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Heirs to the Danish throne House of Oldenburg (1665–1863) Monarch Heir Relationship to monarch Became heir (Date; Reason) Ceased to be heir (Date; Reason) Next in line of succession Frederik III: Crown Prince Christian: Son 14 November 1665 King's Law established 9 February 1670 Father died, became king Prince Jørgen, brother Christian V ...
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]
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
List of heirs to the Danish throne; ... Succession to the Danish throne This page was last edited on 25 April 2024, at 21:19 (UTC). Text ...
His forename was chosen in line with the Danish royal custom of the male heir apparent being named either Frederik or Christian. His only sibling, Prince Joachim, was born in 1969.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen then publicly proclaimed the King’s accession from the balcony of the palace – a tradition in place since the constitution of 1849.
King Frederik X ascended the throne following the abdication of his mother, Queen Margrethe II, on 14 January 2024. Danish regnal names have traditionally (since 1513) alternated between "Frederik" (anglicised to Frederick) and "Christian". Accordingly, Frederik's heir apparent is Crown Prince Christian.
The Act of Succession of 27 March 1953 (Danish: tronfølgeloven) [1] is an act adopted after a 1953 referendum in Denmark and dictates the rules governing the succession to the Danish throne. The 1953 referendum changed the act so that it became possible for a woman to inherit the throne if she has no brothers, a system known as male-preference ...