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Princess Thyra of Denmark

1853 - 1933

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Princess Thyra of Denmark (Thyra Amalie Caroline Charlotte Anna; 29 September 1853 – 26 February 1933) was the youngest daughter and fifth child of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. In 1878, she married Ernest Augustus, the exiled heir to the Kingdom of Hanover. As the Kingdom of Hanover had been annexed by Prussia in 1866, she spent most of her life in exile with her husband in Austria. Thyra was the sister of King Frederik VIII of Denmark, Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, King George I of Greece, Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia and Prince Valdemar of Denmark. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Princess Thyra of Denmark is the 3,869th most popular politician (down from 3,276th in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 103rd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Danish Politician.

Princess Thyra of Denmark is most famous for being the daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. Her father was the king of Denmark and Norway, and her mother was the queen of Denmark. She married Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, who became the Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Princess Thyra of Denmark ranks 3,869 out of 19,576. Before her are Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, Adad-nirari III, Vologases IV, Tiberius Gemellus, Hüma Hatun, and Fernando de la Rúa. After her are William Wilberforce, Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, Cleitus the Black, Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Robert M. La Follette, and Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, Princess Thyra of Denmark ranks 20. Before her are Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, Errico Malatesta, Hans Christian Gram, Hussein Kamel of Egypt, Alphonse Bertillon, and Katharina Schratt. After her are Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, Oskar Potiorek, Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, Kitasato Shibasaburō, Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Emil Jellinek. Among people deceased in 1933, Princess Thyra of Denmark ranks 20. Before her are Nikolai Yudenich, Annie Besant, Anatoly Lunacharsky, Paul Painlevé, Knud Rasmussen, and Stefan George. After her are Oskar Potiorek, Hipólito Yrigoyen, Erhard Heiden, Frank Jarvis, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia, and Erik Jan Hanussen.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Princess Thyra of Denmark ranks 122 out of 1,032. Before her are Otto Jespersen (1860), Sophia Magdalena of Denmark (1746), Michael Ancher (1849), Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark (1771), Eric II of Denmark (1090), and Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1573). After her are Niels Gade (1817), Anna Ancher (1859), Magnus II of Sweden (1130), Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1753), Prince George of Denmark (1653), and Harald Bohr (1887).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Princess Thyra of Denmark ranks 53. Before her are Christopher II of Denmark (1276), Absalon (1128), Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1900), Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark (1771), Eric II of Denmark (1090), and Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1573). After her are Magnus II of Sweden (1130), Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1753), Prince George of Denmark (1653), Sveinn Björnsson (1881), Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1776), and Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858).

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