Prince Erik, Count of Rosenborg

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Prince Erik
Count of Rosenborg
Prince Erik in 1924
Born(1890-11-08)8 November 1890
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died10 September 1950(1950-09-10) (aged 59)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Spouse
Lois Frances Booth
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(m. 1924; div. 1937)​
IssueCountess Alexandra
Count Christian
Names
Erik Frederik Christian Alexander
HouseGlücksburg
FatherPrince Valdemar of Denmark
MotherPrincess Marie of Orléans

Prince Erik, Count of Rosenborg (Erik Frederik Christian Alexander; 8 November 1890 – 10 September 1950) was a Danish prince. He was born in Copenhagen, a son of Prince Valdemar of Denmark and Princess Marie of Orléans.

Early life[edit]

The Yellow Palace, Copenhagen: Prince Erik's childhood home
Prince Erik in 1916

Prince Erik was born on 8 November 1890, in the Yellow Palace, an 18th-century town house at 18 Amaliegade, immediately adjacent to the Amalienborg Palace complex in Copenhagen.[1] He was the third child of Prince Valdemar of Denmark, and his wife Princess Marie of Orléans.[2] His father was a younger son of King Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel, and his mother was the eldest daughter of Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres and Princess Françoise of Orléans. His parents' marriage was said to be a political match.[3]

He was christened 10 days after his birth and his godparents were his paternal grandparents, King Christian IX and Queen Louise of Denmark; his paternal uncle and aunt, Tsar Alexander III of Russia and Empress Maria Feodorovna; and his paternal uncle and aunt, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Louise of Denmark.

He was a Landlord.[4]

Marriage and issue[edit]

As was then customary in the Danish royal house, Erik renounced his rights to the throne when he chose to take a commoner as wife, marrying in Ottawa, Ontario, on 11 February 1924 Lois Frances Booth (Ottawa, Ontario, 2 August 1897 – Copenhagen, 26 February 1941).[5] His wife was the daughter of John Frederick Booth (Ontario, 3 June 1865 - Ontario, 5 August 1930), who lived in Canada, and wife Frances Alberta Hunsicker (Montreal, Quebec, 1 November 1866 - Victoria, British Columbia, 12 February 1964, buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario),[6] and paternal granddaughter of John Rudolphus Booth by his wife, Rosalinda Cook, and related to the Booth Baronets.[7][8] Prince Erik and his wife divorced in 1937. She later remarried Gunnar Thorkil Juelsberg (1904 - 1966), without issue.

The couple had two children:

  • Countess Alexandra Dagmar Frances Marie Margrethe of Rosenborg (Arcadia, California, 5 February 1927 – Odense, 5 October 1992), Landowner in Sanderumgaard Gods, Fraugde,[9] married in Jacobs Kirke, Copenhagen, on 2 May 1951 to Ivar Emil Vind-Röj of the 4th Tesdorpfske Fideikommis and of Sanderumgaard and Bækkeskov (Everdrup, 5 January 1921 – Odense, 11 February 1977), Chamberlain, Master Huntsman of the Royal Hunt, landowner in Sanderumgaard Gods, Fraugde,[10] son of Ove Holger Christian Vind of Det Vindske Fideikommis and of Sanderumgaard and Bækkeskov (29 July 1877 - 10 February 1954), Royal Danish Chamberlain, Master of the Court Hunt, Second Lieutenant of the Royal Danish Army, Master of Politics, Assistant in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Landowner in Sanderumgaard Gods, Fraugde, by his wife, Elsa Mimi Adelaide Marie Oxholm (of Danish nobility) (Copenhagen, 5 December 1891 - 4 March 1970), inscribed in Vallø Noble Diocese in Bækkeskov Gods, Tappernøje, Rønnede,[11][12][13]
    • Marie-Lovise Frances Elisabeth Vind (b. Hellerup, 7 February 1952),[14] married in Allerup Kirke, Allerup, on 7 April 1973 and divorced Count Christian Gustav Knuth af Christiansdal til Baroniet Christiansdal og til Fideikommisgodset Lilliendal (Stenagergaard Gods, Mesinge, 23 November 1942 - aft. 1980), Landlord in Lilliendal Gods, Mern,[15] son of Count Ulrik Gustav Adam Knuth af Christiansdal til Baroniet Christiansdal og til Fideikommisgodset Lilliendal (Østergaard Gods, Mern, 27 January 1911 - 13 January 2004), Chamberlain, Court Huntsman, Manor in Lilliendal Gods, Mern, and wife (m. Rønninge Kirke, Rønninge, Fakse, 12 July 1940) Baroness Tove Birgitte Bille-Brahe-Selby (Frederiksberg, 23 October 1915, christened in Rønninge - ?),[16] and had two children:
      • Countess Christina Elisabeth Knuth af Christiansdal (b. Nykøbing-Falster, Copenhagen, 6 May 1977), married in 2005 to Jacob Conrad Kamman (b. 1979)[17]
      • Count Michael Ivar Knuth af Christiansdal (b. Nykøbing-Falster, 8 December 1979)
    • Erik Ove Carl John Emil Vind til Sanderumgaard (b. Hellerup, 5 May 1954),[18] married in Mahé, Seychelles, on 15 February 1993 Countess Suzanne Ingrid Jessie Dorthe Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille (b. Svendborg, 4 March 1967), lady-in-waiting to Princess Alexandra,[19] sister of Count Michael Preben Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille and daughter of Count Claus Christian Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille (Copenhagen, 6 March 1932 - 2014), Landlord in Havnø Gods, Hadsund, and second wife and third cousin (m. Tranekær Kirke, Tranekær, 21 September 1963, divorced in 1971) Countess Merete-Anette Ahlefeldt-Laurvig (b. Rudkøbing, 1 April 1943), Nurse[20]
      • Rosemarie Alexandra Kirsten Vind (b. Copenhagen, 2 November 1993), fashion model[21][22]
      • Georg Ivar Emil Vind (b. Copenhagen, 15 October 1995)
      • Nonni Margaretha Elsa Vind (b. Odense, 14 June 2003)
    • Georg Christian Valdemar Vind (b. Hellerup, 5 August 1958), married in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on 15 or 19 September 1993 to Maria Munk (b. Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, 12 October 1966)[23]
      • Andreas Ivar Knud Holger Vind (b. Kuwait, 26 November 1994)
      • Clara Alexandra Vind (b. 8 January 1998)
  • Count Christian Edward Valdemar Jean Frederik Peter of Rosenborg (Bjergbygaard, 16 July 1932 – London, 24 March 1997), Major in the Royal Danish Army;[24] married at Stouby Kirke, Stouby, on 10 August 1962 Karin von Lüttichau (b. Stouby Gods, Stouby, or Rohden, 12 August 1938), lady-in-waiting to Princess Benedikte of Denmark (Hoffet) in Stensballe, Horsens,[25] married secondly to Michael Warberg,[26] daughter of Folmer von Lüttichau til Rhoden og Daugaard (Hindsgavl Gods, Middelfart, 12 August 1898 - 14 February 1977), Court Huntsman, Landowner in Daugaard, and wife (m. Bregnet Kirke, 23 March 1934) Ingeborg Marie Saima Carl (Copenhagen, 20 October 1915 - 12 September 1983)[27]
    • Count Valdemar Erik Flemming Christian of Rosenborg (b. Skovshoved, 9 July 1965), First Lieutenant in the Guard Hussar Regiment, Shipbroker in Auckland, New Zealand, married in Bordeaux on 29 June 1996 Charlotte Diane Isabelle Cruse (b. Cognac, 23 April 1967), and divorced in 2005[28]
      • Count Nicolai Christian Valdemar of Rosenborg (b. Gentofte, 6 November 1997)
      • Countess Marie Geraldine Charlotte of Rosenborg (b. Copenhagen, 7 May 1999)
    • Countess Marina Isabelle Ingeborg Karin of Rosenborg (b. Skovshoved, 28 March 1971).

Prince Erik died in Copenhagen on 10 September 1950.

Ancestors[edit]

References[edit]

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ McNaughton, C. Arnold (1973). The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy. Vol. 1. London, U.K.: Garnstone Press. p. 186.
  2. ^ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (1977). Burke's Royal Families of the World. Vol. 1. London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd. p. 70.
  3. ^ "Royal Marriage Bells". The New York Times. Eu, France. 22 October 1885.
  4. ^ https://krogsgaard.name/pafg706.htm#13686
  5. ^ https://krogsgaard.name/pafg706.htm#17771
  6. ^ https://krogsgaard.name/pafg3609.htm#86049
  7. ^ Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 186.
  8. ^ Twu.ca Archived 2008-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ https://krogsgaard.name/pafg711.htm#17772
  10. ^ https://krogsgaard.name/pafg711.htm#18063
  11. ^ Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, editor, Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume 1: Europe & Latin America (London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1977), page 70.
  12. ^ https://krogsgaard.name/pafg711.htm#17772
  13. ^ https://krogsgaard.name/pafg727.htm#37475
  14. ^ https://krogsgaard.name/pafg2170.htm#47392
  15. ^ https://krogsgaard.name/pafg2170.htm#47393
  16. ^ https://krogsgaard.name/pafg2109.htm#59971
  17. ^ https://krogsgaard.name/pafg2666.htm#59979
  18. ^ https://krogsgaard.name/pafg2170.htm#47391
  19. ^ https://krogsgaard.name/pafg296.htm#8575
  20. ^ https://krogsgaard.name/pafg1110.htm#8571
  21. ^ https://www.vogue.com/article/danish-royalty-lady-in-waiting-rosemarie-vind-susanne-vind
  22. ^ https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/danish-royalty-lady-in-waiting-rosemarie-vind-susanne-vind
  23. ^ https://krogsgaard.name/pafg2531.htm#56334
  24. ^ https://krogsgaard.name/pafg712.htm#17773
  25. ^ https://krogsgaard.name/pafg712.htm#18062
  26. ^ https://krogsgaard.name/pafg727.htm#68005
  27. ^ https://krogsgaard.name/pafg726.htm#23777
  28. ^ https://krogsgaard.name/pafg507.htm#35283

Bibliography[edit]

  • Bramsen, Bo (1992). Huset Glücksborg. Europas svigerfader og hans efterslægt [The House of Glücksburg. The Father-in-law of Europe and his descendants] (in Danish) (2nd ed.). Copenhagen: Forlaget Forum. ISBN 87-553-1843-6.
  • Lerche, Anna; Mandal, Marcus (2003). A royal family : the story of Christian IX and his European descendants. Copenhagen: Aschehoug. ISBN 9788715109577.

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