Overview
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The house, member by member
One family drawn as a tree, then every member, oldest first where a date is recorded.
6 children in the house
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Christian V of Denmark 1646 CE – 1699 CE 1 child in the house
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Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark 1647 CE – 1717 CE -
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Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark 1649 CE – 1704 CE -
Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark 1650 CE – 1706 CE -
Prince George, Duke of Cumberland 1653 CE – 1708 CE -
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Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark 1656 CE – 1693 CE
Every member
People whose own records place them in this house.
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Elimar I, Count of Oldenburgc. 1040 CE – c. 1108 CE · German noble -
Frederick I of Denmark7 October 1471 CE – 10 April 1533 CE · King of Denmark and Norway -
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Christian III of Denmark12 August 1503 CE – 1 January 1559 CE · Child of Frederick I of Denmark -
Frederick II of Denmark1 July 1534 CE – 4 April 1588 CE (Old Style) · Child of Christian III of Denmark -
Magnus, Duke of Holstein26 August 1540 CE – 28 March 1583 CE · Child of Christian III of Denmark -
Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel4 September 1573 CE – 19 July 1626 CE · Child of Frederick II of Denmark -
Christian IV of Denmark12 April 1577 CE – 28 February 1648 CE (Old Style) · Child of Frederick II of Denmark -
Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark10 April 1603 CE – 2 June 1647 CE · Child of Christian IV of Denmark -
Frederick III of Denmark18 March 1609 CE (Old Style) – 9 February 1670 CE (Old Style) · Child of Christian IV of Denmark -
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Leonora Christina Ulfeldt8 July 1621 CE – 16 March 1698 CE · Child of Christian IV of Denmark -
Valdemar Christian of Schleswig-Holstein26 June 1622 CE – 29 February 1656 CE · Child of Christian IV of Denmark - Christian V of Denmark15 April 1646 CE (Old Style) – 25 August 1699 CE (Old Style) · Child of Frederick III of Denmark
- Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark1 September 1647 CE – 1 July 1717 CE · Child of Frederick III of Denmark
- Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark11 April 1649 CE – 30 October 1704 CE · Child of Frederick III of Denmark
- Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark20 June 1650 CE – 22 April 1706 CE · Child of Frederick III of Denmark
- Prince George, Duke of Cumberland2 April 1653 CE – 28 October 1708 CE · Child of Frederick III of Denmark
- Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark11 September 1656 CE – 26 July 1693 CE · Child of Frederick III of Denmark
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Frederik IV of Denmark11 October 1671 CE (Old Style) – 12 October 1730 CE · Child of Christian V of Denmark
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Offices held in the house
The members in each office, in order — a selection from the office’s whole line.
Monarch of Denmark
- 7 holders
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13 April 1523 CE – 10 April 1533 CE Frederick I of Denmark King of Denmark and Norway -
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4 July 1534 CE – 1 January 1559 CE Christian III of Denmark king of Denmark and Norway -
1 January 1559 CE – 4 April 1588 CE (Old Style) Frederick II of Denmark King of Denmark and Norway (1534–1588) -
4 April 1588 CE (Old Style) – 28 February 1648 CE (Old Style) Christian IV of Denmark king of Denmark and Norway (1577–1648) -
6 July 1648 CE (Old Style) – 9 February 1670 CE (Old Style) Frederick III of Denmark King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 to 1670 -
9 February 1670 CE (Old Style) – 25 August 1699 CE (Old Style) Christian V of Denmark king of Denmark and Norway (1646–1699) -
25 August 1699 CE (Old Style) – 12 October 1730 CE Frederik IV of Denmark king of Denmark and Norway (1699–1730)
Monarch of Norway
- 7 holders
- 1 gap
- 1523 CE – 10 April 1533 CE Frederick I of Denmark King of Denmark and Norway
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Gap about 4 years before the next in this house
1537 CE – 1 January 1559 CE Christian III of Denmark king of Denmark and Norway - 1 January 1559 CE – 4 April 1588 CE (Old Style) Frederick II of Denmark King of Denmark and Norway (1534–1588)
- 4 April 1588 CE (Old Style) – 28 February 1648 CE (Old Style) Christian IV of Denmark king of Denmark and Norway (1577–1648)
- 6 July 1648 CE (Old Style) – 9 February 1670 CE (Old Style) Frederick III of Denmark King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 to 1670
- 9 February 1670 CE (Old Style) – 25 August 1699 CE (Old Style) Christian V of Denmark king of Denmark and Norway (1646–1699)
- 25 August 1699 CE (Old Style) – 12 October 1730 CE Frederik IV of Denmark king of Denmark and Norway (1699–1730)
Affiliation
From the members’ own records, not the people the house ruled.
Affiliations recorded on members
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Lutheranism 11 members -
Catholic Church 2 members - Catholicism 1 member
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Protestantism 1 member -
Eastern Orthodoxy 1 member -
Russian Orthodox Church 1 member
An affiliation recorded by a third party, often for one period of a life. It is not the religion of anyone this house ruled.
Connections
Affiliation 4
- Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov imperial house of Russia from 1762 to 1917
- House of Glücksburg European royal house of German origin
- House of Holstein-Gottorp cadet branch of the Oldenburg dynasty, ruled the Duchy of Holstein-Gottorp, the Kingdom of Sweden, the Russian Empire and the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
- Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg noble family
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