HM King Christian X of Denmark

Date & place of birth September 26, 1879 Charlottenlund Palace, Gentofte (near Copenhagen)
Born as HRH Prince of Demark
Names Christian Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm

Father King Frederik VIII of Denmark (then Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark)
Mother Princess Lovisa of Sweden (Queen Louise of Denmark)





Royal house Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
Heir apparent Crown Prince of Denmark January 29, 1906-May 14, 1912
Reign May 12, 1912-April 20, 1947
Tenure 33 years 341 days
Predecessor King Frederik VIII of Denmark (father)
Successor King Frederik IX of Denmark (son)





Siblings (7)
Eldest of eight children (3 brothers, 4 sisters)
King Haakon VII of Norway
Princess Louise of Denmark (Princess Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe)
Prince Harald of Denmark
Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (Princess Carl of Sweden)
Princess Thyra of Denmark
Prince Gustav of Denmark
Princess Dagmar of Denmark





Married April 26, 1898 German Church, Boulevard Cannet, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes
Spouse Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin





Issue
(2 sons)
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (King Frederik IX of Denmark)
Prince Knud of Denmark





Grandchildren (6)
(2 grandsons, 4 granddaughers)
Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
Prince Ingolf of Denmark (Count of Rosenborg)
Princess Margrethe of Denmark (Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)
Prince Christian of Denmark (Count of Rosenborg)
Princess Benedikte of Denmark
Princess Anne Marie of Denmark (former Queen consort of the Greece)





Died April 20, 1947 Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen (age 76)
Place of burial Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde





Titles
HRH Prince of Denmark
HRH Crown Prince of Denmark
HM King of Denmark





Paternal grandparents
King Christian IX of Denmark
Princess Luise of Hesse-Kassel (Queen Louise of Denmark)

Paternal great-grandparents
Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
Prince Wilhelm of Hesse-Kassel
Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark





Maternal grandparents
King Carl XV of Sweden and Norway
Princess Louise of the Netherlands (Queen Lovisa of Sweden and Norway)

Maternal great-grandparents
King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway
Princess Josephine of Leuchtenberg (Queen Josefina of Sweden and Norway)
Prince Frederik of the Netherlands*
Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia (Queen Wilhelmine of the Netherlands)

Christian is a maternal great-great-grandson of King Willem I of the Netherlands *