Queen margrethe and queen elizabeth family tree

Frederik x
Margrethe ii of denmark young
Christian x

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Margrethe II

Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024

For other people with the same name, see Margaret of Denmark (disambiguation).

Margrethe II (Danish:[mɑˈkʁeˀtə]; Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid, born 16 April 1940) is a member of the Danish royal family who reigned as Queen of Denmark from 14 January 1972 until her abdication on 14 January 2024. Having reigned for exactly 52 years, she was the second-longest reigning Danish monarch after Christian IV. She is also the world's most recent female reigning monarch.

Margrethe was born into the House of Glücksburg, a cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg, during the reign of her paternal grandfather, King Christian X. She is the eldest child of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid. She became heir presumptive to her father in 1953, when a constitutional amendment allowed women to inherit the throne. In 1967, she married Henri de Laborde de Monpezat, with whom she had two sons, Frederik and Joachim. Margrethe succeeded her father upon his death in January 1972.

Margrethe has worked as a scenographer, a co

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First Generation born in America

First Generation in America:

Children of Melchior and Francesca (Antoine) Wester
Children of Nicholas and Mary (Hansen) Martin
Children of Nicholas and Margaretha (Wester) Martin
Children of John and Elizabeth (Meyer) Wester
Children of Henry and Maria (Possele) Wester
Children of Henry and Mary (Martin Goerend) Wester
Children of Nicolaus and Anna (Wester) Thul
Children of Michael and Elizabeth (Wester) Weyker

Michael Joseph Even (1859 - 1944)
Margaretha Wester (1859 - 1945)

Michael Joseph² Even (Adam¹) was born 13 February 1859 at Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, the son of Adam and Catherine (Ellenbecker) Even. See Ozaukee County birth records, v. ___, no. ____.

He died 14 March 1944, age 85, at his home at 3014 Southport Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, and he is buried in St. Boniface Cemetery at Chicago. See Cook County death certificates, v. ___, no. ____.

He married Margaret Wester 18 November 1885 at St. Anthony's Roman Catholi

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Descendants of Christian IX of Denmark

Progeny of King Christian IX

King Christian IX of Denmark (April 8, 1818 – January 29, 1906), known as the "father-in-law of Europe",^[1] ruled Denmark from 1863 to 1906. He and his queen consort, Louise of Hesse-Kassel (September 7, 1817 – September 29, 1898), became the ancestors of many members of European royalty.

In 1842, prior to becoming King of Denmark, Christian married Louise, whose familial connections allowed him to secure his status as the heir-presumptive to the Danish throne in 1852. Christian and Louise had three sons and three daughters together, and the couple actively involved themselves in their children's education because of their limited finances. Although Christian had an affectionate relationship with his daughters, he rejected his eldest son, Frederick, over political differences.

After the commencement of Christian's reign as King of Denmark, his popularity gradually improved among his subjects, partially because of Louise's efforts to marry their children with member