HM King Haakon VII of Norway

The first king of Norway following the dissolution of the union with Sweden


Date & place of birth August 3, 1872 Charlottenlund Castle, near Copenhagen
Born as HRH Prince Carl of Denmark
Names Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel

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
Reign November 18, 1905-September 21, 1957
Crowned June 22, 1906 Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim
Tenure 50 years 306 days
Predecessor King Oscar II of Sweden
Successor King Olav V of Norway (son)





Siblings (7)
Second of eight children (three brothers, four sisters)
Crown Prince Christian of Denmark (King Christian X of Denmark)
Princess Louise of Denmark (Princess Frederick of Schuamburg-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 (Mrs. Castenskiold)





Married July 22, 1896 Private chapel, Buckingham Palace, London
Spouse Princess Maud of Wales





Issue
(1 son)
Crown Prince Olav of Norway (King Olav V of Norway)





Grandchildren (3)
(1 grandson, 2 granddaughters)
Princess Ragnhild of Norway
Princess Astrid of Norway
Prince Harald of Norway (King Harald V of Norway)





Died September 21, 1957 Royal Palace, Oslo (age 85)
Place of burial Akershus Castle, Oslo





Titles
HSH Prince of Denmark
HM King of Norway





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

Paternal great-grandparents
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
Prince Wilhelm of Hesse-Kassel
Princess 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 Luise of Prussia

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