Glücksburg/Glucksborg, the future Christian IX of Denmark. So, assuming IF Denmark recognized semi-Salic law, Princess Louise would have become Queen of Denmark rather than her husband. I'm sure I could get arguments over this assumption but whatever.
Prince Christian of Glücksburg (1818–1906) had been a foster grandson of the sonless royal couple Frederick VI and Queen Marie Sophie, and thus was well known at the royal court. Prince Christian was a great-nephew of Queen Marie Sophie and descended from a first cousin of Frederick VI. He was brought up as a Dane, having lived in Danish-speaking lands of the royal dynasty and never bore arms for German interests against Denmark, as had other princes of the House of Schleswig-Holstein. This made him a relatively attractive royal candidate from the Danish viewpoint since, as a descendant of Frederick III, he was eligible to succeed in Denmark, although not first-in-line. He was also, but separately, eligible to inherit the dual duchies, but was not first-in-line. Christian of Glücksburg also had married Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel, eldest daughter of the closest female relative of Frederick VII. Louise's mother and brothers, princes of Hesse in Germany, renounced their rights in favor of Louise and her husband. Prince Christian's wife thereby became the closest female heiress of Frederick VII. The thorny question of the application of semi-Salic provision in the succession of Denmark was at that point resolved by legislation, through which Prince Christian of Glücksburg was chosen in 1852 to succeed King Frederick VII in Denmark.
Cite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_VII_of_Denmark
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: Well, the remark makes sense if one takes in
: account that Ernst August I of Hanover would
: succeed in the UK if there was male
: preference and women would only be allowed
: if there were no male successors at all,
: isn’t it? And of course, all his descendants
: marrying the se way, and so on...
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: Actually, that is a good point. If Britain
: had
: followed strict Salic law there wouldn't
: have been many of the queens that make up
: the historical menagerie of the British
: monarchy.Thus, no duke of Brunswick
: (Frederika's father) as heir to the British
: throne as was attributed to the late queen.
: So, with that said, one may have to wonder
: the validity of that statement. However, I
: would love to find an interview, if it
: exists, of Queen Frederika.
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: Really strange as her father traced his line
: also through a woman. Had female succession
: or succession through a female not been
: possible the English and Scottish crowns
: would never have had George I, II, III, IV
: and William IV. Nor would there have been
: Stuarts from Mary Stuart, Tudors or
: Plantagenets.
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: It's reported in Wikipedia and I will leave
: it
: to you to determine whether it is true but
: this is the statement:
: When she was in London representing her
: sick husband at the wedding of his first
: cousin Prince Philip to King George VI's
: elder daughter Princess Elizabeth in
: November 1947, Winston Churchill remarked on
: the Kaiser being her grandfather. Queen
: Frederica had replied acknowledging the
: fact, but reminding him that she was also
: descended from Queen Victoria, and that her
: father would be the British king if the
: country had operated under Salic Law
: (allowing only males to inherit the crown).
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: Your last point about the Swedish royal
: family being conservative is interesting. I
: seem to think that you are correct b/c C XVI
: G waited until after his grandfather, G VI
: A, had passed to be engaged to a non-royal,
: Silvia Somerlath. My understanding is that
: the old king was stringent about his male
: heirs choice of suitable, preferably royal,
: mates.
:
: Furthermore, José made a reference to
: Frederika's daughter marrying a prince of a
: non-reigning house but it is, a bit sad,
: ironic that the Greek royal house would no
: longer reign in a relatively short amount of
: time. In addition, Frederika seemed to have
: a bit of perhaps arrogance or haughtiness in
: regards to other royal houses. I read that
: she had made a comment to the British
: official, foreign secretary or prime
: minister, that if Britain had recognized the
: Salic law then her grandfather would have
: become king of U.K. after William IV rather
: than Queen Victoria.
:
: An obvious but silly remark, if true,
: showing her clear feeling that she
: "glided" way above.
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: What a faux-pas.
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: There are quite some footage of the Greek RF
: in the beginning of the 1960s - there were
: quite many important occasions - King Paul’s
: 60th birthday, the Greek RH’s centenary, the
: double royal weddings - and both King Paul
: & Queen Frederika seemed to be on very
: good terms with King Frederik & Queen
: Ingrid. Of course, these are footage of
: public events - one would never see them
: behaving differently.
: However, in private who knows if there were
: some tensions?
: It seemed there were between Frederika &
: Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain during the
: arrangements for Juan Carlos & Sofia’s
: wedding so...
:
: That’s curious, at least to me, to learn
: Princess Sybilla defended a more liberal
: view on politics/monarchy, etc. Coming from
: a German former reigning RF (and I thought
: the Swedish RF was quite conservative before
: Carl XVI Gustaf ascended the throne) I
: always thought she was a staunch defender of
: a rigid concept of monarchy where duty
: always come first (and that included
: marriage).
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: Yes, thanks for the insight on Swedish royal
: court and Queen Frederika. I seem to recall
: Frederika organized a cruise for mostly
: young royals to meet, i.e., matchmaking. The
: only match, according to some accounts, the
: royal cruise seemed to have produced were
: the eventual engagement of the Spanish royal
: heir, Prince Juan Carlos, to Frederika's
: daughter, Princess Sofia.
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: Frederika and the Greek royal court had a
: different approach to their country's
: democratic principles, as you pointed out,
: than the Swedish or many of the other royal
: courts in Europe. Perhaps if Frederika had
: not meddled in Greek politics then the Greek
: throne may not be empty today. However,
: Constatine can take some of the blame
: himself but I think he listened to his
: mother's, apparently, bad advice.
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: I don´t know about the danish royal house
: but
: there was some tension between Frederika and
: various swedish royals. Stig H.son Ericson,
: marshal of the realm (highest courtier in
: Sweden) wrote his memoirs in the early
: seventies. He mentions that both king Gustaf
: VI Adolf (maternal grandfather of Anne
: Marie) and princess Sibylla had difficulties
: with the greek queen. Different ideas of
: politics/monarchy/democracy and in the case
: of Sibylla; suitable marriage partners.
: Princess Sibylla made clear that marriages
: cant be decided against the wishes of the
: children. I think we all know that Frederika
: was a royal matchmaker.
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: I'm fascinated with Queen Frederika.
: Moreover,
: does anyone know her relationship and her
: husband's with her son's in-laws? Was there
: any relationship at all. Anyway, I recall
: seeing a video of the queen and she was
: being escorted by King Frederik IX. Me
: thinks this was a pre-wedding banquet. I
: recall her son, Constantine, said that
: Frederik locked him in the bathroom after
: informing him of his engagement to his
: daughter, Anne-Marie. So, I suppose, owing
: to Frederika's known meddling in Greek
: politics whether the Danish royal family
: kept a distance from Frederika, so to speak.
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