Princess Benedikte of Denmark
| Princess Benedikte of Denmark | |||||
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| Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg | |||||
The Princess at the wedding of Princess Madeleine of Sweden, 8 June 2013
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| Born |
29 April 1944 Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| Spouse | Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (m. 1968; d. 2017) | ||||
| Issue |
Gustav, 7th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Princess Alexandra, Countess von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth Princess Nathalie, Mrs. Johannsmann |
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| House | Glücksburg | ||||
| Father | Frederick IX of Denmark | ||||
| Mother | Princess Ingrid of Sweden | ||||
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| Benedikte Astrid Ingeborg Ingrid |
Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg RE, SKmd, D.Ht. (Benedikte Astrid Ingeborg Ingrid, born 29 April 1944) is the second daughter of King Frederick IX of Denmark and Ingrid of Sweden. She is the younger sister of the reigning Queen of Denmark, Margrethe II, and the older sister of Queen Anne-Marie of Greece.
Princess Benedikte often represents her elder sister at official or semi-official events. She and her late husband, Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, have three children. Princess Benedikte is currently eleventh in the line of succession to the Danish throne.
Princess Benedikte was born on 29 April 1944 at the Frederick VIII Palace in the Amalienborg Palace Complex in Copenhagen as the second child of Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark and Crown Princess Ingrid née Princess Ingrid of Sweden. Her father was the eldest son of King Christian X of Denmark and Queen Alexandrine née Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; and her mother was the only daughter of Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden (later King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden) and Crown Princess Margaret née Princess Margaret of United Kingdom.
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