The present members of this family bear the title Prince[ss] of
PART 1
FREDERIK V, King of Denmark and Norway 6 Aug 1746
(Copenhagen 31 Mar 1723-Christiansborg 14 Jan 1766; bur Roskilde Cathedral);
m.1st Christiansborg 11 Dec 1743 Louise Pss of Great Britain,
Ireland and Hannover (Leicester House, London 7 Dec 1724-Christiansborg 19 Dec
1751; bur Roskilde Cathedral); m.2nd Frederiksborg 8 Jul 1752
Juliana Maria Dss of Braunschweig- Wolfenbüttel (Wolfenbüttel 4 Sep
1729-Fredensborg 10 Oct 1796; bur Roskilde Cathedral)
1a) Christian, Crown Pr of
2a) Sophie Magdalene (Christiansborg 3 Jul 1746-Ulriksdal
21 Aug 1813); m.by proxy at
3a) Wilhelmine Caroline (Christiansborg 10 Jul
1747-Kassel 14 Jan 1820; bur Kassel Mausoleum); m.Christiansborg
4a) CHRISTIAN
1b) FREDERIK VI, King of
1c) Christian (
2c) Marie Louise (
3c) Caroline (Christiansborg 28
Oct 1793-Copenhagen 30 Mar 1881; bur Roskilde Cathedral); m.Frederiksborg
4c) Louise (
5c) Christian (
6c) Juliana Louise (Copenhagen
12 Feb 1802-Copenhagen 23 Feb 1802; bur Roskilde Cathedral)
7c) Frederikke Marie
(Copenhagen 3 Jun 1805-Copenhagen 14 Jul 1805; bur Roskilde Cathedral)
8c) Wilhelmine Marie (Kiel 18
Jan 1808-Glücksburg 30 May 1891; bur Glücksburg); m.1st
2b) Louise Augusta (Horsholm 7
Jul 1771-Augustenburg 13 Jan 1843; bur Sonderburg Schloßkapelle);
m.Christiansborg
5a) Louise (Christiansborg 30 Jan 1750-Gottorp 12 Jan
1831; bur Schleswig Dom); m.Christiansborg
6a) Frederik, Hereditary Pr of
1b) Juliana Marie
(Christiansborg
2b) CHRISTIAN VIII Frederik,
King of Denmark (Christiansborg 18 Sep 1786-Amalienborg 20 Jan 1848; bur
Roskilde Cathedral); m.1st Ludwigslust 21 Jun 1806 (div 1810)
Charlotte Dss of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Ludwigslust 4 Dec 1784-Rome 13 Jul 1840;
bur Campo Santo Teutonico); m.2nd Schloß Augustenburg 22 May 1815
Pss Karoline of Schleswig-Holstein- Sonderburg-Augustenburg (Copenhagen 28 Jun
1796-Amalienborg 9 Mar 1881; bur Roskilde Cathedral)
1c) Christian Frederik (b.and
d.Schloß Plön
2c) FREDERIK
3b) Juliana Sophie (Copenhagen
18 Feb 1788-Copenhagen 9 May 1850; bur Roskilde Cathedral); m.Frederiksborg
4b) Louise Charlotte
(Christiansborg 30 Oct 1789-Christiansborg 28 Mar 1864; bur Roskilde
Cathedral); m.Amalienborg
5b) Frederik Ferdinand,
Hereditary Pr of
PART 2
CHRISTIAN IX, King of Denmark, born a prince of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
line, a junior branch of the family which had ruled Denmark for centuries [see
Holstein], was chosen to be king after the extinction of the most senior line,
and he assumed the throne upon the death of King Frederik
1a) Christian FREDERIK VIII Wilhelm Carl, King of
1b) CHRISTIAN X Carl Frederik
Albert Alexander Wilhelm, King of
1c) Christian FREDERIK IX Franz
Michael Carl Valdemar Georg, King of
1d) MARGRETHE II Alexandrine
Thorhildur Ingrid, Queen of
1e) Frederik André Henrik
Christian, Crown Prince of
1f) Christian Valdemar Henri
John (b.Copenhagen
2f) Isabella Henrietta Ingrid
Margrethe (b.Copenhagen
3f) Vincent Frederik Minik
Alexander (b.Copenhagen
4f) Josephine Sophia Ivalo
Mathilda (b.Copenhagen
2e) Joachim Holger Valdemar
Christian, b.Copenhagen 7 Jun 1969; m.1st Hillerod, nr
1f) Nikolai William Alexander
Frederik (b.28 Aug 1999)
2f) Felix Henrik Valdemar
Christian (b.Copenhagen
3f) Henrik Carl Joachim Alain
(b.Copenhagen
4f) Athena Marguerite Françoise
Marie (b.Copenhagen
2d) Benedikte Astrid Ingeborg
Ingrid, b.Amalienborg
3d) Anne-Marie Dagmar Ingrid,
b.Amalienborg
2c) Knud Christian Frederik
Michael (Sorgenfri 27 Jul 1900-Gentofte 14 Jun 1976); m.Fredensborg
1d) Elisabeth Caroline-Mathilde
Alexandrine
2d) Ingolf Christian Frederik
Knud Harald Gorm Gustav Viggo Valdemar Aage, who in 1968 renounced his rights
to the throne and took the title Count of Rosenborg; b.Sorgenfri 17 Feb 1940;
m.1st Lyngby 13 Jan 1968 Inge Terney (Copenhagen 21 Jan 1938-21 Jul 1996); m.2d
Engtved 7 Mar 1998 Sussie Hjorhøy (b.Copenhagen 20 Feb 1950)
3d) Christian Frederik Franz
Knud Harald Carl Oluf Gustav Georg Erik, who in 1971 renounced his rights to
the throne and took the title Count of Rosenborg (Sorgenfri 22 Oct
1942-Gentofte 21 May 2013); m.Lyngby 27 Feb 1971 Anne-Dorthe Maltoft-Nielsen
(Copenhagen 3 Oct 1947-Gentofte 2 Jan 2014)
1e)
Josephine Caroline Elisabeth Css of Rosenborg, b.Frederikssund
2e)
Camilla Alexandrine Cristine Css of Rosenborg, b.Frederikssund
3e)
Feodora Mathilde Helena Css of Rosenborg, b.Frederikssund 27 Feb 1975; m.1st
Holmens Kirke,
2b) Christian Frederik Carl
Georg Valdemar Axel (1872-1957); in 1905 he was elected King of
3b) Louise Caroline Josephine
Sophie Thyra Olga (Copenhagen 17 Feb 1875-Ratiboritz 4 Apr 1906); m.Copenhagen
5 May 1896 Friedrich Pr zu Schaumburg-Lippe (Ratiboritz 30 Jan 1868-Kudowa,
Silesia 12 Dec 1945)
4b) Harald Christian Frederik
(Charlottenlund 8 Oct 1876-Copenhagen 30 Mar 1949); m.Glücksburg
1c) Feodora Louise Caroline
Mathilde Viktoria Alexandra Frederikke Johanne (Jægersborghus 3 Jul
1910-Bückeburg 17 Mar 1975); m.Fredensborg 9 Sep 1937 Christian Pr zu
Schaumburg-Lippe (Ödenburg, Hungary 20 Feb 1898-Bückeburg 13 Jul 1974)
2c) Caroline-Mathilde Louise
Dagmar Christiane Maud Augusta Ingeborg Thyra Adelheid (Jægersborghus 27 Apr
1912-Sorgenfri 12 Dec 1995); m.Fredensborg
3c) Alexandine-Louise
Caroline-Mathilde Dagmar (Jægersborghus 12 Dec 1914-Copenhagen 26 Apr 1962);
m.Copenhagen 22 Jan 1937 Luitpold Gf zu Castell-Castell (Langenzell 14 Nov
1904-Bankta, Bulgaria 6 Nov 1941)
4c) Gorm Christian Frederik
Hans Harald (Jægersborghus 24 Feb 1919-Copenhagen 26 Dec 1991)
5c) Oluf Christian Carl Axel;
he renounced his rights to the throne in 1948 and took the title Count of
Rosenborg (Copenhagen 10 Mar 1923-Copenhagen 19 Dec 1990); m.1st
1d)
Ulrik Harald Gunnar Oluf, Ct of Rosenborg, b.Copenhagen
1e)
Katharina Dorthea Helene, Css of Rosenborg, b.Hvidovre
2e)
Philip Oluf Axel Ulrik, Ct of Rosenborg, b.Hvidovre
2d)
Charlotte Helene Annie Dorrit, Css of Rosenborg, b.Ordrup
5b) Ingeborg Charlotta
6b) Thyra Louise Caroline Amalie
Augusta Elisabeth (Copenhagen 14 Mar 1880-Copenhagen 2 Nov 1945)
7b) Christian Frederik Wilhelm
Valdemar Gustav (Copenhagen 4 Mar 1887-Egelund 5 Oct 1944)
8b) Dagmar Louise Elisabeth
(Charlottenlund 23 May 1890-Kongstedlund 11 Oct 1961); m.Fredensborg
2a) Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julie
(Copenhagen 1 Dec 1844-Sandringham 20 Nov 1925); m.Windsor 10 Mar 1863 King
Edward
3a) Christian Wilhelm Ferdinand Adolf Georg
(1845-1913); in 1863 he was selected by the Powers to assume the Greek throne
and he became King George I of the Hellenes in that year (see
4a) Marie Sophie Frederikke Dagmar, who took the
name Maria Feodorovna on her Orthodox baptism (Copenhagen 26 Nov 1847-Hvidore
13 Oct 1928); m.St.Petersburg 9 Nov 1866 Emperor Alexander
5a) Thyra Amelie Caroline Charlotte Anne (Copenhagen 29
Sep 1853-Gmunden 26 Feb 1933); m.Copenhagen 21 Dec 1878 Ernst August, Crown Pr
of Hannover, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Pr of Great Britain and Ireland
(Hannover 21 Sep 1845-Gmunden 14 Nov 1923)
6a) Valdemar (Bernstorff 27 Oct 1858-Copenhagen 14 Jan
1939); m.(civ)
1b) Aage Christian Alexander
Robert, renounced his title and assumed title of Pr Aage, Gf af
Rosenborg (Highness)
1c)
Valdemar Alexander Georg Luigi Maria, Count of Rosenborg (Turin 3 Jan
1915-Paris 1 Apr 1995); m.Villefranche 20 Apr 1949 Floria d'Huart Saint-Mauris
(Paris 10 Aug 1925-Paris 20 Aug 1995)
2b) Axel Christian Georg
(Copenhagen 12 Aug 1888-Copenhagen 14 Jul 1964); m.Stockholm 22 May 1919 Margaretha
Pss of Sweden (Stockholm 25 Jun 1899-Kongsted, nr Fakse, Denmark 4 Jan 1977)
1c) Georg Valdemar Carl Axel
(Bernstorff 16 Apr 1920-Copenhagen 29 Sep 1986); m.Glamis Castle 16 Sep 1950
Anne Bowes-Lyon (Washington 4 Dec 1917-London 26 Sep 1980)
2c) Flemming Valdemar Carl
Axel; he renounced in 1949 his rights to the throne and took the title Count of
Rosenborg (Stockholm 9 Mar 1922-Antibes 19 Jun 2002); m.Copenhagen 24 May 1949
Alice Ruth Nielsen (Copenhagen 8 Oct 1924-Hellerup 25 Jul 2010)
1d)
Valdemar Georg Flemming Axel, Ct of Rosenborg, b.Copenhagen
1e)
Julie, Css of Rosenborg, b.Ålborg 10 May 1977
2e)
Carl Johan, Ct of Rosenborg, b.Copenhagen 15 Nov 1979; m.Oxholm 4 Sep 2010
Sidsel Lykke Nielsen (b.11 Feb 1980)
1f)
Dagmar, b.2011
2f)
Valdemar, b.2014
3e)
Désirée Christine, Css of Rosenborg, b.Copenhagen 25 Dec 1990
4e)
Alexander Flemming, Ct of Rosenborg, b.Copenhagen
2d)
Birger Valdemar Georg Flemming Kai Axel, Ct of Rosenborg, b.Copenhagen 24 Jan
1950; m.1st Skovshoved 10 Oct 1974 (div 1978) Minna Benedicte Tillisch
(b.Helleruplund 3 Jul 1949); m.2d Taarbæk 28 Nov 1981 (div 1990 Susanne
Kristensen (Copenhagen 13 Feb 1951-Thisted 22 Oct 1999); m.3d St.Peter's
Church, Woolton 4 Mar 2000 Lynne Denise Sharpe (b.Sheffield 10 Jun 1953)
1e)
Benedikte Margaretha Dagmar, Css of Rosenborg, b.Feroskobing 20 Jul 1975
3d)
Carl Johan Valdemar Georg Flemming Kai Axel, Ct of Rosenborg, b.Copenhagen
1e)
Caroline, Css of Rosenborg, b.Gentofte 30 Mar 1984
2e)
Josephine Coco, Css of Rosenborg, b.London
4d)
Désirée Märtha Ingeborg, Css of Rosenborg, b.Copenhagen 2 Feb 1955; m.1st
Kongstedlund 23 May 1981 (div 1987) Fergus Smith (b.Rochester NY 17 Sep 1949);
m.2nd Gentofte 6 Feb 1988 Peter Rindom (b.Copenhagen 10 Oct 1955)
3b) Erik Frederik Christian
Alexander, renounced his rights to the throne in 1923 and took the title Pr
Erik Count of Rosenborg (Highness) (Copenhagen 8 Nov 1890-Copenhagen 10 Sep
1950); m.Ottawa, Ontario 11 Feb 1924 (div 1937) Lois Frances Booth (Ottawa 2
Aug 1897-Copenhagen 26 Feb 1941)
1c)
Alexandra Dagmar Frances Marie Margrethe, Css of Rosenborg (Arcadia, California
5 Feb 1927-Odense 5 Oct 1992); m.Copenhagen 2 May 1951 Ivar Emil Vind (Everdrup
5 Jan 1921-Odense 11 Feb 1977)
2c)
Christian Edward Valdemar Jean Frederik Peter, Ct of Rosenborg (Bjergbygaard 16
Jul 1932-London 24 Mar 1997); m.Stouby 10 Aug 1962 Karin Lüttichau (b.Rohden,
Denmark 12 Aug 1938)
1d)
Valdemar Erik Flemming Christian, Ct of Rosenborg, b.Skovshoved 9 Jul 1965;
m.Bordeaux 29 Jun 1996 (div 2005) Charlotte Cruse (b.Cognac 23 Apr 1967)
1e)
Nicolai Christian Valdemar, Ct of Rosenborg, b.Gentofte 6 Nov 1997
2e)
Marie Geraldine Charlotte, Css of Rosenborg, b.Copenhagen
2d)
Marina Isabelle Ingeborg Karin, Css of Rosenborg, b.Skovshoved 28 Mar 1971
4b) Viggo Christian Adolf Georg,
renounced his rights to the throne in 1923 and took the title Pr Viggo Count of
Rosenborg (Highness) (Copenhagen 25 Dec 1893-Copenhagen 4 Jan 1970); m.New York
10 Jun 1924 Eleanor Margaret Green (New York 5 Nov 1895-Copenhagen 3 Jul 1966)
5b) Margrethe Françoise Louise
Marie Helene (Bernstorff 17 Sep 1895-Brodrehoj 18 Sep 1992); m.Copenhagen 9 Jun
1921 René Pr of Bourbon-Parma (Schwarzau 17 Oct 1894-Hellerup 30 Jul 1962)