compiled by Susan Flantzer
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Credit – The Danish Monarchy, photographer: Jacob Jørgensen
The royal pedigree of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark includes monarchs of Denmark, the German Empire, Prussia, Russia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom along with rulers of German grand duchies and duchies. She is the first monarch of Denmark to be a descendant of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Her maternal grandmother Princess Margaret of Connaught was the daughter of Queen Victoria’s son Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught.
Parents, Grandparents, Great-Grandparents, Great-Great-Grandparents, and Great-Great-Great-Grandparents of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark (born April 16, 1940)
The links below are from Unofficial Royalty, Wikipedia, Leo’s Genealogics Website, or The Peerage.
Parents
Margrethe II’s parents; Credit – Wikipedia
- King Frederik IX of Denmark (1899-1972)
- Princess Ingrid of Sweden (1910-2000)
Grandparents
King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden and Princess Margaret of Connaught, maternal grandparents; Credit – Wikipedia
- King Christian X of Denmark (1870-1947)
- Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1879-1952)
- King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882-1973)
- Princess Margaret of Connaught (1882-1920)
Great-Grandparents
Friedrich Franz III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, great-grandparents; Credit – Wikipedia
- King Frederik VIII of Denmark (1843-1912)
- Princess Louise of Sweden (1851-1926)
- Friedrich Franz III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1851-1897)
- Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (1860-1922)
- King Gustav V of Sweden (1858-1950)
- Princess Victoria of Baden (1862-1930)
- Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942)
- Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia (1860-1917)
Great-Great-Grandparents
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, great-great-grandparents; Credit – Wikipedia
- King Christian IX of Denmark (1818-1906) (born Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
- Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1817-1898)
- King Carl XV of Sweden (1826-1872)
- Princess Louise of the Netherlands (1828-1871)
- Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1823-1883)
- Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz (1822-1862)
- Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (1832-1909)
- Princess Cecilie of Baden (1839-1891)
- King Oscar II of Sweden (1829-1907)
- Princess Sophia of Nassau (1836-1913)
- Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826-1907)
- Princess Louise of Prussia (1838-1923)
- Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
- Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819-1861)
- Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828-1885)
- Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau (1837-1906)
Great-Great-Great-Grandparents
Wilhelm I, German Emperor, King of Prussia and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, great-great-great-grandparents; Credit – Wikipedia
- Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1785-1831)
- Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (1789-1867)
- Prince Wilhelm of Hesse-Kassel (1787-1867)
- Princess Charlotte of Denmark (1789-1864)
- King Oscar I of Sweden (1799-1859)
- Princess Josephine of Leuchtenberg (1807-1876)
- Prince Frederik of the Netherlands (1797-1881)
- Princess Louise of Prussia (1808-1870)
- Paul Friedrich, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1800-1842)
- Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1803-1892)
- Prince Heinrich LXIII Reuss-Köstritz (1786-1841)
- Countess Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1801-1827)
- Nicholas I, Emperor of All Russia (1796-1855)
- Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1798-1860)
- Leopold I, Grand Duke of Baden (1790-1852)
- Princess Sophie of Sweden (1801-1865)
- King Oscar I of Sweden (1799-1859)
- Princess Josephine of Leuchtenberg (1807-1876)
- Wilhelm, Duke of Nassau (1792-1839)
- Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1810-1856)
- Leopold I, Grand Duke of Baden (1790-1852)
- Princess Sophie of Sweden (1801-1865)
- Wilhelm I, German Emperor and King of Prussia (1797-1888)
- Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1811-1890)
- Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767-1820)
- Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786-1861)
- Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784-1844)
- Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1800-1831)
- Prince Karl of Prussia (1801-1883)
- Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1808-1877)
- Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt (1794-1871)
- Princess Frederica of Prussia (1796-1850)
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