Christian IX
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Christian IX was King of Denmark from 15 November 1863 until his death in 1906. From 1863 to 1864, he was concurrently Duke of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg. He became one of the most influential
Christian IX of Denmark
Prince Christian's father Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, from 1825 Duke of Glücksburg
Prince Christian's childhood home, Glücksburg Castle in Schleswig-Holstein, seat of the eponymous ducal branches of the House of Oldenburg (2005).
Prince Christian's surrogate father, Frederick VI of Denmark, whose queen Marie of Hesse-Kassel was his aunt and the two princesses his cousins.
George I of Greece
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George I was King of Greece from 30 March 1863 until his assassination on 18 March 1913.
Christian IX
…moved into the Yellow Palace, where their first five children were born between 1843 and 1853: Prince Frederick in 1843, Princess Alexandra in 1844, Prince William in 1845, Princess Dagmar in 1847 and Princess Thyra in 1853. The family was still quite unknown and lived a relatively modest life by royal standards…
George I c. 1912
Portrait by August Schiøtt, 1853
Prince William and his family, 1862: (back row left to right) Frederick, Christian, William; (front row left to right) Dagmar, Valdemar, Louise, Thyra, Alexandra
Photograph by Southwell Bros., 1863