Margrethe II o Denmark

Full name
	Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid

Margrethe II
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	16 Aprile 1940 (age 82); 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 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 became the first female monarch o Denmark syne Margrethe I, ruler o the Scandinavian kintras in 1375–1412 durin the Kalmar Union.

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

ReferencesEedit

↑ Maclagan, M & Louda, J., Lines of Succession, London, Orbis Publishing, 1981 Tables 20 and 22