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Margaret was born in March 1353 as the sixth and youngest child of King Valdemar IV and Queen Helvig of Denmark. [ 1 ] [ 23 ] She was born in the prison of Søborg Castle , where her father had already confined her mother. [ 24 ]
1972. King Frederick IX died in 1972, and Margrethe succeeded at the age of 31. In her first address to Denmark, the-now Queen Margrethe II said, "My beloved father, our King, is dead.
Margaret Sambiria (1230–1282) of Pomerelia, wife of king Christopher I of Denmark; Margaret I of Denmark (1353–1412), wife of Haakon VI of Norway, daughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark, mother of Olaf II of Denmark, also ruled Scandinavia as de facto queen regnant; Margrethe II of Denmark (b. 1940), head of state of Denmark 1972-2024
Margaret of Denmark 1305–1340: Catherine of Anhalt-Bernburg c. 1330 –1390: Valdemar III 1314–1364 King of Denmark r. 1326–1329: Albert II c. 1318 –1379 Duke of Mecklenburg: Christopher c. 1341/1344 –1363 Duke of Lolland: Margaret I 1353–1412 Queen of Denmark r. 1388–1412: Haakon VI 1340–1380 King of Norway: Henry II c. 1317 ...
In light of the news that Queen Margrethe will abdicate for her son, Prince Frederik, we're taking a look back at Denmark's royal family over the years, with sweet snaps of the matriarch, Queen ...
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.
The Danish royal family is the dynastic family of the monarch of Denmark. [1] While some members of the Danish royal family hold the title of Prince(ss) of Denmark, descendants of Margrethe II additionally bear the title Count(ess) of Monpezat. Children of the monarch are accorded the style of His/Her Royal Highness.
Margaret I of Denmark (1353–1412), de facto Queen Regnant of Denmark, Norway and Sweden in the early 15th century Margrethe II of Denmark (born 1940), Queen Regnant of Denmark from 1972 to 2024 Tui Manu'a Matelita (1872–1895), born Margaret Young, Queen of Manu'a in the late 19th century