Kings and Queens of Denmark

Updated 21 February 2010.

Abbreviations used:
b = brother of, d = daughter of, m = married to (year), s = son of,
ss = grandson of, † = died; ‡ = buried.
Colour of English / British kings: blue; and Danish: red.
 
No. Born Ruled King's name and relations
Queen's name and relations
-10 - 820-870 c. Regner Lodbrog.
Father may have been Sigurd Ring, whose father was the Norwegian king Sigurd killed by the Swedish king Frø;
Regner may have had a brother Harald;

Lathgertha, Norwegian; m(1):
children :
1.   Son active 850-880;
2.   Aaluf, daughter;
3.   Daughter;

Thora; d Swedish king Heroth; m(2):
children :
4.-9.   Six sons;

Svanlogha; m(3);
children :
10-12.   Three sons;

The children's distribution amongst the morthers are unknown.
The sons' names were:
Bjørn Jernside, king in Sweden c.851-862;
Ubbe, active 855;
Hvitsærk, defeated and burnt at the stake or by arson;
Iver Benløs, Danish king, † 873 c.;
Sigurd Orm i Øje, ruled in Denmark after Regner;
Agner, ruled in England;
Sigfred;
Halfdan, active 871-875;
Sydroe;
Berno;
-03 - 880-940
or
890-950		 Gorm den Gamle.

Thyra Danebod; d king Ethelred of Wessex or
    d of vice-king Harald Klak;
children :
1.   Harald Gormsen Blåtand (-02);
2.   Knud Danaast; † 940 in Ireland;
3.   Gunhild Gormsdatter,
   m Erik Blodøkse, King of Norway 900-935 They got children.
-02 911 950-986
950-987		 Harald Blåtand = Harald Bluetooth.
s(-03); † 985 to 987; mortally wounded at Helgenæs;
Co-ruler from 929;
King of Denmark from 940c.
King of Norway from 960;

Thora; m(1); d of relatives to King Hakon Adelsteen of Norway;
child :
1.   Hakon; became king of Semland in East Prussia and Litvania;

Gunhild; m(2), d Wendian King / Prince Mistivoj; or
     d viceroy Svend Langfod;
children :
2.   Svend Tveskæg; (-01);
3.   Hring = Hryngr; King of Northumberland from 949; † 950;
4.   Gunild = Gunhild;
   m Earl Paleigh in England, both killed 13/11 1002 in the massacre;
5.   Tyra;
     m(1) Prince Styrbjørn - s King Oluf II of Sweden (Sw-00w);
     (m2) Boleslav = Burislaw of Poland / Wendland, brother to queen Gunhild;
     (m3) Olav Trygvesen (Nor.006);
3.   Gyde;
   m Eirik Jarl af Romerike and Hedmark in Norway;

Gyrithe; m(3); d King Oluf II of Sweden;

According to [9957] p.16f, Harald's first wife should be Gunhild and the second wife should be Tove - daughter of Mistive = Mistivoj, ruler of the Wendland Obotrites.
According to [9951] Table XLV, Harald married Oluf II of Sweden's 2nd wife, Audur, and later 3rd wife, Gunild.
According to [10417] p.35, a son Bjørn was brought up in the Godwin, Earl of Wessex, family and murdered by Godwin's eldest son, Sweyn.
-01 968? 985-1014 Svend Tveskæg = Svein Forkbeard.
s(-02); * c. 960; † 03/02 1014; ‡ Roskilde;
King of Denmark from 985.
King of England from 25/12 1013;
09/09 1000 - Battle at Svolder Ø = Greifswalder-Oie; Svend versus Olav Trygvesen; The position of Svold is unsure;
13/11 1002 - Æthelred massacred Danes in England.

Gunhild af Polen; m(1); d Mieczyslaw = Mieszco of Poland / Wendland, 964-992;
Gunhild's brother, Pallig, raided south coast of England and caused the massacre of all Danes in England on St. Brice's Day in 1002;
children :
1.   Harald II or III; (000);
2.   Knud den Store; (001);
3.   Thyra;
   m Wendian Vortigern;
   they got:
    a) Gunild who m Earl Hakon Eriksen of Norway;

Sigrid Storråde; m(2); she was widow after Erik Segersäll, † 1000;
children :
4.   Estrith Margrethe;
   m(1) Ulf Jarl, † 1027 in Roskilde Cathedral;
     Ulf was b to Gytha, Godwin's wife, see England (004);
   m(2) 1023 Robert I of Normandy;
   The marriage year is unsure, as first husband lived to 1027; Divorced??;
   They got Svend II Estridsen (104);

5.   Thyra Sveinsdatter;
   m Godwin of Essex, -1053, his first marriage;
6.   Gyda, mother unknown;
   m Earl Erik Hakonsson of Norway (Nor.007) and from 1015 Earl of Northumberland;

The legends mix up Queen Gunhild and Sigrid Storråde and the existence of Sigrid Storråde is challenged [9957 p.20]
000 996 1014-1018
or
1014-1019		 Harald Svensson = Harald II or Harald III;
s(-01);
He got a son Harald? who was killed 1042 when returning from Rome.
101 994 or
995		 1016-1035
1019-1035		 Canut =Cnut the Great = Knud den Store = Gammelknud.
s (-01); * 994 or 995; † 12/11 1035 in Shaftesbury, ‡ Winchester.
King of Mercia and Danelaw from 1014 and the whole of England after Edmund's death 30/11 1016;
King of Denmark from 1019; brother-in-law Ulf was regent to 1026;
King's son Harthaknud was regent in Denmark from 1028;
King of Norway from 1028; placed wife Ælfgifu and son Svend as regents from 1028;
Knud participated in Rome in Emperor Konrad II's crowning 26/3 1027;

Ælgifu = Elgiva = Alfifa; m(1); † after 1052; d Earl or ealdorman Alfhelm of Northumberland / Deira.
She was a widow after Earl Uthfried of Northumberland.
The couple was married by handfast. Children accepted in line.
children :
1.   Svend = Sweyn = Svend Alfifasen; * 1015 - 1016; † 1035; Norwegian viceroy,
2.   Harald Harefoot (002);

Emma; m(2) 1017; † 06/03 1052; ‡ Winchester;
Widow of English Ethelred II;
d of Duke Richard I of Normandy;
children :
3.   Hardicanute = Harthacnut (102);
4.   Gunhilda = Kunigunde; * c.1020; † 1038;
   m 1036 Henry III of Germany; † 1038.
002 1015c 1035-1040 Harald Harefoot = Harald Harefod;
s(101) + Ælgifu; * c. 1012-1016; † 17/03 1040 at Oxford; ‡ St. Clemens Danes Church, London;
Later Harthaknud beheaded the body and throwed it into the Thames Marshes;
Co-ruler with Harthacnut to 1037;
King of North England from 1035 or 1037;

Died a bachelor;
Had an illegitimate son, Ælfwine, who became a monk;
003/
102		 1017/
1020		 1035-1042 Harthacnut / Hardeknud;
s(101) + Emma who fled into exile in Flanders in 1037; * 1018-1020;
† 08/06 1042 during a wedding far from sober. ‡ Winchester.
Rule South England by mother to 1037;
King of Denmark from 1035;
King of England from 17/03 1040;
Died a bachelor.
103 1024 1042-1047 Magnus den Gode;
s Olaf of Norway. † 25/10 1047. ‡ Trondheim.
King of Norway from 1035 or 1036 (Nor.010);
King of Denmark from 1042;
Won the battle of Lyrskov Hede 1043;
No knowledge of marriage.
104 1019c 1047-1074 Svend II Estridsøn = Svend Estridsen = Svend den Store = Svend Estrithsen = Svend Magnus Ulfsøn;
s Ulf Jarl and Svend Tveskæg's daughter, Estrid (-01.4); b to Asbjørn Jarl (see 105); gs (-01);
* 1019c; † 28/04 1074 / 1076 at Søderup Jutland; ‡ Roskilde Trefoldighedskirke St. Lucii.
Viceroy in Denmark from 1042;
King of Denmark from 1047;

Gunhild; † Sep. 1054 / 1055; m(1) annulled (closely related);
d Hakon Hlade Jarl's son and widow after Anund Jakob of Sweden (Sw003);
child :
1.   Svend; Crusader; † 1097;

Gyde = Gyda = Jutta m(2); stepdaughter of queen Gunhild and d of Anund Jacob of Sweden;
no children ;

Thora m(3) m 1068; unsure of origin, may have been mistress;
no children.

Ellisif m(4); usure of origin, may have been mistress;
no children ;

19 illegitimate children, amongst were:
  2.   Harald Hen = Harald Hein (105);
  3.   Knud den Hellige; (106);
  4.   Oluf Hunger (107);
  5.   Erik Ejegod (108);
  6.   Ubbe; declined his election to king 1104;
  7.   Benedict; killed 1086 with brother Knud;
  8.   Biørn = Bjørn; became Duke of Nordalbingien from 1099; † 1100;
  9.   Niels; (109);
10.   Sigrid; (104a);
   m Gotskalk of Wenden, an Obotrite ruler;
11.   Ingrid;
   m Olaf III of Norway (Nor.012);
12.   Sven; † 1104;
     he got:
     a) Henrik Skadelaar, † 1134, who
      m Ingerid Ragnvaldsdatter, they got:
       i) Buris;
       ii) Knud, Duke of Sønderjylland, † 1162;
       iii) Magnus, † 1161,
       m Brigida; he was pretender to throne of Sweden;
104a - - Sigrid;
d(104);

Gotskalk of Wenden, an Obotrite ruler; † 1066; his m(2); his first m was to Polish Symbulla;
Ruler of the Wendland state from 1032;
child :
1.   Henrik; ruler of Wendland from 1105 under the Saxon Duke Magnus; his children and grandchildren became earls of Lolland;

Mother unknown;
2.   Buthue; † 1071; ruler of Wendland from 1066;
Through his son Niclot and grandson Pribislaw II of Wendland og greatgrandson Henrik Borwin, † 1228, who became ruler of Wendland or Mecklenburg from 1180 and married Duke Henrik Løve's daughter he became founder of the Mecklenburgian dynasty.
105 1041c 1074-1080 Harald III Hen;
s(104) illegitimate; * 1040 / 1041; † 17/04 1080; ‡ Dalby Church Skåne;
King of Denmark from 1074 or 1076;

Margrethe; cousin, d Asbjørn Jarl whose mother was Svend Tveskæg's daughter, Estrid;
child :
1.   Daughter;
   m Skialm Hvide;
   they got:
     a) Asker Røg of Fjenneslev, † 1154;
     Asker got Esbern Snare, † 1204; and
       Absalon, * 1128, † 1201, bishop in Roskilde from 1158 and Archbishop of Lund from 1178;
106 1043 1080-1086 Knud II Hellige = Knud IV Hellige;
s(104) illegitimate; † 10/07 1086; ‡ Odense Albani / Skt. Knud Cathedral; canonization 19/04 1101.

Edel of Flandern = Adele; m 1082; † 1115; d Robert Friser, -1093.
She m(2) 1092 Duke Roger I of Sicily = Roger Borsa or Robert Bursa;
children :
1.   Karl = Carl Danske; * 1084; † 1127; Duke of Flanders;
   travelled with his mother to Flanders after father's murder.
2.   Ingrid = Ingegerd = Inger;
   m Folke den Tykke = Folke the Fat, founder of Folkungen line;
3.   Cecilie;
   m Jarl Erik of Gotland, Earl of Falster;
     they got:
     a) Carl, from c. 1152 Earl of Halland,
     m d of archbishop Eskil;
     they got:
       i) Carl;
       ii) Knud;
107 1052 1086-1095 Oluf I Hunger;
s(104); * 1052; † 18/08 1095. Illegitimate s of Svend Estridsen (104);
Duke of Sønderjylland from 1052;
King of Denmark from 1086;

Ingeberd = Ingegerd; d Harald III Hårderåde, Norway;
     She remarried Philip of Sweden;
children :
1.   Magnus; † 1090;
2.   Sven; † 1097;
108 1056 1095-1103 Erik I Ejegod;
s(104) illegitimate; * 1056; † 10/07 1103 on pilgrimage; ‡ Paphos, Cypern.
King of Denmark from 1095;

Bodil = Bothilde; † 1103; ‡ Josafats Valley near Mount of Olives, Palestine;
d Earl Thorgaard Fagrskinna;
children :
1.   Knud Lavard, Duke South Jutland; * 12/03 1096/1091; † 07/01 1131;
killed in Haraldsted Skov by relatives; ‡ Skt. Bendts in Ringsted.
Promoted to King of the Obotrites by Emperor Lothar III;
   m 1116 or 1118 Ingeborg d of Grossfürst Mstislaw I of Kiev-Novgorod, † 1132,
   they got:
      a) Valdemar den Store (114);
      b) Margrethe;
      m Stig Hvita (Nor.015);
      c) Malmfred;
      d) Cathrine;
      m Prislaw of the Obotrites (M001-3);

Illegitimate children :
2.   Harald Kesja; * 1080; † 1135; killed by relatives;
   m Ragnhild of Norway (No. 014-7);
     they got:
     a) Bjørn Jernside, † 1134;
     m Cathrine, d of Inge I of Sweden;
3.   Erik Emune (110);
4.   Ragnhild;
   m Hakon Jyde;
   they got Erik Lam (111).
109 1064 1104-1134 Niels;
s(104) illegitimate; † 25/06 1134 murdered; ‡ Schleswig Cathedral.

Margrethe Fredkulla of Sweden; m(1) 1103 or 1105 (her 2nd m); † before c.1130; ‡ Roskilde; d Inge I of Sweden (Sw007);
children :
1.   Inge;
2.   Magnus Nielsen = Magnus Nielson; 1106-1134, elected Swedish king (Sw-011) on Gotland from 1129;
     m Polish Princess Richiza Swentoslawa, 1106-, d king Boleslaw III Krzywousty of Poland, 1085-1139.
     they got:
     a) Knud Magnussen; (113);

Ulfhild, † c. 1130; m(2); widow after Swedish King Inge II den yngre (Sw010); her second m;
no children.
110 1090 1134-1137 Erik II Emune;
s(108); † 18/09 1137;

Malmfred of Kiev-Novgorod; m(1) 1132; d Count Mistislav I of Russia, Grand Duke of Kiev;
Her second marriage, her first was to Sigurd I (Nor.016);
Her mother was sister to Margrethe Fredkulla (see 109);
no children ;

Ingegerd; m(2);
no children ;

Illegitimate child with mistress Thunna:
1.   Svend III Grathe (112);
111 1100 1137-1146 Erik III Lam;
ss(108), s Ragnhild and Hakon Jyde; † 27/08 1146; ‡ Skt. Knud Cathedral, Odense.

Lutgard; † 1152; d Rudolph of Salzwedel; m 1144;

legitimate or illegitimate child :
1.   Magnus;
112 1127c 1146-1157 Svend III Grathe;
s(110); † 23/10 1157; ‡ Anonymous in the inner part of Jutland.
Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa presented Svend with Denmark as a fief at the Diet at Merseburg 1152.

Edel = Adelheid d Conrad of Wettin;
child :
1.   Luccardis; † 1188;
   m and divorced Berthold II of Istrien;
113 1128 1146-1157 Knud III;
s(109-2); † 09/08 1157; Knud is also called No. V by some sources;
co-ruler with (112);
According to [9978 p.51] Knud III/V's mother was Salome of Berg-Schelklingen by Ulm, Germany;

Sophie of Sweden, † before 1172; m 1156; d Sverker I the Elder (Sw 012);
no children ;

Illegitimate children :
1.   Niels; † 1180; the Saint of Aarhus;
2.   Knud;
3.   Valdemar Knudsen, * 1157, bishop of Schleswig 1188, † 1236;
4.   Jutta,
   m Duke Bernhard of Saxony;
5.   Hildegard,
   m Duke Jarimar of Rügen;
6.   Ingerd,
   m Duke Casimir II of Pomerania - Demmin;
7.   Daughter,
   m Duke Bugislaw III of Schlave.
114 1131 1157-1182 Valdemar I den Store;
ss(108) through Duke Knud Lavard; * 14/01 1131; † 12/05 1182; ‡ Skt. Bendt, Ringsted;

Sofie of Minsk - Novgorod; * 1140; m 23/10 1157; † 1198; d Volodar of Minsk;
Widowed 1182 and remarried 1184 Ludwig of Thüringen, divorced 1187 and returned to Denmark; ‡ Skt. Bendt, Ringsted;
children :
1.   Knud IV (115); * 1163; † 1202;
2.   Regitze = Richiza; † 1216 or 1220;
     m 1210 King Erik X Knutsson of Sweden (Sw018);
3.   Valdemar II Sejr; * 21/6 1170c,
4.   Sofie;
   m 1181 Siegfried of Orlamünde, † 1206;
5.   Ingeborg * 1175c, † 1237;
     m 1193 Philip II of France;
6.   Helene;
   m 1202 Wilhelm der Dicke of Lüneburg; they got
      a) Otto das Kind, Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg, 1204-1252;
7+8.   2 daughters becoming nuns.

Illegitimate child with Tove :
9.   Christoffer; * 1150; † 1173.
115 1163 1182-1202 Knud IV;
if the two kings called Hardeknud are included, he becomes Knud VI (as HiTo 2/2006 does);
s(114); † 12/11 1202; ‡ Skt. Bendt, Ringsted.

Gertrud of Sachsen; * 1154 † 01/07 1197; ‡ Væ, Skåne; her m(2) 1177;
She was matched with the king in 1171;
d Henry Lion of Sachsen;
her 1st m was Duke Friedrich of Schwaben † 1167.
no children.
116 1170 1202-1241 Valdemar II Sejr;
s(114); * 21/06 1170; † 28/03 1241; ‡ Skt. Bendt, Ringsted.

Dagmar of Bohemia = Margrethe Dragomir; * 1189c; m (1) 1205; † 24/5 1212 or 1213; ‡ Skt. Bendt, Ringsted;
children :
1.   Valdemar = Valdemar III den Unge, 1209-1231;
     m 1229 Eleanor of Portugal 1211-1231;
2.   Abel (118), 1218-1252

Bengerd of Portugal = Berengaria = Berngerd; d king Sancho I;
m(2) 1214; † 27/3 1221 when giving birth; ‡ Skt. Bendt, Ringsted;
children :
3.   Erik IV Plovpenning (117),
4.   Christoffer I (119),
5.   Sofie, † 1247;
     m Johan I of Brandenburg † 1266.
6.   Niels of Halland; † 1218;
     m 1218 Oda of Schwerin;
7.   Knud of Blekinge; * 1205; † 1260;
117 1216 1241-1250 Erik IV Plovpenning;
s(116); † 10/08 1250, murdered Schlien; ‡ Skt. Bendt, Ringsted.

Jutta of Saxony; * 1223c; m 1237 or 1239;
After Erik's death she re-m(2) Burchard of Rosenburg;
children :
1.   Sofie; † 1286;
   m King Valdemar I of Sweden (Sw022), after her sister Jutta's death;
2.   Ingeborg; † 1287;
   m Magnus VI Lagabøter of Norway (Nor.030);
3.   Agnes; † 1290;
4.   Jutta; * 1244; † 1284;
   m King Valdemar I of Sweden (Sw022);
118 1218 1250-1252 Abel;
s(116); † 29/06 1252; ‡ Schleswig Cathedral, later his body was disposed of in a lake on suspicion of being a visiting ghost.

Mechtilde of Holstein; d Count Adolf IV of Holstein; she m(1) 25/4 1237;
she was m(2) to Birger Jarl, regent of Sweden 1250-1266;
children :
1.   Valdemar III, Duke of Sønderjylland; * 1238; † 1257;
2.   Erik I, Duke of Sønderjylland; † 1272;
   m Margrethe and they got
    2a Duke Valdemar IV, † 1312; who
      m(1) Elisabeth of Saxony-Lauenburg, and they got
        2aa Duke Erik II, † 1325; who
        m(2) Adelheid of Holstein and they got:
          2aaa Duke Valdemar V, 1315-1364,
          he became King Valdemar III (123);
          2aab: Helvig who m Valdemar Atterdag;
        2ab Erik; † 1332; m Elisabeth of Holstein;
        2ac Otto;
    2b Erik II Langeben of Langeland;
      m Sofie of Rosenborg;
3.   Abel, 1252-1279.
119 1219 1252-1259 Christoffer I;
s(116); † 29/05 1259; ‡ Ribe Cathedral.

Margrethe Sambiria of Pommerania = Margaretha Sambiria; = Margrethe Sprænghest = Sorte Grethe;
d. of Duke Sambor II of Pommerania; she was * 1230c;
m 1248; regent for Erik (120) until he came of age;
† dec. 1282; ‡ Bad Doberan in the church of the Cistercian monastery.
children :
1.   Mathilde = Mechthilde, † 1299/1300;
     m 1271 Albrecht III markgraf von Brandenburg;
2.   Margrethe † 1306;
     m 1276 Count Johann II of Segeberg of Holstein-Kiel, † 1321;
3.   Erik V Klipping (120);
4.   Valdemar; † 1259;
5.   Niels.
120 1249 1259-1286 Erik V Klipping;
s(119); † 22/11 1286; murdered in Finnerup Lade; ‡ Viborg Cathedral.

Agnes of Brandeburg; * 1258; † 1304; ‡ Skt. Bendt, Ringsted; m 1273; d Gerhard of Itzehoe;
she re-m(2) in 1293 to count Gerhard the Blind to Holstein † 1312;
children :
1.   Erik VI Menved (121),
2.   Christoffer II (122),
3.   Valdemar, † 1304, ‡ Sorø;
4.   Margrethe, † 1341;
     m 1298 Birger of Norway (Nor.024);
5.   Richiza = Regitze,
     m Nikolaus II of Werle in Mecklenburg, † 1316; Regitze and Nikolaus got
5a: Sophie of Werle who
   m Gerhard III of Holstein = Den Kullede Greve, † 1340, killed in Randers by Niels Ebbesøn; ‡ Itzehoe;
     Sophie got
5aa: Jernhenrik = Henrik II Den Jernhårde of Holstein; * c. 1317; † 1381 or 1412;
     m Ingeborg of Mecklenburg, 1340-1400, and they got
5aaa: Gert VI = Gerhard;
     m Elisabeth of Braunschweig and
     they got:
   5aaaa: Gert, † 1423;
   5aaab: Henrik, † 1427;
   5aaac: Adolf VIII 1401-1459 and
   5aaad: Hedvig, 1400-1436, who
     m Dietrich den Lykkelige of Oldenborg, † 1440; and their son became
     Christian I of Denmark (129). 6.   Kathrine;
7.   Elizabeth;
121 1274 1286-1319 Erik VI Menved;
s(120); † 13/11 1319; ‡ Skt. Bendt, Ringsted.

Ingeborg of Schweden; * c. 1279; † 1319; m 1296; d king Magnus III of Sweden (Sw023);
1318 she entered the convent of Skt. Clara, Roskilde; † 15/8 1319; ‡ Skt. Bendt, Ringsted;
children :
1.   Erik;
2.   Magnus;
3.   Valdemar
A total of 14 children who all died in infancy.
122 1276 1319-1326 Christoffer II;
s(120); * 29/09 1276; † 02/08 1332; ‡ Sorø Church.

Eufemia of Pommerania d Bugislaw IV of Pommerania; * 1285c; m before 1307; † 26/7 1330; ‡ Sorø Church;
children :
1.   Margrethe = Elisabeth Margrethe,
   m Duke Ludwig der Ältere von Brandenburg, 1315-1361;
2.   Erik co-king 1324-1332; † 1332;
3.   Otto,
4.   Agnes,
5.   Hedvig = Helvig,
6.   Valdemar Atterdag (124).
123 1315 1326-1330 Valdemar III; as Duke = Valdemar V
ss(118) = Abel; abdicated 1330; † 1364.

Richardis of Schwerin;
children :
1.   Valdemar;
2.   Henrik; † 1375;
124 1320 1340-1375 Valdemar IV Atterdag;
s(122); † 24/10 1375; ‡ Sorø Church.

Helvig of Holstein d Duke Erik II of Schleswig / Holstein; m 1340; entered convent Esrum 1355; † 1374c; ‡ Esrum Klosterkirke;
children :
1.   Christoffer, * 1341-1344; † 1363;
2.   Margrethe,
3.   Ingeborg, 1347-1370;
   m Heinrich III of Mecklenburg, † 1384;
     they got:
      Albrecht III / IV; † 1388;
      Ingeborg; abbess at Ribbnitz, † 1408;
      Maria; m Wartislaw VII of Poland - Pomerania and they got Erik VII af Pommern (127); and
      Katharina, † 1416; m Johann of Pfalz, † 1443;
      and their son becomes Christoffer of Bavaria (128);
4.   Katrine,
5.   Valdemar,
6.   Margrethe I (126).
125 1370 1375-1387 Oluf III;
ss(124); s king Håkon VI of Norway and Margrethe (126); * Dec 1370 Oslo; † 3/8 1387; ‡ Sorø Church.
126 1353 1387-1397 Margrethe I;
d(124); ruled Denmark 1387-1397 and Scandinavia 1375-1412; † 28/10 1412; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral.

Håkon VI, King of Norway; m April 1363;
child :
1.   Oluf (125), 1370/1371-1387.
127 1382 1397-1439 Erik VII Pommern;
dds(124); s Duke Vartislav VII of Pommerania and Maria of Mecklenburg a niece to (126); † 1459; ‡ Rügenwalde Kirche = Darlowo (being the Polish name).
King of Denmark, Norway, Sweden from 1397; in Sweden called Erik XIII;
Sole regent of the three countries from 1412;
Deposed 1439;

Philippa of England; d (018); * 04/07 1394; † 06/01 1430; m 26/10 1406; entered convent Vadstena;
no children;
128 1416 1440-1448 Christoffer III Bayern = Christopher III of Bavaria;
s Pfalzgraf Johan I of Neumarkt and sister to (127); * 26/2 1416; † 5-6/1 1448; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral.
Crowned king of Sweden Aug. 1441 (Sw030);
Crowned king of Norway 02/07 1442;
Crowned king of Denmark 01/01 1443 in Ribe;

Dorothea of Brandenburg; * 1430; † 10/11 1495; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral; m(1) 26/10 1445;
she m(2) 28/10 1449 to Christian I (129);
no children in m(1);
129 1426 1448-1481 Christian I of Oldenburg;
s Dietrich of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst (120-5aaad); * 1426; † 21/5 1481 København Castle; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral.
King of Denmark; crowned king of Denmark 28/10 1449;
King of Norway from 1449; crowned king of Norway 1450;
Count of Oldenborg and Delmenhorst from 1440;
King of Sweden 1457 to 1464; crowned 23/06 1457 (Sw 032);
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from 1460 as Christian VIII;
Holstein became a duchy from 1474, granted by Emperor Frederick III of the HRE;
Christian's claim for the Danish crown was his being the gr-gr-gr-gr-grandson of (120);

Dorothea of Brandenburg; * 1431; † 10/11 1495; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral; m 28/10 1449; her m(2), after being widowed 5/1 1448 after (128).
children :
1.   Olaf; 1450-1451;
2.   Knud; 1451-1455;
3.   Hans (130); 1455-1513;
4.   Margrethe; * 23/06 1456; † 14/07 1486 or 1487;
     m 13/07 1469 James III of Scotland;
     Orkney & Shetland Islands given as security for her dowry;
5.   Frederik I (132); * 7/10 1471; † 1533.
130 1455 1481-1513 Hans;
s(129); * 02/02 1455; † 20/02 1513; ‡ Odense Gråbrødre Kloster, from 1805 Skt. Knud;
Crowned Swedish king 26/10 1497;

Christine of Sachsen; d Duke Ernst of Sachsen; * 24/12 1461; m 06/09 1478; † 08/12 1521; ‡ Skt. Knud Cathedral, Odense.
children:
1.   Christian II (131); * 01/07 1481; † 1555;
2.   Ernst; died in infancy;
3.   Hans; * 1497; † 1511;
4.   Elizabeth; * 1485; † 1555;
     m Kurfürst Joachim I Nestor of Brandenburg, Hohenzollern dynasty, 1484-1535;
5.   Frans; 1497-1511;

Mistress Edele Jernskæg;
6.   ? son ?
131 1481 1513-1523 Christian II;
s(130); * 01/07 or 02/07 1481; † 25/01 1559; ‡ Gråbrødre Kloster, Odense, from 1805 Skt. Knud Cathedral, Odense;

Isabella of Burgund = Elisabeth of Austria = Elizabeth of Habsburg;
* 18/07 1501; † 19/01 1526; ‡ 10/10 1883, moved from Zwijnaerde by Ghent to Skt. Knud Cathedral, Odense.
d archduke and king Philip I of Castilien, 1478-1506, and Juana die Wahnsinnige; Isabella was sister to Emperor Charles V of Habsburg;
She m 11/06 1514 by proxy, m 12/08 1515 to the king;
children :
1.   Hans; * 21/02 1518 † 11/08 1532;
2.   Maximilian + Philip; * 04/07 1519 died after baptism;
3.   Philip;
4.   Dorothea; * 10/11 1520 † 1580;
     m Kurfürst Friedrich II of Pfalz, -1586; no children;
5.   Christine; * 1521 † 10/12 1590;
     m(1) Duke Franz II Sforza of Milano; † 1535;
     m(2) Duke Franz of Lorraine; † 1545;
6.   Son; * 1523 † 1523.
132 1471 1523-1533 Frederik I;
s(129); * 07/10 1471; † 10/04 1533 at Gottorp Castle; ‡ Schleswig Cathedral; Duke of Gottorp until king.
King of Denmark and Norway, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein;

Anna of Brandenburg; * 27/08 1487; m(1) 10/04 1502; † 03/05 1514; ‡ Bordesholm Convent Church, Holstein; d Johann of Brandenburg;
children :
1.   Christian III (133); * 12/08 1503;
2.   Dorothea; * 01/07 1526; † 11/04 1547;
     m Duke Albrecht I of Prussia, 1490-1568; no children.

Sophie of Pommern; * 1498; crowned 13/08 1525; † 13/05 1568; ‡ Schleswig Cathedral; m(2) 09/10 1518;
     d Duke Bugislaw X of Pomerania;
children :
3.   Hans den Ældre, Duke; * 29/06 1521; † 02/10 1580;
     no children; See Duchy of Slesvig-Holstein;
4.   Elisabeth; * 14/10 1524; † 15/10 1586;
     m(1) Duke Magnus, † 1551;
     m(2) Ulrich of Mecklenburg;
     they got:
     a) Sophie, 1557-1631 who m her cousin Frederik II;
5.   Adolf; * 25/01 1526; † 01/10 1586;
     founding father to the Gottorp dukes;
6.   Anna; * 1528; † 04/06 1535;
7.   Dorothea; * 1528; † 11/11 1575;
     m Duke Christoffer of Mecklenburg, 1537-1592;
8.   Frederik; * 1529; † 27/10 1556, became bishop of Slesvig - Lübeck, later of Hildesheim.
133 1503 1534-1559 Christian III;
s(132); * 12/08 1503; † 01/01 1559 at Koldinghus; ‡ Odense, Skt. Knud, 1578/1581 transferred to Roskilde Cathedral;
King of Denmark from 1534;
Crowned 1537;
King of Norway;
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein;

Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg; * 09/07 1511; m 1525, † 07/10 1571; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral from 1581; d Duke Magnus II of Saxe-Lauenburg;
children :
1.   Anna * 25/11 1532; † 01/10 1585;
     m 1548 August of Saxony * 1526; they got:
     15 children, 4 survived childhood;
2.   Frederik; (134) *01/07 1534;
3.   Magnus; * 26/08 1540; † 18/03 1583;
     became Duke/King of Kurland / Lifland;
     m Marie of Russia, 1560-1597;
4.   Hans den Yngre; * 25/03 1545; † 09/10 1622;
5.   Dorothea; * 29/06 1545/46; † 06/01 1617;
     m 1561 Duke Wilhelm of Braunschweig-Lüneburg / Celle, 1535-1592;
     they got (at least) 7 children, one was
     Duke Georg von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, 1582-1641.
     His d with Anna-Eleanore von Hessen, Sophie-Amalie
     married King Frederik III (136).
134 1534 1559-1588 Frederik II;
s(133); * 01/07 1534; † 04/04 1588 at Antvorskov; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral.
King of Denmark and Norway,
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein;

Sofie of Mecklenburg = Sophie von Mecklenburg; * 04/09 1557; m 20/07 1572; † 04/10 1631; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral; d Frederik I's d Elisabeth and Ulrich von Mecklenburg;
children :
1.   Elisabeth; * 25/08 1573; † 19/07 1626;
     m Duke Heinrich Julius von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, 1564-1613;
2.   Anna; * 12/12 1574; † 02/03 1619; ‡ Westminster;
     m 23/11 1589 James VI of Scotland, from 1603 also James I of England (030);
3.   Christian IV (135); * 12/04 1577;
4.   Ulrik; Duke, Bishop Schleswig & Schwerin; * 30/12 1578; † 27/03 1624;
     ‡ Roskilde Cathedral; m Catharine von Hahn;
5.   Augusta; * 08/04 1580; † 05/02 1639;
     m Duke Johan Adolf of Gottorp-Oldenburg, 1575-1616
6.   Hedvig; *05/08 1581; † 26/11 1641;
     m Christian II af Sachsen, 1583-1611;
7.   Hans; * 26/07 1583; † 28/10 1602 in Moscow; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral from 1637.
     engaged to Xenia = Axenia; * 1582 or 1591; † 30/5 1622; d Tsar Boris Fyodorovitch Godunov;
135 1577 1588-1648 Christian IV;
s134; * 12/04 1577; king 04/04 1588; † 28/02 1648 at Rosenborg Castle; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral.
King of Denmark and Norway,
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein;
Regency council rules in his name in Denmark and Schleswig during infancy;
In Schleswig, Christian had a co-ruler, Duke Filip, s Duke Adolf, and also under minimum age. Filip died Oct 1590 and was replaced by his brother Johan Adolf;

Anna Cathrine of Brandenburg = Anna Catharine; * 26/06 1575; m 27/11 1597; † 29/03 1612; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral; d Prince Joachim Frederik of Brandenburg;
children :
1.   Frederik; *1599; † 1599;
2.   Christian V; * 10/04 1603; † 02/06 1647;
     m 05/10 1634 to Magdalena Sibylla of Sachsen 1617-1668; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral; no children;
3.   Sofie; * 1605; † 1605;
4.   Elisabeth; * 16/03 1606; † 14/10 1608;
5.   Frederik III; (136) * 18/03 1609; † 09/02 1670;
6.   Ulrik; * 02/02 1611; † 12/08 1633; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral from 1642.

Kirsten Munk to »left hand« * 06/07 1598; m Dec 1615; † 19/04 1658;
children :
  7.   Anna Cathrine; * 10/08 1618; † 20/08 1633; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
     she was engaged to Rigshovmester Frantz Rantzau, † 1632;
  8.   Sofie Elisabeth; * 20/09 1619; † 29/04 1657;
     m Count Christian Pentz
  9.   Eleonora Christine; * 08/07 1621; † 16/03 1698; ‡ Maribo Cathedral;
     m Corfitz Ulfeldt, 1606-1664; they had five children;
10.   Valdemar Christian to Tåsinge; * 26/06 1622; † 26/02 1656;
   possibly engaged to Irina but never married, d Tsar Michael Fjodorovitj;
11.   Elisabeth Augusta; * 28/12 1623; † 09/08 1677;
     m Hans Lindenow, * 1616; † 1659;
12.   Frederik Christian; * 1625; † 1627;
13.   Christiane; * 15/07 1626; † 1670;
     m Hannibal Sehested, * 1609; † 1666;
14.   Hedvig; * 15/07 1626; † 05/10 1678;
     m Ebbe Ulfeldt, † 1682;
15.   Marie Cathrine; * 1628; † 1628;
16.   Dorothea Elisabeth; * 01/09 1629; † 18/03 1687; became a nun;
- -   Two children died during birth.

Illegitimate children with:
Kirsten Madsdatter:
17.   Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve; * 1611; † 1640;

Karen Andersdatter:
18.   Dorothea Elisabeth; * 1613; † 1615;
19.   Hans Ulrik Gyldenløve; * 1615; † 1645;

Vibeke Kruse:
20.   Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve; * 07/04 1630; † 11/12 1658;
21.   Elisabeth Sofie; * 1633; † 20/01 1654.
136 1609 1648-1670 Frederik III;
* 18/3 1609; † 09/02 1670; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
King of Denmark and Norway,
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein,
Count of Oldenborg and Delmenhorst;

Sofie Amalie of Braunschweig-Lüneburg * 24/03 1628; m 01/10 or 18/10 1643; † 20/02 1685; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
d Duke Georg von Braunschweig-Lüneburg;
children :
1.   Christian V (137); * 15/4 1646;
2.   Anna Sofie; * 01/09 1647; † 01/07 1717;
     m Johan Georg III, Duke of Saxony, † 1691;
3.   Frederikke Amalie; * 11/04 1649; † 30/10 1704;
     m Duke Christian Albrecht of Gottorp, 1641-1694;
4.   Vilhelmine Ernestine; * 20/06 1650; † 23/04 1706;
     m Palatine - Karl of Pfalz, 1651-1685; no children;
5.   Frederik; * 11/10 1651; † 14/03 1653;
6.   Jørgen; * 21/04 1653; † 08/11 1708,
     m Anne of York (035) 28/07 1683; † 08/11 1708; ‡ Westminster;
7.   Ulrikke Eleonora; * 11/09 1656; † 26/07 1693;
     m 06/05 1680 King Karl XI of Sweden, 1655-1697 (Sw043);
8.   Dorthea Juliane; * 16/11 1657; † 15/05 1658;

Illegitimate children with :
Margrethe Pape, friherreinde of Løvendahl:
9.   Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve; * 1638; † 17/04 1704;
m(1) Sophie Urne, † 1714; they got:
     a) Carl Løvendal;
     b) Ulrich Frederik Valdemar Løvendal / Gyldenløve; who got a daughter, Charlotte Amalie Danneskiold-Samsøe who became mother to Frederikke Louise (Glück. B04); which does not correspond with (137-8);
m(2) Marie Grubbe - no children;
m(3) Antoinette Aldenburg; d Anton of Aldenburg;
137 1646 1670-1699 Christian V;
s136; * 15/04 1646; † 25/08 1699 København Castle; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral 19/10 1699;
King of Denmark and Norway,
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein,
Count of Oldenborg and Delmenhorst;

Charlotte Amalie of Hessen-Kassel; * 27/04 1650; m 25/06 1667; † 27/03 1714;
     d Margrave Wilhelm VI of Hessen-Kassel;
children :
1.   Frederik IV (138); * 11/10 1671;
2.   Christian Vilhelm; * 1672; † 1673;
3.   Christian; * 25/03 1675; † 27/06 1695;
4.   Sofie Hedvig; * 28/08 1677; † 13/03 1735;
5.   Karl; * 26/10 1680; † 08/07 1729;
6.   Christiane Charlotte; died in infancy;
7.   Vilhelm; * 21/02 1687; † 23/11 1705.

Maitresse Sofie Amalie Moth (from 1676), 1677 Countess of Samsø;
illegitimate children :
8.   Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø * 28/02 1674; † 16/07 1703;
     m Sophie Amalie Moth; they got:
     a) Frederikke Louise Danneskiold-Samsøe; * 1699; † 1744; (Glück. B04); which does not correspond with (136-9b);
9.   Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø, general-admiral * 24/06 1678; † 08/12 1719;
10. + 11.   Two daughters died in infancy;
12.   Christiane Gyldenløve * 07/07 1672; † 12/09 1689.
138 1671 1699-1730 Frederik IV
s(137); * 11/10 1671; † 12/10 1730 at Odense Castle; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
King of Denmark and Norway from 25/08 1699;
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein;
Count of Oldenborg and Delmenhorst;

Louise of Mecklenburg; * 28/08 1667; m(1) 05/12 or 15/12 1695; † 15/03 1721; ‡ 02/04 1721 Roskilde Cathedral; d Duke Gustav Adolf of Mecklenburg-Güstrow;
children :
1.   Christian; * 1697; † 1698;
2.   Christian VI (139); * 30/11 1699;
3.   Frederik Karl; * 1701; † 1702;
4.   Georg; * 1704; † 1704;
5.   Charlotte Amalie; * 06/10 1706; † 28/10 1782.
6.   Christiane Amalie;
7.   Frederik Christian;
8.   Carl

Elisabeth Helene Vieregg * 04/05 1679; m(2) to left hand 1703 (when still married to the queen). † 27/06 1704 giving birth to:
child :
9.   Frederik Gyldenløve; * 1704; † 1704/1705.

Charlotte Helene von Schindel, *1690; † 1752; mistress 1709c.
Gave 1710 birth to daughter who died in infancy.

Anna Sofie Reventlow; * 16/04 1693; m(3) to left hand 26/06 1712 and still married to the queen. Married her to right hand 04/04 1721; † 07/01 1743; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral; d Counselor Count Konrad Reventlow;
children :
- -   Two boys died in infancy.
10.   Karl † 1729. Not recognised by all sources. May be the same as No. 8.
139 1699 1730-1746 Christian VI
King of Denmark and Norway, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Count of Oldenborg and Delmenhorst;
s(138); * 30/11 1699; king 1730; † 06/08 1746 at Hirschholm; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;

Sofie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach = Sophie Magdalene af Brandenburg-Culmbach-Wewerlingen; * 28/11 1700; m 07/08 1721; † 27/05 1770; d Margrave Christian Heinrich of Brandenburg-Culmbach;
children :
1.   Frederik V; * 31/03 1723 (140);
2.   Louise; * 19/10 1726; † 1756; m Ernst Frederik-Karl of Kursachsen, † 1780;
140 1723 1746-1766 Frederik V;
s(139); * 31/03 1723; † 14/01 1766 Christiansborg; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
King of Denmark 06/08 1746;
King of Norway 1746 to 1766;
Duke of Schleswig and Holstein;
Count of Oldenborg and Delmenhorst;

Louise of England; d(037); * 18/12 1724; † 19/12 1751 during childbirth; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral; d George II of England;
m(1) 10/11 1743, preliminary, and 11/12 1743, final;
children :
1.   Christian; * 1745; † 1747;
2.   Sofie Magdalene; * 03/07 1746; † 21/08 1813;
     m 01/10 1766 King Gustav III of Sweden, 1746-1792 (Sw048);
3.   Vilhelmine Caroline; * 10/07 1747; † 14/01 1820;
     m 01/09 1766 Wilhelm I of Hessen, 1743-1821;
4.   Christian VII; (141); * 29/01 1749;
5.   Louise; * 30/01 1750; † 12/01 1831; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
     m 30/08 1766 Landgraf Karl of Hessen, 1744-1836, field-marshal and regent of Schleswig Holstein; brother to Wilhelm of Kassel;
     they got:      a) Louise Caroline, 1789-1867,
     m to Duke Frederik Vilhelm Paul Leopold of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksborg, 1785-1831, Danish Major-general; they got:
        i) Christian IX;
     b) Marie Sofie Frederikke, 1767-1852,
       m cousin King Frederik VI;
     c) Frederik, Margrave of Hessen, * 1771; regent Schleswig-Holstein 1836 to 1842/1845; Juliane Marie of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel; * 04/09 1729; † 10/10 1796; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral; m(2) 08/07 1752;
children :
6.   Frederik; * 11/10 1753; † 1805; heir presumptive;
     regent with state council 1772-1784 while Frd. VI (142) is under age.
     m 21/10 1774 Sofie Frederikke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; * 1758; † 1794; d Prince Ludwig of M-S.
     They got:
     a) Christian VIII (143);
     b) Juliane Sophie; † 1850;
     m Prince Wilhelm of Hessen-Philipsthal † 1834;
     c) Louise Charlotte; † 1864;
     m Margrave Wilhelm of Hessen-Kassel † 1867;
         they got:
         i) Marie Louise Charlotte; † 1895;
         m Prince Frederik August of Anhalt-Dessau † 1864;
         ii) Louise Wilhelmine Frederikke Karoline Auguste Julie, * 1817, † 1898;
         m Christian IX (145);
         iii) Frederik Wilhelm Georg Adolf, † 1884;
         m(1) Alexandra, d Emperor Nikolaj I of Russia;
         m(2) Anna, † 1918; d Prince Karl of Prussia;
         iv) Augusta Sofie, † 1889;
         m Carl Baron Blixen-Finecke, † 1873;
     d) Frederik Ferdinand; * 1792; † 1863;
     m Caroline † 1881, d King Frederik VI (142);

Illegitimate children :
with Madam Hansen :
7.-   4 daughters, 1 son.
141 1749 1766-1808 Christian VII;
s(140); * 29/01 1749; † 13/03 1808; ‡ 16/07 1814 Roskilde Cathedral;
King 14/01 1766;

Caroline Mathilde of England; d(037-1j); * 22/07 1751; m 08/11 1766; imprisoned 17/01 1772; divorced 06/04 1772; left Denmark 31/05 1772; † 10/05 1775 in Celle;
children :
1.   Frederik VI (142); * 28/01 1768;
2.   Louise Augusta; * 07/07 1771 - fathered by Struensee.
     m Frederik Christian of Augustenborg, 1765-1814;
     they got:
       a) Karoline Amalie,
       m Christian VIII (143);
142 1768 1808-1839 Frederik VI;
s(141); * 28/01 1768; † 03/12 1839; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
Regent from 1784;
King from 13/03 1808;

Marie Sofie Frederikke of Hessen-Kassel; * 28/10 1767; † 21/03 1852;
m 31/07 1790; crowned 31/07 1815; d Karl of Hessen, regent of Schleswig-Holstein;
children :
1.   Son; † 1791;
2.   Marie Louise; * 1791; † 1792/1793;
3.   Caroline Mathilde; * 28/10 1793; † 31/03 1881;
     m Prince Frederik Ferdinand of Glücksborg (140-6d), 1792-1863;
4.   Child; † in infancy;
5.   Child; † in infancy;
6.   Child; † in infancy;
7.   Child; † in infancy;
8.   Vilhelmine Maria; * 18/01 1808; † 1891;
     m(1) Frederik VII (144);
     m(2) Carl of Glücksburg, b(145);

Illegitimate children with:
Bente Mortensdatter Rafsted = Fru Dannemand;
  9.   Louise Frederikke; * 1810; † 1888;
     m Kaptajn Wilhelm Zachariæ;
10.   Caroline; * 1812; † 1844;
     m Major Adolf Frederik Schack Brockdorff;
11.   Frederik Vilhelm Dannemand; * 1812; † 1888; lensgreve;
     m(1) Francisca von Scholten, 1820-1844;
     m(2) Louise Schulin, 1815-1884;
12.   Frederik Valdemar Dannemand; * 1819/20; † 1835.

Mistress Caroline Seuffert, Austrian actres, 1798-1891;
143 1786 1839-1848 Christian VIII;
s(140-6); * 18/09 1786; † 20/01 1848; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
Father was Prince Frederik, 1753-1805 (140-6), mother Sophie Frederikke von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1758-1794;
King from 03/12 1839;
Elected King of Norway from 17/5 1814 until October 1814.

Charlotte Frederikke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; cousin to the king;
     * 04/12 1784; † 13/07 1848 in Rome; ‡ behind St Peter's, Rome;
     m(1) 21/06 1806; divorced 31/03 1810 caused by the queen's infidelity;
     lived in Horsens to 1829; d grandduke Frederik Franz of Mecklenburg-Schwerin;
children :
1.   Frederik VII (144); * 06/10 1808;
2.   Jomfru Fanny, 1805-1881;

Caroline Amalie of Schleswig - Holstein - Sønderborg - Augustenborg, (141-2a); * 28/06 1796; d duke Friedrich Christian of Augustenborg and d Caroline Mathilde / Struense;
     m(2) 22/05 1815; † 09/03 1881; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
no children.
144 1808 1848-1863 Frederik VII;
s(143); * 06/10 1808; † 15/11 1863; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral; The last of 16 kings of the Oldenburg family.
king 20/01 1848;

Vilhelmine Maria; d(142) and "half-aunt" to the king; * 18/01 1808; † 30/05 1891;
m(1) 01/11 1828; separated 1834; divorced 1837 of personal reasons;
she remarried 19/05 1838 Karl of Glücksborg, b(145);
no children.

Caroline Charlotte Mariane of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; * 10/01 1821; † 01/06 1876;
m(2) 10/06 1841; she returned to Germany in 1844 because of the king's connection with L. C. Rasmussen;
divorced 30/09 1846; d Grandduke George Karl Frederik Josef of Mecklenburg-Strelitz;
no children.

Louise Christine Rasmussen; m to the left hand; * 21/04 1815; † 06/03 1874 in Genua;
m 07/08 1850 in Frederiksborg Castle Church favoured at the same date with the title Lensgrevinde Danner = countess Danner;
no children ;
145 1818 1863-1906 Christian IX;
Descendant from (133), First of the Glücksborg family;
* 08/04 1818; † 29/01 1906 Amalienborg; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
Father Wilhelm of Glücksburg, 1785-1831; mother Louise, 1789-1867;
Became crown prince elected 1853;
King 15/11 1863;

Louise Vilhelmine Frederike Caroline Auguste Julie of Hessen-Kassel; sdd(140); * 07/09 1817; m 26/05 1842; † 29/09 1898; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
children:
1.   Frederik VIII (146); * 03/06 1843;
2.   Alexandra; * 01/12 1844; † 1925;
     m 10/03 1863 to Edward VII (042);
3.   Christian Vilhelm Ferdinand Adolf Georg; * 24/12 1845;
     King of Greece 30/03 1863 as Georg I of Greece;
     m Olga, * 1851; d Prince Konstantin of Russia;
4.   Dagmar; * 26/11 1847; † 16/10 1928;
     m 09/11 1866 to Alexander III, czar from 1881;
5.   Thyra; * 29/09 1853; † 26/02 1933;
     m 21/12 1878 Ernest August II of Hannover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland 1845-1923;
     they got six children, two sons died young:
     a) Marie Louise, 1879-1948;
       m 1900 Prince Max von Baden;
     b) Alexandra, 1882-1963;
       m 1904 Grandduke Friedrich Franz IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin;
     c) Ernst August, 1887-1953;
       m Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, 1892-1980, d Emperor Wilhelm II;
6.   Valdemar; * 27/10 1858; † 14/01 1939;
     m 20 or 22/10 1885 to Marie of Orleans, 1865-1909;
     they got
     a) Axel, 1888-1964 who
       m Margaretha of Sweden (Sw054-3);
146 1843 1906-1912 Frederik VIII;
s(145); * 03/06 1843; † 14/05 1912 Hamburg; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
King 29/01 1906;

Louise of Sweden / Norway; d Carl XV of Sweden; * 31/10 1851; m 28/07 1869; † 20/03 1926; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
children :
1.   Christian; * 26/09 1870; (147);
2.   Carl; * 03/08 1872; † 21/09 1957;
   m 22/07 1896 to Maud of England 1869-1938, d(042); elected king of Norway 12-13/11 1905; as Haakon VII;
3.   Louise; * 17/02 1875; † 04/04 1906;
   m 05/05 1896 to prince Friedrich of Schaumburg-Lippe;
4.   Harald; * 8/10 1876; † 30/3 1949;
     m 28/04 1909 to Helena of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg; d Duke Frederik Ferdinand of Glücksborg (Glyk.H09-3);
5.   Ingeborg; * 02/08 1878; m 27/08 1897 to prince Carl of Sweden; † 12/03 1958;
6.   Thyra; * 14/3 1880; † 02/11 1945;
7.   Gustav; * 4/3 1887; † 05/10 944;
8.   Dagmar; * 23/05 1890; † 11/10 1961; m 23/11 1922 to Jørgen Castenskiold of Kongstedlund.
147 1870 1912-1947 Christian X;
s(146); * 26/09 1870; king 14/05 1912; † 20/04 1947; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;

Alexandrine; * 24/12 1879; m 26/04 1898 in Cannes; † 28/12 1952; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
Daughter of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin;
children :
1.   Frederik; 11/03 1899; (148);
2.   Knud; * 27/07 1900; † 14/06 1976;
     m 08/09 1933 Caroline Mathilde, dbs(146); they got:
     a) Elisabeth; * 1935; unmarried;
     b) Ingolf; * 1940; married no children;
     c) Christian; * 1942; married, got children;
148 1899 1947-1972 Frederik IX;
s(147); * 11/03 1899; † 14/01 1972; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
King 20/04 1947;

Ingrid of Sweden; d Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden; * 28/03 1910; m 24/05 1935; † 07/11 2001; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
children :
   Margrethe; * 16/04 1940; (149)
   Benedikte; * 29/04 1944;
   m 03/02 1968 Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg;
   Anne Marie; * 30/08 1946;
   m 18/09 1964 ex-king Konstantin II of Greece.
149 1940 1972- Margrethe II;
d(148); * 16/04 1940;
Queen 14/01 1972;

Henrik de Laborde de Montpezat, Prince Consort; * 11/06 1934; m 10/06 1967;
children :
1.   Frederik; * 26/05 1968;
     m May 2004; Mary Donaldson = Crown Princess Mary;
     children :
     a) Christian Valdemar Henri John; * 15/10 2005;
     b) Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe; * 21/04 2007;

2.   Joachim; * 07/06 1969;
     m(1) 18/11 1995 Alexandra Christina Manley * 1964 =
     Alexandra Princess of Danmark, divorced 08/04 2005;
     She became Countess of Frederiksborg when she remarried 2007.
     children in m(1) :
     a) Nicolai; * 28/08 1999;
     b) Felix; * 22/07 2002.

     m(2) 24/05 2008 Marie Cavallier, Princess Marie of Denmark and countess of Montpezat, * 6/2 1976;
     child in m(2):
     c) Henrik Carl Joachim Alain; * 04/05 2009;


Jørgen Marcussen
Opdateret d. 21.2.2010.
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