Word: haakon
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...Majesty's ship Eiswold sailed into Amsterdam Harbor amid salvos from Dutch cruisers firing a royal salute: King Haakon VII of Norway had come...
...Prince Henry, her consort. Then commenced the magnificent spectacle of two monarchs riding side by side in a gilded coach drawn by six horses through the flag-bedecked town to the Royal Palace. Everywhere the populace acclaimed the Royal party with vociferous cheers. Festivities have been arranged for King Haakon at Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague...
...King Haakon VII was born on August 3, 1872. On July 22, 1896, he married Princess Maud, third daughter of the then Prince Edward of Wales. They have a son and heir in the popular Prince Olav, who will attain his twentieth birthday on July...
...King Haakon was known before he ascended the Norwegian throne as Prince Carl of Denmark. When in 1905 Norway declared the union with Sweden dissolved, the throne was first offered to a prince of the reigning house of Sweden, but was refused. It was then offered to Prince Carl, who, after a plebiscite, accepted and was formally elected King of Norway as Haakon VII. He was crowned at Trondhjem in June...
...Queen Alexandrine and I shall celebrate our silver wedding on April 26. We shall have as guests my brother, King Haakon of Norway, King Gustav of Sweden, and my aunts, Queen Mother Alexandria of England and Maria Feodorovna, Dowager Empress of Russia...