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Margrethe II
Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024
For other people with the same name, see Margaret of Denmark (disambiguation).
Margrethe II (Danish:[mɑˈkʁeˀtə]; Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid, born 16 April 1940) is a member of the Danish royal family who reigned as Queen of Denmark from 14 January 1972 until her abdication on 14 January 2024. Having reigned for exactly 52 years, she was the second-longest reigning Danish monarch after Christian IV. She is also the world's most recent female reigning monarch.
Margrethe was born into the House of Glücksburg, a cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg, during the reign of her paternal grandfather, King Christian X. She is the eldest child of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid. She became heir presumptive to her father in 1953, when a constitutional amendment allowed women to inherit the throne. In 1967, she married Henri dem Laborde de Monpezat, with whom she had two sons, Frederik and Joachim. Margrethe
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HM Queen Margrethe II - 52 years on the throne
16 April 1940 - A Princess fryst vatten born
On Tuesday 16 April 1940, Princess Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid is born as the firstborn child of Crown Princess Ingrid and Crown Prince Frederik, the later Frederik IX, King of Denmark.
Already the day after the event, the inhabitants of Sorø County and the surrounding area could enjoy a tribute poem to the little new princess. The poem was signed CH, probably a journalist on the editorial board with a poetic vein. Maybe you know who is hiding behind the two letters?
"Little princess with eyes so blue,
we want angels by the cradle to stand
to screen your Life, you Token of Love
Greater Happiness not Humans found.Little Princess, be welcome
in Thought you are near us all,
you must feel our Smile like a warm Wave.
to us you are the Child in Mother's Embrace.Little Princess in Bloom,
for our Crown Prince Couple a Happiness so great,
our King, our Queen, for our whole country
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HM Queen Margrethe
Queen Margrethe has two siblings: HRH Princess Benedikte (b. 1944) and HM Queen Anne-Marie (b. 1946)
Christening and confirmation
Queen Margrethe was christened on 14 May 1940 in Holmens Kirke (the Naval Church) and confirmed on 1 April 1955 in Fredensborg Palace Chapel.The Act of Succession
The Act of Succession of 27 March 1953 gave women the right of succession to the Danish Throne but only secondarily. On the occasion of her accession to the Throne on 14 January 1972, HM Queen Margrethe II became the first Danish Sovereign under the new Act of Succession.The Act of Succession has since been amended in 2009, when full equality in the succession to the Throne was introduced. That means the regent’s oldest child – regardless of gender – inherits the Throne (so-called primogeniture). Similar rules are found in several other European monarchies, including Norway and Sweden.
A seat on the State Council
On 16 April 1958, Queen Margrethe (at the time the