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Princess Margrethe (later Queen Margrethe II of Denmark), an accomplished and critically acclaimed painter, was inspired to create illustrations to The Lord of the Rings in the early 1970s. Tolkien liked her woodcut -style drawings, seeing in them a resemblance to the style of some of his own artwork.
Princess Margrethe (now Queen Margrethe II) of Denmark, an accomplished and critically acclaimed painter, was inspired to create illustrations to The Lord of the Rings in the early 1970s. [5] In 1977, Queen Margrethe's drawings were published in the Danish translation of the book, redrawn by the British artist Eric Fraser. [6]
After Tolkien's death in 1973, many artists have created illustrations of Middle-earth characters and landscapes, in media ranging from Alexander Korotich's scraperboard depictions, [25] to Margrethe II of Denmark's woodcut-style drawings, [23] Sergey Yuhimov's Russian Orthodox icon-style representations, [26] and Donato Giancola's neoclassical ...
The Danish queen celebrated her golden jubilee this year. Here, take a look back at Queen Margrethe's life—from her childhood in Copenhagen through her annual summer vacation in France.
Princess Mary and Prince Frederik attend the traditional new year reception, after Queen Margrethe made her shock announcement about abdication. Patrick van Katwijk - Getty Images October 2023
Margrethe II (Danish: [mɑˈkʁeˀtə]; Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid, born 16 April 1940) is a member of the Danish royal family who reigned as Queen of Denmark from 14 January 1972 until her abdication on 14 January 2024.
Denmark ushered in a new era on Sunday as King Frederik X ascended to the throne after his mother, Queen Margrethe II, formally signed her abdication.
This does not necessarily imply pagan origins; Elbereth has been likened to the Virgin Mary; for instance, the Tolkien scholars Marjorie Burns and Stratford Caldecott see in the Sindarin hymn "A Elbereth Gilthoniel" an echo of John Lingard's Marian hymn, Hail Queen of Heaven, the Ocean Star, alluding to Mary as the Queen of Heaven.