List of Danish monarchs

This is a list of Danish monarchs, that is, the Kings and ruling Queen of Denmark, including Regents of the Kalmar Union. This includes:

Related Topics:
Danish - Monarch - Regent - Kalmar Union

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• The Kingdom of Denmark (up to 1396)
• Personal union of Denmark and Norway (1380-1396)
• The Kalmar Union (1397-1536)
• Kings of Denmark claiming (sometimes successfully) the Crown of Sweden (1397-1523)
• Kings of Denmark claiming (mostly successfully) the Crown of Norway (1397-1536)
• The Kingdom of Denmark-Norway (1536-1814)
• The Kingdom of Denmark (1814 to present)
• With Iceland (since the union between Denmark and Norway in 1387. Independent in a personal union with Denmark 1918-1944. Independent republic since 1944)
• With Greenland (since the union between Denmark and Norway in 1387. Effective Danish control began in 1721).
• With the Faroe Islands (since the union between Denmark and Norway in 1387)

Gorm the Old's father Harthacnut is the first Danish monarch who is definitelky established as a "real" person. All reigns before him are dubious.

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Denmark has one of the longest running unbroken lines of succession in the world, second only to that of the Japanese emperors.

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The house of Oldenburg held the Danish Crown between 1448 and 1863, when it passed to the house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. The kingdom had been elective until 1660, and until 1864 it was also united in personal union with the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. Danish name forms are given in parenthesis.

Related Topics:
Oldenburg - 1448 - 1863 - Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg - 1660 - 1864 - Schleswig - Holstein

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