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Happy Birthday to Queen Margrethe of Denmark! The eldest daughter of King Frederik IX of Denmark and Princess Ingrid of Sweden, Queen Margrethe II was born just a week after Denmark was occupied by Nazi Germany. She is the elder sister of Princess Benedikte of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Queen Anne Marie of Greece as well as the first cousin of King Carl Gustaf of Sweden and the Haga Princesses. In 1953, her father, by then King Frederick XI, altered the constitution to allow women to succeed to the throne and appointed her Heiress Presumptive, after a referendum. In 1967, then Crown Princess Margrethe married French Count Henri de Laborde de Monpezat. The couple had two children, now Crown Prince Frederick and Prince Joachim . In January 1972, she succeeded her father as Queen of Denmark. She has many ceremonial duties as the Danish Head of State, as well as supreme authority of the Church of Denmark and Commander-in-Chief of the Danish Defence Forces, and celebrated her Golden Jubilee in 2022. Queen Margrethe is also an accomplished artist and designer, often designing many of her own outfits as well as costumes for theatre productions, most recently for ‘Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction’ . We wish Her Majesty a very Happy Birthday and Many Happy Returns!
Queen Margrethe will Abdicate the Danish Throne in January 2024, following a 52 year reign.
Danish Pearl Poiré Tiara | Danish Emerald Parure | Danish Crown Diamond Parure | Antique Diamond Parure | Antique Turquoise Parure | Baden Palmette Tiara | Daisy Brooch | Crown Pearl and Ruby Parure | Queen Alexandrine’s Sapphire Parure
The Danish Royal Tiaras | Queen Margrethe’s Top 8 Jewels |Danish Royal Orders
Danish Pearl Poiré Tiara
Danish Emerald Parure
Baden Palmette Tiara
Danish Crown Diamond Parure
The Danish Ruby Parure
Khedive of Egypt Tiara
Antique Diamond Parure
Antique Turquoise Parure
Daisy Brooch
Crown Pearl and Ruby Parure
Queen Alexandrine’s Sapphire Parure
Floral Bracelet Choker
Ruby Horseshoe Brooch
Queen Margrethe’s Engagement Ring
Connaught Pearl Brooch
Queen Josefina’s Diamond Brooches
Queen Margrethe’s Pearl and Diamond Corsage
Danish Royal Tiaras | Queen Margrethe’s Top 8 Jewels | Danish Royal Orders
Wedding
Happy 77th Birthday to Queen Margrethe of Denmark !