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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 .
Margaret II of Avesnes (1311 – 23 June 1356) was Countess of Hainaut and Countess of Holland (as Margaret I) from 1345 to 1356. She was Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Germany by marriage to Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV the Bavarian.
Jan 7, 2024 · Inside the life of Denmark's 'Ashtray Queen' Margrethe II and the husband who would never become her king - ABC News. By Rebecca Armitage and Lucy Sweeney. Posted Sat 6 Jan 2024 at 10:47am, updated Sat 6 Jan 2024 at 6:43pm. Queen Margrethe spent half a century on the throne, with her prince consort by her side. (Allan Moe/public domain)
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Sep 12, 2022 · Among the crowned heads of this world, the Danish Margrethe II is now the only queen. With the death of her distant cousin Elizabeth II – who like her was the great-great-granddaughter of Queen...
Nov 12, 2022 · Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II celebrates 50 years on the throne. The 82-year-old monarch rode in a carriage through Copenhagen and was joined by her family, despite recent public row with son....
Margrethe Alexandrine Þorhildur Ingrid, Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II was born on 16 April 1940 at Amalienborg as the daughter of Frederik IX (d. 1972) and Queen Ingrid, born Princess of Sweden (d. 2000). Queen Margrethe’s motto is "God’s help, the love of The People, Denmark’s strength". Queen Margrethe's monogram.
Margaret, often called Margaret of Constantinople (1202 – 10 February 1280), ruled as Countess of Flanders during 1244–1278 and Countess of Hainaut during 1244–1253 and 1257–1280. She was the younger daughter of Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders and Hainaut, and Marie of Champagne.
