HM Queen Ingrid of Denmark

Queen consort of Denmark


Date & place of birth March 28, 1910 Royal Palace, Stockholm
Born as HSH Princess of Sweden
Names Ingrid Victoria Sofia Lovisa Margareta Bernadotte

Father King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (then Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden)
Mother Princess Margaret of Connaught (Crown Princess Margareta of Sweden)





Royal house Bernadotte (born) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (marriage)
Consort Crown Princess of Denmark May 24, 1935-April 20, 1947
Consort April 20, 1947-January 14, 1972
Tenure 25 years 269 days
Predecessor Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Successor Henri de Laborde de Monpezat





Siblings
Third of five children (4 brothers)
Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden
Prince Sigvard of Sweden (Count of Wisborg)
Prince Bertil of Sweden
Prince Carl Johan of Sweden (Count of Wisborg)





Married May 24, 1935 Storkyrkan, Stockholm
Spouse King Frederik IX of Denmark (then Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark)





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 November 7, 2000 Fredensborg Palace, Fredensborg (age 90)
Place of burial Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde





Titles
HRH Princess of Sweden
HRH Crown Princess of Denmark
HM Queen of Denmark
HM Queen Ingrid (The Queen Dowager)





Paternal grandparents
King Gustaf V of Sweden and Norway
Princess Viktoria of Baden (Queen Viktoria of Sweden and Norway)

Paternal great-grandparents
King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway
Princess Sophia of Nassau (Queen Sofia of Sweden and Norway)
Grand Duke Frederick I of Baden
Princess Luise of Prussia, Grand Duchess of Baden





Maternal grandparents
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Princess Luise of Prussia (Princess Louise, Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn)

Maternal great-grandparents
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia
Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt