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Knud
Hereditary Prince of Denmark
Knud in 1935
Born(1900-07-27)27 July 1900
Sorgenfri Palace,Lyngby-Taarbæk,Copenhagen,Denmark
Died14 June 1976(1976-06-14)(aged 75)
Copenhagen,Denmark
Burial
Roskilde Cathedral
Spouse
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(m.1933)​
IssuePrincess Elisabeth
Count Ingolf of Rosenborg
Count Christian of Rosenborg
Names
Knud Christian Frederik Michael
HouseGlücksburg
FatherChristian X of Denmark
MotherAlexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark(Knud Christian Frederik Michael; 27 July 1900 – 14 June 1976) was a member of theDanish royal family,the younger son and child ofKing Christian XandQueen Alexandrine.

From 1947 to 1953, he washeir presumptiveto his older brother,King Frederik IX,and would have succeeded him as king following his death in January 1972 had it not been for a change in theDanish Act of Successionthat replaced him with his niece,Queen Margrethe II.

Early life

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King Christian X,Queen Alexandrineand their two sons,Crown Prince Frederikand Prince Knud in1912.

Prince Knud was born on 27 July 1900 at his parents' countryresidence,theSorgenfri Palace,located on the shores of the smallriverMølleåeninKongens Lyngbynorth ofCopenhagenon the island ofZealandinDenmark,during the reign of his great-grandfatherKing Christian IX.[1]His parents werePrince Christian of Denmark,son of the heir apparentCrown Prince Frederik of Denmark,andAlexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.Knud's only sibling,Prince Frederik,had been born one year before him.[1]

Christian IX died on 29 January 1906, and Knud's grandfather succeeded him as Frederik VIII. Six years later, on 14 May 1912, Frederik VIII died, and Knud's father ascended the throne as Christian X.

As was customary for princes at that time, Knud started a military education and entered thenaval college.[2]

Engagement and marriage

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Princess Caroline-Mathlde of Denmark.

On 27 January 1933, at the age of 32, Prince Knud was engaged to his first cousin, the 20-year-oldPrincess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark.[3]Princess Caroline-Mathilde was the second daughter ofPrince Harald of DenmarkandPrincess Helena of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg,and their fathers were brothers. The wedding was celebrated on 8 September 1933 at the chapel ofFredensborg PalaceinNorth Zealand,Denmark.[1]

After the wedding, they were given a side wing ofSorgenfri Palace,Prince Knud's childhood home, as theirresidence.[4]Here they created a home for their three children:Princess Elisabeth(born in 1935),Prince Ingolf(born in 1940) andPrince Christian(born in 1944).[2]

The couple lived the rest of their lives at Sorgenfri Palace. In 1944, Prince Knud inheritedEgelund HousenearFredensborginNorth Zealandfrom his uncle,Prince Gustav of Denmark,which the couple then used as their summer residence until the hereditary prince sold it to theDanish Employers' Associationin 1954.[5]In 1952, Prince Knud also inherited his parents' holiday residenceKlitgaardeninSkageninNorth Jutlandfrom his mother,Queen Alexandrine,which the couple then used as their holiday home, and which remained in the family's possession until 1997.[6]

Heir presumptive

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On 20 April 1947, Christian X died, and Knud's brother Frederick succeeded to the throne as Frederik IX. Since Frederik IX had fathered no sons and theDanish Act of Successionat the time followed the principle ofagnatic primogeniture,Prince Knud becameheir presumptiveand first in line to succeed his brother as king.

Frederik IX had, however, fathered three daughters. In 1953, theAct of Successionwas amended to follow the principle ofmale-preference primogeniture.The new law made Frederik IX's thirteen-year-old daughterMargrethethe new heir presumptive, placing her and her two sisters before Knud and his family in the line of succession.

Later life and legacy

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King Frederik IX died in 1972 and was succeeded by his daughter Queen Margrethe II. Prince Knud died inGentofteon 14 June 1976. He was buried atRoskilde Cathedral.His widow died on 12 December 1995.

In 1953 a students' home in Frederiksberg was named "Arveprins Knuds Kollegium" in honor of Prince Knud. At the time, Prince Knud was protector of Sydslesvigsk Studie- og Hjælpefond (Study and relief fund ofSouthern Schleswig),(seeDanish minority of Southern Schleswig), an area that could be considered the birthplace of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, the royal family of which Knud was a part.

ThePrincess Caroline-Mathilde AlpsinGreenlandwere named by the 1938–39Mørkefjord Expeditionin his wife's honour for Prince Knud had been the patron of the expedition.[7]

The popular saying “En gang til for Prins Knud” ( “One more time for Prince Knud” ) is sometimes used when repeating or clarifying because the interlocutor is a bit slow-witted or didn't immediately grasp something.[8]The expression was first used in an article by Bent Thorndahl in the Copenhagen newspaperPolitikento describe the November 24, 1958 premiere, at theFalkoner CenterinFrederiksberg,of the ballet “Det Forsinkede Stævnemøde” ( “The postponed rendezvous” ). Prince Knud and Princess Caroline Mathilde had sat in the former royal loge at the far left of the hall (i.e., stage right), but one especially memorable scene had not been fully visible from where they had sat. The ballet director, Ingvar Balduin Blicher-Hansen (1911–1995) persuaded the ballet ensemble to re-enact the scene for the royal couple. The following year,Birgitte Reimer,at the theatricalrevueknown asCirkusrevyen,performed a song,[9]written by Erik Leth to a tune bySven Gyldmark,which immortalized Prince Knud, somewhat unfairly mocking him as supposedly being a dullard: “Så ta'r vi den en gang til for Prins Knud.” ( “Now we'll do it one more time for Prince Knud.” )[10]

Issue

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Honours

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Danish and Icelandic honours[11]
Foreign honours[11]

Ancestors

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See also:Descendants of Christian IX of Denmark

References

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Citations

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  1. ^abcEngelstoft 1937,p. 581.
  2. ^abBech 1981.
  3. ^Engelstoft, Povl (1934)."Caroline-Mathilde"(PDF).In Engelstoft, Povl; Dahl, Svend (eds.).Dansk Biografisk Leksikon(in Danish). Vol. 3 (2. ed.).Copenhagen:J.H. Schultz Forlag.p. 544.
  4. ^Henriksen, Mette (10 September 2022)."Arveprinsesse Caroline-Mathilde".Sjællandske Nyheder(in Danish).Retrieved11 February2024.
  5. ^"Slottet – Egelund Slot"(in Danish).Egelund Slot.Retrieved7 February2024.
  6. ^"Om Klitgaarden"(in Danish).Klitgaarden Refugium.Retrieved7 February2024.
  7. ^"Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland".Geological Survey of Denmark.Retrieved18 June2016.
  8. ^[1],Den Danske Ordbog. Accessed 5 April 2021.
  9. ^Birgitte Reimer,Ørkenens Sønner: Een gang til for prins Knud - Gyllegården.Accessed 5 April 2021.
  10. ^Bo Børresen,Det var i Falkonersalen, at man første gang 'tog den én gang til for Prins Knud'( "It was in the Falkoner hall that they first did ‘one more time for Prince Knud’,” 2 September 2020,Frederiksberg Liv, Ugeavisen.Accessed 5 April 2021.
  11. ^abKongelig Dansk Hof-og Statskalendar (1963)(in Danish), "De Kongelig Danske Ridderordener", p. 17
  12. ^Elenco dei Cavalieri dell'Ordine supremo della Santissima Annunziata
  13. ^Mouran, H. (5 March 1936)."ORDONNANCES SOUVERAINES"(PDF).JOURNAL DE MONACO.p. 7.Retrieved14 June2023.
  14. ^"Den kongelige norske Sanct Olavs Orden",Norges Statskalender for Aaret 1930(in Norwegian), Oslo: Forlagt av H. Aschehoug & Co. (w. Nygaard), 1930, pp. 993–994 – via runeberg.org
  15. ^"Sveriges Statskalender (1940), II, p. 7"(in Swedish).Retrieved2018-01-06– via runeberg.org.
  16. ^Royal Thai Government Gazette(23 February 1929)."พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์"(PDF)(in Thai). Archived fromthe original(PDF)on March 4, 2016.Retrieved2019-05-08.{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal=(help)

Bibliography

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  • Bech, Claus (1981)."Knud (arveprins)".In Cedergreen Bech, Svend (ed.).Dansk Biografisk Leksikon(in Danish). Vol. VIII (3rd ed.). Copenhagen:Gyldendal.
  • Bramsen, Bo (1992).Huset Glücksborg. Europas svigerfader og hans efterslægt[The House of Glücksburg. The Father-in-law of Europe and his descendants] (in Danish) (2nd ed.). Copenhagen: Forlaget Forum.ISBN87-553-1843-6.
  • Lerche, Anna; Mandal, Marcus (2003).A royal family: the story of Christian IX and his European descendants.Copenhagen: Aschehoug.ISBN9788715109577.
  • Engelstoft, Povl (1937)."Knud"(PDF).In Engelstoft, Povl; Dahl, Svend (eds.).Dansk Biografisk Leksikon(in Danish). Vol. XII (2nd ed.). Copenhagen:J.H. Schultz Forlag.p. 581.
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