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Danish prince (1858–1939) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prince Valdemar of Denmark (27 October 1858 – 14 January 1939) was a member of the Danish royal family. He was the third son and youngest child of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. He had a lifelong naval career.
| Prince Valdemar | |
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Portrait of Prince Valdemar, 1936 | |
| Born | 27 October 1858 Bernstorff Palace, Gentofte |
| Died | 14 January 1939 (aged 80) The Yellow Palace, Copenhagen |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | |
| Issue | |
| House | Glücksburg |
| Father | Christian IX of Denmark |
| Mother | Louise of Hesse-Kassel |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  Denmark |
| Service |  Royal Danish Navy |
Prince Valdemar was born on 27 October 1858 at Bernstorff Palace in Gentofte north of Copenhagen.[1] His father was Prince Christian of Denmark, later King Christian IX. His mother was Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel. He was baptised on 21 December 1858. He had five older siblings: Prince Frederick (1843–1912), Princess Alexandra (1844–1925), Prince William (1845–1913), Princess Dagmar (1847–1928), and Princess Thyra (1853–1933).
Prince Valdemar grew up in an increasingly international family. Despite the fact that the family had limited resources available and lived a relatively bourgeois life by royal standards, Valdemar's siblings managed to enter into some dynastically important marriages. In March 1863, the Danish royal family, including four-year-old Valdemar, travelled to London for the wedding of his eldest sister, Princess Alexandra, to the Prince of Wales, the son and heir-apparent of Queen Victoria. In June of the same year, Prince Valdemar's older brother Prince William was installed as King of Greece under the name of George I. And in November of the same year, his father succeeded to the throne of Denmark as King Christian IX following the death of King Frederick VII.
Prince Valdemar received his early education from tutors. In the summer of 1874, he accompanied his father during his visit to Iceland for the millennium celebrations. After his confirmation in 1874, as was customary for princes at that time, he started a military education and entered the naval college. In 1879, he was sub-lieutenant and in 1880 lieutenant. In the following years, he participated in several naval expeditions. Valdemar was homosexual,[2] and from 1883 lived at Bernstorff Palace near Copenhagen with his nephew Prince George of Greece, who'd been taken as a boy to Denmark to be enlisted in the Danish royal navy, and be consigned to the care of Valdemar, who was an admiral in the Danish fleet. Feeling abandoned by his father on this occasion, George would later describe to his fiancée the profound attachment he developed for his uncle from that day forward.[3]
He married Princess Marie d'Orleans on 20 October 1885 in a civil ceremony in Paris.[4] They had a religious ceremony on 22 October 1885 at the Château d'Eu, the residence of Prince Philippe, Count of Paris.[4] The wedding was believed by one source to have been politically arranged, and in France, it was believed that the Count of Paris (the bride's uncle) was personally responsible for the match.[4] However, the same source claimed that "there was every reason to believe that [it was] a genuine love match".[4] At the time of their marriage, it was decided that any sons would be brought up in Valdemar's Lutheran faith, while any daughters would be raised as Catholics, the faith of their mother.[5] The couple's four sons were consequently Lutherans, while their only daughter, Margaret was raised a Catholic and married a Catholic prince.[5] In 1886, after the abdication of Alexander of Battenberg following a coup, the Bulgarian throne was offered to Prince Valdemar, but he and Marie agreed to refuse.
Valdemar had a lifelong naval career. He was the first president of the Seamen's Association of 1856.
He died on 14 January 1939 in the Yellow Palace in Copenhagen and was buried in Roskilde Cathedral. He was the last surviving child of Christian IX.
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Austria-Hungary: Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen, 1888[7]
Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, 22 July 1897[8]
Principality of Bulgaria: Grand Cross of St. Alexander
France: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Kingdom of Greece: Grand Cross of the Redeemer
Kingdom of Italy: Knight of the Annunciation, 23 September 1891[9]
Empire of Japan: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum, 26 February 1900[10]
Luxembourg: Knight of the Gold Lion of Nassau
Netherlands: Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion
Norway: Grand Cross of St. Olav, with Collar, 6 October 1906[11]
Ottoman Empire: Order of Osmanieh, 1st Class in Brilliants
Kingdom of Portugal: Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword
Russian Empire:
Siam:
Sweden: Knight of the Seraphim, with Collar, 27 May 1875[12]
United Kingdom: Honorary Grand Cross of the Bath (civil), 17 September 1901 – during a visit to Denmark by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra[13]
Kingdom of Prussia:
Anhalt: Grand Cross of the Order of Albert the Bear
Baden:[14]
Brunswick: Grand Cross of the Order of Henry the Lion
Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order
Mecklenburg: Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore| Name | Birth | Death | Spouse | Children |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Aage of Denmark | 10 June 1887 | 19 February 1940 | Matilda Emilia Francesca Maria Calvi | Count Valdemar of Rosenborg |
| Prince Axel of Denmark | 12 August 1888 | 14 July 1964 | Princess Margaretha of Sweden | Prince Georg of Denmark Count Flemming of Rosenborg |
| Prince Erik of Denmark | 8 November 1890 | 10 September 1950 | Lois Frances Booth | Countess Alexandra of Rosenborg Count Christian of Rosenborg |
| Prince Viggo of Denmark | 25 December 1893 | 4 January 1970 | Eleanor Margaret Green | No children |
| Princess Margaret of Denmark | 17 September 1895 | 18 September 1992 | Prince René of Bourbon-Parma | Prince Jacques of Bourbon-Parma Queen Anne of Romania Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma Prince André of Bourbon-Parma |
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