HRH Prince Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark

Youngest child of King Frederik IX of Denmark


Date & place of birth July 27, 1900 Sorgenfri Castle, King Lyngby (near Copenhagen)
Born as HRH Prince of Demark
Names Knud Christian Frederik Michael

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





Royal house Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
Heir presumptive Hereditary Prince of Denmark April 20, 1947-June 5, 1953

*Knud was heir to his brother, Frederik IX (who had only daughters) and would have succeeded him as king, but in 1953 the Danish Constitution was changed allowing females the same succession rights as males. Knud's niece Margarethe replaced him the in line of succession.

*Prince Knud was allowing to keep the title 'Hereditary Prince of Denmark'





Siblings
Youngest of two children (1 brother)
Crown Prince Frederik of Denamrk (King Frederik IX of Denmark)





Married September 8, 1933 Fredensborg Palace, Fredensborg
Spouse Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark

*Married his first cousin





Issue (3)
(1 son, 2 daughters)
Princess Elisabeth of Denmark)
Prince Ingolf of Denmark
Prince Christian of Denmark





Grandchildren
(3 granddaughers)
Countess Camilla of Rosenborg
Countes Josephine of Rosenborg
Countess Feodora of Rosenborg





Died June 14, 1976 Amtssjuk House, Gentofte, near Copenhagen (age 75)
Place of burial Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde





Titles
HRH Prince Knud of Denmark
HRH Prince Knud, Hereditary Prince 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

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