Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
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| File:Carolinedenmark1912-4.jpg Princess Elisabeth With her mother Princess Caroline-Mathilde | |||||
| Born | 8 May 1935 Sorgenfri Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||
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| House | Glücksburg[1] | ||||
| Father | Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark | ||||
| Mother | Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark | ||||
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Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, RE (Elisabeth Caroline-Mathilde Alexandrine Helena Olga Thyra Feodora Estrid Margrethe Désirée; born 8 May 1935 in Copenhagen) is the daughter of Hereditary Prince Knud and Hereditary Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark, and is a first cousin of the present Danish monarch, Queen Margrethe II.
Biography
As a first cousin of Queen Margrethe, she is twelfth in the line of succession to the Danish throne. She has not married and retains her place in the Danish order of succession and the title of Prinsesse til Danmark (literally translated as "Princess to Denmark", which is reserved for those members of the Royal Family in line of succession). She is the only child of Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, to have succession rights to the throne of Denmark. Through both parents, she is descended from King George II of Great Britain, and is therefore also distantly in the line of succession to the British throne.
Princess Elisabeth was employed in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1956 to 2001 and was posted abroad a number of times.
Though she has never married, she lived with film director Claus Hermansen for 20 years until his death in 1997.[2] She does not have children.
Princess Elisabeth lives in a detached classical wing of the royal palace Sorgenfri in Lyngby near Copenhagen. She grew up in the main building.
She is godmother to her great-nephew, Theodor Rosanes af Rosenborg, the youngest grandson of Elisabeth's brother Christian.[3]
Title and style
Elisabeth is styled as "Her Highness Princess Elisabeth of Denmark".[4]
Arms
Bjarne Erbo Grønfeldt, Deputy Private Secretary to the Queen, confirms that Princess Elisabeth's coat of arms consists of a shield of her grandfather's coat of arms supported by two savages holding clubs, surrounded by the Order of the Elephant, all under a canopy ensigned with a crown of her rank.
Honours
The Princess Elizabeth Alps in Greenland are named after her.[5]
Knight of the Order of the Elephant (R.E.).[6]
Ancestry
References
- ^ "150 years of the House of Glücksborg". Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ RootsWeb: GEN-ROYAL-L Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
- ^ Theodors Daab
- ^ "Her Highness Princess Elisabeth". Danish Royal Court. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- ^ Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
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1 Also princess of Norway 2 Also princess of Greece 3 Also princess of Iceland 4 Not Danish princess by birth, but created princess of Denmark Princesses that lost their title are shown in italics | ||
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