HM Queen Alexandrine of Denmark

Queen consort of Denmark


Date & place of birth December 24, 1879 Schwerin, northern Germany
Born as HH Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Names Alexandrine Auguste

Father Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mother Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia





Royal house Mecklenburg-Schwerin (born) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (marriage)
Consort Crown Princess of Denmark January 29, 1906-May 14, 1912
Queen consort May 12, 1912-April 20, 1947
Tenure 33 years 341 days
Predecessor Princess Luise of Hesse-Kassel
Successor Princess Ingrid of Sweden





Siblings (2)
Eldest of three children (1 brother, 1 sister)
Grand Duke Friedrich Fran IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Duchess Cecilia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin





Married April 26, 1898 German Church, Boulevard Cannet, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes
Spouse King Christian X of Denmark (then Prince Christian of Denmark)





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 December 28, 1952 Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen (age 73)
Place of burial Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde





Titles
HH Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
HRH Princess Christian of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
HRH Crown Princess Christian of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
HM Queen of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
HM Queen Alexandrine





Paternal grandparents
Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Princess Augusta Reuss of Kostritz

Paternal great-grandparents
Grand Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Princess Alexandrine of Prussia
Prince Heinrich LXIII Reuss of Kostritz
Countess Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode





Maternal grandparents
Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia
Princess Cecilie of Baden

Maternal great-grandparents
Emperor Nicholas I Pavlovich of Russia
Princess Charlotte of Prussia (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia)
Grand Duke Leopold of Baden
Princess Sophie of Sweden*

Alexandrine is a maternal great-great-granddaughter of King Gustaf IV Adolf of Sweden and Norway*