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When she married Haakon VI of Norway in 1363, he was co-King of Sweden, making Margaret queen consort, and despite being deposed, they never relinquished the title. From 24 February 1389 [1] to 28 October 1412, she was Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden and founder of the Kalmar Union, which united the Scandinavian countries
Margrethe was born on 16 April 1940 at 10:10 CET at Frederik VIII's Palace, in her parents' residence at Amalienborg, the principal residence of the Danish royal family in the district of Frederiksstaden in central Copenhagen. [2] She was the first child of Crown Prince Frederik (later King Frederik IX) and Crown Princess Ingrid (later Queen ...
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
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.
Queen Margrethe II, Denmark’s monarch for more than half a century, stunned her country when she announced on New Year’s Eve that she will hand over the throne to her eldest son, Crown Prince ...
Modern grave of Queen Margaret at Cambuskenneth Abbey. Margaret of Denmark (23 June 1456 – 14 July 1486) was Queen of Scots from 1469 to 1486 by marriage to King James III. She was the daughter of Christian I, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and Dorothea of Brandenburg.
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
The late Queen was said to be close to Queen Margrethe and sent her a private message of condolence after her husband Prince Henrik of Denmark died in his sleep at the age of 83 in 2018.