List of Danish monarchs
Appearance
King/Queen of Denmark | |
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Incumbent | |
Frederik X since 14 January 2024 | |
Details | |
First monarch | Unknown (7th century or before) |
This is a list of Danish monarchs since 950 (note that the actual list of kings of Denmark goes more than 200 years further back than that)
Ruler | Reign | Notes / Also known as | Picture |
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Gorm the Old | c. 936 to 958/964 | Son of Cnut or Harthacnut (Airde Conut) that was a king of Northumbria and later king of Denmark in the begining of the 10th century |
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Harald I Bluetooth | 962/63/64-985 | The wireless network was named after him Pledge the whole nation to christianity in 965 |
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Sweyn Forkbeard (Sweyn I) | 985/86-1014 | fell off his horse at the age of 50 | |
Harald II | 1014-1018 | ||
Canute the Great | 1018-1035 | King of England, Denmark, Norway and parts of Sweden | (first contemporary portrait of a Danish king) |
Harthacnute | 1028-1042 | also King of England | |
Magnus I Olafsson | 1042-1047 | also King of Norway | |
Sweyn II | 1047-1076 | Every following Danish monarch are descended from him | |
Harald III | 1076-1080 | the soft | |
Canute IV | 1080-1086 | first royal saint in Denmark | |
Olaf I | 1086-1095 | Hunger | |
Eric I | 1095-1103 | Evergood | |
Niels | 1104-1134 | Also called Nicholas | |
Eric II | 1034-1037 | assassinated, The Memorable | |
Eric III | 1137-1146 | Lamb | |
Sweyn III (Grathe) Canute V |
1146-1157 | ||
Valdemar I Canute VI |
1154-1182
1170-1202 |
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Valdemar II (the victorious) Valdemar III (the younger) |
1202-1241
1215-1231 |
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Eric Ploughpenny | 1232-1250 | ||
Abel | 1250-1252 | last Danish King to die in battle | |
Christopher I | 1252-1259 | ||
Eric ‘’klipping’’ | 1259-1286 | last Danish King to be murdered | |
Eric VI | 1286-1319 | Menved | |
Christopher II | 1320-1326 | ||
Eric VII | 1321-1326 1329-1332 |
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Valdemar IV | 1326-1329 | ||
Christopher II | 1329-1332 | ||
Valdemar V Atterdag | 1340-1375 | ||
Olaf II | 1376-1387 | ||
Margaret I | 1376-1412 | Created and ruled the Kalmar Union | |
Eric VII | 1396-1412-1439 | ||
Christopher III | (1439)1440-1448 | ||
Christian I | 1448-1481 | ||
Hans | 1481-1513 | ||
Christian II | 1513-1523 | last ruler of the Kalmar Union | |
Frederik I | 1523-1533 | ||
Christian III | 1534-1559 | ||
Frederik II | 1559-1588 | ||
Christian IV | 1588-1648 | longest ruling | |
Frederik III | 1648-1670 | first absolute monarch from 1660 | |
Christian V | 1670-1699 | ||
Frederik IV | 1699-1730 | ||
Christian VI | 1730-1746 | ||
Frederik V | 1746-1766 | ||
Christian VII | 1766-1808 | ||
Frederik VI | 1808-1839 | last king of both Denmark and Norway | |
Christian VIII | 1839-1848 | ||
Frederik VII | 1848-1863 | Gave the constitution of 1849 | |
Christian IX | 1863-1906 | "Father-in-law of Europe" | |
Frederik VIII | 1906-1912 | ||
Christian X | 1912-1947 | also King of Iceland | |
Frederik IX | 1947-1972 | ||
Margrethe II | 1972-2024 | ||
Frederik X | 2024-present |