Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
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Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, (Elisabeth Caroline-Mathilde Alexandrine Helena Olga Thyra Feodora Estrid Margarethe Désirée; born 8 May 1935 in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
) is the daughter of Hereditary Prince Knud (younger son of King Christian X
Christian X of Denmark
Christian X was King of Denmark from 1912 to 1947 and the only King of Iceland between 1918 and 1944....
and Queen Alexandrine
Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Alexandrine Auguste of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was the queen consort of King Christian X of Denmark.-Family:She was born a Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, in the city of Schwerin...
) and Hereditary Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark
Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark
Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark and Iceland was a crown princess of Denmark by marriage to Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark.-Birth:...
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Biography
She is a first cousin of Queen Margrethe II, and is last in line for succession to the Danish throne. Because she, unlike her brothers, has not married, she retains her place in the Danish order of succession and the title of Prinsesse til Denmark (literally translated as Princess of Denmark, which is reserved for those members of the Royal Family in line of succession).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 Claus Hermansen for 20 years until his death in 1997. She does not have children.
She is godmother to her great-nephew, Theodor Rosanes af Rosenborg, the youngest grandson of Elisabeth's brother Christian
Count Christian of Rosenborg
Count Christian of Rosenborg, a former Danish and Icelandic prince now Grev Christian af Rosenborg , who was high in the line of hereditary succession to the throne of Denmark until the new right of females of the royal family to inherit the crown displaced his branch of the dynasty in favor of...
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Titles, styles, honours and arms
Mr Bjarne Erbo Grønfeldt, Deputy Private Secretary to HM The Queen, confirms that HH Princess Elisabeth of Denmark's coat of arms consists of a shield of her late 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.| {infobox hrhstyles| image= | royal name=Princess Elisabeth to Denmark| dipstyle=Her Highness Highness Highness, often used with a possessive adjective , is an attribute referring to the rank of the dynasty in an address... | offstyle=Your Highness| altstyle=Ma'am}} |
Ancestry
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