Danish royal family
family consisting of close relatives of the monarch of Denmark
The Danish royal family is the dynastic family of the monarch of Denmark. While some members of the Danish royal family hold the title of Prince(ss) of Denmark, descendants of Margrethe II of Denmark additionally bear the title Count(ess) of Monpezat. Children of the monarch are accorded the style of His/Her Royal Highness. The King and Queen are styled Majesty.
Through his mother, Margrethe II, King Frederik X and his descendants belong to the House of Glücksburg, which is a branch of the royal House of Oldenburg. Margrethe II's children and male-line descendants also belong agnatically to the Laborde de Monpezat family, and were given the concurrent title Count/Countess of Monpezat by royal decree on 30 April 2008.
The Danish royal family receives remarkably high approval ratings in Denmark, ranging between 82% and 92%.
Main members
The Danish royal family includes:
King Frederik X and Queen Mary (the King and his wife)
Crown Prince Christian (the King's son)
Princess Isabella (the King's daughter)
Prince Vincent (the King's son)
Princess Josephine (the King's daughter)
Queen Margrethe II (the King's mother)
Prince Joachim and Princess Marie (the King's brother and sister-in-law)
Count Nikolai (the King's nephew)
Count Felix (the King's nephew)
Count Henrik (the King's nephew)
Countess Athena (the King's niece)
Princess Benedikte (the King's aunt)
Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes (the King's aunt)
Family tree of members
Note
* Extended members include the Greek royal family
Members of the extended royal family
Royal family of Greece
Most of the members of the deposed royal family of Greece hold the title of Prince or Princess of Greece and Denmark with the qualification of His or Her Highness, pursuant to the Royal Cabinet Order of 1774 and as agnatic descendants of George I of Greece, who, as the son of the future King Christian IX of Denmark, was (and remained) a "Prince of Denmark" prior to his accession to the throne of Greece in 1863. Until 1953, his dynastic male-line descendants remained in Denmark's order succession. However, no Danish act has revoked usage of the princely title for these descendants, neither for those living in 1953, nor for those born subsequently or who have since married into the dynasty.
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