Margrethe II of Denmark
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| Margrethe II | ||
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| Queen of Denmark | ||
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| Reign | 14 January 1972 - Present | |
| Born | April 16, 1940 (age 68) | |
 Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen |
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| Predecessor | Frederick IX | |
| Heir-Apparent | Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark | |
| Consort | Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark | |
| Children | Frederik, Joachim | |
| Royal House | House of Glücksburg | |
| Father | Frederick IX | |
| Mother | Ingrid | |
Margrethe II (Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid) (born 16 April 1940) is the Queen regnant of Denmark. Only very rarely is her name anglicized as Margaret II.
[change] Early life
Princess Margrethe was born at Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, to Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Ingrid. She was baptised on 14 May 1940 at the Naval Church. As King Christian X was also the King of Iceland at the time the Princess was given an Icelandic name, Þórhildur (spelled with the Icelandic thorn character, simplified as "th").
Margrethe was not born to be monarch, even though she was the eldest child of a Crown Prince, later King. At the time of her birth, only males could ascend the throne of Denmark.
The act of succession was changed in 1953.
King Frederik IX died in 1972, and Queen Margrethe II became the first female Danish Sovereign.
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