Background
II, Her Majesty Margrethe, was born on April 16, 1940 in Copenhagen. Daughter of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid.
II, Her Majesty Margrethe, was born on April 16, 1940 in Copenhagen. Daughter of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid.
Baccalaureate, University Copenhagen, University Aarhus. Student in prehistoric archaeology, Cambridge University, 1961. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Cambridge University, 1975.
Student, University Sorbonne, Paris. Student, London School of Economics. Degree (honorary), London School of Economics, 1975.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), University London, 1980. Degree (honorary), University Iceland, 1986. Degree (honorary), Oxford University, 1992.
Honorary Bencher, The Middle Temple, 1992. Degree (honorary), Edinburgh University, 2000.
Succeeded to throne of Denmark in January, 1972 on death of King Frederik IX. Colonel-in-chief Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment.
Honorary freedom City of London, 2000. Royal fellow Society Antiquaries London.
Married Henri-Marie-Jean-André Count de Laborde de Monpezat (now Prince Henrik of Denmark), June 10, 1967. Children: Crown Prince Frederik André Henrik Christian, Prince Joachim Holger Waldemar Christian.