Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark

Infobox Danish Royalty|princess
name = Princess Caroline-Mathilde
full name = Caroline-Mathilde Louise Dagmar Christine Maud Augusta Ingeborg Thyra Adelaide


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title = Hereditary Princess of Denmark
styles = "HRH" The Hereditary Princess of Denmark
"HRH" Princess Knud of Denmark
"HRH" Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark
royal house = House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
spouse = Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark
issue = Princess Elisabeth
Prince Ingolf "(later Count of Rosenborg)"
Prince Christian "(later Count of Rosenborg)"
date of birth = birth date|1912|4|27|df=y
place of birth = Jaegersborghus, Copenhagen, Denmark
date of death = death date and age|1995|12|12|1912|4|27|df=y
place of death = Sorgenfri Palace, Lyngby-Taarbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark
father = Prince Harald of Denmark
mother = Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Princess "Caroline-Mathilde" Louise Dagmar Christine Maud Augusta Ingeborg Thyra Adelaide of Denmarkcite web | url=http://thepeerage.com/p10232.htm#i102312| title=Caroline Mathilde zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Denmark | date=23 February 2007 | accessdate=2008-09-21 | publisher= [http://thePeerage.com thePeerage.com] | author=Darryl Lundy] (born 27 April 1912 at Jaegersborghus, Copenhagen, Denmark; died 12 December 1995 at Sorgenfri Palace in Lyngby-Taarbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark) was the second eldest child and daughter of Prince Harald of Denmark and his wife Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. She was twice a princess of Denmark through birth and through marriage within the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg to Prince Knud of Denmark. The princess was named for her maternal grandmother, Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.

Marriages and issue

Caroline-Mathilde married her first cousin Prince Knud of Denmark, second son and youngest child of Christian X of Denmark and Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on 8 September 1933 at Fredensborg Palace, Zealand, Denmark. Caroline-Mathilde and Knud had three children:

*"HH" Princess Elisabeth of Denmark (born 8 May 1935)
*"HH" Prince Ingolf of Denmark (17 February 1940)
**Married Inge Terney without consent and lost title, became "HE Count Ingolf of Rosenborg".
*"HH" Prince Christian of Denmark (22 October 1942)
**Married Anne Dorte Maltoft-Nielsen without consent and lost title, became "HE Count Christian of Rosenborg".

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

*27 April 1912 - 8 September 1933: "Her Royal Highness" Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark
*8 September 1933 - 20 April 1947: "Her Royal Highness" Princess Knud of Denmark
*20 April 1947 - 27 March 1953: "Her Royal Highness" The Hereditary Princess of Denmark
*27 March 1953 - 14 June 1976: "Her Royal Highness" Princess Knud of Denmark
*14 June 1976 - 12 December 1995: "Her Royal Highness" Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark

Ancestry

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1= 1. Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark
2= 2. Prince Harald of Denmark
3= 3. Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
4= 4. Frederick VIII of Denmark
5= 5. Lovisa of Sweden
6= 6. Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
7= 7. Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
8= 8. Christian IX of Denmark
9= 9. Louise of Hesse-Kassel
10= 10. Charles XV of Sweden
11= 11. Louise of the Netherlands
12= 12. Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
13= 13. Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe
14= 14. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
15= 15. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
16= 16. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
17= 17. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
18= 18. Landgrave William of Hesse-Kassel
19= 19. Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark
20= 20. Oscar I of Sweden
21= 21. Josephine of Leuchtenberg
22= 22. Prince Frederick of the Netherlands
23= 23. Princess Louise of Prussia
24= 24. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (= 16)
25= 25. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (= 17)
26= 26. George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
27= 27. Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont
28= 28. Christian, Duke of Augustenborg
29= 29. Countess Lovisa-Sophie Danneskjold-Samsøe
30= 30. Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
31= 31. Princess Feodora of Leiningen

References