Succession to the throne (Denmark)

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The Danish succession to the throne between 1953 and 2009 was based on the Succession Act ( Tronfølgelov ) of March 27, 1953. After a referendum on June 7, 2009 men and women are equal in the succession to the throne.

In this referendum, 85.4 percent of the participants decided that in future the first-born child will always inherit the throne - regardless of gender. Previously, a girl had to renounce the line of succession if a brother succeeded her. The quorum required for constitutional amendments by 40 percent of citizens eligible to vote was significantly exceeded, with a turnout of 58.7 percent.

Succession to the throne

The descendants of King Christian X. of Denmark and Queen Alexandrine are entitled to succession to the throne . The candidates are divided into classes for the succession to the throne.

The first class is made up of children and grandchildren. Here originally the sons inherited before the daughters, with deceased children being replaced by their children; older children had priority over the younger ones. If the deceased monarch does not have any descendants, his siblings inherit in the second class, whereby here, too, brothers no longer have priority over sisters. Older siblings continue to inherit before the younger ones; deceased siblings are replaced by their descendants.

In the third grade, the other branches of the descendants of King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine are called.

Illegitimate children are not entitled to succession. Whoever enters into marriage without royal consent loses the right to the throne for himself and his descendants.

Current list of heirs to the throne

This results in the current Danish list of heirs to the throne:

Christian X. → Frederik IX. → Margrethe II.
  1. Crown Prince Frederik André Henrik Christian of Denmark, Count of Monpezat, born May 26, 1968, eldest son of Queen Margrethe II, who is expected to ascend the throne as King Frederik X after the death of his mother .
  2. 00Prince Christian Valdemar Henri John of Denmark, Count of Monpezat, born October 15, 2005, first child of Crown Prince Frederik
  3. 00Princess Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margarethe of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat, born April 21, 2007, second child of Crown Prince Frederik
  4. 00Prince Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander of Denmark, Count of Monpezat, born January 8, 2011 at 10:30 am, third child of Crown Prince Frederik
  5. 00Princess Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat, * January 8th, 2011 at 10:56 am, fourth child of Crown Prince Frederik
  6. Prince Joachim Holger Waldemar Christian of Denmark, Count of Monpezat, born June 7, 1969, second son of Queen Margrethe II.
  7. 00Prince Nikolai William Alexander Frederik of Denmark, Count of Monpezat, born August 28, 1999, first child of Prince Joachim
  8. 00Prince Felix Henrik Valdemar Christian of Denmark, count of Monpezat, born July 22, 2002, second child of Prince Joachim
  9. 00Prince Henrik Carl Joachim Alain of Denmark, count of Monpezat, born May 4, 2009, third child of Prince Joachim
  10. 00Princess Athena Marguerite Francoise Marie of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat, * February 24, 2012, fourth child of Prince Joachim
    Frederik VIII. → Christian X. → Frederik IX.
  11. Princess Benedkte Astrid Ingeborg Ingrid zu Denmark, married Princess von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, born April 29, 1944, second daughter of King Frederik IX. and sister of Queen Margrethe II.

Descendants of King Christian X excluded from the line of succession.

The children and grandchildren of Princess Benedict are excluded from the line of succession after King Frederik IX. ordered that the children of Benedict should be brought up in Denmark to receive the right to the right to the throne, but that they grew up in Bad Berleburg .

Ex-Queen Anne-Marie of Denmark , born August 30, 1946, the youngest sister of Queen Margrethes II, wife of the Greek ex-King Constantine II, is King Frederik IX by decision. in order to avoid the collapse of the Danish and Greek crowns with their descendants also excluded from the line of succession, although such a collapse would be possible on the basis of the consent of the Folketing given in the event of inheritance (Section 5 of the Danish Constitution ).

Ingolf von Rosenborg and Christian von Rosenborg , the two sons of Knut Christian and younger brothers of Princess Elisabeth, are due to King Frederik IX's consent not being given. excluded from succession to the throne for their weddings along with their descendants (Section 5 (3) of the Succession Act).

Extinction of the royal family

Since the Queen's two sisters have no descendants entitled to the throne and Princess Elisabeth was childless, the succession to the throne is in fact limited to the descendants of Queen Margaret II. If the line of the queen should die out, the Folketing would have to elect a king and decide on a new line of succession (§ 9 sentence 2 of the Danish constitution). A prerogative of certain kinship lines does not exist. (According to the regulation in force until 1953, the crowns of Denmark and Norway would have collapsed , as King Håkon VII of Norway was the brother of King Christian X and the second son of Frederik VIII .)