Ties between the royal families of Belgium and Denmark

Since Queen Margrethe II of Denmark announced her abdication, I had the
idea to write a post about the family ties between the royal families of
Denmark and Belgium.

The current King of Belgium, is King Philippe. Is he related to Queen Margrethe
of Denmark and how? 

Let's find it out in this blogpost. 


Kongehuset ©




King Philippe of Belgium



Denmark

Let's start from Queen Margrethe II of Denmark,
We continue with her father, King Frederick IX of Denmark.




King Frederick IX's father was King Christian X of Denmark, while his
grandfather was King Frederick VIII of Denmark. King Frederick VIII 
of Denmark married Louise of Sweden.




Their daughter was Princess Ingeborg of Denmark. This princess married
to Prince Carl of Sweden and Norway, the Duke of Västergötland.





Belgium


Princess Ingeborg of Denmark and Prince Carl of Sweden and Norway had
several children. One of them was Princess Astrid, who married King
Leopold III of Belgium.





Queen Astrid was the mother of Josephine Charlotte (later Grand Duchess 
of Luxembourg), King Baudouin and King Albert II of Belgium.

And King Albert II of Belgium is of course the father of King Philippe of
Belgium.







More family ties


Queen Margrethe II's mother, Princess Ingrid of Sweden and Astrid were
related via King Oscar II of Sweden. 

King Leopold III and Queen Astrid of Belgium attended the wedding of
Princess Ingrid of Sweden and Frederick IX of Denmark.


Princess Ingrid of Sweden, Queen of Denmark



King Oscar II was inter alia the great grandfather of Queen Ingrid of Denmark and
the grandfather of Queen Astrid as well. Thus Queen Margrethe II of Denmark,
King Harald V of Norway, King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden,
Queen Anne Marie of Greece, Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and
King Philippe of the Belgians are among his descendants. 


King Oscar II of Sweden



Nowadays


From 28-30 March 2017, the King and Queen of the Belgians made an 
official State visit to Denmark. More about the state visit on this link

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark mentioned the ties as well in her speech
given for the State Visit in 2017:


"Your Majesty’s grandmother Queen Astrid came from Sweden
as did my mother. Not only were they cousins, but they were close
friends ever since their childhood. My sisters and I remember
well how our mother Queen Ingrid spoke with love and deep
regret of Aunt Astrid, and her portrait photograph was always
in our mother’s room.

It gives me much pleasure that the relations between our two
families have become even closer by Queen Mathilde accepting
to be the godmother of Princess Isabella, my granddaughter."






Source pictures: Kongehuset ©  Wikipedia

Source picture: King Philippe: Bjorn Hoex

in collaboration with Geert Janssens

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