Haakon VII King Norway 1872-1957

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 3rd August 1872 Haakon VII King Norway was born to Frederick VIII King of Denmark [aged 29] and Louise of Sweden Queen Consort Denmark [aged 20]. He a great x 4 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

In 1896 Haakon VII King Norway [aged 23] and Maud Windsor Queen Consort Norway [aged 26] were married. She the daughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 54] and Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England [aged 51]. He the son of Frederick VIII King of Denmark [aged 52] and 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 [his brother] Christian X King of Denmark [aged 27] and [his sister-in-law] Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Denmark. He the son of [his father] Frederick VIII King of Denmark [aged 54] and [his mother] 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.

On 2nd July 1903 [his son] Olav Glücksburg V King Norway was born to Haakon VII King Norway [aged 30] and [his wife] Maud Windsor Queen Consort Norway [aged 33]. He a grandson of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.91%.

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

The Times. 2nd February 1905.

Her Royal Highness. [his sister-in-law] Princess Louise (Duchess of Fife) [aged 37] and the Duke of Fife [aged 55], were invited to luncheon vith Their Majesties The [his father-in-law] King [aged 63] and [his aunt] Queen [aged 60] to-day.

His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Denmark [aged 32] left the Palace to-day to rejoin tho Danish Cruiser "Heindal," at Southampton, on his return to Denmark.

Mr. Victor Cavendish, M.P, Financial Scretary to the Treasury, Mr. F. P. Horner, Cormnissionor of Woods and Forests, and Lieut. Colonel R. F. Maunsell, R.A., Military Attache at Constantinople, had the honour-of being received by The King.

The Times. 2nd February 1907.

Their Majesties the [his father-in-law] King [aged 65] and [his aunt] Queen [aged 62], attended by the Countess of Gosford [aged 51], the Hon. Charlotte Knollys [aged 72], Captain the Hon. Seymour Fortescue, R.N [aged 50], and Major F. Ponsonby, left the Palace this morning for the British Embassy, Paris.

[his sister-in-law] Her Royal Highness the Princess Victoria [aged 38] accompanied Their Majesties to Calais [Map], and proceeded to Christiania on a visit to Their Majesties the King [aged 34] and [his wife] Queen of Norway [aged 37].

Lady Eva Dugdale and Colonel Sir Henry Knollys [aged 66] (Comptroller and Private Secretary to Her Majesty the Queen of Norway were in attendance upon Her Royal Highness. The King and Queen are travelling u the Duke and Duchess of Lancaster. The Countess of Gosford has succeeded Lady Alice Stanley as Lady in Waiting to Her Majesty.

The [his brother-in-law] Prince of Wales [aged 41], accompanied by Prince Edward of Wales [aged 12], was present at Victoria Station, and took leave of the King and Queen on Their Majesties' departure for Paris. The Hon. Derek Keppel [aged 43] was in attendance.

On 6th May 1910 [his father-in-law] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 68] died. His son [his brother-in-law] George [aged 44] succeeded V King of the United Kingdom. Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 42] by marriage Queen Consort England.

On 14th May 1912 [his father] Frederick VIII King of Denmark [aged 68] died. His son [his brother] 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 28th February 1922 Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood [aged 39] and Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood [aged 24] were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. His best-man was Major Victor Mackenzie 3rd Baronet [aged 39]. Her bridesmaids included Doris Hilda Gordon-Lennox [aged 25], Mary Cambridge Duchess Beaufort [aged 24], Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon [aged 21], Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk [aged 28], Rachel Cavendish [aged 20], Helen Diana Bridgeman [aged 14], Mary Beatrice Thynne Baroness Nunburnholme [aged 18] and Princess May of Teck [aged 16]. The wedding was attending by her father and mother [his brother-in-law] King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 56] and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 54]. She the daughter of King George V of the United Kingdom and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England. He the son of Henry Ulrick Lascelles 5th Earl Harewood [aged 75] and Florence Katharine Bridgeman Countess Harewood [aged 63].

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

On 4th January 1931 [his sister-in-law] Louise Windsor Duchess Fife [aged 63] died.

On 20th January 1936 [his brother-in-law] King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 70] died. His son Edward [aged 41] succeeded VIII King of the United Kingdom. Duke York merged with the crown.

On 20th November 1938 [his wife] Maud Windsor Queen Consort Norway [aged 68] died; her mother [his aunt] Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England had died on the same day thirteen years before. Whilst on a visit to England she had been admitted to hospital and an abdominal operation was performed. She died of heart failure following the operation. Her body was returned to Norway on board HMS Royal Oak, the flagship of the Second Battle Squadron of the Royal Navy's Home Fleet. Her body was moved to a small church in Oslo before the burial. Queen Maud was buried in the royal mausoleum at Akershus Castle in Oslo.

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

On 21st September 1957 Haakon VII King Norway [aged 85] died. His son Olav [aged 54] succeeded V King Norway.