Queen Margrethe II

About Queen Margrethe II

Born At the age of thirty-one, Margrethe Alexandrine Porhildur Ingrid, a member of the Danish House of Glücksburg, was crowned Queen of Denmark.

Margrethe II is Queen of Denmark and commander-in-chief of the Danish Defence. Born into the House of Glücksburg, a royal house with origins in northern Germany, she is the eldest child of Frederick IX of Denmark and Ingrid of Sweden. She became heir presumptive to her father in 1953, when a constitutional amendment allowed women to inherit the throne. Margrethe succeeded her father upon his death on 14 January 1972. On her accession, she became the first female monarch of Denmark since Margrethe I, ruler of the Scandinavian kingdoms in 1375–1412 during the Kalmar Union. In 1967, she married Henri de Laborde de Monpezat, with whom she had two sons: Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim.

House	Glücksburg
Predecessor	Frederick IX
Religion	Church of Denmark
Issue, Detail	Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, Prince Joachim
Born	April 16, 1940, Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Occupied Denmark
Heir apparent	Frederik
Father	Frederick IX of Denmark
Mother	Ingrid of Sweden

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Trivia

She took archaeology courses at Girton College, Cambridge, and later studied at the Sorbonne, Aarhus University, and the London School of Economics.

Queen Margrethe II before fame

At thirteen years old, she became first in line to her father's throne after an amendment was passed that granted eldest female children of regents the right to rule.

Achievement of Queen Margrethe II

She studied archaeology at Cambridge's Girton College and went on to the Sorbonne, Aarhus University, and the London School of Economics after that. She speaks Danish, French, English, Swedish, and German quite well.

Salary 2020

$64.5 million

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Queen Margrethe II family life

Ingrid of Sweden and King Frederik IX gave birth to her at Copenhagen's Amalienborg Palace. Her marriage to Henri de Laborde de Monpezat resulted in sons named Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim.

Associations of Queen Margrethe II

She and Elizabeth II become two of the world's longest-reigning monarchs.

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Family Members

Name	Relationship	Net worth	Profession
Carl XVI Gustaf	Cousin		N/A
Frederick IX of Denmark	Father		N/A
Prince Nikolai of Denmark	Grandson		N/A
Prince Felix of Denmark	Grandson	$1 Million - $2 Million (Approx.)	Prince
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn	Great-grandfather		N/A
Ingrid of Sweden	Mother		N/A
Princess Benedikte of Denmark	Sister		N/A
Queen Anne- Marie of Greece	Sister		N/A
Prince Joachim of Denmark	Son		N/A
Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark	Son		N/A
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark	Spouse		N/A