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Count Oluf of Rosenborg

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Count Oluf
Born(1923-03-10)10 March 1923
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died19 December 1990(1990-12-19) (aged 67)
Copenhagen, Denmark
SpouseAnnie Helene Dorrit Puggard-Müller
Lis Wulff-Juergensen
Names
Oluf Christian Carl Axel
HouseGlücksburg
FatherPrince Harald of Denmark
MotherPrincess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Oluf, Count of Rosenborg (Oluf Christian Carl Axel; 10 March 1923 – 19 December 1990), a former Danish prince, was the younger child and son of Prince Harald of Denmark by his wife, Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

Early life

Oluf is a Danish form of Olaf.[1] Oluf renounced his rights to the throne in 1948 and took the title Count of Rosenborg when he married Annie Helene Dorrit Puggard-Müller (8 September 1926 - 14 May 2013) in Copenhagen on 4 February 1948. They had two children and divorced in 1977. He married secondly Lis Wolf-Jürgensen (b. 30 June 1935) in 1982, they divorced in 1983, without issue.

Oluf and his first wife had two children:

  • Ulrik Harald Gunnar Oluf, Count of Rosenborg (b. 17 December 1950), married Tove Waigner Larsen (b. 14 December 1950) in Copenhagen on 4 April 1981. They have two children:
    • Katharina Dorthea Helene, Countess of Rosenborg (b. 1 May 1981).
    • Philip Oluf Axel Ulrik, Count of Rosenborg (b. 8 May 1986).
  • Charlotte Helene Annie Dorrit, Countess of Rosenborg (b. 11 April 1953), married firstly Jens Philipsen on 12 November 1977. They divorced in 1978 without issue. She married secondly Torben Gyldenfeldt Wulff (b. 15 September 1954) at Lyngby on 11 April 1981. They have two children:
    • Johan Henrik Oluf Torben Wulff (b. 17 July 1980).
    • Beate Inge Dorrit Charlotte Wulff (b. 17 January 1983).

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ A Handbook of Scandinavian Names
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