Prince Erik, Count of Rosenborg
Prince Erik | |||||
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Count of Rosenborg | |||||
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Born | Copenhagen, Denmark | 8 November 1890||||
Died | 10 September 1950 Copenhagen, Denmark | (aged 59)||||
Spouse | Lois Frances Booth
(m. 1924; div. 1937) | ||||
Issue | Countess Alexandra Count Christian | ||||
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House | Glücksburg | ||||
Father | Prince Valdemar of Denmark | ||||
Mother | Princess Marie of Orléans |
Prince Erik, Count of Rosenborg (Erik Frederik Christian Alexander; 8 November 1890 – 10 September 1950) was a Danish prince. He was born in Copenhagen, a son of Prince Valdemar of Denmark and Princess Marie of Orléans.
Early life[]
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Prince Erik was born on 8 November 1890, in the Yellow Palace, an 18th-century town house at 18 Amaliegade, immediately adjacent to the Amalienborg Palace complex in Copenhagen.[1] He was the third child of Prince Valdemar of Denmark, and his wife Princess Marie of Orléans.[2] His father was a younger son of King Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel, and his mother was the eldest daughter of Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres and Princess Françoise of Orléans. His parents' marriage was said to be a political match.[3]
Marriage and issue[]
As was then customary in the Danish royal house, Erik renounced his rights to the throne when he chose to take a commoner as wife, marrying in Ottawa, Ontario, on 11 February 1924 Lois Frances Booth (Ottawa, Ontario, 2 August 1897 – Copenhagen, 26 February 1941). His wife was the daughter of John Frederick Booth, who lived in Canada, and the paternal granddaughter of John Rudolphus Booth by his wife, Rosalinda Cook.[4][5] Prince Erik and his wife divorced in 1937. She later remarried Thorkild Juelsberg, without issue.
The couple had two children:
- Countess Alexandra Dagmar Frances Marie Margrethe of Rosenborg (Arcadia, California, 5 February 1927 – Odense, 5 October 1992), married in Copenhagen on 2 May 1951 to Ivar Emil Vind-Röj (, 5 January 1921 – Odense, 11 February 1977), Master of the Royal Hunt, son of Ove Holger Christian Vind, Royal Danish Chamberlain, by his wife, Elsa Mimi Adelaide Marie Oxholm (of Danish nobility),[6]
- Marie-Lovise Frances Elisabeth Vind (b. Hellerup, 7 February 1952), married at on 7 April 1973 and divorced Christian Count Knuth (b. , 23 November 1942), and had two children:
- Countess Christina Elisabeth Knuth (b. , Copenhagen, 6 May 1977), married in 2005 to Jacob Conrad Kamman (b. 1979)
- Michael Ivar Count Knuth (b. Nykøbing-Falster, 8 December 1979)
- Erik Ove Carl Johan Emil Vind (b. Hellerup, 5 May 1954), married in Mahé, Seychelles on 15 February 1993 Countess Suzanne Ingrid Jessie Dorthe av Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille (b. Svendborg, 4 March 1967), lady-in-waiting to the Princess Alexandra
- Rosemarie Alexandra Kirsten Vind (b. Copenhagen, 2 November 1993)
- Georg Ivar Emil Vind (b. Copenhagen, 15 October 1995)
- Nonni Margaretha Elsa Vind (b. Odense, 14 June 2003)
- Georg Christian Valdemar Vind (b. Hellerup, 5 August 1958), married in Kuwait on 19 September 1993 to Maria Munk (b. Frederiksberg, 12 October 1966)
- Andreas Ivar Knud Holger Vind (b. Kuwait, 26 November 1994)
- Clara Alexandra Vind (b. 8 January 1998)
- Marie-Lovise Frances Elisabeth Vind (b. Hellerup, 7 February 1952), married at on 7 April 1973 and divorced Christian Count Knuth (b. , 23 November 1942), and had two children:
- Count Christian Edward Valdemar Jean Frederik Peter of Rosenborg (Bjergbygaard, 16 July 1932 – London, 24 March 1997); married at on 10 August 1962 Karin Lüttichau (b. , 12 August 1938), daughter of Folmer Lüttichau by his wife, Ingeborg Carl
- Count Valdemar Erik Flemming Christian of Rosenborg (b. Skovshoved, 9 July 1965), married in Bordeaux on 29 June 1996 Charlotte Cruse (b. Cognac, 23 April 1967), and divorced in 2005
- 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 Valdemar Erik Flemming Christian of Rosenborg (b. Skovshoved, 9 July 1965), married in Bordeaux on 29 June 1996 Charlotte Cruse (b. Cognac, 23 April 1967), and divorced in 2005
Prince Erik died in Copenhagen on 10 September 1950.
Ancestors[]
Ancestors of Prince Erik, Count of Rosenborg |
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References[]
- ^ McNaughton, C. Arnold (1973). The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy. 1. London, U.K.: Garnstone Press. p. 186.
- ^ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (1977). Burke's Royal Families of the World. 1. London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd. p. 70.
- ^ "Royal Marriage Bells". The New York Times. Eu, France. 22 October 1885.
- ^ Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 186.
- ^ Twu.ca Archived 2008-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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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