HM Queen Margrethe II of Denmark

Queen regnant of Denmark

Date & place of birth April 16, 1940 Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen
Born as HRH Princess of Denmark
Names Margrethe Alexandrine Thorhildur

Father King Frederik IX of Denmark (then Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark)
Mother Princess Ingrid of Sweden (Queen Ingrid of Denmark)





Royal house Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
Heir presumptive June 5, 1953-January 14, 1972
Reign January 14, 1972-present
Predecessor King Frederik IX of Denmark (father)
Successor Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (son)





Siblings 
Eldest of three children (2 sisters)
Princess Benedikte of Denmark (Princess Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleberg)
Princess Anne Marie of Denmark (Queen Anne Marie, former queen consort of Greece)





Married June 10, 1967 Holmens Church, Copenhagen
Spouse Henri de Laborde de Monpezat





Issue
(2 sons)
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
Prince Joachim of Denmark





Grandchildren (8)
(4 grandsons, 4 granddaughters)
Prince Nikolai of Denmark
Prince Felix of Denmark
Prince Christian of Denmark
Princess Isabella of Denmark
Prince Henrik of Denmark
Princess Vincent of Denmark*
Princess Josephine of Denmark*
Princess Athena of Denmark

Twins*





Titles
HRH Princess Margrethe of Denmark
HM Queen Margrethe II of Denmark





Paternal grandparents
King Christian X of Denmark
Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Queen Alexandrine of Denmark)

Paternal great-grandparents
King Frederik VIII of Denmark
Princess Lovisa of Sweden (Queen Louise of Denmark)
Grand Duke Frederik Francis III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia*

Margrethe is a paternal great-great-granddaughter of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia*





Maternal grandparents
King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
Princess Margaret of Connaught (Crown Princess Margareta of Sweden)

Maternal great-grandparents
King Gustaf V of Sweden
Princess Victoria of Baden (Queen Victoria of Sweden)
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn*
Princess Luise of Prussia (Princess Louise, Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn)

Margrethe is a maternal great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom*