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Queen Margrethe (seated, in pink) and her sisters Princess Benedikte and Queen Anne-Marie received guests before a ballet performance. OLAFUR STEINAR GESTSSON - Getty Images February 2022
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.
Margrethe II, her siblings and her descendants belong to the House of Glücksburg, which is a branch of the royal House of Oldenburg. Margrethe II's children and male-line descendants also belong agnatically to the Laborde de Monpezat family, and were given the concurrent title Count/Countess of Monpezat by royal decree on 30 April 2008. [2]
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.
Recipient of the Commemorative Ruby Jubilee Medal of Her Majesty The Queen (14 January 2012) Recipient of the Commemorative 75th Birthday Medal of Her Majesty The Queen (16 April 2015) Recipient of the Golden Anniversary Medal of Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik (10 June 2017) Recipient of the Prince Henrik's Commemorative Medal (11 June 2018)
Queen Margrethe II's family came together and put on a united front for a special occasion. On Sunday, the monarch was joined by her entire family on the balcony of Amalienborg Palace in honor of ...
She is the second daughter and child of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid of Denmark. She is the younger sister of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, and therefore the aunt of Margrethe's son, the current King of Denmark, Frederik X. She is also an older sister of Queen Anne-Marie of Greece.
First cousin to King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Queen Margrethe II became the first female ruler of Denmark in over 500 years when she ascended the throne in 1972.