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| Born | (1880-03-14)14 March 1880 Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||
| Died | 2 November 1945(1945-11-02) (aged 65) Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||
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| House | Glücksburg | ||||
| Father | Frederik VIII of Denmark | ||||
| Mother | Louise of Sweden | ||||
Princess Thyra of Denmark (Thyra Louise Caroline Amalie Augusta Elisabeth; 14 March 1880 – 2 November 1945) was a member of theDanish royal family. She was the sixth child and third daughter ofKing Frederik VIII andQueen Louise ofDenmark, and was also the younger sister ofKing Christian X of Denmark andKing Haakon VII of Norway. Princess Thyra remained unmarried and had no children.
Princess Thyra was born on 14 March 1880 inFrederik VIII's Palace, an 18th-centurypalace which forms part of theAmalienborg Palace complex in centralCopenhagen, during the reign of her paternal grandfather,King Christian IX.[1] She was the sixth child and third daughter ofCrown Prince Frederick of Denmark and his wifeLouise of Sweden.[1] Her father was the eldest son ofKing Christian IX of Denmark andLouise of Hesse-Kassel, and her mother was the only daughter ofKing Charles XV of Sweden and Norway andLouise of the Netherlands. She was baptised with the namesThyra Louise Caroline Amalia Augusta Elisabeth, and was known as Princess Thyra (named after her paternal auntPrincess Thyra of Denmark).[1]
Princess Thyra was raised with her siblings in the royal household in Denmark and grew up between her parents' residence inCopenhagen, theFrederik VIII's Palace at theAmalienborg Palace complex, and their country retreat, theCharlottenlund Palace, located by the coastline of theØresundstrait north of the city.
In 1901, at the age of 21, Princess Thyra began aromantic relationship with a young court physician, Niels C. Ilsøe. When it was discovered that Thyra had grown romantically attached to a royal servant, he was promptly dismissed and moved toWest Jutland where he worked as ageneral practitioner. He never married and, according to his family, he kept a picture of Princess Thyra on hisnightstand for the rest of his life. Princess Thyra also remained unmarried, so it seems that the relationship was more than an early flirtation. At the time, the marriage of a princess to a person of unequalsocial rank was not a possibility. In 1922, however, Thyra’s younger sister,Princess Dagmar was allowed to marry a member of the lesser nobility, associal norms had changed over the years.[2]
Princess Thyra died on 2 November 1945 in her apartment inAmaliegade in Copenhagen. She was 65 years old.[1]
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1 Also princess of Norway 2 Also princess of Greece 3 Also princess of Iceland 4 Not Danish princess by birth, but created princess of Denmark Princesses that lost their title are shown in italics | ||