As was then customary with Danish royalty, Erik renounced his rights to thethrone when he chose to take acommoner as wife, marrying inOttawa,Ontario, on 11 February 1924 Lois Frances Booth (Ottawa, Ontario, 2 August 1897 – Copenhagen, 26 February 1941).[5] His wife was the daughter of a kinsman of theBooth baronets, John Frederick Booth (Ontario, 3 June 1865 – Ontario, 5 August 1930), who lived inCanada, and wife Frances Alberta Hunsicker (Montreal,Quebec, 1 November 1866 –Victoria,British Columbia, 12 February 1964, buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa),[6] and paternal granddaughter ofJohn Rudolphus Booth,the Father of Canada by his wife Rosalinda Cooke (1829 – 1886).[7][8] Prince Erik and his wife divorced in 1937. Lois Countess of Rosenborg married secondly GunnarThorkild Juelsberg (1904 – 1966), by whom she had no issue.
Marie-Louise Frances Elisabeth Vind (b. Hellerup, 7 February 1952),[14] married in Allerup Kirke on 7 April 1973 (later divorced) Count Christian Gustav Knuth af Christiansdal (Stenagergaard Gods, Mesinge, 23 November 1942 – 8 August 2010), feudal baron of Lilliendal Gods, Mern,[15] son of Count Ulrik Gustav Adam Knuth (Østergaard Gods, Mern, 27 January 1911 – 13 January 2004), Royal Chamberlain, Court Huntsman, feudal baron of Lilliendal Gods and Mern, by his wife (m. Rønninge Kirke, Fakse, 12 July 1940) Baroness Tove Birgitte Bille-Brahe-Selby (Frederiksberg, 23 October 1915 – Mern, 19 August 2002),[16] and had two children:
Countess Christina Elisabeth Knuth af Christiansdal (b.Nykøbing Falster, 6 May 1977), married in 2005 to Jacob Conrad Kamman (b. 1979)[17][18]
Count Michael Ivar Knuth af Christiansdal (b. Nykøbing Falster, 8 December 1979)
Erik Ove Carl John Emil Vind (b. Hellerup, 5 May 1954),[19] married inMahé, Seychelles, on 15 February 1993 Countess Suzanne Ingrid Jessie Dorthe Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille (b.Svendborg, 4 March 1967),lady-in-waiting toPrincess Alexandra,[20] sister of CountMichael Preben Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille and daughter of Count Claus Christian Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille (Copenhagen, 6 March 1932 – 2014), feudal baron of Havnø Gods, Hadsund, and second wife and third cousin (m. Tranekær Kirke, 21 September 1963, divorced in 1971) Countess Merete-Anette Ahlefeldt-Laurvig (b. Rudkøbing, 1 April 1943), nurse[21]
Rosemarie Alexandra Kirsten Vind (b. Copenhagen, 2 November 1993), fashion model[22][23]
Georg Ivar Emil Vind (b. Copenhagen, 15 October 1995)
Nonni Margaretha Elsa Vind (b. Odense, 14 June 2003)
Count Christian Edward Valdemar Jean Frederik Peter of Rosenborg (Bjergbygaard, 16 July 1932 –London, 24 March 1997),Major in theRoyal Danish Army;[26] married at Stouby Kirke on 10 August 1962 Karin von Lüttichau (b. Stouby Gods, 12 August 1938), lady-in-waiting toPrincess Benedikte of Denmark in Stensballe, Horsens,[27] (married secondly toMichael Warberg),[28] daughter of Folmer von Lüttichau (Hindsgavl Gods, Middelfart, 12 August 1898 – 14 February 1977), Court Huntmaster, feudal baron of Daugaard, and wife (m. Bregnet Kirke, 23 March 1934) Ingeborg Marie Saima Carl (ofDanish nobility) (Copenhagen, 20 October 1915 – 12 September 1983)[29]
Count Valdemar Erik Flemming Christian of Rosenborg (b.Skovshoved, 9 July 1965),Lieutenant in theGuard Hussar Regiment, director ofMaersk Broker,[30] married on 29 June 1996 (divorced 2005)[31] Charlotte Diane IsabelleCruse (b.Cognac, 23 April 1967), daughter of Roland Cruse and wife Annette Ingemann,[32] paternal granddaughter of Emmanuel Henri Georges Cruse (1892 – 1968) and wife and cousin Marguerite de Luze, daughter ofAlfred de Luze and wife Sophie Cruse, great-granddaughter of Victor Adolphe Frédéric Cruse (1854 – 1933) and wife (m. 1880) Lucie Louise Amélie Durand-Dassier (1860 – 1923), and great-great-granddaughter of Jean-Christian Herman Cruse (1820 – 1877), son of Hans Wilhelm Herman Cruse and wife Anna Rebecka Emma Raake, and wife (m. 1848) Suzanne Sophie Lawton (1827 – 1916), daughter of Henry Lawton (1799 – 1828) and wife (m. 1823) Henriette Balguerie de Chautard, paternal granddaughter of Guillaume Lawton (1755 – 1835) and wife (m. 1790) Marie de Raynaud (1771 – 1819), and great-granddaughter of Abraham Lawton (1716 – 1776)[33] and wife (m. 1746) Charlotte de Selve[34]
Count Nicolai Christian Valdemar of Rosenborg (b.Gentofte, 6 November 1997)
Countess Marie Geraldine Charlotte of Rosenborg (b. Copenhagen, 7 May 1999)
Countess Marina Isabelle Ingeborg Karin of Rosenborg (b. Skovshoved, 28 March 1971).
Count Erik died on 10 September 1950 at Copenhagen, Denmark.[35]
^Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, editor, Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume 1: Europe & Latin America (London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1977), page 70.
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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
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