Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark

Infobox Danish Royalty|highness
name = Prince Knud
full name = Knud Christian Frederik Michael


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title = Hereditary Prince of Denmark
styles = "HRH" The Hereditary Prince of Denmark
"HRH" Prince Knud of Denmark
royal house = House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
spouse = Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark
issue = Princess Elisabeth
Prince Ingolf "(later Count of Rosenborg)"
Prince Christian "(later Count of Rosenborg)"
date of birth = birth date|1900|7|27|df=y
place of birth = Sorgenfri Palace, Lyngby-Taarbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark
date of death = death date and age|1976|6|14|1900|7|27|df=y
place of death = Copenhagen, Denmark
father = Christian X of Denmark
mother = Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (Knud Christian Frederik Michael, Lang-da|Arveprins Knud) (July 27 1900 – June 14 1976) was the second son and youngest child of King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine. From 1947 to 1953, he was heir presumptive of his older brother King Frederick IX, and would have become king in his turn, but a change in the constitution caused him to lose his place in the succession to Margrethe II.

Family

Prince Knud was born at Sorgenfri Palace, Denmark. He married his first cousin, Princess Caroline-Mathilde, on September 8 1933 at Fredensborg Palace. They had three children:

*HH Princess Elisabeth of Denmark (born 8 May 1935)
*HH Prince Ingolf of Denmark (17 February 1940). Lost his title and became HE Count Ingolf of Rosenborg after marrying without consent to Inge Terney.
*HH Prince Christian of Denmark (22 October 1942). Lost his title and became HE Count Christian of Rosenborg after marrying without consent to Anne Dorte Maltoft-Nielsen. He has issue.

uccession

Since King Frederick IX fathered no sons, the Danish law of succession declared that his younger brother would succeed him as next king. Consequently, Prince Knud held the title of Heir Presumptive following the death of King Christian X in 1947. Knud was married to Princess Caroline-Mathilde and officially referred to as "Arveprins Knud". infobox_hrhstyles


royal name=Prince Knud of Denmark
dipstyle=His Royal Highness
offstyle=Your Royal Highness
altstyle=SirKing Frederick IX had, however, fathered three daughters, who were unable to inherit their father's throne due to the law of succession. In 1953, the Constitution was amended to allow cognatic primogeniture. The new law made thirteen-year-old Princess Margrethe the new heiress presumptive, placing her and her two sisters before Prince Knud and his family in the line of succession. (Upon her 1964 marriage to then-King Constantine II of Greece, Princess Anne-Marie, the youngest of King Frederick's daughters, renounced her rights to the Danish throne.)

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

*July 27 1900 - 20 April 1947: "His Royal Highness" Prince Knud of Denmark
*20 April 1947 - 27 March 1953: "His Royal Highness" The Hereditary Prince of Denmark
*27 March 1953 - 14 June 1976: "His Royal Highness" Prince Knud of Denmark

Ancestors

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1= 1. Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark
2= 2. Christian X of Denmark
3= 3. Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
4= 4. Frederick VIII of Denmark
5= 5. Lovisa of Sweden
6= 6. Friedrich Franz III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
7= 7. Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia
8= 8. Christian IX of Denmark
9= 9. Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
10= 10. Charles XV of Sweden
11= 11. Louise of the Netherlands
12= 12. Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
13= 13. Princess Auguste Reuss
14= 14. Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia
15= 15. Cecilie Auguste, Princess and Margravine of Baden
16= 16. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
17= 17. Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
18= 18. Prince William of Hesse
19= 19. Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark
20= 20. Oscar I of Sweden
21= 21. Josephine of Leuchtenberg
22= 22. Prince Frederik of the Netherlands
23= 23. Princess Louise of Prussia
24= 24. Paul Friedrich, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
25= 25. Princess Alexandrine of Prussia
26= 26. Prince Heinrich LXIII. Reuss
27= 27. Countess Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode
28= 28. Nicholas I of Russia
29= 29. Charlotte of Prussia
30= 30. Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden
31= 31. Sophie of Sweden