Count Flemming Valdemar | |||||
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Count of Rosenborg | |||||
Born |
, Sweden |
9 March 1922||||
Died | 19 June 2002 Antibes, France |
(aged 80)||||
Spouse | Alice Ruth Nielsen | ||||
Issue | Count Axel Count Birger Count Carl Johan Countess Désirée |
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House | Glücksburg | ||||
Father | Prince Axel of Denmark | ||||
Mother | Princess Margaretha of Sweden |
Full name | |
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Flemming Valdemar Carl Axel |
Count Flemming Valdemar of Rosenborg (Danish: Prins Flemming Valdemar Carl Axel til Danmark, and later, Danish: Greve Flemming Valdemar af Rosenborg; 9 March 1922, – 19 June 2002, Antibes) was a former Danish prince.
Prince Flemming was the youngest son of Prince Axel of Denmark (himself a son of Prince Valdemar of Denmark) and Princess Margaretha of Sweden.
He renounced his rights to the throne in 1949 and took the title of Count of Rosenborg. Flemming served in the Royal Danish Air Force and achieved the rank of Wing commander.
He was married in Copenhagen on 24 May 1949 to Alice Ruth Nielsen (Copenhagen, b. 8 October 1924; d. 25 July 2010) and had four children, ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren: