Princess Thyra of Denmark

Infobox Hanoverian Royalty
name = Princess Thyra
title = Crown Princess of Hanover
Duchess of Cumberland and Teviotdale


spouse = Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
issue = Marie Louise, Princess Maximilian of Baden
Prince George William
Alexandra, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Princess Olga
Prince Christian
Ernest Augustus III, Duke of Brunswick
royal house = House of Hanover
House of Oldenburg
titles = "HRH" The Crown Princess of Hanover
"HRH" The Crown Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Cumberland and Teviotdale
"HRH" Princess Thyra of Denmark
"HH" Princess Thyra of Denmark
father = Christian IX of Denmark
mother = Louise of Hesse-Kassel
date of birth = birth date|1853|9|29|df=yes
place of birth = Yellow Palace, Copenhagen
date of death = death date and age|1933|2|26|1853|9|29|df=yes
place of death = Gmunden, Austria|

Princess Thyra of Denmark (Thyra IPA| [ˈtʃuːrə] Amelia Caroline Charlotte Anne; "Danish: Thyra Amalia Caroline Charlotte Anna") 29 September 1853 – 26 February 1933) was the youngest daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel).

Early life

Thyra was the sister of Frederik VIII of Denmark, Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, George I of Greece and Empress Maria Fyodorovna of Russia. Thyra was an attractive and gentle young woman, with blonde hair and dark blue eyes. Queen Louise wanted her youngest daughter to make a good marriage as her elder daughters had. Thyra's first suitor was King Willem III of the Netherlands, but as he was thirty six years older than her, she rejected him. He later married Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Their daughter became Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and her descendants sit on the throne of the Netherlands.

Marriage

On 22 December 1878, she married Crown Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale in Copenhagen. Ernst Augustus was eldest child and only son of King George V of Hanover and his wife, Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg.

Before her marriage, Thyra had fallen in love with Vilhelm Frimann Marcher, a lieutenant in the cavalry, which resulted in a pregnancy. Her brother George I of Greece suggested that she have the baby in Athens to avoid scandal; the Danish press was told Thyra had been taken ill with jaundice. She gave birth to a girl, Maria, on 8 November 1871 at Schloß Glücksburg, who was adopted by Rasmus and Anne Marie Jørgensen of Odense. [ [http://www.geocities.com/henrivanoene/gendenmark.html Genealogy of the Royal Family of Denmark ] at www.geocities.com] Marcher killed himself on 4 January 1872 after a confrontation with the King. [ [http://www.dis-danmark.dk/forum/read.php?1,84548,84548#msg-84548 DIS-Forum :: AneEfterlysning :: Prinsesse Thyras uægte barn ] at www.dis-danmark.dk]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

*29 September 1853 – 1858: "Her Highness" Princess Thyra of Denmark
*1858 – 22 December 1878: "Her Royal Highness" Princess Thyra of Denmark
*22 December 1878 – 28 March 1919: "Her Royal Highness" The Crown Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Cumberland and Teviotdale
*28 March 1919 – 26 February 1933: "Her Royal Highness" The Crown Princess of Hanover

Issue

The Duke and Duchess of Cumberland had six children:

Ancestry

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1= 1. Princess Thyra 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

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