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Margrethe II of Denmark

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Margrethe II (Danish: [mɑˈkʁeˀtə]; Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid, born 16 April 1940) is a member of the Danish royal family who reigned as Queen of Denmark from 14 January 1972 until her abdication on 14 January 2024. Having reigned for exactly 52 years, she was the second-longest-reigning Danish monarch after Christian IV. Margrethe was born into the House of Glücksburg, a cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg, during the reign of her paternal grandfather, King Christian X. She is the eldest child of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid. She became heir presumptive to her father in 1953 when a constitutional amendment allowed women to inherit the throne. In 1967 she married Henri de Laborde de Monpezat, with whom she had two sons, Frederik and Joachim. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Margrethe II of Denmark is the 7th most popular nobleman, the 3rd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular Danish Nobleman.

Margrethe II of Denmark is most famous for being the queen of Denmark. She is the youngest daughter of King Frederick IX and Queen Ingrid. She became the queen in 1972 when her father died.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Margrethe II of Denmark ranks 7 out of 1,415. Before her are Henry VIII of England, Charles, Prince of Wales, Elizabeth II, Edward VII, Lady Jane Grey, and Marie Antoinette. After her are Ramesses II, Catherine the Great, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Albert, Prince Consort, and Ragnar Lodbrok.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Margrethe II of Denmark ranks 3. Before her are Al Pacino, and Pelé. After her are Bruce Lee, John Lennon, Tom Jones, Saparmurat Niyazov, Wangari Maathai, Bartholomew I of Constantinople, Anthony Fauci, Chuck Norris, and Brian Josephson.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Margrethe II of Denmark ranks 3 out of 1,032. Before her are Hans Christian Andersen (1805), and Cnut the Great (995). After her are Niels Bohr (1885), Hans Christian Ørsted (1777), Søren Kierkegaard (1813), Harald Bluetooth (935), Haakon VII of Norway (1872), Frederick IX of Denmark (1899), Margaret I of Denmark (1353), Christian X of Denmark (1870), and Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Denmark

Among noblemen born in Denmark, Margrethe II of Denmark ranks 1. After her are Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark (1968), Princess Charlotte of Denmark (1789), Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (850), Christina of Denmark (1521), Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg (1524), Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (1878), Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (1814), Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1609), Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark (1649), Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine (1520), and Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark (1788).

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