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Princess Thyra of Denmark (Thyra Amalie Caroline Charlotte Anna; 29 September 1853 – 26 February 1933) was the youngest daughter and fifth child of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. In 1878, she married Ernest Augustus, the exiled heir to the Kingdom of Hanover.
Oct 20, 2020 · The story of an English princess, a Danish king and a wall. Before she became a legend she was just known as Thyra, the unimportant daughter of the English king. She was no fool and knew what her future held for her: marriage or a nunnery. Neither option particularly appealed to her.
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Oct 20, 2020 · The story of an English princess, a Danish king and a wall. Before she became a legend she was just known as Thyra, the unimportant daughter of the English king. She was no fool and knew what her future held for her: marriage or a nunnery.
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Oct 11, 2023 · A mysterious queen named Thyra who lived during the Viking era may have been one of the founders of what is now Denmark. Multiple commemorative “runestones” mention her by name, suggesting she...
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Princess Thyra, 1857. Christian IX and Queen Louise's youngest daughter Princess Thyra as a four-year-old, portrayed by August Schiøtt in 1857.
Feb 26, 2013 · Taking care not to upset Queen Victoria and the Prussian in-laws, she arranged a secret rendezvous for Thyra and Prince Ernst August who, apart from a restoration of the Hanoverian monarchy, wanted nothing more than Princess Thyra for his wife.
Princess Thyra of Denmark (Thyra Louise Caroline Amalie Augusta Elisabeth; 14 March 1880 – 2 November 1945) was a member of the Danish royal family. She was the sixth child and third daughter of King Frederik VIII and Queen Louise of Denmark, and was also the younger sister of King Christian X of Denmark and King Haakon VII of Norway.
