Easter Crisis
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The Easter Crisis was a constitutional crisis in Denmark around Easter in 1920. It was a significant event in the development of constitutional monarchy in Denmark. It began with the dismissal of the
King Christian X in 1925
Prime Minister Carl Theodor Zahle
Demonstrations against the king at Amalienborg Square in 1920.
Christian X
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Christian X was King of Denmark from 1912 until his death in 1947, and the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, holding the title as a result of the personal union between Denmark and independent Icela
Easter Crisis
…event in the development of constitutional monarchy in Denmark. It began with the dismissal of the elected government by the reigning monarch, King Christian X, a reserve power which was granted to him by the Danish constitution, because he thought that the government did not try to reclaim enough land from…
Official portrait, c. 1915
Crown Princess Louise with her eldest child, early 1870s
Prince Christian with his younger brother, the then Prince Carl in 1887
Prince Christian and Princess Alexandrine with their son Frederik in 1900