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| Hereditary Prince of Denmark | |||||
 Knud in 1935 | |||||
| Born | (1900-07-27)27 July 1900 Sorgenfri Palace,Lyngby-Taarbæk,Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||
| Died | 14 June 1976(1976-06-14) (aged 75) Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||
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| Issue | Princess Elisabeth Count Ingolf of Rosenborg Count Christian of Rosenborg | ||||
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| House | Glücksburg | ||||
| Father | Christian X of Denmark | ||||
| Mother | Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | ||||
Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (Knud Christian Frederik Michael; 27 July 1900 – 14 June 1976) was a member of theDanish royal family, the younger son and child ofKing Christian X andQueen Alexandrine.
From 1947 to 1953, he washeir presumptive to his older brother,King Frederik IX, and would have succeeded him as king following his death in January 1972 had it not been for a change in theDanish Act of Succession that replaced him with his niece,Queen Margrethe II. Later, Knud's two sons,Ingolf andChristian, were stripped of their titles of prince and removed from the line of succession by the new law because they had married commoners without asking consent from their uncle.
Prince Knud was born on 27 July 1900 at his parents' countryresidence, theSorgenfri Palace, located on the shores of the smallriverMølleåen inKongens Lyngby north ofCopenhagen on the island ofZealand inDenmark, during the reign of his great-grandfatherKing Christian IX.[1] His parents werePrince Christian of Denmark, son of the heir apparentCrown Prince Frederik of Denmark, andAlexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Knud's only sibling,Prince Frederik, had been born one year before him.[1]
Christian IX died on 29 January 1906, and Knud's grandfather succeeded him as Frederik VIII. Six years later, on 14 May 1912, Frederik VIII died, and Knud's father ascended the throne as Christian X.
As was customary for princes at that time, Knud started a military education and entered thenaval college.[2]
On 27 January 1933, at the age of 32, Prince Knud was engaged to his first cousin, the 20-year-oldPrincess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark.[3] Princess Caroline-Mathilde was the second daughter ofPrince Harald of Denmark andPrincess Helena of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, and their fathers were brothers. The wedding was celebrated on 8 September 1933 at the chapel ofFredensborg Palace inNorth Zealand, Denmark.[1]
After the wedding, they were given a side wing ofSorgenfri Palace, Prince Knud's childhood home, as theirresidence.[4] Here they created a home for their three children:Princess Elisabeth (born in 1935),Prince Ingolf (born in 1940) andPrince Christian (born in 1944).[2]
The couple lived the rest of their lives at Sorgenfri Palace. In 1944, Prince Knud inheritedEgelund House nearFredensborg inNorth Zealand from his uncle,Prince Gustav of Denmark, which the couple then used as their summer residence until the hereditary prince sold it to theDanish Employers' Association in 1954.[5] In 1952, Prince Knud also inherited his parents' holiday residenceKlitgaarden inSkagen inNorth Jutland from his mother,Queen Alexandrine, which the couple then used as their holiday home, and which remained in the family's possession until 1997.[6]
On 20 April 1947, Christian X died, and Knud's brother Frederick succeeded to the throne as Frederik IX. Since Frederik IX had fathered no sons and theDanish Act of Succession at the time followed the principle ofagnatic primogeniture, Prince Knud becameheir presumptive and first in line to succeed his brother as king.
Frederik IX had, however, fathered three daughters. In 1953, theAct of Succession was amended to follow the principle ofmale-preference primogeniture. The new law made Frederik IX's thirteen-year-old daughterMargrethe the new heir presumptive, placing her and her two sisters before Knud and his family in the line of succession.
King Frederik IX died in 1972 and was succeeded by his daughter Queen Margrethe II. Prince Knud died inGentofte on 14 June 1976. He was buried atRoskilde Cathedral. His widow died on 12 December 1995.
In 1953 a students' home in Frederiksberg was named "Arveprins Knuds Kollegium" in honor of Prince Knud. At the time, Prince Knud was protector of Sydslesvigsk Studie- og Hjælpefond (Study and relief fund ofSouthern Schleswig),(seeDanish minority of Southern Schleswig), an area that could be considered the birthplace of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, the royal family of which Knud was a part.
ThePrincess Caroline-Mathilde Alps inGreenland were named by the 1938–39Mørkefjord Expedition in his wife's honour for Prince Knud had been the patron of the expedition.[7]
The popular saying “En gang til for Prins Knud” (“One more time for Prince Knud”) is sometimes used when repeating or clarifying because the interlocutor is a bit slow-witted or didn't immediately grasp something.[8] The expression was first used in an article by Bent Thorndahl in the Copenhagen newspaperPolitiken to describe the November 24, 1958 premiere, at theFalkoner Center inFrederiksberg, of the ballet “Det Forsinkede Stævnemøde” (“The postponed rendezvous”). Prince Knud and Princess Caroline Mathilde had sat in the former royal loge at the far left of the hall (i.e., stage right), but one especially memorable scene had not been fully visible from where they had sat. The ballet director, Ingvar Balduin Blicher-Hansen (1911–1995) persuaded the ballet ensemble to re-enact the scene for the royal couple. The following year,Birgitte Reimer, at the theatricalrevue known asCirkusrevyen, performed a song,[9] written by Erik Leth to a tune bySven Gyldmark, which immortalized Prince Knud, somewhat unfairly mocking him as supposedly being a dullard: “Så ta'r vi den en gang til for Prins Knud.” (“Now we'll do it one more time for Prince Knud.”)[10]
Belgium: Grand Cordon of theOrder of Leopold
Brazil: Grand Cross of theOrder of the Southern Cross
Ethiopian Empire: Grand Cross of theOrder of the Star of Ethiopia
Finland: Grand Cross of theOrder of the White Rose of Finland
France: Grand Cross of theLegion of Honour
Greek Royal Family:
Italian Royal Family: Knight of theSupreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation,23 June 1922[12]
Empire of Japan: Grand Cordon of theOrder of the Rising Sun, with Pawlownia Flowers
Mecklenburg Grand Ducal Family: Grand Cross of theHouse Order of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore
Monaco: Grand Cross of theOrder of Saint-Charles,5 March 1936[13]
Netherlands: Grand Cross of theOrder of the Netherlands Lion
Norway: Grand Cross of the Royal NorwegianOrder of St. Olav, with Collar,31 October 1924[14]
Spain: Grand Cross of theOrder of Naval Merit
Sweden: Knight of the RoyalOrder of the Seraphim,26 September 1926[15]
Thailand: Knight of theOrder of the Royal House of Chakri,13 February 1929[16]
Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark Born: 27 July 1900 Died: 14 June 1979 | ||
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1 Also prince of Norway 2 Also prince of Greece 3 Also prince of Iceland 4 Also prince of the United Kingdom 5 Not Danish prince by birth, but created prince of Denmark Princes that lost their title are shown in italics | ||
