Kings and Queens of England/Britain and Denmark

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Updated 11 June 2009.

Abbreviations used:
b = brother of, d = daughter of, m = married to (year), s = son of,
ss = grandson of, † = died; ‡ = buried.
Colour of English / British kings: blue; and Danish: red.
 
No. Born Ruled King's name and relations
Queen's name and relations
-10 ? 820-870? Regner Lodbrog.
Father may have been Sigurd Ring, whose father was the Norwegian king Sigurd killed by the Swedish king Frø;
Regner may have had a brother Harald;

Lathgertha, Norwegian; m(1):
children :
1.   Son active 850-880;
2.   Aaluf, daughter;
3.   Daughter;

Thora; d Swedish king Heroth; m(2):
children :
4.-9.   Six sons;

Svanlogha; m(3);
children :
10-12.   Three sons;

The distribution of the children amongst the morthers are unknown. The sons' names were:
Bjørn Jernside, king in Sweden c.851-862;
Ubbe, active 855;
Hvitsærk, defeated and burnt at the stake or by arson;
Iver benløs, Danish king, † 873 c.;
Sigurd Orm i Øje, ruled in Denmark after Regner;
Agner, ruled in England;
Sigfred;
Halfdan, active 871-875;
Sydroe;
Berno;
-03 ? 880-940 or
890-950		 Gorm den Gamle.

Thyra Danebod; d king Ethelred of Wessex or
    d of vice-king Harald Klak;
children:
1.   Harald Gormsen Blåtand (-02);
2.   Knud Danaast; † 940 in Ireland;
3.   Gunhild Gormsdatter, m Erik Blodøkse, King of Norway 900-935 They got children.
-02 911 950-986
950-987		 Harald Blåtand = Harald Bluetooth.
s(-03); † 985 to 987; Fatal wounded at Helgenæs;
Co-ruler from 929;
King of Denmark from 940c.
King of Norway from 960;

Thora; m(1); d of relatives to King Hakon Adelsteen of Norway;
child
:
1.   Hakon; became king of Semland in East Prussia and Litvania;

Gunhild; m(2), d Vendian King / Prince Mistivoj; or
     d vice-king Svend Langfod;
children:
2.   Svend Tveskæg; (-01);
3.   Hring = Hryngr; became King of Northumberland from 949; † 950;
4.   Gunild = Gunhild; m Earl Paleigh in England, both killed 13/11 1002;
5.   Tyra; m(1) Prince Styrbjørn - s King Oluf II of Sweden (Sw00w);
     (m2) Boleslav = Burislaw of Poland / Vendia, brother to queen Gunhild;
     (m3) Olav Trygvesen (Nor.006);
3.   Gyde; m Eirik Jarl af Romerike and Hedmark in Norway;

Gyrithe; m(3); d King Oluf II of Sweden;

According to other sources Harald's first wife should be Gunhild and the second wife should be Tove - daughter of Mistive = Mistivoj, ruler of the Vendian Aborites. [9957p16f]
According to [9951] Table XLV Harald married Oluf II of Sweden's 2nd wife, Audur, and later 3rd wife, Gunild.
-01 968? 985-1014 Svend Tveskæg = Svein Forkbeard.
s(-02); † 3/2 1014;
King of Denmark from 987c.
9/9 1000 - Battle at Svolder Ø = Greifswalder-Oie; Svend versus Olav Trygvesen; The position of Svold is unsure;
13/11 1002 - Æthelred massacres Danes in England.

Gunhild af Polen; m(1); d Mieczyslaw = Mieszco of Poland / Venden, 964-992;
children:
1.   Harald II or III; (000);
2.   Knud den Store; (001);
3.   Thyra; m Vendian Vortigern and got d Gunild who m Earl Hakon Eriksen of Norway;

Sigrid Storråde; m(2); she was widow after Erik Segersäll, † 1000;
4.   Estrith Margrethe, m(1) Ulf Jarl, † 1027 in Roskilde Cathedral;
     m(2) 1023 Robert I of Normandy;
     The marriage year is unsure, as first husband lived to 1027; Divorced??;

5.   Thyra Sveinsdatter; who m Godwin of Essex, -1053, his first marriage;
6.   Gyda, mother unknown; m Earl Erik Hakonsson of Norway (Nor.007) and from 1015 Earl of Northumberland;

The legends mix up queen Gunhild and Sigrid Storråde and the existence of Sigrid Storråde is challenged [9957p20]
000 996 1014-1018 or
1014-1019		 Harald Svensson = Harald II or Harald III;
s(-01);
He got a son Harald? who was killed 1042 returning from Rome.
001
101		 987 or
995		 1016-1035
1018-1035		 Canut =Cnut the Great = Knud den Store = Gammelknud.
s (-01); * 978 or 995; † 12/11 Shaftesbury, ‡ Winchester.
King of Mercia and Danelaw from 1014 or 1016;
King of Denmark from 1018;
King of Norway from 1028 or 1035;
Knud participated in Rome in Emperor Konrad II's crowning 26/3 1027;

Ælgifu = Elgiva = Alfifa; m(1); d Earl or ealdorman Alfhelm of Northumberland / Deira. She was a widow after Earl Uthfried of Northumberland.
The couple were not properly married. Children accepted in line.
Children:
1.   Svend = Svend Alfifasen; * 1015 - 1016; † 1035; Norwegian vicegerent,
2.   Harald Harefoot (002);

Emma = Elgiva; m(2) 1017; † 6/3 1052; ‡ Winchester; Widow of English Ethelred II; d of Duke Richard I of Normandy;
children:
3.   Hardicanute = Harthacnut (102),
4.   Gunhilda = Kunigunde; * c.1020; † 1038; m 1036 Henry III of Germany; † 1038.
002 1015c 1035-1040 Harald Harefoot = Harald Harefod;
s(001) + Ælgifu, † 1040c.
Co-ruler with Harthacnut to 1037
003/
102		 1017/
1020		 1035-1042 Harthacnut / Hardeknud;
s(101) + Emma. * 1020; † 8/6 1042. ‡ Winchester.
Co-ruler with Harefoot from 1027 to 1037;
Sole ruler in Denmark from 1035;
King in England from 1040;
No knowledge of marriage.
103 1024 1042-1047 Magnus den Gode;
s Olaf of Norway. † 25/10 1047. ‡ Trondheim.
King of Norway from 1035 or 1036 (Nor.010);
King of Denmark from 1042;
Won the battle of Lyrskov Hede 1043;
No knowledge of marriage.
004 1003 1042-1066 Edward the Confessor;
s of Emma & Ethelred II the Unready.
crowned 3/4 1043; † 5/1 1066.

Edith = Eadgyth; † 1075; sister to (005); d Godwin Earl of Wessex;
no children.

Emma was d Richard I of Normandy, she died 1052.
She m(2) Cnut the Great, and thus Edward became halfbrother to Harthecnut (003/102).
104 1019c 1047-1074 Svend II Estridsøn = Svend Estridsen = Svend den Store = Svend Estrithsen = Svend Magnus Ulfsøn;
s Ulf Jarl and Svend Tveskæg's daughter, Etsrid; b to Abjørn Jarl (see 105); gs (-01);
* 1019c; † 28/4 1074 / 1076 at Søderup Jutland; ‡ Roskilde Trefoldighedskirke St. Lucii.
Vicegerent in Denmark from 1042;
King of Denmark from 1047;

Gunhild; † Sep. 1054/55; m(1) annulled (close related); d Hakon Hlade Jarl's son and widow after Anund Jakob of Sweden (Sw003);
children.
1.   Svend; Crusader; † 1097;

Gyde = Gyda = Jutta m(2); stepdaughter of queen Gunhild and d of Anund Jacob of Sweden;
no children.

Thora m(3) m 1068; unsure of origin, may have been mistress;
no children.

Ellisif m(4); usure of origin, may have been mistress;
no children.

19 illegitimate children, amongst were:
  2.   Harald Hen = Harald Hein (105);
  3.   Knud den Hellige; (106);
  4.   Oluf Hunger (107);
  5.   Erik Ejegod (108);
  6.   Ubbe; declined his election to king 1104;
  7.   Benedict; killed 1086 with brother Knud;
  8.   Biørn = Bjørn; became Duke of Nordalbingien from 1099; † 1100;
  9.   Niels; (109);
10.   Sigrid; (104a); m Gotskalk of Wenden, an Abodritter ruler;
11.   Ingrid; m Olaf III of Norway (Nor.012);
12.   Sven; † 1104; he got:
     a) Henrik Skadelaar, † 1134, who m Ingerid Ragnvaldsdatter, they got:
       i) Buris;
       ii) Knud, Duke of Sønderjylland, † 1162;
       iii) Magnus, † 1161, m Brigida; he was pretender to throne of Sweden;
104a - - Sigrid;
d(104);

Gotskalk of Wenden, an Abodritter ruler; † 1066; his m(2); his first m was to Polish Symbulla;
Ruler of the Wendian state from 1032;
children:
1.   Henrik; ruler of Wendian state from 1105 under the Saxon Duke Magnus; his children and grandchildren became earls of Lolland;

Mother unknown;
2.   Buthue; † 1071; ruler of Wendian state from 1066;
Through his son Niclot and grandson Pribislaw II of Wendia og greatgrandson Henrik Borwin, † 1228, who became ruler of Wendia from 1180 and married Duke Henrik Løve's daughter he became founder of the Mecklenburgian dynasty.
005 1022 1066 Harold II Godwinson
brother to (004) Edward the Confessor's wife, Eadgyth; † 14/10 1066.
King January to October 1066,

Eadgyth; m(1);
child:
1.   Edmund;

Ealdgyth with the Swanneck; m(2);
children:
2.   Harold;
3.   Ulf;
4.   Godwine;
006 1013c
1028c		 1066-1087 William I the Conqueror;
illegitimate s Duke Robert I of Normandy, mother Herleve Fulbert of Falaise; * 1013c, † 9/9 1087; [7464-89]; ‡ Caen, St Stephen's.
Duke from 1027 or 1035 to 1087;
King of England from 14/10 1066, crowned 25/12 1066;

Matilda of Flandern; d Baldwin V of Flanders; m 1051; † 1083;
children:
1.   Robert II duke of Normandy, nicknamed Robert Curthose † 1134/1135;
     also registered in Norman Rulers;
2.   Richard; † c.1075
3.   William (007); † 2/8 1100,
4.   Henry I Beauclerk (008); † 1135
5.   Cicely; † 1126,
6.   Constance; † 1090,
7.   Adeliza;
8.   Adela (006a); m Stephen of Blois and Chartres, † 1137,
      child: Stephen (009);
9.   Agatha.
105 1041c 1074-1080 Harald III Hen;
s(104) illegitimate; * 1040 / 1041; † 17/4 1080; ‡ Dalby Church Skåne;
King of Denmark from 1074 or 1076;

Margrethe; cousin, d Asbjørn Jarl whose mother was Svend Tveskæg's daughter, Estrid;
children:
1.   Daughter; m Skialm Hvide; the couple got Asker Røg of Fjenneslev, † 1154;
     Aker got Esbern Snare, † 1204; and
     Absalon, * 1128, † 1201, bishop in Roskilde from 1158 and Archbishop of Lund from 1178;
106 1043 1080-1086 Knud II Hellige = Knud IV Hellige;
s(104) illegitimate; † 10/7 1086; ‡ Odense Albani / Skt. Knud Cathedral; canonization 19/4 1101.

Edel of Flandern = Adele; † 1115; m 1082; d Robert Friser, -1093.
She m(2) 1092 Duke Roger I of Sicily = Roger Borsa or Robert Bursa;
children:
1.   Karl = Carl Danske; * 1084; † 1127; Duke of Flanders;
travelled with his mother to Flanders after father's murder.
2.   Ingrid = Ingegerd = Inger; m Folke den Tykke = Folke the Fat, founder of Folkungen line;
3.   Cecilie; m Jarl Erik of Gotland, Earl of Falster; they got:
     a) Carl, from c. 1152 Earl of Halland, m d of archbishop Eskil; they got:
       i) Carl;
       ii) Knud;
107 1052 1086-1095 Oluf I Hunger;
s(104); * 1052; † 18/8 1095. Illegitimate s of Svend Estridsen (104);
Duke of Sønderjylland from 1052;
King of Denmark from 1086;

Ingeberd = Ingegerd; d Harald III Hårderåde, Norway;
     She remarried Philip of Sweden;
child:
1.   Magnus; † 1090;
2.   Sven; † 1097;
007 1056 1087-1100 William II Rufus;
† 1/8 1100; ‡ Winchester.
King from 26/9 1087, crowned 27/10 1087;
no children;
108 1056 1095-1103 Erik I Ejegod;
s(104) illegitimate; * 1056; † 10/7 1103 on pilgrimage; ‡ Paphos, Cypern.
King of Denmark from 1095;

Bodil = Bothilde; † 1103; ‡ Josafats Valley near Mount of Olives, Palestine;
d Earl Thorgaard Fagrskinna;
children:
1.   Knud Lavard, Duke South Jutland; * 12/3 1096/1091; † 7/1 1131;
killed in Haraldsted Skov by relatives; ‡ Skt. Bendts in Ringsted.
Promoted to King of the Obotrites by Emperor Lothar III;
   m Ingeborg d of Grossfürst Mstislaw I of Kiev-Novgorod, † 1132, and got:
      a) Valdemar den Store (114);
      b) Margrethe;
      m Stig Hvita (Nor.015);
      c) Malmfred;
      d) Cathrine;
      m Prislaw of the Obotrites (M001-3;

Illegitimate children:
2.   Harald Kesja; * 1080; † 1135; killed by relatives;
     m Ragnhild of Norway (No. 014-7); they got:
     a) Bjørn Jernside, † 1134;
     m Cathrine, d of Inge I of Sweden;
3.   Erik Emune (110);
4.   Ragnhild;
     m Hakon Jyde and got Erik Lam (111).
008 ? 1100-1135 Henry I Beauclerk;
s(006); † 1/12 1135.
King from 5/8 1100, crowned 5/8 1100;

Edith-Matilda of Scotland d Malcolm III of Scotland and St. Margaret; * 1080; m(1) 1100; † 1/5 1118.
children:
1.   Matilda = Maud, (008a) * 1102; † 1164;
      m(1) to German emperor Henry V,
      m(2) 17/6 1128 to Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Earl / Count of Anjou & Maine 1113-1150/1151;
2.   William, * 1103; † 25/11 1120. Drowned in White Ship, m Matilda d Fulk V Count of Anjou.

Adela of Louvain = Lower Lorraine = Adelicia = Adeliza, † 1151; m(2);
   after 1135 she re-m William Earl of Arundel;
No children.

The king acknowledged 8 male and 11 female bastards, mothers unknown to me.
109 1064 1104-1134 Niels;
s(104) illegitimate; † 25/6 1134 murdered; ‡ Schleswig Cathedral.

Margrethe Fredkulla of Sweden; m(1) 1103 or 1105 (her 2nd m); † before c.1130; ‡ Roskilde; d Inge I of Sweden (Sw007);
children:
1.   Inge;
2.   Magnus Nielsen = Magnus Nielson; 1106-1134, elected Swedish king (Sw011) on Gotland from 1129;
     m Polish princess Richiza Swentoslawa, 1106-, d king Boleslaw III Krzywousty of Poland, 1085-1139. They got:
     a) Knud Magnussen; (113);

Ulfhild, † c. 1130; m(2); widow after Swedish King Inge II den yngre (Sw010); her second m;
no children.
110 1090 1134-1137 Erik II Emune;
s(108); † 18/9 1137;

Malmfred of Kiev-Novgorod; m(1) 1132; d Count Mistislav I of Russia, Grand Duke of Kiev; it was her second marriage, her first was to Sigurd I (Nor.016); her mother was sister to Margrethe Fredkulla (see 109);
no children.

Ingegerd; m(2);
no children.

Illegitimate child with mistress Thunna:
1.   Svend III Grathe (112);
009 1097 1135-1154 Stephen;
s(006-8.); † 25/10 1154; ‡ Faversham in Kent.
Count of Boulogne and Mortain;
King from 26/12 1135, crowned 22/12 1135;

Matilda of Boulonge; m 1125; † 1151; ‡ Faversham in Kent.
children:
1.   Eustace, Count of Bologna; † 1152; m Constance sister of Louis VII of Fr.
2.   William, Count of Mortain; † 1159; m Isabella d of William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey,
3.   Mary.
111 1100 1137-1146 Erik III Lam;
ss(108), s Ragnhild and Hakon Jyde; † 27/8 1146; ‡ Skt. Knud Cathedral, Odense.

Lutgard; † 1152; d Rudolph of Salzwedel; m 1144;

legitmate or illegitimate child:
1.   Magnus;
112 1127c 1146-1157 Svend III Grathe;
s(110); † 23/10 1157; ‡ Anonymous in the inner part of Jutland.
Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa presented Svend with Denmark as a fief at the Diet at Merseburg 1152.

Edel = Adelheid d Conrad of Wettin;
child:
1.   Luccardis; † 1188; m and divorced Berthold II of Istrien;
113 1128 1146-1157 Knud III;
s(109-2); † 9/8 1157; Knud is also called No. V by some sources;
co-ruler with (112);
According to [9978p51] Knud III/V's mother was Salome of Berg-Schelklingen by Ulm, Germany;

Sophie of Sweden, † before 1172; m 1156; d Sverker I the Elder (Sw012);
no children;

Illegitimate children:
1.   Niels; † 1180; the Saint of Aarhus;
2.   Knud;
3.   Valdemar Knudsen, * 1157, bishop of Schleswig 1188, † 1236;
4.   Jutta, m Duke Bernhard of Saxony;
5.   Hildegard, m Duke Jarimar of Rügen;
6.   Ingerd, m Duke Casimir II of Pomerania - Demmin;
7.   Daughter, m Duke Bugislaw III of Schlave.
010 1133 1154-1189 Henry II Plantagenet;
s Matilda the d of (008) and Geoffrey Plantagenet; * 5/3 1133; † 6/7 1189;
King 19/12 1154, crowned together with Eleanor;
Count of Anjou from 1151,
Count of Maine from 1151,
Count of Touraine from 1151,
Duke of Normandy from 1151,
Duke of Aquitaine from 1152;

Eleanor of Aquitaine; * 1122; † 1204; m(2) 18/5 1152 to Henry II;
   she was m(1) to Louis VII of France in 1137, divorced 21/3 1152);
   Eleanor was imprisoned by Henry II from 1173 to his death in 1189.
children:
1.   Henry; 1155-1183, crowned 1170; m(1) Margaret † 1198, d of Louis VII of Fr.
2.   Richard I (011); 1157-1199, ruled Aquitaine
3.   Geoffrey; 1158-1185 / 1186, Duke of Brittany,
4.   John (012); 1167-1216.
5.   Maud; m Henry the Lion - Duke of Saxony & Bavaria,
6.   Eleanor; m Alfonso VIII of Castille,
7.   Joan; m(1) William II of Sicily; m(2) Raymond VI of Toulouse.

Eleanor had two daughters, Alice and Mary, by Louis VII.
114 1131 1157-1182 Valdemar I den Store;
ss(108) through Duke Knud Lavard; * 14/1 1131; † 12/5 1182; ‡ Skt. Bendt, Ringsted;

Sofie of Minsk - Novgorod; * 1140; m 23/10 1157; † 1198;
Widowed 1182 and remarried Ludwig of Thüringen, divorced and returned to Denmark; ‡ Skt. Bendt, Ringsted;
children:
1.   Knud IV (115); * 1163; † 1202;
2.   Regitze = Richiza; † 1216 or 1220;
     m 1210 King Erik X Knutsson of Sweden (Sw018);
3.   Valdemar II Sejr; * 21/6 1170c,
4.   Sofie; m 1181 Siegfried of Orlamünde, † 1206;
5.   Ingeborg * 1175c, † 1237;
     m 1193 Philip II of France;
6.   Helene; m 1202 Wilhelm der Dicke of Lüneburg; they got
      a) Otto das Kind, Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg, 1204-1252;
7+8.   2 daughters becoming nuns.

Illegitimate child with Tove:
9.   Christoffer; * 1150; † 1173.
115 1163 1182-1202 Knud IV;
if the two kings called Hardeknud are included, he becomes Knud VI (as HiTo 2/2006 does);
s(114); † 12/11 1202; ‡ Skt. Bendt, Ringsted.

Gertrud of Sachsen; * 1154 † 1/7 1197; ‡ Væ, Skåne; her m(2) 1177;
She was matched with the king in 1171;
d Henry Lion of Sachsen;
her 1st m was Duke Friedrich of Schwaben † 1167.
no children.
011 - 1189-1199 Richard I Lionheart;
s(010); * 1157; † 6/4 1199. ‡ Fontevrault, Fr.
King from 3/9 1189, crowned 3/9 1189;
Goes on 3rd Crusade;

Margaret; * 1158; † 1197; m(1) 1172; d Louis VII of France (Fr.006);

Berengaria of Navarre; m(2) 1191; † after 1216, latest 1230.
No children. Never sat foot on England.

Illegitimate child :
1.   Isabel.
012 1167 1199-1216 John Lackland;
s(010); † 18/10 or 19/10 1216;
King from 27/5 1199, crowned 27/5 1199;
Magna Carta 19/6 1215.

Isabella of Gloucester or Avisa; m (1) 1189, divorced (too close related); re-m Geoffrey de Mandeville; re-m a third time.

Isabella of Angouleme; m (2) 1200; crowned 8th Ides Oct. 1200; re-m Hugh le Brun Count de la March; † 1246 (9/7 1245).
children:
1.   Henry (013) * 1207,
2.   Richard Earl of Cornwall; king of the Romans from 1256; † 1272,
3.   Joan † 1238,
4.   Eleanor † 1275,
5.   Isabella † 1241; m to Frederick II of Germany.
116 1170 1202-1241 Valdemar II Sejr;
s(114); * 21/6 1170; † 28/3 1241; ‡ Skt. Bendt, Ringsted.

Dagmar of Bohemia = Margrethe Dragomir; * 1189c; m (1) 1205; † 24/5 1212 or 1213; ‡ Skt. Bendt, Ringsted;
children :
1.   Valdemar = Valdemar III den Unge, 1209-1231;
     m 1229 Eleanor of Portugal 1211-1231;
2.   Abel (118), 1218-1252

Bengerd of Portugal = Berengaria = Berngerd; d king Sancho I;
m(2) 1214; † 27/3 1221 when giving birth; ‡ Skt. Bendt, Ringsted;
children :
3.   Erik IV Plovpenning (117),
4.   Christoffer I (119),
5.   Sofie, † 1247;
     m Johan I of Brandenburg † 1266.
6.   Niels of Halland; † 1218;
     m 1218 Oda of Schwerin;
7.   Knud of Blekinge; * 1205; † 1260;
013 1207 1216-1272 Henry III;
s(012); † 16/11 1272;
King from 28/10 1216; crowned Gloucester 28/10 1216; crowned Westminster 17/5 1220;

Eleanor of Provence; m 1236; † 25/6 1291; ‡ Greyfriars, London (her heart), Amesbury Nunnery (her body).
children:
1.   Edward (014),
2.   Edmund Earl of Lancaster = Edmund Crouchback † 1296, m Blanche of Artois
3.   Margaret † 1275; m Alexander III of Scotland,
4.   Beatrice † 1275; m John Duke of Brittany.
117 1216 1241-1250 Erik IV Plovpenning;
s(116); † 10/8 1250, murdered Schlien; ‡ Skt. Bendt, Ringsted.

Jutta of Saxony; * 1223c; m 1237 or 1239;
After Erik's death she re-m(2) Burchard of Rosenburg;
children :
1.   Sofie; † 1286; m King Valdemar I of Sweden (Sw022), after her sister Jutta's death;
2.   Ingeborg; † 1287; m Magnus VI Lagabøter of Norway (Nor.030);
3.   Agnes; † 1290;
4.   Jutta; * 1244; † 1284; m King Valdemar I of Sweden (Sw022);
118 1218 1250-1252 Abel;
s(116); † 29/6 1252; ‡ Schleswig Cathedral, later his body was disposed of in a lake on suspicion of being a visiting ghost.

Mechtilde of Holstein; d Count Adolf IV of Holstein; she m(1) 25/4 1237;
she was m(2) to Birger Jarl, regent of Sweden 1250-1266;
children:
1.   Valdemar III, Duke of Sønderjylland; * 1238; † 1257;
2.   Erik I, Duke of Sønderjylland; † 1272;
   m Margrethe and they got
    2a Duke Valdemar IV, † 1312; who
      m(1) Elisabeth of Saxony-Lauenburg, and they got
        2aa Duke Erik II, † 1325; who
        m(2) Adelheid of Holstein and they got:
          2aaa Duke Valdemar V, 1315-1364,
          he became King Valdemar III (123);
          2aab: Helvig who m Valdemar Atterdag;
        2ab Erik; † 1332; m Elisabeth of Holstein;
        2ac Otto;
    2b Erik II Langeben of Langeland;
      m Sofie of Rosenborg;
3.   Abel, 1252-1279.
119 1219 1252-1259 Christoffer I;
s(116); † 29/5 1259; ‡ Ribe Cathedral.

Margrethe Sambiria of Pommerania = Margaretha Sambiria; = Margrethe Sprænghest = Sorte Grethe;
d. of Duke Sambor II of Pommerania; she was * 1230c;
m 1248; regent for Erik (120) until he came of age;
† dec. 1282; ‡ Bad Doberan in the church of the Cistercian monastery.
children:
1.   Mathilde = Mechthilde, † 1299/1300;
     m 1271 Albrecht III markgraf von Brandenburg;
2.   Margrethe † 1306;
     m 1276 Count Johann II of Segeberg of Holstein-Kiel, † 1321;
3.   Erik V Klipping (120);
4   Valdemar; † 1259;
5.   Niels.
120 1249 1259-1286 Erik V Klipping;
s(119); † 22/11 1286; murdered in Finnerup Lade; ‡ Viborg Cathedral.

Agnes of Brandeburg; * 1258; † 1304; ‡ Skt. Bendt, Ringsted; m 1273; d Gerhard of Itzehoe;
she re-m(2) in 1293 to count Gerhard the Blind to Holstein † 1312;
children:
1.   Erik VI Menved (121),
2.   Christoffer II (122),
3.   Valdemar, † 1304, ‡ Sorø;
4.   Margrethe, † 1341;
     m 1298 Birger of Norway (Nor.024);
5.   Richiza = Regitze,
     m Nikolaus II of Werle in Mecklenburg, † 1316; Regitze and Nikolaus got
5a: Sophie of Werle who m Gerhard III of Holstein = Den Kullede Greve, † 1340, killed in Randers by Niels Ebbesøn; ‡ Itzehoe; Sophie got
5aa: Jernhenrik = Henrik II Den Jernhårde of Holstein; * c. 1317; † 1381 or 1412;
   he m Ingeborg of Mecklenburg, 1340-1400, and they got
5aaa: Gert VI = Gerhard who m Elisabeth of Braunschweig and they got
   5aaaa: Gert, † 1423;
   5aaab: Henrik, † 1427;
   5aaac: Adolf VIII 1401-1459 and
   5aaad: Hedvig, 1400-1436, who m Dietrich den Lykkelige of Oldenborg, † 1440; and their son became
   Christian I of Denmark (129). 6.   Kathrine;
7.   Elizabeth;
014 1239 1272-1307 Edward I = Edward Longshanks;
s(013); * 1239; † 7/7 1307.
Participate in the fighting in Outremer until September 1272;
Proclaimed king 20/11 1272; crowned Westminster 19/8 1274;

Eleanor of Castille; m(1) Oct. 1254; † 28/11 1290; d Ferdinand III of Castile & Leon;
children:
1.   Edward (015),
2.   Eleanor; m(1) King Alfonso of Aragon; m(2) Henry Count of Bar,
3.   Joan; m(1) Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester; m(2) Ralph de Monthermer,
4.   Margaret; m John Duke of Lorraine,
5.   Mary; became a nun,
6.   Elizabeth; m(1) John Count of Holland; m(2) Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford & Essex.

Margaret of France; * 1282; m(2) 1299; d Philip III of France; † 1318;
children:
7.   Thomas, Earl of Norfolk † 1338,
8.   Edmund, Earl of Kent; executed 1330.
121 1274 1286-1319 Erik VI Menved;
s(120); † 13/11 1319; ‡ Skt. Bendt, Ringsted.

Ingeborg of Schweden; * c. 1279; † 1319; m 1296; d king Magnus III of Sweden (Sw023);
1318 she entered the convent of Skt. Clara, Roskilde; † 15/8 1319; ‡ Skt. Bendt, Ringsted;
children:
1.   Erik;
2.   Magnus;
3.   Valdemar
A total of 14 children who all died in infancy.
015 1284 1307-1327 Edward II;
s(014) with Eleanor; † 20/1 1327 or Sep 1327;
King 8/7 1307; crowned 25/2 1308; deposed 7/1 1327, last regency date 20/1 1327;

Isabella of France; * 1292; m 25/1 1308; † 1358; d Philip IV of France;
children:
1.   Edward (016),
2.   John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall 1316-1336,
3.   Joan; m King David II Bruce of Scotland,
4.   Eleanor; m Reynald Duke of Gueldres.
122 1276 1319-1326 Christoffer II;
s(120); * 29/9 1276; † 2/8 1332; ‡ Sorø Church.

Eufemia of Pommerania d Bugislaw IV of Pommerania; * 1285c; m before 1307; † 26/7 1330; ‡ Sorø Church;
children:
1.   Margrethe = Elisabeth Margrethe, m Duke Ludwig der Ältere von Brandenburg, 1315-1361;
2.   Erik co-king 1324-1332; † 1332;
3.   Otto,
4.   Agnes,
5.   Hedvig = Helvig,
6.   Valdemar Atterdag (124).
123 1315 1326-1330 Valdemar III; as Duke = Valdemar V
ss(118) = Abel; abdicated 1330; † 1364.

Richardis of Schwerin;
children;
1.   Valdemar;
2.   Henrik; † 1375;
016 1312 1327-1377 Edward III;
s(015); † 21/6 1377;
Initial regent date 25/1 1327; crowned 1/2 1327;
For a period he also holds the title of imperial vicar of the Netherlands given by emperor Ludwig of Bavaria of Holy Roman Empire.

Philippa of Hainault d William Count of Hainault; * 1314; m 24/1 1328; † Aug 1369;
children:
1.   Edward; † 8/6 1376 = Black Prince, m Joan = The Fair Maid of Kent;
2.   Lionel of Antwerp; Duke of Clarence by marriage Earl of Ulster and Connaught; 1336-1368;
      m(1) Elizabeth; 1332-1368; d William de Burgh Earl of Ulster;
      m(2) Violante Visconti, † 1382;
Family tree of Lionel and Elizabeth:
They got:
2a: Philippa; m Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl of March, 1352-1381; and they got:
2aa: Roger Mortimer who m Eleanor, † 1405, d Thomas Holland Earl of Kent and got 4 children of which No. 3 was
2aaa: Anne, who m Richard Earl of Cambridge (016-4.c) and they got:
2aaaa: Richard Duke of York, also called Richard Plantagenet; 1411-1460; killed at Battle of Wakefield; m Cecily, 1415-1495, d Ralph Neville Earl of Westmorland (mentioned under no. 3d.) and got 7 children; the sequence being:
   a) Anne, 1439-1476; m(1) Henry Holland, Duke of Exeter, † 1430; m(2) Thomas St. Leger;
   b) Edward IV (021)
   c) Edmund, Earl of Rutland, 1443-1460;
   d) Elizabeth, 1444-1503c; m John de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, 1442-1491;
   e) Margaret of York, 1446-1503, m Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477.
   f) George, Duke of Clarence, 1449-1478; m Isabel Neville, 1451-1476; they got two children:
      - Edward, Earl of Warwick, 1475-1499, beheaded, last male Plantagenet;
      - Margaret, Countess of Salisbury, 1473-1541; m Richard Pole, † 1505;
   g) Richard III (023);

children of (016) continued:
3.   John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster from 1362 (016c),

m(1) Blanche; d Henry Duke of Lancaster; fathered the Lancaster House by (018) and founded the Tudor monarchy; † 1399,

m(2) Constance; d Pedro I of Castile; by her he got a daughter:
   3a.: Philippa, who m King Joâo I and got four sons, the 3rd was
   3b.: Henry the Navigator,

m(3) Katharine; d Payne Roet of Guienne; she was also called Catherine Swynford as she was the widowed third wife of Hugh Swynford;
   by (3) he had:
   3c.: John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset, † 1410; m Margaret, d Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent;
   they got 5 children; the 2nd was
   3ca.: John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, who m Margaret, d John Beauchamp of Bletsoe, and the couple got
   3caa.: Margaret Beaufort who m Edmund TUDOR, Earl of Richmond, whose mother was Henry V's first wife.
   Edmund Tudor's and Margaret's son became King Henry VIII (025).
   3d.: Jon Beaufort who m Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland, and the couple got Richard, earl of Salisbury and Cecily who m Duke Richard of York.

children of (016) continue:
4.   Edmund / Edward of Langley, Duke of York; * 1341; † 1402;
      m(1) Isabel = Leonora, * 1355; † 1393; m 1372; d Pedro I of Castile; They got
a) Constance, † 1416; m to Thomas le Despenser, Earl of Gloucester; and
b) Edward, Duke of York, 1375-1415, he marrried(1) Beatrice of Portugal * 1373, † after 1409; ad he married(2) Philippa Mohun † 1431; and
c) Richard, Earl of Cambridge, 1375-1415, who m(1) Anne Mortimer (016-2aaa) (died before 1414); and m(2) Maud Clifford, † 1446.
      m(2) Joan Holland, 1380-1434, d Thomas Earl of Kent; † 1402;
5.   Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Gloucester; m Eleanor d Humphrey de Bohun; murdered 1397;
6.   Margaret; m John Hastings Earl of Pembroke;
7.   Joan;
8.   Mary; m John de Montfort Duke of Brittany;
9.   Isabel; m Ingelram de Coucy Earl of Bedford.
124 1320 1340-1375 Valdemar IV Atterdag;
s(122); † 24/10 1375; ‡ Sorø Church.

Helvig of Holstein d Duke Erik II of Schleswig / Holstein; m 1340; entered convent Esrum 1355; † 1374c; ‡ Esrum Klosterkirke;
children:
1.   Christoffer, * 1341-1344; † 1363;
2.   Margrethe,
3.   Ingeborg, 1347-1370; m Heinrich III of Mecklenburg, † 1384; they got:
      Albrecht III / IV; † 1388;
      Ingeborg; abbess at Ribbnitz, † 1408;
      Maria; m Wartislaw VII of Poland - Pomerania and they got Erik VII af Pommern (127); and
      Katharina, † 1416; m Johann of Pfalz, † 1443;
      and their son becomes Christoffer of Bavaria (128);
4.   Katrine,
5.   Valdemar,
6.   Margrethe I (126).
125 1370 1375-1387 Oluf III;
ss(124); s king Håkon VI of Norway and Margrethe (126); * Dec 1370 Oslo; † 3/8 1387; ‡ Sorø Church.
017 1367 1377-1399 Richard II;
ss(016); s Black Prince; † Feb 1400; ‡ Dec 1413 in Westminster.
Regent from 22/6 1377; crowned 16/7 1377; deposed 29/9 1399;

Anne of Bohemia d emperor Charles IV = Karl IV Luxembourg; m(1) 14/1 1382; † 7/6 1394.

Isabella of Valois d Charles VI of France; m(2) 9/3 1396 by proxy; she re-m Duke of Orleans.
No children.
126 1353 1387-1397 Margrethe I;
d(124); ruled Denmark 1387-1397 and Scandinavia 1375-1412; † 28/10 1412; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral.

Håkon VI, King of Norway; m April 1363;
child :
1.   Oluf (125), 1370/1371-1387.
127 1382 1397-1439 Erik VII Pommern;
dds(124); s Duke Vartislav VII of Pommerania and Maria of Mecklenburg a niece to (126); † 1459; ‡ Rügenwalde Kirche = Darlowo (being the Polish name).
King of Denmark, Norway, Sweden from 1397; in Sweden called Erik XIII;
Sole regent of the three countries from 1412;
Deposed 1439;

Philippa of England; d (018); * 4/7 1394; † 6/1 1430; m 26/10 1406; entered convent Vadstena;
no children.
018 1367 1399-1413 Henry IV;
ss(016) through (016c); † 20/3 1413;
King 30/9 1399; crowned 13/10 1399;

Mary of Bohun; d Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford & Essex; m(1) 1380; † 1394;
children:
1.   Henry of Monmouth (019) + Prince of Wales,
2.   Thomas Duke of Clarence, governor of Ireland; m Margaret d Thomas of Holland; † 1421,
3.   John Duke of Bedford, regent of France when Henry VI a child; m(1) Anne d Duke of Burgundy;
      m(2) Jaquetta d Peter of Luxembourg; † 1435,
4.   Humphrey Duke of Gloucester; m Eleanor d Reynald Cobham; † 1447,
5.   Blanche; m Louis Duke of Bavaria,
6.   Philippa; m Erik VII of Pommern, King of Denmark (127),

Joan of Navarre; d King Charles I of Navarre and widow of the Duke of Brittany; m(2) 7/2 1403; † 1437;
no children;
019 1387 1413-1422 Henry V;
s(018); * 1387; † 31/8 1422;
Prince of Wales 1399;
King 20/3 or 21/3 1413; crowned (10/4) 9/4 1413;

Catherine of Valois; m 2/6 1420; crowned 23/2 1421; d Charles VI of France; she remarried 1429 to Owen Tudor and became the foundress of the Tudor House.
child:
1.   Henry (020).
020 1421 1422-1461
and
1470-1471		 Henry VI;
s(019); * 31/8 1422; † - murdered 21-22/5 1471;
King 1/9 1422; crowned 6/11 1429; crowned king of France 16/12 1432;
Came of age to rule 13/11 1437; deposed 4/3 1461,
Restored 13/10 1470, deposed again 11/4 1471;

Margaret of Anjou; m (23/4) 22/4 1445; d René Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence, titular King of Jerusalem;
child:
1.   Edward; * 13/10 1453; Prince of Wales 15/3 1454; m Anne of Warwick; d Richard Neville Earl of Warwick = The Kingmaker; who † 1471 at Battle of Tewkesbury;
Anne m(2) to Richard III (023);
Edward had no children.
128 1416 1440-1448 Christoffer III Bayern = Christopher III of Bavaria;
s Pfalzgraf Johan I of Neumarkt and sister to (127); * 26/2 1416; † 5-6/1 1448; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral.
Crowned king of Sweden Aug. 1441 (Sw030);
Crowned king of Norway 2/7 1442;
Crowned king of Denmark 1/1 1443, crowned in Ribe 1/1 1443;

Dorothea of Brandenburg; * 1430; † 10/11 1495; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral; m(1) 26/10 1445;
she m(2) 28/10 1449 to Christian I (129);
no children in m(1);
129 1426 1448-1481 Christian I of Oldenburg;
s Dietrich of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst (120-5aaad); * 1426; † 21/5 1481 København Castle; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral.
King of Denmark; crowned king of Denmark 28/10 1449;
King of Norway from 1449; crowned king of Norway 1450;
Count of Oldenborg and Delmenhorst from 1440;
King of Sweden 1457 to 1464; crowned king of Sweden 23/6 1457 (Sw032);
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from 1460 as Christian VIII;
Holstein became a duchy from 1474, granted by Emperor Frederick III of the HRE;
Christian's claim for the Danish crown was his being the gr-gr-gr-gr-grandson of (120);

Dorothea of Brandenburg; * 1431; † 10/11 1495; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral; m 28/10 1449; her m(2), after being widowed 5/1 1448 after (128).
children:
1.   Olaf; 1450-1451;
2.   Knud; 1451-1455;
3.   Hans (130); 1455-1513;
4.   Margrethe; * 23/6 1456; † 14/7 1486 or 1487;
     m 13/7 1469 James III of Scotland;
     Orkney & Shetland Islands given as security for her dowry;
5.   Frederik I (132); * 7/10 1471; † 1533.
021 1442 1461-1483 Edward IV;
1st s Richard Duke of York († 1460); † 8/4 or 9/4 1483.
King 4/3 1461, crowned 28/6 1461; deposed 9/10 1470, restored 14/4 1471;

Elizabeth of Woodville; * 1437; † 1492; m 1/5 1464; crowned in May.
children:
1.   Edward (022) - later to be imprisoned in the Tower and never heard of again,
2.   Richard Duke of York - later to be imprisoned in the Tower and never heard of again; † 1483,
3.   Elizabeth Plantagenet; m >Henry VII (024); † 1503,
4.   Mary; 1467-1482,
5.   Cecily m(1) John, Viscount Welles; m(2) Thomas Kyne of Wight,
6.   Anne; m Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk; † 1511,
7.   Katherine; m William Courtenay; † 1527,
8.   Bridget became a nun at Dartford; † 1517.
130 1455 1481-1513 Hans;
s(129); * 2/2 1455; † 20/2 1513; ‡ Odense Gråbrødre Kloster, from 1805 Skt. Knud;
Crowned Swedish king 26/10 1497;

Christine of Sachsen; d Duke Ernst of Sachsen; * 24/12 1461; m 6/9 1478; † 8/12 1521; ‡ Skt. Knud Cathedral, Odense.
children:
1.   Christian II (131); * 1/7 1481; † 1555;
2.   Ernst; died in infancy;
3.   Hans; * 1497; † 1511;
4.   Elizabeth; * 1485; † 1555;
     m Kurfürst Joachim I Nestor of Brandenburg, Hohenzollern dynasty, 1484-1535;
5.   Frans; 1497-1511;

Mistress Edele Jernskæg;
6.   ? son ?
022 1470 1483-1483 Edward V;
s(021); murdered in the Tower.
King 9/4 1483 to 25/6 1483, ruled under protector, the Duke of Gloucester; †
023 1470 1483-1485 Richard III;
b(021); 4th s Richard Duke of York († 1460); † 22/8 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth.
King 26/6 1483;

Anne Neville; † 16/3 1485; d Richard Earl of Warwick; 1st m to Edward, Prince of Wales, s of Henry VI;
child:
1.   Edward, Prince of Wales 8/9 1483, † 9/4 1484.
024 1457 1485-1509 Henry VII;
s Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond; † 21/4 1509;
First king of House of Tudor;
King 22/8 1485; crowned 30/10 1485;
Origin:
   John of Gaunt (016-3.) —> (great-great grandfather);
   s John Beaufort —> (great grandfather);
   s John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset —> (grandfather);
   d Margaret Beaufort (mother) m Edmund Tudor Earl of Richmond (father) s of Owen Tudor and Catherine,
      widow of Henry V.

Elizabeth of York (021-3.); * 1465; m 18/1 1486; crowned 25/11 1488; † 1503.
children:
1.   Arthur; * 1486; † 1502, Prince of Wales; m Catherine of Aragon, she re-m (025), link to Naples;
2.   Henry (025); * 1491; † 1547, Duke of York 1494,
3.   Margaret; * 1489; † 1541;
      m(1) James IV of Scotland;
      m(2) Archibald Douglas Earl of Angus;
      m(3) Henry Stuart Lord Methven,
4.   Mary; * 1496; † 1533, betrothed German emperor, Charles V, 21/12 1507, but
      m(1) king Louis XII Oct. 1514, she was widowed after 11 weeks;
      m(2) Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk, through their d Frances and her husband Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk came dd Jane Grey (027).
025 1491 1509-1547 Henry VIII;
s(024); * 28/6 1491; † 28/1 1547.
King 22/4 1509; crowned 24/6 1509;

A. Catherine of Aragon; * 1485; † 7/1 1536; d Ferdinand II of Aragon;
She m(1) to prince Arthur (024-1.) 14/11 1501;
She m(2) to (025) 11/6 1509; divorced, and she left palace 11/7 1531, m declared void 23/5 1533;
children :
1.   son died 3 days old;
2.   Mary (028); * 8/2 1516.

B. Anne Boleyn; * 1507; m 25/1 1533; crowned 1/6 1533; † 19/5 1536 executed;
child :
3.   Elizabeth (029); * 7/9 1533.

C. Jane Seymour; * 1509; m 30/5 1536; † 24/10 1537 in childbirth;
child :
4.   Edward (026); * 12/10 1537.

D. Anne of Cleves; * 1515; m 6/1 1540; divorced (annulled 9/7 1540); † 1557;
no children ;

E. Catherine Howard; * ? ; m 28/7 1540; † 13/2 1542 executed;
no children ;

F. Catherine Parr; * 1512; her 1st m Lord Latimer; 2nd m 12/7 1543 to Henry; 3rd m to Lord Thomas Seymour 1547 as his 6th wife. † 1548 after child birth;
no living children ;
131 1481 1513-1523 Christian II;
s(130); * 1/7 or 2/7 1481; † 25/1 1559; ‡ Gråbrødre Kloster, Odense, from 1805 Skt. Knud Cathedral, Odense;

Isabella of Burgund = Elisabeth of Austria = Elizabeth of Habsburg;
* 18/7 1501; † 19/1 1526; ‡ 10/10 1883, moved from Zwijnaerde by Ghent to Skt. Knud Cathedral, Odense.
d archduke and king Philip I of Castilien, 1478-1506, and Juana die Wahnsinnige; Isabella was sister to Emperor Charles V of Habsburg;
She m 11/6 1514 by proxy, m 12/8 1515 to the king;
children :
1.   Hans; * 21/2 1518 † 11/8 1532;
2.   Maximilian + Philip; * 4/7 1519 died after baptism;
3.   Philip;
4.   Dorothea; * 10/11 1520 † 1580;
     m Kurfürst Friedrich II of Pfalz, -1586; no children;
5.   Christine; * 1521 † 10/12 1590;
     m(1) Duke Franz II Sforza of Milano; † 1535;
     m(2) Duke Franz of Lorraine; † 1545;
6.   Son; * 1523 † 1523.
132 1471 1523-1533 Frederik I;
King of Denmark and Norway, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein;
s(129); * 7/10 1471; † 10/4 1533 at Gottorp Castle; ‡ Schleswig Cathedral; Duke of Gottorp until king.

Anna of Brandenburg; * 27/8 1487; m(1) 10/4 1502; † 3/5 1514; ‡ Bordesholm Convent Church, Holstein; d Johann of Brandenburg;
children :
1.   Christian III (133); * 12/8 1503;
2.   Dorothea; * 1/7 1526; † 11/4 1547;
     m Duke Albrecht I of Prussia, 1490-1568; no children.

Sophie of Pommern; * 1498; crowned 13/8 1525; † 13/5 1568; ‡ Schleswig Cathedral; m(2) 9/10 1518;
     d Duke Bugislaw X of Pomerania;
children :
3.   Hans den Ældre, Duke; * 29/6 1521; † 2/10 1580;
     no children; See Duchy of Slesvig-Holstein;
4.   Elisabeth; * 14/10 1524; † 15/10 1586;
     m(1) Duke Magnus, † 1551;
     m(2) Ulrich of Mecklenburg;
     they got:
     a) Sophie, 1557-1631 who m her cousin Frederik II;
5.   Adolf; * 25/1 1526; † 1/10 1586;
     founding father to the Gottorp dukes;
6.   Anna; * 1528; † 4/6 1535;
7.   Dorothea; * 1528; † 11/11 1575;
     m Duke Christoffer of Mecklenburg, 1537-1592;
8.   Frederik; * 1529; † 27/10 1556, became bishop of Slesvig - Lübeck, later of Hildesheim.
133 1503 1534-1559 Christian III;
s(132); * 12/8 1503; † 1/1 1559 at Koldinghus; ‡ Odense, Skt. Knud, 1578/1581 transferred to Roskilde Cathedral;
King of Denmark from 1534;
Crowned 1537;
King of Norway;
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein;

Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg; * 9/7 1511; m 1525, † 7/10 1571; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral from 1581; d Duke Magnus II of Saxe-Lauenburg;
children :
1.   Anna * 25/11 1532; † 1/10 1585;
     m 1548 August of Saxony * 1526; they got:
     15 children, 4 survived childhood;
2.   Frederik; (134) *1/7 1534;
3.   Magnus; * 26/8 1540; † 18/3 1583;
     became Duke/King of Kurland / Lifland and
     m Marie of Russia, 1560-1597;
4.   Hans den Yngre; * 25/3 1545; † 9/10 1622;
5.   Dorothea; * 29/6 1545/46; † 6/1 1617;
     m 1561 Duke Wilhelm of Braunschweig-Lüneburg / Celle, 1535-1592;
     they got (at least) 7 children, one was
     Duke Georg von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, 1582-1641.
     His d with Anna-Eleanore von Hessen, Sophie-Amalie
     married King Frederik III (136).
026 1537 1547-1553 Edward VI;
s(025) + Jane Seymour; * 1537; † 6/7 1553;
King 28/1 1547; crowned 20/2 1547;
027 1537 1553 Jane Grey;
d of (024-4.); great niece of Henry VIII; † 12/2 1554 executed;
Queen 10/7 1553; regnal year counts from 6/7; deposed 19/7 1553;

Lord Guildford Dudley; s of Earl of Warwick / Duke of Northumberland; m 21/5 1553;
no children ;

From Jane's sister, Catherine Grey, who m Edward Seymour Earl of Hertford - and from Henry VIII's sister Margaret, who m(2) to Archibald Douglas, came the queen mother Elizabeth † 2002.
028 1516 1553-1558 Mary I = Bloody Mary;
d(025) and Catherine of Aragon; † 17/11 1558;
Queen 19/7 1553 to 24/7 1554; Mary and Philip co-ruler 25/7 1554 to 17/11 1558;
Regnal year counts from 6/7 1553 - from the death of Edward VI;

Philip II of Spain; m 25/7 1554; king of Spain 1556-1598, s Emperor Charles V 1519-1556;
no children ;
029 1533 1558-1603 Elizabeth I;
d(025) and Anne Boleyn; queen 17/11 1558; crowned 15/1 1559; † 24/3 1603;
no children ;
134 1534 1559-1588 Frederik II;
s(133); * 1/7 1534; † 4/4 1588 at Antvorskov; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral.
King of Denmark and Norway,
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein;

Sofie of Mecklenburg = Sophie von Mecklenburg; * 4/9 1557; m 20/7 1572; † 4/10 1631; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral; d Frederik I's d Elisabeth and Ulrich von Mecklenburg;
children :
1.   Elisabeth; * 25/8 1573; † 19/7 1626;
     m Duke Heinrich Julius von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, 1564-1613;
2.   Anna; * 12/12 1574; † 2/3 1619; ‡ Westminster;
     m 23/11 1589 James VI of Scotland, from 1603 also James I of England (030);
3.   Christian IV (135); * 12/4 1577;
4.   Ulrik; Duke, Bishop Schleswig & Schwerin; * 30/12 1578; † 27/3 1624;
     ‡ Roskilde Cathedral; m Catharine von Hahn;
5.   Augusta; * 8/4 1580; † 5/2 1639;
     m Duke Johan Adolf of Gottorp-Oldenburg, 1575-1616
6.   Hedvig; * 5/8 1581; † 26/11 1641;
     m Christian II af Sachsen, 1583-1611;
7.   Hans; * 26/7 1583; † 28/10 1602 in Moscow; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral from 1637.
135 1577 1588-1648 Christian IV;
s134; * 12/4 1577; king 4/4 1588; † 28/2 1648 at Rosenborg Castle; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral.
King of Denmark and Norway,
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein;
Regency council rules in his name in Denmark and Schleswig during infancy;
In Schleswig, Christian had a co-ruler, Duke Filip, s Duke Adolf, and also under minimum age. Filip died Oct 1590 and was replaced by his brother Johan Adolf;

Anna Cathrine of Brandenburg = Anna Catharine; * 26/6 1575; m 27/11 1597; † 29/3 1612; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral; d Prince Joachim Frederik of Brandenburg;
children :
1.   Frederik; *1599; † 1599;
2.   Christian V; * 10/4 1603; † 2/6 1647;
     m 5/10 1634 to Magdalena Sibylla of Sachsen 1617-1668; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral; no children;
3.   Sofie; * 1605; † 1605;
4.   Elisabeth; * 16/3 1606; † 14/10 1608;
5.   Frederik III; (136) * 18/3 1609; † 9/2 1670;
6.   Ulrik; * 2/2 1611; † 12/8 1633; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral from 1642.

Kirsten Munk to »left hand« * 6/7 1598; m Dec 1615; † 19/4 1658;
children :
  7.   Anna Cathrine; * 10/8 1618; † 20/8 1633; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
     she was engaged to Rigshovmester Frantz Rantzau, † 1632;
  8.   Sofie Elisabeth; * 20/9 1619; † 29/4 1657;
     m Count Christian Pentz
  9.   Eleonora Christine; * 8/7 1621; † 16/3 1698; ‡ Maribo Cathedral;
     m Corfitz Ulfeldt, 1606-1664; they had five children;
10.   Valdemar Christian to Tåsinge; * 26/6 1622; † 26/2 1656;
11.   Elisabeth Augusta; * 28/12 1623; † 9/8 1677;
     m Hans Lindenow, * 1616; † 1659;
12.   Frederik Christian; * 1625; † 1627;
13.   Christiane; * 15/7 1626; † 1670;
     m Hannibal Sehested, * 1609; † 1666;
14.   Hedvig; * 15/7 1626; † 5/10 1678;
     m Ebbe Ulfeldt, † 1682;
15.   Marie Cathrine; * 1628; † 1628;
16.   Dorothea Elisabeth; * 1/9 1629; † 18/3 1687; became a nun;
- -   Two children died during birth.

Illegitimate children with:
Kirsten Madsdatter:
17.   Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve; * 1611; † 1640;

Karen Andersdatter:
18.   Dorothea Elisabeth; * 1613; † 1615;
19.   Hans Ulrik Gyldenløve; * 1615; † 1645;

Vibeke Kruse:
20.   Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve; * 7/4 1630; † 11/12 1658;
21.   Elisabeth Sofie; * 1633; † 20/1 1654.
030 1566 1603-1625 James I = James VI of Scotland;
Related to Henry VII of the Stuart family through his daughter Margaret; † 27/3 1625.
King of Scotland from 1567; crowned 25/7 1603;
King of England from 24/3 1603;

Anne of Denmark; d(134); * 12/12 1574; m 23/11 1589; crowned queen in May 1590; † 2/3 1619; ‡ Westminster;
children:
1.   Henry Frederick; Prince of Wales; † 1612;
2.   Charles (031); * 1600;
3.   Elizabeth; † 1662; m 14/2 1613 Frederick V Elector Palatine, Rhineland; King of Bohemia;
     grandparents to George I through daughter.
031 1600 1625-1649 Charles I;
King 27/3 1625; crowned in Scotland 18/6 1633; † 30/1 1649 executed;

Henrietta Maria of France; d Henry IV of France; m 1/5 1625 by proxy, lands in Dover 12/6 1625; † 1669.
children :
1.   Charles II (032); * 29/5 1630; † 1685;
2.   James II (033); * 1633; † 1701;
3.   Henry Duke of Gloucester; * 1639; † 1660;
4.   Mary; * 1631; m 1641 William II of Orange; † 1660; parents to William III (034)
5.   Elizabeth; * 1635; † 1650,
6.   Henrietta Anne; * 1644; m Philip of Orleans; † 1670.
136 1609 1648-1670 Frederik III;
* 18/3 1609; † 9/2 1670; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
King of Denmark and Norway,
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein,
Count of Oldenborg and Delmenhorst;

Sofie Amalie of Braunschweig-Lüneburg * 24/3 1628; m 1/10 or 18/10 1643; † 20/2 1685; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
d Duke Georg von Braunschweig-Lüneburg;
children :
1.   Christian V (137); * 15/4 1646;
2.   Anna Sofie; * 1/9 1647; † 1/7 1717;
     m Johan Georg III, Duke of Saxony, † 1691;
3.   Frederikke Amalie; * 11/4 1649; † 30/10 1704;
     m Duke Christian Albrecht of Gottorp, 1641-1694;
4.   Vilhelmine Ernestine; * 20/6 1650; † 23/4 1706;
     m Palatine - Karl of Pfalz, 1651-1685; no children;
5.   Frederik; * 11/10 1651; † 14/3 1653;
6.   Jørgen; * 21/4 1653; † 8/11 1708,
     m Anne of York (035) 28/7 1683; † 8/11 1708; ‡ Westminster;
7.   Ulrikke Eleonora; * 11/9 1656; † 26/7 1693;
     m 6/5 1680 King Karl XI of Sweden, 1655-1697 (Sw043);
8.   Dorthea Juliane; * 16/11 1657; † 15/5 1658;

Illegitimate children with :
Margrethe Pape, friherreinde of Løvendahl:
9.   Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve; * 1638; † 17/4 1704;
m(1) Sophie Urne, † 1714; they got:
     a) Carl Løvendal;
     b) Ulrich Frederik Valdemar Løvendal / Gyldenløve; who got a daughter, Charlotte Amalie Danneskiold-Samsøe who became mother to Frederikke Louise (Glück. B04); which does not correspond with (137-8);
m(2) Marie Grubbe - no children;
m(3) Antoinette Aldenburg; d Anton of Aldenburg;
--- --- 1649-1660 Commenwealth. Cromwell's time.
Kingship was abolished 17/3 1649.
Council of State formed 16/2 1649.
The first Council of State was dissolved 20/4 1653.
The second Council of state was formed 29/4 1653 and governed to 16/12 1653.
Oliver became lord Protector 16/12 1653 and functioned a such to his death date 3/9 1658.
Richard Cromwell continued from his fathers death until 24/5 1659.
Parliament took over from 24/5 1659 to 5/5 1660 when Charles II was proclaimed king.
032 1630 1660-1685 Charles II;
s030; * 29/5 1630; † 6/2 1685;
Proclaimed king in Scotland 5/2 1649. Crowned in Scotland 1/1 1651.
Proclaimed king in Jersey 16/2 1649.
Proclaimed king in England 5/5 1660;
Arrived in London 29/5 1660. Crowned 23/4 1661.
Counted regnal year from 30/1 1649 - the execution day of his father.

Catherine of Braganza; d Joan IV of Portugal; m 21/5 1662; † 1705.
child:
   James Scott, Duke of Monmouth; * 1649; † 1685.
137 1646 1670-1699 Christian V;
s136; * 15/4 1646; † 25/8 1699 København Castle; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral 19/10 1699;
King of Denmark and Norway,
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein,
Count of Oldenborg and Delmenhorst;

Charlotte Amalie of Hessen-Kassel; * 27/4 1650; m 25/6 1667; † 27/3 1714;
     d Margrave Wilhelm VI of Hessen-Kassel;
children :
1.   Frederik IV (138); * 11/10 1671;
2.   Christian Vilhelm; * 1672; † 1673;
3.   Christian; * 25/3 1675; † 27/6 1695;
4.   Sofie Hedvig; * 28/8 1677; † 13/3 1735;
5.   Karl; * 26/10 1680; † 8/7 1729;
6.   Christiane Charlotte; died in infancy;
7.   Vilhelm; * 21/2 1687; † 23/11 1705.

Maitresse Sofie Amalie Moth (from 1676), 1677 Countess of Samsø;
illegitimate children :
8.   Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø * 28/2 1674; † 16/7 1703;
     m Sophie Amalie Moth; they got:
     a) Frederikke Louise Danneskiold-Samsøe; * 1699; † 1744; (Glück. B04); which does not correspond with (136-9b);
9.   Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø, general-admiral * 24/6 1678; † 8/12 1719;
10. + 11.   Two daughters died in infancy;
12.   Christiane Gyldenløve * 7/7 1672; † 12/9 1689.
033 1633 1685-1688 James II;
s031; * 14/10 1633; † 6/9 1701;
Duke of York;
King 6/2 1685;
Abdicated 11/12 1688;
Deposed 13/2 1689;

Anne Hyde; d Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon; m(1) 1660; exiled 1688-1701; † 1671;
children:
1.   Mary (033), m William of Orange 4/11 1677;
2.   Anne (035); m Prince Jørgen 28/7 1683.

Mary of Modena; d Alfonso III Duke f Modena; m(2) 23/11 1673; † 1718;
children:
- -   five daughters and one son lost in infancy;
1.   James Francis Edward, the old pretender; * 10/6 1688; † 1766. Recognized 1702 as king James III by French king Louis XIV.
James's son with Mary Clementina, Charles, is the young pretender.
2.   Louisa; * 1692; † 1712.
--- --- 1688-1689 Interregnum 12/12 1688 to 12/2 1689.
034 1650 1689-1702 William III = William of Orange1;
* 4/11 1650; † 8/3 1702;
Landed Torbay 4/11 1688; proclaimed king 13/2 1689 together with queen Mary;

1 William was s William II of Orange and Mary, sister to Charles II and James II.

Mary II; * 30/4 1662; m 4/11 1677; queen regent 13/2 1689; † 28/12 1694; king sole ruler until 1702;
no living children;
138 1671 1699-1730 Frederik IV
s(137); * 11/10 1671; † 12/10 1730 at Odense Castle; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
King of Denmark and Norway from 25/8 1699;
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein;
Count of Oldenborg and Delmenhorst;

Louise of Mecklenburg; * 28/8 1667; m(1) 5/12 or 15/12 1695; † 15/3 1721; ‡ 2/4 1721 Roskilde Cathedral; d Duke Gustav Adolf of Mecklenburg-Güstrow;
children :
1.   Christian; * 1697; † 1698;
2.   Christian VI (139); * 30/11 1699;
3.   Frederik Karl; * 1701; † 1702;
4.   Georg; * 1704; † 1704;
5.   Charlotte Amalie; * 6/10 1706; † 28/10 1782.
6.   Christiane Amalie;
7.   Frederik Christian;
8.   Carl

Elisabeth Helene Vieregg * 4/5 1679; m(2) to left hand 1703 (when still married to the queen). † 27/6 1704 giving birth to:
child :
9.   Frederik Gyldenløve; * 1704; † 1704/5.

Charlotte Helene von Schindel, *1690; † 1752; mistress 1709c.
Gave 1710 birth to daughter who died in infancy.

Anna Sofie Reventlow; * 16/4 1693; m(3) to left hand 26/6 1712 and still married to the queen. Married her to right hand 4/4 1721; † 7/1 1743; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral; d Counselor Count Konrad Reventlow;
children :
- -   Two boys died in infancy.
10.   Karl † 1729. Not recognised by all sources. May be the same as No. 8.
035 1665 1702-1714 Anne;
d(033); * 6/2 1665; † 1/8 1714;
Queen regent 8/3 1702; crowned 23/4 1702;
Act of Settlement 1701 - if William and Mary or Anne had no heir, then the Hanoverians were next in line.
Regency Act 1706 - Interregnum, act to secure government between Anne's death and George's arrival.
Act of Union 1707 Scotland and England forming one kingdom, Great Britain. First UK Parliament 23/10 1707.

Jørgen = George, Prince of Denmark; s(136); * 21/4 1653; m 28/7 1683; † 28/10 or 28/11 1708; ‡ Westminster;
children:
1.   William, Duke of Gloucester; * 1689; † 30/7 1700;

Anne had 18 pregnancies from 1683 to 1700. Five children were born alive; only William survived infancy to die when 11.
036 1660 1714-1727 George I Ludwig;
Great-grandson of (030); * 28/5 1660; † 11/6 1727 at Osnabrück;
King of England from 1/8 1714; arrived with (037) 18/9 1714;
Crowned 20/10 1714;
Electoral Prince of Hannover from 1698;
Duke of Celle from 1705;

origin:
James I's d Elizabeth m Frederick of Rhine and Bohemia;
their d Sophia (of 11 children) m Ernest Augustus Elector of Hanover † 1698;
their eldest of 7 was George.
George became heir to the throne of England when his mother, Sophia, died 30/5 1714.

Sophia Dorothea of Zell (Celle); * 1666; d George William Duke of Brunswick & Celle; m 1682 (cousins); divorced 1692/1694; † 1726;
children:
1.   George (037); * 1683; prince of Wales 27/9 1714;
2.   Sophia Dorothea; * 1687; † 1757; m Frederick William I of Prussia;.
037 1683 1727-1760 George II;
s(036); * 1683; † 25/10 1760;
King 11/6 1727; proclaimed in London 15/6 1727; crowned 11/10 1727;
UK adopt the Gregorian calendar 3-13/9 1752;

Caroline of Brandenburg-Anspach; * 1683; d Johann Frederick Margrave of Brandenburg-Anspach; m 1705; † 1737;
children :
1.   Frederick Louis (Lewis); * 1707; † 1751; Prince of Wales 8/1 1729; m Augusta of Saxe-Gotha 1736; † 1772;
      a) Frederick and Augusta's children were:
      b) Augusta; 1737-1813;
      c) George (038); 1738-1820;
      d) Edward Augustus, duke of York; 1739-1767;
      e) Elizabeth; 1741-1759;
      f) William Henry, duke of Gloucester; 1743-1805;
      g) Henry Frederick, duke of Cumberland; 1745-1790;
      h) Louisa Anne; 1749-1768;
      i) Frederick William; 1750-1765;
      j) Caroline Mathilda; 1751-1775; m Danish Christian VII (141);

2.   William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765,
3.   Anne; m William IV Prince of Orange; † 1759,
4.   Amelia; † 1786,
5.   Caroline; † 1757,
6.   Mary; † 1722,
7.   Louise; * 18/12 1724; m Frederik V (140); † 19/12 1751;
139 1699 1730-1746 Christian VI
King of Denmark and Norway, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Count of Oldenborg and Delmenhorst;
s(138); * 30/11 1699; king 1730; † 6/8 1746 at Hirschholm; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;

Sofie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach = Sophie Magdalene af Brandenburg-Culmbach-Wewerlingen; * 28/11 1700; m 7/8 1721; † 27/5 1770; d Margrave Christian Heinrich of Brandenburg-Culmbach;
children :
1.   Frederik V; * 31/3 1723 (140);
2.   Louise; * 19/10 1726; † 1756; m Ernst Frederik-Karl of Kursachsen, † 1780;
140 1723 1746-1766 Frederik V;
s(139); * 31/3 1723; † 14/1 1766 Christiansborg; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
King of Denmark 6/8 1746;
King of Norway 1746 to 1766;
Duke of Schleswig and Holstein;
Count of Oldenborg and Delmenhorst;

Louise of England; d(037); * 18/12 1724; † 19/12 1751 during childbirth; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral; d George II of England;
m(1) 10/11 1743, preliminary, and 11/12 1743, final;
children :
1.   Christian; * 1745; † 1747;
2.   Sofie Magdalene; * 3/7 1746; † 21/8 1813; m 1/10 1766 King Gustav III of Sweden, 1746-1792 (Sw048);
3.   Vilhelmine Caroline; * 10/7 1747; † 14/1 1820; m 1/9 1766 Wilhelm I of Hessen, 1743-1821;
4.   Christian VII; (141); * 29/1 1749;
5.   Louise; * 30/1 1750; † 12/1 1831; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
     m 30/8 1766 Landgraf Karl of Hessen, 1744-1836, field-marshal and regent of Schleswig Holstein; brother to Wilhelm of Kassel; they got:      a) Louise Caroline, 1789-1867, m to Duke Frederik Vilhelm Paul Leopold of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksborg, 1785-1831, Danish Major-general; they got:
        i) Christian IX;
     b) Marie Sofie Frederikke, 1767-1852,
       m cousin King Frederik VI;
     c) Frederik, Margrave of Hessen, * 1771; regent Schleswig-Holstein 1836-1842/1845; Juliane Marie of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel; * 4/9 1729; † 10/10 1796; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral; m(2) 8/7 1752;
children :
6.   Frederik; * 11/10 1753; † 1805; heir presumptive;
     regent with state council 1772-1784 while Frd. VI (142) is under age.
     m 21/10 1774 Sofie Frederikke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; * 1758; † 1794; d Prince Ludwig of M-S.
     They got:
     a) Christian VIII (143);
     b) Juliane Sophie; † 1850; m Prince Wilhelm of Hessen-Philipsthal † 1834;
     c) Louise Charlotte; † 1864; m Margrave Wilhelm of Hessen-Kassel † 1867;
         they got:
         i) Marie Louise Charlotte; † 1895; m Prince Frederik August of Anhalt-Dessau † 1864;
         ii) Louise Wilhelmine Frederikke Karoline Auguste Julie, * 1817, † 1898;
         m Christian IX (145);
         iii) Frederik Wilhelm Georg Adolf, † 1884; m (1) Alexandra, d Emperor Nikolaj I of Russia;
         m(2) Anna, † 1918; d Prince Karl of Prussia;
         iv) Augusta Sofie, † 1889; m Carl Baron Blixen-Finecke, † 1873;
     d) Frederik Ferdinand; * 1792; † 1863; m Caroline † 1881, d King Frederik VI (142);

Illegitimate children:
with Madam Hansen:
7.-   4 daughters, 1 son.
038 1738 1760-1820 George III;
ss(037); * 1738; † 29/1 1820; Mental collapse 5/11 1788 (2nd); recovers 19/2 1788; regency bill 5/2 1811;
King 25/10 1760; crowned 22/9 1761;
King of Hanover from 1815;

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; * 1744; m 8/9 1761; †17/11 1818; d Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz;
children :
1.   George (039) * 12/8 1762;
2.   Frederick, Duke of York & Albany * 1763; † 1827; m Frederica † 1820;
      d Frederick Wilhelm II of Prussia,
3.   William, Duke of Clarence (040); * 1765;
4.   Charlotte, Princess Royal; 1766-1828; m Frederick I king of Würtemburg,
5.   Edward, Duke of Kent & Strathearn (038e); 1767-1820; m Mary Louisa Victoria of Saxe Coburgh;
      Saalfeld; parents to Victoria (040); Mary L. Victoria was d Francis Duke of Saxe-C & S.,
     her m(1) was to Emich Prince of Leiningen,
6.   Augusta; 1768-1840;
7.   Elizabeth; 1770-1840; m Frederick Landgrave Hesse-Homburg,
8.   Ernest, Duke of Cumberland; 1771-1851; King of Hannover from 1837-1851;
     m Frederica Caroline of Mecklenburg Strelitz 1778-1841, d Charles Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-S;
     Frederica's m(1) was to Prince Frederick of Prussia;
     her m(2) to Prince Frederick of Solms-Braunfels,
9.   Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex; 1775-1843; m twice privately against the Royal Marriage Act
     m(1) Augusta Murray;
     m(2) Cecilia Underwood created Duchess of Inverness,
10.   Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge; 1774-1850;
     m Augusta of Hesse-Cassel † 1889;
     d Frederick Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel; their d Mary Adelaide †
     1897 m Francis Duke of Teck † 1900;
     Their d Mary † 1953 m King George V (043),
     Adolphus also got Duke George of Cambridge and Augusta;
11.   Mary; 1776-1857;
     m William Frederick Duke of Gloucester & Edinburgh,
12.   Sophia; 1777-1848;
13.   Octavius; 1779-1783;
14.   Alfred; 1780-1782;
15.   Amelia; 1783-1810;
141 1749 1766-1808 Christian VII;
s(140); * 29/1 1749; † 13/3 1808; ‡ 16/7 1814 Roskilde Cathedral;
King 14/1 1766;

Caroline Mathilde of England; d(037-1j); * 22/7 1751; m 8/11 1766; imprisoned 17/1 1772; divorced 6/4 1772; left Denmark 31/5 1772; † 10/5 1775 in Celle;
children:
1.   Frederik VI (142); * 28/1 1768;
2.   Louise Augusta; * 7/7 1771 - fathered by Struensee.
     She m Frederik Christian of Augustenborg, 1765-1814; they got:
       a) Karoline Amalie, m Christian VIII (143);
142 1768 1808-1839 Frederik VI;
s(141); * 28/1 1768; † 3/12 1839; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
Regent from 1784;
King from 13/3 1808;

Marie Sofie Frederikke of Hessen-Kassel; * 28/10 1767; † 21/3 1852;
m 31/7 1790; crowned 31/7 1815; d Karl of Hessen, regent of Schleswig-Holstein;
children:
1.   Son; † 1791;
2.   Marie Louise; * 1791; † 1792/3;
3.   Caroline Mathilde; * 28/10 1793; † 31/3 1881;
     m Prince Frederik Ferdinand of Glücksborg (140-6d), 1792-1863;
4.   Child; † in infancy;
5.   Child; † in infancy;
6.   Child; † in infancy;
7.   Child; † in infancy;
8.   Vilhelmine Maria; * 18/1 1808; † 1891;
     m(1) Frederik VII (144);
     m(2) Carl of Glücksburg, b(145);

Illegitimate children with:
Bente Mortensdatter Rafsted = Fru Dannemand;
  9.   Louise Frederikke; * 1810; † 1888;
     m Kaptajn Wilhelm Zachariæ;
10.   Caroline; * 1812; † 1844;
     m Major Adolf Frederik Schack Brockdorff;
11.   Frederik Vilhelm Dannemand; * 1812; † 1888; lensgreve;
     m(1) Francisca von Scholten, 1820-1844;
     m(2) Louise Schulin, 1815-1884;
12.   Frederik Valdemar Dannemand; * 1819/20; † 1835.

Mistress Caroline Seuffert, Austrian actres, 1798-1891;
039 1762 1820-1830 George IV;
s(038); * 1762; † 26/6 1830;
King 29/1 1820; crowned 19/7 1821;

Maria Anne Fitzherbert; * 1756; † 1837; m (widow) 21/12 1785; invalid under the Royal Marriage Act (married without king's consent); connection denied by groom before 1795; connection resumed after 1795 with pope's consent; finally abandoned 1803;

Caroline Amelia Elizabeth of Brunswick; * 1768; d Charles II of Brunswick; m 8/4 1795; cases of adultery, divorce etc. because of king's hatred, queen dismissed from Westminster; † 8/8 1821;
children:
1.   Charlotte, Princess of Wales; * 7/1 1796; dies in childbirth 6/11 1817; no living heir after George III and IV. m 1816 to King Leopold of Belgium, former prince of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.
040 1765 1830-1837 William IV;
s(038); * 1765; † 20/6 1837;
King 26/6 1830; crowned 8/9 1831;

Adelaide Saxe-Meiningen; * 1792; m 1818; d Duke George of Saxe-Meiningen;
children:
1.   Charlotte; * 1819; † 1819;
2.   Elizabeth; * 1820; † 1821;
041 1819 1837-1901 Alexandrina Victoria;
d Edward, Duke of Kent (038-5); * 1819; † 1901;
Queen 1837; crowned 28/6 1838;
Empress of India 1876;
She lost Hanover, as only male heirs could be accepted. Hanover went to uncle Ernest, Duke of Cumberland.

Albert of Saxe Coburg Gotha; * 1819; m 1840; Prince Consort; † 1861;
children:
1.   Victoria, Princess Royal;
     m Frederick III of Germany; † 1901,
2.   Albert Edward (042);
3.   Alice; † 1878;
     m Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse;
4.   Alfred, Duke of Edingburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; † 1900,
     m Maria Grand Duchess; † 1920;
     d Alexander II of Russia,
5.   Helena;
     m Duke Kristian of Schleswig-Holstein; † 1923,
6.   Louise;
     m Marquis of Lorne; † 1939;
     m John D. S. Campbell Duke of Argyll,
7.   Arthur; Duke of Connaught & Strathearn; † 1942;
     m Louisa of Prussia,
8.   Leopold; Duke of Albany; † 1884;
     m Princess Helen of Waldeck,
9.   Beatrice; † 1944;
     m Prince Henry of Battenberg.
143 1786 1839-1848 Christian VIII;
s(140-6); * 18/9 1786; † 20/1 1848; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
Father was Prince Frederik, 1753-1805 (140-6), mother Sophie Frederikke von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1758-1794;
King from 3/12 1839;
Elected King of Norway from 17/5 1814 until October 1814.

Charlotte Frederikke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; cousin to the king;
     * 4/12 1784; † 13/7 1848 in Rome; ‡ behind St Peter's, Rome;
     m(1) 21/6 1806; divorced 31/3 1810 caused by the queen's infidelity;
     lived in Horsens to 1829; d grandduke Frederik Franz of Mecklenburg-Schwerin;
children :
1.   Frederik VII (144); * 6/10 1808;
2.   Jomfru Fanny, 1805-1881;

Caroline Amalie of Schleswig - Holstein - Sønderborg - Augustenborg, (141-2a); * 28/6 1796; d duke Friedrich Christian of Augustenborg and d Caroline Mathilde / Struense;
     m(2) 22/5 1815; † 9/3 1881; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
no children.
144 1808 1848-1863 Frederik VII;
s(143); * 6/10 1808; † 15/11 1863; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral; The last of 16 kings of the Oldenburg family.
king 20/1 1848;

Vilhelmine Maria; d(142) and "half-aunt" to the king; * 18/1 1808; † 30/5 1891;
m(1) 1/11 1828; separated 1834; divorced 1837 of personal reasons;
she remarried 19/5 1838 Karl of Glücksborg, b(145);
no children.

Caroline Charlotte Mariane of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; * 10/1 1821; † 1/6 1876;
m(2) 10/6 1841; she returned to Germany in 1844 because of the king's connection with L. C. Rasmussen;
divorced 30/9 1846; d Grandduke George Karl Frederik Josef of Mecklenburg-Strelitz;
no children.

Louise Christine Rasmussen; m to the left hand; * 21/4 1815; † 6/3 1874 in Genua;
m 7/8 1850 in Frederiksborg Castle Church favoured at the same date with the title Lensgrevinde Danner = countess Danner;
no children.
145 1818 1863-1906 Christian IX;
Descendant from (133), First of the Glücksborg family;
* 8/4 1818; † 29/1 1906 Amalienborg; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
Father Wilhelm of Glücksburg, 1785-1831; mother Louise, 1789-1867;
Became crown prince elected 1853;
King 15/11 1863;

Louise Vilhelmine Frederike Caroline Auguste Julie of Hessen-Kassel; sdd(140); * 7/9 1817; m 26/5 1842; † 29/9 1898; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
children:
1.   Frederik VIII (146); * 3/6 1843;
2.   Alexandra; * 1/12 1844; † 1925;
     m 10/3 1863 to Edward VII (042);
3.   Christian Vilhelm Ferdinand Adolf Georg; * 24/12 1845;
     King of Greece 30/3 1863 as Georg I of Greece;
     m Olga, * 1851; d Prince Konstantin of Russia;
4.   Dagmar; * 26/11 1847; † 16/10 1928;
     m 9/11 1866 to Alexander III, czar from 1881;
5.   Thyra; * 29/9 1853; † 26/2 1933;
     m 21/12 1878 Ernest August II of Hannover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland 1845-1923;
     they got six children, two sons died young:
     a) Marie Louise, 1879-1948;
       m 1900 Prince Max von Baden;
     b) Alexandra, 1882-1963;
       m 1904 Grandduke Friedrich Franz IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin;
     c) Ernst August, 1887-1953;
       m Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, 1892-1980, d Emperor Wilhelm II;
6.   Valdemar; * 27/10 1858; † 14/1 1939;
     m 20 or 22/10 1885 to Marie of Orleans, 1865-1909; they got
     a) Axel, 1888-1964 who
       m Margaretha of Sweden (Sw054-3);
042 1841 1901-1910 Edward VII;
s(043); * 9/11 1841; † 6/5 1910;
Prince of Wales 7/12 1841;
King 22/1 1901;

Alexandra, d145; * 1/12 1844; m 10/3 1863; † 20/11 1925;
children:
1.   Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence & Avondale; 1864-1892
2.   George, (043); * 1865; First king of House of Windsor,
3.   Louise, Princess Royal; 1867-1931; m Alexander Duff Duke of Fife,
4.   Victoria; 1868-1935,
5.   Maud; 1869-1938; m Prince Charles of Denmark = Haakon VII of Norway from 1905,
6.   Alexander; 1871-1871.
146 1843 1906-1912 Frederik VIII;
s(145); * 3/6 1843; † 14/5 1912 Hamburg; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
King 29/1 1906;

Louise of Sweden / Norway; d Carl XV of Sweden; * 31/10 1851; m 28/7 1869; † 20/3 1926; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
children.
1.   Christian; * 26/9 1870; (147);
2.   Carl; * 3/8 1872; † 21/9 1957; m 22/7 1896 to Maud of England 1869-1938, d(042); elected king of Norway 12-13/11 1905; as Haakon VII;
3.   Louise; * 17/2 1875; † 4/4 1906; m 5/5 1896 to prince Friedrich of Schaumburg-Lippe;
4.   Harald; * 8/10 1876; † 30/3 1949;
     m 28/4 1909 to Helena of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg; d Duke Frederik Ferdinand of Glücksborg (Glyk.H09-3);
5.   Ingeborg; * 2/8 1878; m 27/8 1897 to prince Carl of Sweden; † 12/3 1958;
6.   Thyra; * 14/3 1880; † 2/11 1945;
7.   Gustav; * 4/3 1887; † 5/10 944;
8.   Dagmar; * 23/5 1890; † 11/10 1961; m 23/11 1922 to Jørgen Castenskiold of Kongstedlund.
043 1865 1910-1936 George V;
s(042); * 1865; † 20/1 1936;
King 6/5 1910;

Mary of Teck = Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes of Teck dd(038-10.); * ; m 6/7 1893; † 1957;
children:
1.   Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary, Princess Royal; 1897-1963; m Earl of Harewood, Henry Lascelles,
2.   Edward; * 1894; (044)
3.   George; * 1895; (045)
4.   Henry Duke of Gloucester; * 1900; † 1974; m 1935 Princess Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott;
     d John Charles Duke of Buccleuch,
5.   George Duke of Kent; * 1902; † 1942; m 1934 Princess Marina;
     d Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark,
6.   John; 1905-1919.
147 1870 1912-1947 Christian X;
s(146); * 26/9 1870; king 14/5 1912; † 20/4 1947; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;

Alexandrine; * 24/12 1879; m 26/4 1898 in Cannes; † 28/12 1952; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
Daughter of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin;
children:
1.   Frederik; 11/3 1899; (148);
2.   Knud; * 27/7 1900; † 14/6 1976;
     m 8/9 1933 Caroline Mathilde, dbs(146); they got:
     a) Elisabeth; * 1935; unmarried;
     b) Ingolf; * 1940; married no children;
     c) Christian; * 1942; married, got children;
044 1894 1936-1936 Edward VIII;
s(043); * 1894; † 28/5 1972;
King 20/1 1936; abdicated 11/12 1936;
Duke of Windsor from 12/12 1936;

Wallis Simpson = Bessie Wallis Warfield; * 1895/1896; her m(3) 3/6 1937; † 1952; her m(1) was 1916 to E. W. Spence, divorced 1927; her m(2) was 1928 to E. A. Simpson, divorced 1936;
no children;
045 1895 1936-1952 George VI;
s(043); * 1895; † 6/2 1952;
King 11/12 1936;

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon; * 1900; m 26/4 1923; † 2002; d Claude, Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne,
children:
1.   Elizabeth; (046); * 1926,
2.   Margaret; * 1930; † 2002; m(1) 1960 to Antony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon * 1930; divorced 1978.
     children:
     David Viscount Linley; * 1961,
     Sarah; * 1964.
148 1899 1947-1972 Frederik IX;
s(147); * 11/3 1899; † 14/1 1972; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
King 20/4 1947;

Ingrid of Sweden; d Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden; * 28/3 1910; m 24/5 1935; † 7/11 2001; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral;
children.
   Margrethe; * 16/4 1940; (149)
   Benedikte; * 29/4 1944; m 3/2 1968 Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg;
   Anne Marie; * 30/8 1946; m 18/9 1964 ex-king Konstantin II of Greece.
046 1926 1952- Elizabeth II;
d(045); * 1926;
Queen 6/2 1952;

Philip, Duke of Edingburgh; * 1921; m 20/11 1947;
children :
1.   Charles; * 1948;
     m(1) 1981 Diana Spencer * 1961 and † 1997; divorced in 1996;
     m(2) 2005 Camilla Parker-Bowles, Duchess of Cornwall;
     children:
     a) William; * 1982;
     b) Henry; * 1984;
2.   Ann; * 1950;
     m(1) 1973 Mark Philips; divorced 1992;
     m(2) 1992 to Tim Laurence * 1955;
     children of m(1) :
     a) Peter; * 1977,
     b) Zara; * 1981;
3.   Andrew Duke of York (from 1986); * 1960;
      m 1986 Sarah Ferguson; divorced 1996,
     children:
     a) Beatrice of York; * 1988;
     b) Eugenie of York; * 1990;
4.   Edward Earl of Wessex; * 1964;
     m 19/6 1999 Sophie Rhys-Jones, Countess of Wessex, * 20/1 1963;
     Louise Windsor, * 8/11 2003;
     James Alexander Philip Theo, Viscount Severn, * 17/12 2007;
149 1940 1972- Margrethe II;
d(148); * 16/4 1940;
Queen 14/1 1972;

Henrik de Laborde de Montpezat, Prince Consort; * 11/6 1934; m 10/6 1967;
children :
1.   Frederik; * 26/5 1968;
     m May 2004; Mary Donaldson = Crown Princess Mary;
     children :
     a) Christian Valdemar Henri John; * 15/10 2005;
     b) Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe; * 21/4 2007;

2.   Joachim; * 7/6 1969;
     m(1) 18/11 1995 Alexandra Christina Manley * 1964 =
     Alexandra Princess of Danmark, divorced 8/4 2005;
     She became Countess of Frederiksborg when she remarried 2007.
     children in m(1) :
     a) Nicolai; * 28/8 1999;
     b) Felix; * 22/7 2002.

     m(2) 24/5 2008 Marie Cavallier, pPrincess Marie of Denmark and countess of Montpezat, * 6/2 1976


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Opdateret d. 11.6.2009.
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