Oluf from Rosenborg

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Oluf Christian Carl Axel Graf von Rosenborg (born March 10, 1923 in Copenhagen ; † December 19, 1990 there ) was a Danish prince from the House of Glücksburg , a branch of the House of Oldenburg .

Life

Oluf von Rosenborg was the fifth and youngest child of Prince Harald of Denmark and his wife Princess Helena of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg . His paternal grandparents were the Danish King Frederick VIII and Louise of Sweden-Norway .

During the Second World War , Oluf distanced himself from his mother Helena , who came from Germany , because she sympathized with the Nazis . Oluf's sister Caroline-Mathilde and her husband Prince Knut formed the Danish heir apparent from 1947 until 1953 when the succession regulation was changed in favor of today's Queen Margrethe II .

Since Oluf married a commoner in 1948, he had to renounce his prince title and his position in the line of succession to the Danish throne . For this, Oluf received the title of Count von Rosenborg , as is still common today for secondary lines of the royal family. He founded the Oluf line, which is still in bloom today.

Oluf von Rosenborg was an officer in the Danish Air Force until 1975 . In the last two years of his life he was treasurer of the Danish religious system.

Oluf von Rosenborg was awarded the Elephant Order , Denmark's highest honor.

Marriages and children

Oluf's first marriage to Dorrit Puggaard-Müller (* 1926) had two children:

  • Ulrik Graf von Rosenborg (* 1950) ⚭ 1981 Tove Waigner Larsen (* 1950)
    • Katharina Komtesse von Rosenborg (* 1982)
    • Philip Graf von Rosenborg (* 1986)
  • Charlotte Komtesse von Rosenborg (* 1953) ⚭ 1981 Torben Gyldenfeldt Wulff (* 1954)
    • Johan Gyldenfeldt Wulff (* 1980)
    • Beate von Gyldenfeldt (* 1983)

The marriage ended in divorce in 1977.

In 1982, Oluf von Rosenborg married Lis Wolf-Jürgensen (* 1935) for the second time. The marriage was childless and divorced in 1983.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bramsen, Bo: Huset Glücksborg. Europe's svigerfader and hans efterslægt. Copenhagen 1992. Volume 1, p. 38.
  2. ^ Bramsen, Bo: Huset Glücksborg. Europe's svigerfader and hans efterslægt. Copenhagen 1992. Volume 2, pp. 403-409.
  3. ^ Bramsen, Bo: Huset Glücksborg. Europe's svigerfader and hans efterslægt. Copenhagen 1992. Volume 2, pp. 346-352.
personal data
SURNAME Rosenborg, Oluf from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rosenborg, Oluf Christian Carl Axel Graf von (full first name); Prince of Denmark (former title); Prince of Denmark (former title); Rosenborg, Oluf af; Greve af Rosenborg, Oluf (Danish)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish nobleman and officer, member of the Danish royal family
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 1990
Place of death Copenhagen