Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark

Princess Caroline-Mathilde
Hereditary Princess of Denmark
Born (1912-04-27)27 April 1912
Jægersborghus, Gentofte, Denmark
Died 12 December 1995(1995-12-12) (aged 83)
Sorgenfri Palace, Lyngby-Taarbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark
Burial Roskilde Cathedral
Spouse Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark
Issue Princess Elisabeth
Count Ingolf of Rosenborg
Count Christian of Rosenborg
Full name
Caroline-Mathilde Louise Dagmar Christine Maud Augusta Ingeborg Thyra Adelaide
House Glücksburg
Father Prince Harald of Denmark
Mother Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark (Danish: Caroline-Mathilde Louise Dagmar Christine Maud Augusta Ingeborg Thyra Adelheid; 27 April 1912 – 12 December 1995) was a daughter of Prince Harald of Denmark and granddaughter of King Frederick VIII of Denmark. As the wife of Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, she became Hereditary Princess of Denmark by marriage.[1]

Early life

Princess Caroline-Mathilde's birthplace Jægersborghus in 1909.

Princess Caroline-Mathilde was born on 27 April 1912 at Jægersborghus country house in Gentofte north of Copenhagen, Denmark.[1] She was the second child and daughter of Prince Harald of Denmark, son of King Frederick VIII of Denmark and Princess Louise of Sweden. Her mother was Princess Helena of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, daughter of Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.[1]

The princess was named for her maternal grandmother, and was known as 'Calma' to her family.

Marriage and children

Prince Knud of Denmark in 1935.

Caroline-Mathilde married her first cousin Prince Knud of Denmark, second son and youngest child of Christian X of Denmark and Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin[1] on 8 September 1933 at Fredensborg Palace, Zealand, Denmark.[1] The couple were given Sorgenfri Palace in Kongens Lyngby north of Copenhagen as their residence. The couple had three children:

Later life

Sorgenfri Palace

From 1947 to 1953, Prince Knud was heir presumptive of his older brother King Frederick IX. Knud would have become king and Caroline Mathilde queen in their turn, but a change in the constitution in 1953 caused Knud to lose his place in the succession to his niece, Margrethe II. After the change, Prince Knud was given the title of Hereditary Prince and Caroline Mathilde became Hereditary Princess.

Hereditary Prince Knud died on 14 June 1976. Hereditary Princess Caroline Mathilde survived her husband by 19 years and died on 12 December 1995 at Sorgenfri Palace.[1] She was buried at Roskilde Cathedral next to her husband.

Titles, styles and honours

The Princess Caroline-Mathilde Alps in Greenland were named in her honour by the 1938–39 Mørkefjord Expedition for her husband Prince Knud had been the patron of the expedition.[2]

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Honours

National honours

Ancestry

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