Christian IX
KING OF DENMARK

Glücksburg, Christian (Kristian) IX, KING OF DENMARK

AKA: Prince Christian of Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, 1825 Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Birth

8 Apr 1818

Castle Gottorp

Death

29 Jan 1906

Amalienborg Palace, København

Interred

Roskilde Cathedral

Father

Mother

Spouse

Marriage

26 May 1842, Amalienborg, København

Children:

• Frederik VIII, KING OF DENMARK (b. 1843)
• ALEXANDRA Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia, Queen of the United Kingdom (b. 1844)
• Georgios I (Christian VILHELM Ferdinand Adolf Georg), KING OF THE HELLENES (b. 1845)
• Maria Fedorovna (Marie Sophie Frederikke DAGMAR) of Denmark, EMPRESS (b. 1847)
• THYRA Amelie Caroline Charlotte Anna of Denmark (b. 1853)
• Valdemar of Denmark (b. 1858)

Biography Notes

Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, since 1825 of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Assumed the Danish throne upon the death of King Frederik VII after the extinction of the most senior line of the House Oldenburg. Reign 1863-1906. Often called "the Grandfather of Europe or "the Father-in-Law of Europe".. With Christian IX, the official name of the Danish Royal Family changed from "Schleswigg-Holstein-Oldenburg" to "Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg" or, even more correctly, to "Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg".

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