Margrethe II o Denmark

Margrethe II (Dens pronunciation: [mɑˈɡ̊ʁæːˀd̥ə], full name: Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid; born 16 Aprile 1940) is the queen regnant o Denmark. As the eldest bairn o Keeng Frederick IX an Ingrid o Swaden, she succeedit her faither upon his daith on 14 Januar 1972. On her accession, she acame the first female monarch o Denmark syne Margrethe I, ruler o the Scandinavian kintras in 1375–1412 durin the Kalmar Union.

Margrethe II
Margrethe in 2012
Queen o Denmark
Ring	14 Januar 1972 – present
Predecessor	Frederick IX
Heir apparent	Crown Prince Frederik
Prime Meenisters	See leet for: (Denmark) Jens Otto Krag Anker Jørgensen Poul Hartling Poul Schlüter Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Anders Fogh Rasmussen Lars Løkke Rasmussen Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Greenland) Jonathan Motzfeldt Lars Emil Johansen Hans Enoksen Kuupik Kleist Aleqa Hammond (The Faroe Islands) Atli P. Dam Jógvan Sundstein Marita Petersen Edmund Joensen Anfinn Kallsberg Jóannes Eidesgaard Kaj Leo Johannesen
Born	(1940-04-16) 16 Aprile 1940 Amalienborg Palace, Denmark
Spouse	Henrik, Prince Consort o Denmark (1967–2018, his daith)
Issue Detail	Croun Prince Frederik Prince Joachim
Full name Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid
Hoose	House o Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Faither	Frederick IX
Mither	Ingrid o Swaden
Releegion	Kirk o Denmark
Seegnatur

Margrethe wis born in 1940, a week efter the invasion o Denmark bi Nazi Germany, but did nae acome heiress presumptive till 1953, when a constitutional amendment allaeed weemen tae inherit the throne (efter it acame clear that Keeng Frederick wis unlikely tae hae ony male issue). In 1967, she mairit Henri de Laborde de Monpezat (11 Juin 1934 - 13 Februar 2018), wi whom she haes twa sons: Croun Prince Frederik (born 26 Mey 1968) an Prince Joachim (born 7 Juin 1969).

Freemit airtins

• The Queen's Homepage
• The Offeecial Wabsteid o The Danish Monarchy
• Tapestries for HM The Queen o Denmark