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King Christian X, Queen Alexandrine and their two sons, Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Knud in 1912.. Prince Knud was born on 27 July 1900 at his parents' country residence, the Sorgenfri Palace, located on the shores of the small river Mølleåen in Kongens Lyngby north of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand in Denmark, during the reign of his great-grandfather King Christian IX. [1]
Count Christian of Rosenborg (Christian Frederik Franz Knud Harald Carl Oluf Gustav Georg Erik; 22 October 1942 – 21 May 2013) was a member [1] of the Danish royal family. Born Prince Christian of Denmark, from 1947 he was third in the line of line of succession until the constitution was changed in 1953 to allow females to inherit the crown ...
Prince Knud, brother Frederik IX: Hereditary Prince Knud: Brother 20 April 1947 Brother became king 5 June 1953 Law of succession changed: Prince Ingolf, son Princess Margrethe: Daughter 5 June 1953 Law of succession changed [c] 14 January 1972 Father died, became queen Princess Benedikte, 1953–1968, sister Prince Frederik, 1968–1972, son ...
Prince Christian, the future heir to the throne, was joined by his grandmother and father on the balcony of Amalienborg Palace on his 18th birthday. Patrick van Katwijk - Getty Images July 2023
He thereby renounced his dynastic right to the Danish throne, the title Prince of Denmark and the qualification Royal Highness. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] On 5 February 1914, Christian IX granted him the title Count of Rosenborg.
The country’s longest-reigning monarch, Queen Margrethe stunned the nation on New Year’s Eve when she announced her decision to abdicate after 52 years on the throne, becoming the first Danish ...
Last weekend, King Frederik X became the new Danish monarch after his mother, Queen Margrethe, abdicated the throne. His accession was a joyous moment, and he even shared a kiss on the balcony ...
Denmark's anointing throne. The Danish Act of Succession, [1] adopted on 5 June 1953, restricts the throne to those descended from Christian X and his wife, Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, through approved marriages. By a change in the law in 2009, succession is governed by absolute primogeniture. [2]