Biography of Christian X King of Denmark 1870-1947

On 28th July 1869 [his father] Frederick VIII King of Denmark [aged 26] and [his mother] Louise of Sweden Queen Consort Denmark [aged 17] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] King Christian IX of Denmark [aged 51] and [his grandmother] Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [aged 51].

On 26th September 1870 Christian X King of Denmark was born to Frederick VIII King of Denmark [aged 27] and Louise of Sweden Queen Consort Denmark [aged 18]. He a great x 4 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

In 1896 [his brother] Haakon VII King Norway [aged 23] and [his sister-in-law] Maud Windsor Queen Consort Norway [aged 26] were married. She the daughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 54] and [his aunt] Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England [aged 51]. He the son of [his father] Frederick VIII King of Denmark [aged 52] and [his mother] Louise of Sweden Queen Consort Denmark [aged 44]. They were first cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 26th April 1898 Christian X King of Denmark [aged 27] and Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Denmark. He the son of Frederick VIII King of Denmark [aged 54] and Louise of Sweden Queen Consort Denmark [aged 46]. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

In 1905 the union of Sweden and Norway was dissoved. [his brother] Haakon VII King Norway [aged 32] succeeded VII King Norway. [his sister-in-law] Maud Windsor Queen Consort Norway [aged 35] by marriage Queen Consort Norway.

On 14th May 1912 [his father] Frederick VIII King of Denmark [aged 68] died. His son Christian [aged 41] succeeded X King of Denmark.

On 20th May 1912 George William Hanover [aged 31] died in a car accident. Somewhat ironically he was driving to the funeral of his maternal uncle [his father] Frederick VIII King of Denmark [deceased] when he skidded on a newly laid road surface. He and his valet Karl Grebe were killed in the accident. There is a monument at the site.

From the web:

Probably overtired, the car raced into loose gravel rock at 90 kilometers per hour, came off the road to the right, knocked down three trees and drilled into the earth with a destroyed front axle. Prince Georg Wilhelm and his valet Grebe – Karl Grebe – died instantly. The chauffeur sitting in the back survived slightly injured. The dead were laid out in the church of Nackel and brought a little later with military honors to Friesack station.

At the station, the coffins were loaded into the carriage to the songs of the Friesacker men's choir, which brought the crown prince to the funeral in Gmunden, Austria. The Friesacker stationmaster, Joachim Gahl, it is said, received a letter from Austria including two cufflinks decorated with diamonds and the initials "GW" thanks to his duty. Hanover's royal family thanked the villagers because they had shown themselves so compassionate. Monetary donations were made to the church, the warrior federation and the virgin association. In the church, a plaque commemorates the laying out and that the congregation sang before the transfer of the dead.

On 20th March 1926 [his mother] Louise of Sweden Queen Consort Denmark [aged 74] died.

On 20th April 1947 Christian X King of Denmark [aged 76] died.

On 28th December 1952 [his former wife] Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [aged 73] died.

[his son] Knud Glücksburg was born to Christian X King of Denmark and Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark.

[his son] Frederik Glücksburg was born to Christian X King of Denmark and Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark.