List of princesses of Denmark
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This is a list of Danish princesses from the establishment of hereditary monarchy by Frederick III in 1648. Individuals holding the title of princess would usually also be styled "Her Royal Highness" (HRH) or "Her Highness" (HH).
List of Danish princesses since 1648
[edit]Not a Danish princess by birth but created a princess of Denmark |
Portrait | Name | Born | Died | Royal lineage | Notes |
Anna Sophie | 1 September 1647 | 1 July 1717 | Daughter of Frederick III and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg | Married John George III, Elector of Saxony, on 9 October 1666, widowed in 1691. | |
![]() | Frederica Amalia | 11 April 1649 | 30 October 1704 | Daughter of Frederick III and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg | Married Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp on 24 October 1667, widowed in 1695. |
![]() | Wilhelmine Ernestine | 21 June 1650 | 22 April 1706 | Daughter of Frederick III and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg | Married Charles II, Elector Palatine on 20 September 1671, widowed in 1685. |
![]() | Ulrika Eleonora | 11 September 1656 | 26 July 1693 | Daughter of Frederick III and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg | Married Charles XI, King of Sweden on 6 May 1680. |
Dorothea | 16 November 1657 | 15 May 1658 | Daughter of Frederick III and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg | Died in infancy. | |
![]() | Sophia Hedwig | 28 August 1677 | 13 March 1735 | Daughter of Christian V and Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel | Died unmarried. |
Christiane Charlotte | 18 January 1679 | 24 August 1689 | Daughter of Christian V and Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel | Died unmarried. | |
Mary | 2 June 1685 | 8 February 1687 | Granddaughter of Frederick III and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg | Also a princess of Great Britain by birth. Died in infancy. | |
Anna Sophie | 12 May 1686 | 2 February 1687 | Granddaughter of Frederick III and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg | Also a princess of Great Britain by birth. Died in infancy. | |
Mary | 14 October 1690 | 14 October 1690 | Granddaughter of Frederick III and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg | Also a princess of Great Britain by birth. Died in infancy. | |
![]() | Charlotte Amalie | 6 October 1706 | 28 October 1782 | Daughter of Frederick IV and Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow | Died unmarried. |
Christiane Amalie | 23 October 1723 | 7 January 1724 | Daughter of Frederick IV and Anne Sophie Reventlow | Died in infancy. | |
Louise | 19 June 1724 | 20 December 1724 | Daughter of Christian VI and Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach | Died in infancy. | |
![]() | Louise | 19 October 1726 | 8 August 1756 | Daughter of Christian VI and Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach | Married Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen on 1 October 1749. |
![]() | Sophia Magdalena | 3 July 1746 | 21 August 1813 | Daughter of Frederick V and Louise of Great Britain | Heir presumptive to the throne of Denmark 3 June 1747 – 29 January 1749. Married Gustav III, King of Sweden on 1 October 1766, widowed in 1792. |
![]() | Wilhelmina Caroline | 10 July 1747 | 14 January 1820 | Daughter of Frederick V and Louise of Great Britain | Married William I, Elector of Hesse on 1 September 1764. |
![]() | Louise | 20 January 1750 | 12 January 1831 | Daughter of Frederick V and Louise of Great Britain | Married Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel on 30 August 1766. |
![]() | Louise Auguste | 7 July 1771 | 13 January 1843 | Daughter of Christian VII and Caroline Matilda of Great Britain | Married Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg on 27 May 1786, widowed in 1814. |
Juliana Marie | 2 May 1784 | 28 October 1784 | Granddaughter of Frederick V and Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | Died in infancy. | |
![]() | Juliane Sophie | 18 February 1788 | 9 May 1850 | Granddaughter of Frederick V and Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | Married Princess Wilhelm of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld on 22 August 1812, widowed 1834. |
![]() | Louise Charlotte | 30 October 1789 | 28 March 1864 | Granddaughter of Frederick V and Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | Married Prince William of Hesse-Kassel on 10 November 1810; mother of Queen Louise. |
Marie Louise | 19 November 1792 | 12 October 1793 | Daughter of Frederick VI and Marie of Hesse-Kassel | Died in infancy. | |
![]() | Caroline | 28 October 1793 | 31 March 1881 | Daughter of Frederick VI and Marie of Hesse-Kassel | Married Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, on 1 August 1829, widowed 1863. |
Louise | 21 August 1795 | 7 December 1795 | Daughter of Frederick VI and Marie of Hesse-Kassel | Died in infancy. | |
Juliana Louise | 12 February 1802 | 23 February 1802 | Daughter of Frederick VI and Marie of Hesse-Kassel | Died in infancy. | |
Frederikke Marie | 3 June 1805 | 14 July 1805 | Daughter of Frederick VI and Marie of Hesse-Kassel | Died in infancy. | |
![]() | Vilhelmine Marie | 18 January 1808 | 30 May 1891 | Daughter of Frederick VI and Marie of Hesse-Kassel | First Marriage Prince Frederick of Denmark on 1 November 1828, divorced in 1837. Second Marriage Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg on 19 May 1838, widowed in 1871. |
![]() | Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia | 1 December 1844 | 20 November 1925 | Daughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | Born a princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, created a Danish princess in 1853. Married Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India, on 10 March 1863, widowed in 1910. |
![]() | Marie Sophie Frederikke Dagmar | 26 November 1847 | 13 October 1928 | Daughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | Born a princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, created a Danish princess in 1853. Married Alexander III, Emperor of Russia on 9 November 1866, widowed in 1894. |
![]() | Thyra Amalie Caroline Charlotte Anna | 29 September 1853 | 26 February 1933 | Daughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | Married Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, on 21/22 December 1878, widowed in 1923. |
![]() | Alexándra | 30 August 1870 | 24 September 1891 | Granddaughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | Also a princess of Greece by birth. Married Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia on 17 June 1889. |
![]() | Louise Caroline Josephine Sophie Thyra Olga | 17 February 1875 | 4 April 1906 | Daughter of Frederik VIII and Louise of Sweden | Married Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe on 5 May 1896. |
![]() | María | 3 March 1876 | 14 December 1940 | Granddaughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | Also a princess of Greece by birth. First Marriage Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia on 30 April 1900, widowed in 1919 Second Marriage Perikles Ioannidis on 16 December 1922. |
![]() | Ingeborg Charlotte Caroline Frederikke Louise | 2 August 1878 | 12 March 1958 | Daughter of Frederik VIII and Louise of Sweden | Married Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland on 27 August 1897, widowed in 1951. |
![]() | Thyra Louise Caroline Amalie Augusta Elisabeth | 14 March 1880 | 2 November 1945 | Daughter of Frederik VIII and Louise of Sweden | Died unmarried. |
Ólga | 7 April 1880 | 2 November 1880 | Granddaughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | Also a princess of Greece by birth. Died in infancy. | |
![]() | Dagmar Louise Elisabeth | 23 May 1890 | 11 October 1961 | Daughter of Frederik VIII and Louise of Sweden | Married Jørgen Castenskjold on 23 November 1922 |
![]() | Margrethe Françoise Louise Marie Helene | 17 September 1895 | 18 September 1992 | Granddaughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | First Roman Catholic Danish princess since the Reformation. Married Prince René of Bourbon-Parma on 9 June 1921, widowed in 1962. |
![]() | Helen | 2 May 1896 | 28 November 1982 | Great-granddaughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | Also a princess of Greece by birth. Married Carol II, King of Romania on 10 March 1921, divorced in 1928. |
![]() | Olga | 11 June 1903 | 16 October 1997 | Great-granddaughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | Also a princess of Greece by birth. Married Prince Paul of Yugoslavia on 22 October 1923, widowed in 1976. |
![]() | Irene | 13 February 1904 | 15 April 1974 | Great-granddaughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | Also a princess of Greece by birth. Married Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta on 1 July 1939, widowed in 1948. |
![]() | Elizabeth | 24 May 1904 | 11 January 1955 | Great-granddaughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | Also a princess of Greece by birth. Married Carl Theodor, Count of Toerring-Jettenbach on 10 January 1934. |
![]() | Margaríta | 18 April 1905 | 24 April 1981 | Great-granddaughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | Also a princess of Greece by birth. Married Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, on 20 April 1931, widowed in 1960. |
![]() | Theodora | 30 May 1906 | 16 October 1969 | Great-granddaughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | Also a princess of Greece by birth. Married Berthold, Margrave of Baden on 17 August 1931, widowed in 1963. |
![]() | Marina | 13 December 1906 | 27 August 1968 | Great-granddaughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | Also a princess of Greece by birth. Married Prince George, Duke of Kent, on 29 November 1934, widowed in 1942. |
![]() | Eugénie | 10 February 1910 | 13 February 1989 | Great-granddaughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | Also a princess of Greece by birth. First Marriage Dominik Rainer Radziwiłł on 30 May 1938, divorced in 1946. Second Marriage Raimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino on 28 November 1949, divorced in 1965. |
Feodora Louise Caroline-Mathilde Viktoria Alexandra Frederikke Johanne | 3 July 1910 | 17 March 1975 | Granddaughter of Frederik VIII and Louise of Sweden | Married Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe on 9 September 1937, widowed in 1974. | |
![]() | Cecilie | 22 June 1911 | 16 November 1937 | Great-granddaughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | Also a princess of Greece by birth. Married Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse on 2 February 1931. |
![]() | Caroline-Mathilde Louise Dagmar Christine Maud Augusta Ingeborg Thyra Adelheid | 27 April 1912 | 12 December 1995 | Granddaughter of Frederik VIII and Louise of Sweden | Married Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark on 8 September 1933, widowed in 1976. |
![]() | Katherine | 4 May 1913 | 2 October 2007 | Great-granddaughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | Also a princess of Greece by birth. Married Richard Brandram on 21 April 1947, widowed in 1994. |
![]() | Sophie | 26 June 1914 | 24 November 2001 | Great-granddaughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | Also a princess of Greece by birth. First Marriage Prince Christoph of Hesse on 15 December 1930, widowed in 1943. Second Marriage Prince George William of Hanover on 23 April 1946. |
![]() | Alexandrine-Louise Caroline-Mathilde Dagmar | 12 December 1914 | 26 April 1962 | Granddaughter of Frederik VIII and Louise of Sweden | Married Count Luitpold of Castell-Castell on 22 January 1937, widowed in 1941. |
![]() | Alexandra | 25 March 1921 | 30 January 1993 | Great-great-granddaughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | Also a princess of Greece by birth. Married Peter II, King of Yugoslavia on 20 March 1944, widowed in 1970. |
Elisabeth Caroline-Mathilde Alexandrine Helena Olga Thyra Feodora Estrid Margrethe Désirée | 8 May 1935 | 19 June 2018 | Granddaughter of Christian X and Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Died unmarried. | |
![]() | Sofía Margarita Victoria Federica | 2 November 1938 | Great-great-granddaughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | Also a princess of Greece by birth. Married Juan Carlos I, King of Spain on 14 May 1962. | |
![]() | Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid later, Margrethe II | 16 April 1940 | Daughter of Frederik IX and Ingrid of Sweden | Styled as "Princess Margrethe of Denmark" until her succession in 1972 as Margrethe II. Married Henri de Laborde de Monpezat on 10 June 1967, widowed in 2018. | |
![]() | Irene | 11 May 1942 | Great-great-granddaughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | Also a princess of Greece by birth | |
![]() | Benedikte Astrid Ingeborg Ingrid | 29 April 1944 | Daughter of Frederik IX and Ingrid of Sweden | Married Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg on 3 February 1968, widowed in 2017. | |
![]() | Anne-Marie Dagmar Ingrid | 30 August 1946 | Daughter of Frederik IX and Ingrid of Sweden | Married Constantine II, King of the Hellenes on 18 September 1964. | |
![]() | Alexía | 10 July 1965 | Great-great-great-granddaughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | Also a princess of Greece by birth. As Greece abolished the monarchy in 1973, she now only claims the title in pretense, although she was legally a princess of Greece from her birth until 1973. Daughter of Anne-Marie. Married Carlos Morales Quintana on 9 July 1999. | |
![]() | Theodóra | 9 June 1983 | Great-great-great-granddaughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | Also a princess of Greece by birth. As Greece abolished the monarchy in 1973, she only claims the title in pretense. Daughter of Anne-Marie. | |
![]() | María Olympía | 25 July 1996 | Great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | Also a princess of Greece by birth. As Greece abolished the monarchy in 1973, she only claims the title in pretense. | |
![]() | Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe | 21 April 2007 | Granddaughter of Margrethe II and Henri de Laborde de Monpezat | Additionally created Countess of Monpezat on 30 April 2008. | |
![]() | Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda | 8 January 2011 | Granddaughter of Margrethe II and Henri de Laborde de Monpezat | Additionally Countess of Monpezat by birth. | |
![]() | Athena Marguerite Françoise Marie | 24 January 2012 | Granddaughter of Margrethe II and Henri de Laborde de Monpezat | Lost her title of princess 1 January 2023.[1] Additionally Countess of Monpezat by birth. |
References
[edit]- ^ "Changes in titles and forms of address in the Royal Family". The Royal House. Retrieved 12 January 2022.