HM King Frederik IX of Denmark

Date & place of birth March 11, 1899 Sorgenfri Castle, Lyngby (near Copenhagen)
Born as HSH Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
Names Michael Carl Vadermar George

Father King Christian X of Denmark (then Crown Prince Christian of Denmark)
Mother Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Queen Alexandrine of Denmark)





Royal house Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
Heir apparent Crown Prince of Denmark May 14, 1912-April 20, 1947
Reign April 20, 1947-January 14, 1972
Tenure 25 years 269 days
Predecessor King Christian X of Denmark (father)
Successor Queen Margrethe II of Denmark (daughter)





Siblings
Eldest of two children (1 brother)
Prince Knud of Denmark





Married May 24, 1935 Storkyrkan, Stockholm
Spouse Princess Ingrid of Sweden





Issue
(3 daughters)
Princess Margrethe of Denmark (Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)
Princess Benedikte of Denmark (Princess Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg)
Princess Anne Marie of Denamrk (former queen consort of Greece)





Grandchildren (10)
(6 grandsons, 4 granddaughers)
Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark
Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece, Prince of Denmark
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Prince Joachim of Denmark
Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark
Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark
Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark





Died January 14, 1972 Municipal Hospital, Copenhagen (age 73)
Place of burial Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde





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





Paternal grandparents
King Frederik VIII of Denmark
Princess Lovisa of Sweden (Queen Louise of Denmark)

Paternal great-grandparents
King Christian IX of Denmark
Princess Luise of Hesse-Kassel (Queen Louise of Denmark)
King Carl XV of Sweden and Norway
Princess Louise of the Netherlands (Queen Lovisa of Sweden and Norway)





Maternal grandparents
Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia

Maternal great-grandparents
Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Princess Augusta Reuss of Kostritz
Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevitch of Russia*
Princess Cecilie of Baden

Frederik is a maternal great-great grandson of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia *