Princess Thyra of Denmark (1880–1945)

The mother and aunt of Thyra; Louise of Sweden as Princess of Denmark with her sister-in-law, Princess Thyra of Denmark, after whom Thyra was named.

Princess Thyra
House	House of Glücksburg
Father	Frederick VIII of Denmark
Mother	Louise of Sweden
Born	14 March 1880(1880-03-14)
Died	2 November 1945(1945-11-02) (aged 65)

Princess Thyra of Denmark and Iceland (Thyra Louise Caroline Amalie Augusta Elisabeth) Copenhagen, 14 March 1880 – Copenhagen, 2 November 1945) was the sixth child and third daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark and his wife, Princess Louise of Sweden and Norway.

She was named for her aunt, Princess Thyra of Denmark.

She died unmarried and without issue.

Ancestry

16. Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

8. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

17. Countess Friederike of Schlieben

4. Christian IX of Denmark

18. Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel

9. Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)

19. Princess Louise of Denmark

2. Frederick VIII of Denmark

20. Prince Frederick of Hesse

10. Prince William of Hesse

21. Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen

5. Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)

22. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark and Norway

11. Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark

23. Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

1. Princess Thyra of Denmark

24. Charles XIV John of Sweden

12. Oscar I of Sweden

25. Désirée Clary

6. Charles XV of Sweden

26. Eugène de Beauharnais

13. Josephine of Leuchtenberg

27. Princess Augusta of Bavaria

3. Lovisa of Sweden

28. William I of the Netherlands

14. Prince Frederik of the Netherlands

29. Wilhelmine of Prussia

7. Louise of the Netherlands

30. Frederick William III of Prussia

15. Princess Luise of Prussia

31. Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

External links

• Royal House of Denmark and Royal House of Iceland