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King Christian IX of Denmark is known as the fathe rin law of Europe. His 6 children inherited, married into or were appointed to monarchies all over the continent. Between them they gave Christian and his Queen Louise 39 grandchildren and many more decedents who would occupied 9 different European thrones – Denmark of course, but also Norway, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Greece, Spain, Russia, Romania, and Luxembourg. They spanned 128 years of history Prince Albert Victor being born in 1864 and Princess Margaret of Bourbon-Parma living to see 1992. Among them, they defied the Nazis, served in the French Foreign Legion, won and lost various thrones and foil assassination attempts.
Here are the stories of the children of Christian IX’s three Sons.
King Frederick VIII of Denmark
Vilhelm, King George I of Greece
Prince Valdemar
Sources:
En kongelig familie A Royal Family (2003) films by Anna Lerche & Marcus Mandal
https://en.wikipedia.org
https://www.britannica.com
http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk
Music:
Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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