ROSKILDE (DENMARK)

BURIED IN THE CATHEDRAL OF ROSKILDE (Roskilde Domkirke, Domkirkepladsen):

 

1. King CHRISTIAN X (+1947)

 

2. Queen ALEXANDRINE (+1952)

 

LIST OF ICELANDIC SOVEREIGNS 1918-1944

 

KINGDOM OF ICELAND 1918-1944

(united with Denmark):

 

HOUSE OF OLDENBURG-GLÜCKSBURG

1918-1944: CHRISTIAN X (Kristján X; King of Denmark)

Born in 1870 in Charlottenlund near Copenhagen.

Father: King Frederick VIII of Denmark.

Mother: Queen Louise of Sweden-Norway.

Married in 1898 in Cannes Princess ALEXANDRINE of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (*1879 Schwerin,+1952 Hellerup).

He was never crowned.

His issue who reigned:

Frederick IX (*1899,+1972; King of Denmark).

Deposed in 1944.

Died in 1947 in Copenhagen.

Buried with his Queen Alexandrine in Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark.

 

 

REPUBLIC OF ICELAND SINCE 1944

 

The tombs of King CHRISTIAN X (left) and his Queen ALEXANDRINE of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (right) in Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark

 

 

Select Bibliography

Scocozza B.: Politikens bog om danske monarker. Fra Gorm den Gamle til Margrethe 2., København 1998

 

Flaggen Aller Staaten der Erde, Leipzig [1934/37?]

Flags of All Nations, London 1930