Margrethe ii of denmark coronation of queen
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Coronation of the Danish monarch
The coronation of the Danish monarch was a religiousceremony in which the accession of the Danishmonarch was marked bygd a coronation ceremony. It was held in various forms from 1170 to 1840, mostly in skogsdunge Cathedral in Lund, St. Mary's Cathedral in Copenhagen and in the chapel of Frederiksborg Palace in Hillerød.
Enthronements of the Danish monarch may be historically divided into three distinct types of rituals: the medievalcoronation, which existed during the period of elective monarchy; the anointing ritual, which replaced coronation with the introduction of absolute monarchy in 1660; and finally the simple proclamation, which has been used since the introduction of the constitutional monarchy in 1849.
Coronations of the elective monarchy
[edit]Historically an elective monarchy, the Danish kings had been elected and acclaimed at the Thing assemblies; this continued even after the tradition of coronations began. Ultimately, the accla
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Margrethe II
Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024
For other people with the same name, see Margaret of Denmark (disambiguation).
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. She is also the world's most recent female reigning monarch.
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. Margrethe
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HM Queen Margrethe
Queen Margrethe has two siblings: HRH Princess Benedikte (b. 1944) and HM Queen Anne-Marie (b. 1946)
Christening and confirmation
Queen Margrethe was christened on 14 May 1940 in Holmens Kirke (the Naval Church) and confirmed on 1 April 1955 in Fredensborg Palace Chapel.
The Act of Succession
The Act of Succession of 27 March 1953 gave women the right of succession to the Danish Throne but only secondarily. On the occasion of her accession to the Throne on 14 January 1972, HM Queen Margrethe II became the first Danish Sovereign under the new Act of Succession.
The Act of Succession has since been amended in 2009, when full equality in the succession to the Throne was introduced. That means the regent’s oldest child – regardless of gender – inherits the Throne (so-called primogeniture). Similar rules are found in several other European monarchies, including Norway and Sweden.
A seat on the State Council
On 16 April 1958, Queen Margrethe (at the time the