Word: frederik
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...years earlier the present ruling house of Schleswig-Holstein- Sonderburg-Gliicksburg had displaced the Oldenburgs upon the Danish throne. The Oldenburgs, notably Frederik VI, had been patrons of Hans Andersen. Hence Fabulist Andersen's friends warned him that the publication of the story might brand him as disloyal to the new reigning house. Ever easily frightened, he cautiously suppressed the manuscript, which was only recently unearthed by Herr Julius Clausen of the Royal Library at Copenhagen...
...Klas Pont us Arnoldson (Swedish) Frederik Bajer (Danish...
Christian X, nearly 53, is the son of Frederik VIII. He ascended the throne May 14, 1912. His sons are Prince Christian Frederik and Prince Knud. His younger brother, Charles (51), became King Haakon VII of Norway in 1905. (TIME, June...
King Christian is the third ruler of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg, to which House the Great Powers of Europe assigned the throne of Denmark on the death of the 16th King of the House of Oldenburg, Frederik VII, who died without issue. The first King of the present house, Christian IX, ascended the throne in 1863. He had previously married a niece of King Christian VIII of Denmark...
King Christian, who is 52, married Princess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg on April 26,1898. He ascended he throne on the death of his father, Frederik VIII, in 1912. The King Is a great lover of sport, particularly ice yachting and horseback riding. Mounted on his favorite steed, he is a familiar figure to all classes of people who see him almost daily riding in the capital...