Denmark. He was the elder of the two sons of the futureKing Christian X of Denmarkand his wifeAlexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. With Frederik’s birth, there were four generations of Danish kings alive: the current monarch and Frederik’s great-grandfather King Christian IX, his ...
King Christian IX of Denmark and Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel had six children and 39 grandchildren. Their grandchildren sat upon the thrones of Denmark, Greece, Norway, Russia, the United Kingdom. They are the ancestors of six of the ten current European monarchs: Ki...
TheKingdom of Denmarkis a Nordic country and is the southern most of the Scandinavian nations. Denmark lies southwest of theKingdom of Swedenand south ofReichskommissariat Norwegenand is bordered to the south by theGreater Germanic Reich. Denmark is a member of theEinheitspakt, due to its ...
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Philip was a great-grandson of King Christian IX of Denmark. His family was exiled from Greece when he was a baby. He had a well-rounded education in France, England, Germany, and Scotland. He joined the British Royal Navy in 1939 at the age of 18, and stayed active until 1951. ...
None of the above – the West End thoroughfare which runs between Drury Lane and Kingsway, is named for Queen Anne (of Denmark), consort of King James I (and the ‘great’ in Great Queen Street, we imagine, refers to the size of the thoroughfare and not the ‘greatness’ of the Quee...
Denmarkwas an ally of theHabsburgHoly Roman Empire, and it was evident that Sweden was on the verge of yet another war with that country. A remedy was attempted by chancellorNils Brahe, who traveled to Copenhagen in the spring of 1675 to try to get the Danish princessUlrika Eleonora of De...
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Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, his paternal uncle by marriage, later King Frederick IX of Denmark Crown Princess Ingrid of Denmark, his paternal aunt, later Queen Ingrid of Demark Crown Prince Olav of Norway, paternal grandfather’s second cousin, later King Olav V of Norway ...
grandfatherKing Christian IX of Denmarkand Albert was for his great-grandfatherPrince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The last four names, George, Andrew, Patrick, and David, were in honor of the patron saints of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. In the family, the prince was known ...