Frederick IX of Denmark
Frederik IX. (full Christian name Christian Frederik Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg, born March 11, 1899 Castle Sorgenfri; † January 14, 1972 in Copenhagen ) was King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972.
Life
Frederik IX. was the eldest son of Christian X of Denmark and Alexandrine of Mecklenburg -Schwerin. In 1921 Frederik engaged to Princess Olga of Greece, daughter of Prince Nicholas and Princess Helen of Greece. Without further justification, the engagement was broken again and Olga married the Yugoslav Prince Paul.
Frederik ascended after his father's death in 1947 the Danish throne. Since the succession male pretenders women preferred and Frederik was the father of three daughters, his brother Knut was first Danish Crown Prince. Only a referendum in 1953 allowed Frederiks daughter Margrethe to follow him on the throne.
The king had a great love for music. He was a talented pianist and conductor. Several recordings of orchestral music, under the direction Frederik IX. on Danish radio have been received and released on CD.
He was buried outside the cathedral of Roskilde in a newly constructed grave lay.
Marriage and issue
1935 Crown Prince Frederik married his third cousin Princess Ingrid of Sweden ( 1910-2000 ). They had three daughters:
- Queen Margrethe II ( b. 1940 ), Henri de Laborde de Monpezat ∞
- Benedikte ( born 1944 ), ∞ Richard of Sayn -Wittgenstein- Berleburg
- Anne -Marie ( born 1946 ), ∞ Constantine II of Greece
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Duke Friedrich Wilhelm ( Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Glücksburg ) (1785-1831) ∞ 1810 Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse -Kassel (1789-1867)
Landgrave William of Hesse -Kassel- Rumpenheim (1787-1867) ∞ 1810 Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark (1789-1864)
King Oscar I (Sweden) (1799-1859) ∞ 1823 Princess Josephine Beauharnais von Leuchtenberg (1807-1876)
Prince Frederick of Orange- Nassau (1797-1881) ∞ 1825 Princess Louise of Prussia (1808-1870)
Grand Duke Paul Friedrich (Mecklenburg) (1800-1842) ∞ 1822 Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1803-1892)
Prince Henry LXIII. Reuss to Koestritz (1786-1841) ∞ 1819 Countess Eleonore of Stolberg- Wernigerode (1801-1827)
Tsar Nicholas I ( Russian Federation ) (1796-1855) ∞ 1817 Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1798-1860)
Grand Duke Leopold (Baden) (1790-1852) ∞ 1819 Princess Sophie Wilhelmine von Schleswig -Holstein - Gottorp (1801-1865)
King Christian IX. (1818-1906) ∞ 1842 Princess Louise of Hesse -Kassel (1817-1898)
King Karl XV. (Sweden) (1826-1872) ∞ 1850 Princess Louise of Orange- Nassau (1828-1871)
Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II (Mecklenburg ) ( 1823-1883 ) ∞ 1849 Princess Augusta Reuss to Schleiz - Koestritz (1822-1862)
Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich Romanov (1832-1909) ∞ 1875 Princess Cecilia of Baden (1839-1891)
King Frederick VIII (1843-1912) ∞ 1869 Princess Louise of Sweden (1851-1926)
Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III. (Mecklenburg ) ( 1851-1897 ) ∞ 1879 Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna Romanova (1860-1922)
King Christian X (1870-1947) ∞ 1898 Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg -Schwerin (1879-1952)
King Frederick IX. (1899-1972)