Margrethe II of Denmark

Queen Margrethe II (Margrethe Alexandrine ??rhildur Ingrid), styled HM the Queen (born April 16, 1940), is the Queen regnant and head of state of Denmark.

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Princess Margrethe (pronounced Margretta) was born at Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, to the crown prince Frederik and Princess Ingrid of Sweden. She was baptised on 14 May 1940 at the Naval Church. As the Danish king was also sovereign of Iceland at the time, as a courtesy the princess was given an Icelandic middle name, ??rhildur (spelt with the Icelandic thorn character, transliterated "th").

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Queen Margrethe II's official motto is "God's help, the love of the people, Denmark's strength".

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1940: 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar)....

Queen regnant: A queen regnant is a female monarch, who possesses all the monarchal powers that a king would have, without regard to gender. This is in contrast with a queen consort, who is merely the spouse of a reigning king, and on her own has no official powers of state....

Denmark: The Kingdom of Denmark (Danish: Kongeriget Danmark) is geographically the smallest Nordic country and is part of the European Union. It is located at in Scandinavia, which is in northern Europe. Denmark borders the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, and consists of a peninsula attached to Northern Germa...

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