King Christian IX of Denmark

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HM The King of Denmark
Titles King of Denmark
Reign 15 November 1863 - 29 January 1906
Coronation 19 June 1864
Predecessor Frederik VII
Successor Frederik VIII
Biographical Information
Born 8 April 1818

Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Died 29 January 1906 (aged 87)

Copenhagen, Denmark

Spouse Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel

(m. 1842; w. 1898)

Issue Frederik VIII

Princess Alexandra
King George I of Greece
Princess Dagmar
Princess Thyra
Prince Valdemar

Name Christian
House Glucksburg
Father Duke Frederick William of Schleswig-Holstein
Mother Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
Religion Lutheran

General

Life[edit | edit source]

TBA

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Frederik VIII 3 June 1843 14 May 1912 (aged 68) Princess Louise of Sweden (m. 1869); had issue
Princess Alexandra 1 December 1844 20 November 1925 (aged 80) King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (m. 1863); had issue
King George I of Greece 24 December 1845 18 March 1913 (aged 67) Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia (m. 1867); had issue
Princess Dagmar 26 November 1847 13 October 1928 (aged 80) Emperor Alexander III of Russia (m. 1866); had issue
Princess Thyra 29 September 1853 26 February 1933 (aged 79) King Ernest Augustus II of Hanover (m. 1878); had issue
Prince Valdemar 27 October 1858 14 January 1939 (aged 80) Princess Marie d'Chartres (m. 1885); had issue

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1818-1853 Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
  • 1853-1863 Prince Christian of Denmark
  • 1863-1906 Christian IX, King of Denmark

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Duke Frederick William of Schleswig-Holstein Duke Frederick Louis Charles of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Countess Friederike of Schlieben

Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Countess Charlotte of Dohna-Leistenau

Count Karl Leopold of Schlieben

Countess Marie Eleonore of Lehndorff

Duke Peter August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Princess Sophie of Hesse-Philippsthal
Burgrave Albrecht Christian of Dohna-Leistenau
Princess Sophie Henriette of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
George Adam III, Count of Schlieben
Countess Katharina Dorothea of Finckenstein
Ahasverus Ernst, Count of Lehndorff
Maria Luise von Wallenrodt

Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Louise of Denmark

Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Mary of Great Britain

King Frederik V of Denmark

Princess Louisa of Great Britain

Landgrave William VIII of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz
King George II of Great Britain (x2)
Princess Caroline of Ansbach (x2)
King Christian VI of Denmark
Princess Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
King George II of Great Britain (x2)
Princess Caroline of Ansbach (x2)