Danish Royal Family

HM The Queen HRH The Prince Consort HRH The Crown Prince HRH The Crown Princess HRH Prince Christian HRH Prince Joachim HH Prince Nikolai HH Prince Felix HRH Princess Benedikte HM Queen Anne-Marie HH Princess Elisabeth HH Princess Alexandra

The Danish Royal Family includes The Queen of Denmark and her family. All members hold the title of Prince or Princess of Denmark with the style of His or Her Royal Highness (Hans or Hendes Kongelige Højhed), or His or Her Highness (Hans or Hendes Højhed). This image depicts a seal, an emblem, a coat of arms or a crest. ... Queen Margrethe II (Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid) born 16 April 1940, is the Queen regnant and head of state of Denmark and is styled HM The Queen. ... H.R.H Prince Henrik, KFOR team 1, December 1999 His Royal Highness The Prince Consort of Denmark (né Henri Marie Jean André de Laborde de Monpezat1, b. ... Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (born Frederik André Henrik Christian on 26 May 1968 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is the eldest son of Queen Margrethe II and her husband, Prince Consort Henrik. ... Crown Princess Mary of Denmark (née Mary Elizabeth Donaldson), born 5 February 1972 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is the wife of Crown Prince Frederik, the heir apparent to the Danish throne. ... Prince Christian of Denmark will be, according to near-unanimous media reports and popular speculation, the name of the baby boy born on 15 October 2005 to Crown Prince Frederik and his wife, the Australian-born Crown Princess Mary. ... His Royal Highness Joachim Holger Waldemar Christian, Prince of Denmark (born June 7, 1969), is the younger son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and her husband, Prince Consort Henrik of Denmark. ... His Highness Prince Nikolai of Denmark (Nikolai William Alexander Frederik) (b. ... His Highness Felix Henrik Valdemar Christian, Prince of Denmark (b. ... Her Royal Highness Benedikte Astrid Ingeborg Ingrid, Princess of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (Benedikte Astrid Ingeborg Ingrid of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, née Glucksburg, born 29 April 1944) is a daughter of King Frederick IX of Denmark and Queen Ingrid. ... Queen Anne-Marie (born Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark, 30 August 1946) is the wife of King Constantine II of Greece, who was deposed by a military coup in 1967. ... Princess Elisabeth of Denmark (Elisabeth Caroline-Mathilde Alexandrine Helena Olga Thyra Feodora Estrid Margarethe Désirée) (b. ... Her Highness Princess Alexandra Christina of Denmark, Countess of Frederiksborg Alexandra Christina, Princess of Denmark, Countess of Frederiksborg (born June 30, 1964), is a member of the Danish royal family and the former wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark. ... Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II (Margrethe Alexandrine Þorhildur Ingrid), styled HM The Queen (born April 16, 1940), is the Queen regnant and head of state of Denmark. ...

Members

Main members

The Danish Royal Family includes:

• HM The Queen
• HRH The Prince Consort (The Queen's husband)
• TRH The Crown Prince and Crown Princess (The Queen's son and his wife)
  • an as yet unnamed baby boy, born to the Crown Prince and Crown Princess on 15 October 2005; widespread speculation suggests that he will be called HRH Prince Christian
• HRH Prince Joachim (The Queen's son)
  • HH Prince Nikolai (Prince Joachim's elder son)
  • HH Prince Felix (Prince Joachim's younger son)
• HRH Princess Benedikte (The Queen's sister)
• HM Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes (The Queen's sister)
• HH Princess Elisabeth (The Queen's cousin)
• HH Princess Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg (Prince Joachim's ex-wife)

Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II (Margrethe Alexandrine Þorhildur Ingrid), styled HM The Queen (born April 16, 1940), is the Queen regnant and head of state of Denmark. ... H.R.H Prince Henrik, KFOR team 1, December 1999 His Royal Highness The Prince Consort of Denmark (né Henri Marie Jean André de Laborde de Monpezat1, b. ... Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (born Frederik André Henrik Christian on 26 May 1968 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is the eldest son of Queen Margrethe II and her husband, Prince Consort Henrik. ... Crown Princess Mary of Denmark (née Mary Elizabeth Donaldson), born 5 February 1972 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is the wife of Crown Prince Frederik, the heir apparent to the Danish throne. ... Prince Christian of Denmark will be, according to near-unanimous media reports and popular speculation, the name of the baby boy born on 15 October 2005 to Crown Prince Frederik and his wife, the Australian-born Crown Princess Mary. ... His Royal Highness Joachim Holger Waldemar Christian, Prince of Denmark (born June 7, 1969), is the younger son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and her husband, Prince Consort Henrik of Denmark. ... His Highness Prince Nikolai of Denmark (Nikolai William Alexander Frederik) (b. ... His Highness Felix Henrik Valdemar Christian, Prince of Denmark (b. ... Her Royal Highness Benedikte Astrid Ingeborg Ingrid, Princess of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (Benedikte Astrid Ingeborg Ingrid of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, née Glucksburg, born 29 April 1944) is a daughter of King Frederick IX of Denmark and Queen Ingrid. ... Queen Anne-Marie (born Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark, 30 August 1946) is the wife of King Constantine II of Greece, who was deposed by a military coup in 1967. ... Princess Elisabeth of Denmark (Elisabeth Caroline-Mathilde Alexandrine Helena Olga Thyra Feodora Estrid Margarethe Désirée) (b. ... Her Highness Princess Alexandra Christina of Denmark, Countess of Frederiksborg Alexandra Christina, Princess of Denmark, Countess of Frederiksborg (born June 30, 1964), is a member of the Danish royal family and the former wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark. ...

Extended members

The extended Danish Royal Family which includes people who do not hold the title of Prince or Princess of Denmark but have close connections to the Queen could be said to include:

• HSH The Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (Princess Benedikte's husband)¹
  • HSH The Hereditary Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (Princess Benedikte's son)
  • HSH Princess Alexandra zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (Princess Benedikte's elder daughter)
  • Count Jefferson-Friedrich von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (Princess Alexandra's husband)
    • Count Richard von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (Princess Alexandra's son)
    • Countess Ingrid von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (Princess Alexandra's daughter )
  • HSH Princess Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (Princess Benedikte's younger daughter)

Royal Family of Greece

The members of the deposed Royal Family of Greece hold the title of Prince or Princess of Denmark with the qualification of His or Her Highness because George I of Greece was born a Danish prince. So, they could be considered members of the Royal Family, but their connections are so loose that they remain relatively unconnected to the family. One exception is the following people, due to their relation to Queen Anne-Marie: George I (December 24, 1845 – March 18, 1913) was King of the Hellenes (Greece) from 1863 to 1913. ...

• HM King Constantine II of the Hellenes (Queen Anne-Marie's husband)
  • TRH The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Greece (Queen Anne-Marie's eldest son and his wife)
    • TRH Prince Constantine Alexios, Prince Achileas Andreas, and Prince Odysseas Kimon of Greece and Denmark (The Crown Prince's sons)
    • HRH Princess Maria Olympia of Greece and Denmark (The Crown Prince's daughter)
  • HRH Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark (Queen Anne-Marie's second son)
  • HRH Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark (Queen Anne-Marie's youngest son)
  • HRH Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark and Carlos Morales Quintana (Queen Anne-Marie's elder daughter and her husband)
  • HRH Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (Queen Anne-Marie's younger daughter)

King Constantine II in 1967 Constantine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, formerly Constantine II, King of the Hellenes (in Greek Konstantinos II, Vasilefs ton Ellinon or Κωνσταντίνος Β, Βασιλεύς των Ελλήνων) (born June 2, 1940), was King of Greece from 1964 until the final abolition of the monarchy in 1974. ... His Royal Highness The Prince Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, Prince of Denmark is the eldest son of Constantine II, former King of the Hellenes, and to Greek monarchists, the heir to the throne, if the monarchy were to be restored. ... Marie-Chantal Claire Miller, born September 17, 1968 in London, is a socialite and through her marriage to Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, her title is Crown Princess Pavlos. ... Constantine Alexios (Anglicized version of Konstantin-Alexios, b. ... Prince Achileas Andreas of Greece and Denmark (b. ... Prince Odysseas Kimon of Greece and Denmark (b. ... Born July 25th in New York City. ... HRH Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark is the second son and third child of HM ex-King Constantine II of the Hellenes and HM Queen Anne-Marie (youngest daughter of the late King Christian IX of Denmark and Queen Ingrid and sister of the current Queen Margrethe II). ... HRH Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark (born 26 April 1986) is the youngest son and youngest child of the deposed HM King Constantine II of the Hellenes and his wife Anne-Marie Dagmar Ingrid, Princess of Denmark (who is the youngest daughter of King Frederik IX of Denmark and... Her Royal Highness The Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark (b. ... Carlos Morales Quintana (born December 31, 1970) is a Spanish architect and champion yatchsman. ... HRH Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (b. ...

Counts and Countesses of Rosenborg

There are also Princes who marry without consent. Marrying without consent results in a loss of royal title and they are then entitled (along with their children) to be called Count or Countess of Rosenborg. They, their wives, and their male-line descendants are:

• Count Ingolf and Countess Sussie of Rosenborg (The Queen's cousin and his wife)
• Count Christian and Countess Anne-Dorthe of Rosenborg (The Queen's cousin and his wife)
  • Countess Camilla, Countess Josephine, and Countess Feoodora of Rosenborg (Count Christian's daughters)
• Count Ulrik and Countess Tove of Rosenborg (The Queen's second cousin and his wife)
  • Count Philip of Rosenborg (Count Ulrik's son)
  • Countess Katharina of Rosenborg (Count Ulrik's daughter)
• Countess Charlotte of Rosenborg (The Queen's second cousin)
• Countess Ruth of Rosenborg (The wife of Count Flemming, the Queen's third cousin)
  • Count Axel and Countess Jutta of Rosenborg (Count Flemming's son and his wife)
    • Count Carl Johan and Count Alexander of Rosenborg (Count Axel's sons)
    • Countess Julie and Countess Désirée of Rosenborg (Count Axel's daughters)
  • Count Birger and Countess Lynne of Rosenborg (Count Flemming's son and his wife)
    • Countess Benedikte of Rosenborg (Count Birger's daughter)
  • Count Carl Johan and Countess Colette of Rosenborg (Count Flemming's son and his wife)
    • Countess Caroline and Countess Josephien of Rosenborg (Count Carl Johan's daughters)
  • Countess Désirée of Rosenborg (Count Flemming's daughter)
• Countess Karin of Rosenborg (Widow of Count Christian, third cousin of the Queen)
  • Count Valdemar of Rosenborg (Count Christian's son)
    • Count Nicolai of Rosenborg (Count Valdemar's son)
    • Countess Marie of Rosenborg (Count Valdemar's daughter)
  • Countess Marina of Rosenborg (Count Christian's daughter)

Line of succession

Main article: Succession to the Danish Throne Denmark uses the same system of (male-preference) primogeniture as the United Kingdom. ...

Denmark formerly followed Salic law (meaning that only males could inherit the throne) before the law was changed to primogeniture in 1953, meaning that females could inherit, but only if they had no brothers. The current line of succession is: This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Primogeniture is the common tradition of inheritance by the first-born of the entirety of a parents wealth, estate or office; or in the absence of children, by collateral relatives, in order of seniority of the collateral line. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

1. HRH The Crown Prince
2. his infant baby, whose name is expected by many to be HRH Prince Christian
3. HRH Prince Joachim
4. HH Prince Nikolai
5. HH Prince Felix
6. HRH Princess Benedikte²
7. HH Princess Elisabeth

Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (born Frederik André Henrik Christian on 26 May 1968 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is the eldest son of Queen Margrethe II and her husband, Prince Consort Henrik. ... Prince Christian of Denmark will be, according to near-unanimous media reports and popular speculation, the name of the baby boy born on 15 October 2005 to Crown Prince Frederik and his wife, the Australian-born Crown Princess Mary. ... His Royal Highness Joachim Holger Waldemar Christian, Prince of Denmark (born June 7, 1969), is the younger son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and her husband, Prince Consort Henrik of Denmark. ... His Highness Prince Nikolai of Denmark (Nikolai William Alexander Frederik) (b. ... His Highness Felix Henrik Valdemar Christian, Prince of Denmark (b. ... Her Royal Highness Benedikte Astrid Ingeborg Ingrid, Princess of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (Benedikte Astrid Ingeborg Ingrid of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, née Glucksburg, born 29 April 1944) is a daughter of King Frederick IX of Denmark and Queen Ingrid. ... Princess Elisabeth of Denmark (Elisabeth Caroline-Mathilde Alexandrine Helena Olga Thyra Feodora Estrid Margarethe Désirée) (b. ...

Notes

¹Prince Richard and his children are accurately styled as His or Her Serene Highness, but they are referred to in Danish courts as Hans or Hendes Højhed (His or Her Highness) as there is no Danish equivalent to Serene Highness.

²Princess Benedikte's children have no succession rights. This is because the marriage consent given to her had very specific provisions; the provisions said that if Benedikte ever became the heiress-presumptive, she and her husband would have to take permanent residence in Denmark and her husband would have to become a naturalizied Danish citizen, and her children would only have succession rights if they applied for naturalization upon reaching adult hood, and took up residence in Denmark: (a) at the time of where he (or she) would become the immediate heir to the throne, and (b) no later than when they reach the age of mandatory schooling under Danish law. Since the children are all well past the mandatory schooling age, they have no succession rights.

Queen Anne-Marie has no succession rights as she became the Queen of another country.

See also

• Line of succession to the British Throne
• Line of succession to the Norwegian Throne
• Line of succession to the Swedish Throne
• Line of succession to the Monegasque Throne
• Line of succession to the Dutch Throne
• List of Succession to the Belgian Throne

The line of succession to the British Throne (which includes the sovereignty over fifteen other Commonwealth Realms) is determined by male primogeniture and religion, whereby the eldest legitimate son of the incumbent inherits the throne, unless he is Catholic or has married a Catholic, although the laws preventing Papists from... The order of succession to the Norwegian throne is described in article 6 in the Constitution of Norway: [...] For those born before the year 1971, Article 6 of the Constitution as it was passed on 18 November 1905 shall, however, apply. ... In 1980 Sweden adopted equal primogeniture, meaning that the eldest descendants of the monarch, regardless of gender, takes precedence, with children taking precedence over grandchildren. ... The line of succession to the Monegasque Throne passes to the descendants of the reigning Prince of Monaco in accordance with male-preference primogeniture. ... The Netherlands applied Salic law until 1884 when King William IIIs last male heir died and Staten-Generaal adopted agnatic-cognatic primogeniture making Princess Wilhelmina heiress presumptive. ... Belgium uses full (lineal) equal primogeniture; since 1991 males and females have equal rights of succession but this only counts for the offspring of King Albert II, effectively barring the female descended offspring of Leopold II, Albert I and Leopold III from the throne. ...

Links

• Royal Danish Orders. Unofficial site. Pictures of the Order of Dannebrog and the Order of Dannebrog.