#Danish royal house

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Crown Princess Mary of Denmark Attends Danish Fashion Awards (2009)

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Hendrik Krock (July 21, 1671 - 1738) was a Danish Court painter in the Baroque style. He advocated for the foundation of a Royal Academy of Arts, and while first rejected by King Frederik 4., he was given the task of establishing such an Academy by King Christian 6.

Krock's own art consisted of history paintings, mythological and religious pieces, and he was renowned for the speed with which he produced these.

Above: Venus bringer lægende urter til den sårede Æneas, 1706 - oil on canvas (SMK)

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Official visit to Brazil - Oct 2024

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The change of throne has taken place.

Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II has today, 14 January 2024, signed a declaration of her abdication in the Council of State. It happened in the presence of the future king, the future heir to the throne and the government as well as the cabinet secretary.

According to the Succession to the Throne Act, His Majesty King Frederik X is now King of Denmark and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Christian is the new heir to the throne.

📸 The portrait was taken by Dennis Stenild shortly before His Majesty the King (as Crown Prince) drove from Amalienborg to Christiansborg Castle.

via detdanskekongehus

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The First Official Gala Portrait of King Frederik X of Denmark and his Australian-born wife Queen Mary

The portrait, which shows the couple wearing the Order of the Elephant on chains, will be displayed in state institutions, including at Danish embassies and consulates around the world.  

Taken at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, it is the first photo of Mary wearing the crown jewels as queen since ascending the throne in January. 

In the portrait, Mary wears an emerald set with a tiara, necklace earrings, and a large broach. 

The set was designed by jeweller CM Weisshaupt and was a gift from Christian VIII to Queen Caroline Amalie, the Royal House states on its website. 

The set’s emeralds and diamonds are partly reused items from the jewellery collection of Christian VI’s Queen Sophie Magdalene and from older bracelets, combined with newly purchased stones, the Royal House website states.

Mary also wears a diamond miniature portrait of the king in a bow of Order of Dannebrog ribbon, in keeping with the tradition of female members of the royal family wearing a portrait of the sovereign.

25 April 2024

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Ingrid of Sweden, Queen of Denmark. Photographed by Johannes Jaeger, 1935.

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Royal Christenings ❀

Prince Gustav Albrecht zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, son of Prince Gustav and Princess Carina was baptized in the chapel at Berleburg Castle on 26 August 2023. Crown Prince Frederick, Crown Princess Mary, Prince Christian and Princess Benedikte were present along with the baby's godparents.

His Godparents are -

His Royal Highness Prince Christian

Her Royal Highness Princess Theodora of Greece

Ellen Hillingsø

Arabella Gaggero

His Highness Prince Franz-Albrecht

His Highness Prince Carl-Anton

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Their Majesties, King Bhumibol of Thailand and Queen Sirikit alongside King Frederik IX of Denmark and Queen Ingrid during a state visit to Denmark.

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”The youngest of families tends to be treated with special tenderness, and that was the case here as well. Both the parents and the entire Danish people loved the young Prince [Waldemar] and Princess [Thyra], […] As also the youngest of the capital's "favourites", Princess Tyra, left her childhood home to take her place by the Duke of Cumberland's side, there was sorrow mixed in the festive atmosphere.”

Kong Christian IX; Et mindeskrift by J.C Jorgennsen & co, 1906.

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Via the Danish Royal House:

We are looking forward to the decisive match in a little while. Go, Denmark! 🇩🇰⚽️

The pictures were taken by Crown Princess Mary

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Peter Cornelius - In fernem Land (Lohengrin) - 1907

The Danish heroic tenor Peter Cornelius (1865-1934) was one of the leading tenors at the Royal Danish Theatre from the mid-1890's to around 1920.

He made his debut as a baritone in 1893, and four years later he re-appeared as the heroic tenor in all the major roles in Wagner's operas.

Peter Cornelius (whose real name was Cornelius Petersen) not only performed in Copenhagen, but he was also a regular guest at Covent Garden from 1907 to 1914.

Cornelius retired in 1924.

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Queen Mary of Denmark 👑 400th Anniversary of the Børsen at Moltke's Palace on 26 September 2024 in Copenhagen, Denmark

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August Schiøtt (Dec. 17, 1823 - 1895) was a Danish portrait painter. He was Academy trained, traveled extensively through Europe and became a very sought after artist among the rich and mighty, including Danish royalty.

Above: The Reventlow Sisters, late 1840s - oil on canvas

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ᴀ ᴄᴜᴛᴇ ᴘʜᴏᴛᴏ sʜᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴄʜʀɪsᴛɪᴇɴɪɴɢ ᴏғ ᴘʀɪɴᴄᴇss ɪɴɢʀɪᴅ ᴏғ sᴡᴇᴅᴇɴ, 𝟻ᴛʜ ᴍᴀʏ 𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟶. ʜᴇʀ ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ, ᴘʀɪɴᴄᴇss ᴍᴀʀɢᴀʀᴇᴛ ᴏғ ᴄᴏɴɴᴀᴜɢʜᴛ, ʜᴏʟᴅs ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ɪɴɢʀɪᴅ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ʜᴇʀ ʙʀᴏᴛʜᴇʀs, ᴘʀɪɴᴄᴇ ɢᴜsᴛᴀғ ᴀᴅᴏʟғ, ᴅᴜᴋᴇ ᴏғ ᴠäsᴛᴇʀʙᴏᴛᴛᴇɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʀɪɴᴄᴇ sɪɢᴠᴀʀᴅ ᴀʀᴇ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ sɪᴅᴇ.

𝙶𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚏 𝙰𝚍𝚘𝚕𝚏 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚂𝚠𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚕 𝚇𝚅𝙸 𝙶𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚏, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝙸𝚗𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚀𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚗 (𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝟷𝟺𝚝𝚑 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢) 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙸𝙸 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙰𝚗𝚗𝚎-𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎, 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚛 𝚀𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚌𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚂𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝟷𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚜!

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What’s that elephant the Danes are wearing?

Tatler’s guide to the emblems and quirks of Denmark’s highest honour, the Order of the Elephant.

A curious little diamond-encrusted elephant, a blue sash, a gold collar – and sometimes a big flaming cape…Tatler looks into the history and tradition of Denmark's most privileged Order.

With Frederik X set to become sovereign of the Order as he becomes King on Sunday, you might see a few of these elephants around Copenhagen's royal palaces

By Isaac Zamet

12 January 2024

When Crown Prince Frederik becomes Frederik X of Denmark on Sunday, he will also replace his mother, Queen Margrethe II, as the sovereign of Denmark’s most ancient and distinguished order of chivalry, the Order of the Elephant.

Though it was officially refounded in 1693, the order dates all the way back to the 1400s, when it was established as a religious confraternity by a group of about fifty Danish knights.

In the 1400s, prior to the Reformation which gripped Europe and divided the church, such religious ‘clubs’ as the Order of the Elephant were common features of aristocratic life.

At the time of the Order of the Elephant's birth, Christian I was King of Denmark – and in fact, Norway and Sweden too, creating a personal union known as the Kalmar Union.

During this period, the emblem of the club was an image of the Virgin Mary holding her Son within a crescent moon.

This was hung from a collar formed of links in the shape of elephants.

The confraternity mutated over the centuries but endured a stifled period after the Reformation in which such clubs became suspect.

In 1580, Frederik II – eight Frederiks prior to our current Frederik – revived the order and replaced the medallion of the mother and child with an elephant (a Reformation-safe, Protestant approach – if a quirky one!).

But it was Christian V, in 1693, who gave the club its official statues and founding order.

At this time, it was scheduled as comprising 30 noble knights and one Grand Master (the King) along with his sons.

It was only in 1958 that the statutes were amended by Royal Ordinance to allow the ennoblement of women as members of the order.

Between 1580 and today, around 890 persons have been bestowed with the Order of the Elephant; with Queen Margrethe adding 68 people during her 40 year reign.

The recipients are almost always royal persons and foreign heads of state – though in a rare exception, the order was given to a commoner in 2000.

This was the deceased shipping magnate, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, who was recognised for exceptional contribution to Danish economic strength and Danish society.

Those unfamiliar with the man himself will surely recognise his name from the famous shipping containers.

The A.P. Møller – Mærsk group was actually founded in 1904 by his father. It is now worth $81bn dollars.

At the time of Møller’s membership of the order, he was the only non-royal and non-head of state to hold the honour; though it had previously been held by the pioneering nuclear physicist, Niels Bohr.

Membership of the order comes with possession of its rather eye-catching elephantine emblem.

The elephant is made of white-enamelled gold with blue housings and is about 5cm high.

On its back, the elephant bears a tower of pink enamelled masonry (a design originally intended to reflect the howdah compartments of the Indian subcontinent).

A number of large cut diamonds adorn the elephant, along with a crowned monogram of the monarch reigning when it was made.

One wonders, then, when the first Frederikian elephants will be carved.

At the top of the tower on the elephant’s back sits a gold ring, from which the badge can be hung from the collar or tied to a sash.

On the elephant's back sits a turbaned ‘moor mahout.’

It should be noted that some would regard such a depiction as an exoticising caricature.

Others would regard its appearance merely as an expression of an historical perspective.

One striking detail about the circulation of the elephants is that each Order of the Elephant is – in principle – on loan and must be returned to the Chapter of the Royal Orders of Chivalry when a member of the Order has passed away.

This rather quaint custom means that elephants are inherited and used several times by different members of the order, with some dating back hundreds of years.

Interestingly, the done thing is not to disclose to whom an Elephant has previously been given – though there are some traditional lines of inheritance.

For example, the elephant recently bestowed on Prince Christian belonged previously to his grandfather, Prince Henrik.

This handing over was always to be, on the basis of a traditional line of inheritance.

There are two exceptional elephants which have eluded the rule of the ‘loan’ – one remains in the Chancellery Museum at Paris and a second remains on display at the Dwight Eisenhower Presidential Library in the US.

Another beautiful quirk of membership of the Order is that a member’s coat of arms is always painted and subsequently hung in the Knight’s Chapel at Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød.

As to when the elephants come out to play, there are some rather interesting traditions concerning how and when to wear them.

The Order of the Elephant has three festival days: new year’s day, the monarch’s birthday, and the birthday of Valdemar the Victorious, which, if you didn’t know is on June 28.

On these festival days, the Order of the Elephant is worn on the chest on a gold chain link collar, with links shaped as towers and elephants.

The collar sits on each shoulder. On other important occasions, the order is worn on a bright blue sash with a breast star.

The star of the order is an eight-pointed silver star with smooth rays; at its centre sits an enameled red disc with a white cross, surrounded by a laurel wreath in silver.