Prince Valdemar of Denmark

Prince Valdemar of Denmark (October 27,1858--January 14,1939) was the youngest son of Christian IX of Denmark and his wife Luise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel). He married Princess Marie d'Orleans on October 20, 1885 in a civil ceremony in Paris. They had a religious ceremony on October 22, 1885. They had five children:

*Prince Aage of Denmark (1887-1940)
*Prince Axel of Denmark (1888-1964), married Margaretha of Sweden in 1919 and had two sons
*Prince Erik of Denmark (1890-1950), married Lois Booth in Ottawa, Canada 1924, divorced 1937, and had a son and a daughter.
*Prince Viggo of Denmark (1893-1970), created Count of Rosenborg, married Eleonora Green, and had no children
*Princess Margrethe of Denmark (1895-1992), married Prince René of Bourbon-Parma. Her daughter Anna is Queen of Romania.

Valdemar had a lifelong naval career, but things could have been much different for the prince. He was offered two European thrones, those of Bulgaria and Norway, but declined them due to international pressures.Fact|date=February 2007

Ancestry

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1= 1. Prince Valdemar of Denmark
2= 2. Christian IX of Denmark
3= 3. Louise of Hesse-Kassel
4= 4. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
5= 5. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
6= 6. Landgrave William of Hesse-Kassel
7= 7. Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark
8= 8. Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
9= 9. Countess Friederike of Schlieben
10= 10. Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Kassel
11= 11. Princess Louise of Denmark and Norway
12= 12. Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Kassel
13= 13. Princess Caroline Polyxene of Nassau-Usingen
14= 14. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark and Norway
15= 15. Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
16= 16. Duke Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
17= 17. Countess Frederica of Dohna-Schlobitten
18= 18. Karl Leopold, Count of Schlieben
19= 19. Countess Maria Eleonore of Lehndorff
20= 20. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
21= 21. Princess Mary of Great Britain
22= 22. Frederick V of Denmark
23= 23. Louise of Great Britain
24= 24. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (= 20)
25= 25. Princess Mary of Great Britain (= 21)
26= 26. Karl Wilhelm, Prince of Nassau-Usingen
27= 27. Karoline Felizitas von Leiningen-Dagsburg
28= 28. Frederick V of Denmark (= 22)
29= 29. Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
30= 30. Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
31= 31. Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

References

The Genealogy of the Royal House of Denmark [ [http://www.chivalricorders.org/royalty/gotha/denmkgen.htm Genealogy of the Royal House of Denmark ] ]

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