Date & place of birth April 29, 1944 Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen
Born as HRH Princess of Denmark
Names Benedikte Astrid Ingeborg Ingrid
Father King Frederik IX of Denmark (then Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark)
Mother Princess Ingrid of Sweden (Queen Ingrid of Denmark)
Royal house Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (born) Sayn-Wittgenstein (marriage)
Siblings
Second of three children (2 sisters)
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
Princess Anne Marie of Denmark (Queen Anne Marie, former queen consort of Greece)
Married February 3, 1968 Fredensborg Palace, Fredensborg
Spouse Prince Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Issue (3)
(1 son, 2 daughters)
Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Grandchildren (3)
(2 grandsons, 1 granddaugher)
Count Richard of Pfeil
Countess Ingrid of Pfeil
Konstantin Johannsman
Titles
HRH Princess of Denmark
HRH Princes Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Princess of Denmark
Paternal grandparents
King Christian X of Denmark
Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Queen Alexandrine of Denmark)
Paternal great-grandparents
King Frederik VIII of Denmark
Princess Lovisa of Sweden (Queen Louise of Denmark)*
Duke Frederik Francis III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia*
Benedikte is a paternal great-great granddaughter of King Carl XV of Sweden, and Emperor Nikolai I of Russia*
Maternal grandparents
King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden
Princess Margaret of Connaught (Crown Princess Margareta of Sweden)
Maternal great-grandparents
King Gustav V of Sweden
Princess Victoria of Baden (Queen Victoria of Sweden)
Princess Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn*
Princess Luise of Prussia (Princess Louise, Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn)
Benedikte is a maternal great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom*
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