What other royal houses are related to the Danish royal family?

Queen Sophia of Spain was born under the title of princess Sophia of Greece and Denmarkand Norwegian royal family descended from the legitimate male line Frederick VIII of Denmark, great-grandfather of Queen Margareta IIwho this year abdicated the throne of Denmark in favor of his son Frederik.

The Danish monarchy exists more than 1000 years and is in betweenThat the oldest royal houses in the world. Their connections also span several European royal houses, such as the Greek (now defunct), Norwegian and Spanish.

The relationship originates from House of Oldenburg, German dynasty with links to Denmark between the 15th and 21st centuries. It had branches that ruled or ruled in Denmark, Iceland, Greece, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United Kingdom,

The present Queen of Denmark, the King Harald V of Norway and Charles III of England All are descendants on the father’s line Glücksburg branch (originating from that city in northern Germany) of this house.

Dynasty Oldenburg reached its peak when the count Christian I of Oldenburg he was elected king Denmark in 1448, Norway in 1450 i Sweden in 1457

It remains so today the dominant dynasty in Denmark and Norwayand it was the house of kings Greece (King Constantine II, brother Queen Sofia of Spain and the queen Anne-Marie) to the abolition of the monarchy in that country in 1973.

IN July 1947before the engagement with the late Queen Elizabeth II. Philip of Edinburgh renounced his Greek and Danish royal titles and became naturalized as a Briton, adopting the surname of his maternal grandparents, Mountbatten.