, 2004:
Mary Elizabeth Donaldson
* Hobart, Tasmania, February 5th, 1972
Children from this marriage:
HRH Prince Joachim Holger Valdemar
Christian of Denmark
Married:
Chapel, Frederiksborg Castle,
Hillerød, November 18th, 1995:
Alexandra Christina Manley
* Hong Kong, June 30th, 1964
Granted the style Highness and the title Countess of Frederiksborg following the divorce. She was entitled to retain the title Princes until she remarried on March 3rd, 2007.
(Separated: Copenhagen, September 16th, 2004; divorced: Copenhagen, April 8th, 2005)
Children from this marriage:
HH Prince Felix
Henrik Valdemar Christian of DenmarkBack to:
Last updated: October 28th, 2007.