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'''Prince Erik, Count of Rosenborg''' (Erik Frederik Christian Alexander; 8 November 1890 – 10 September 1950) was a Danish prince. He was born in [[Copenhagen]], a son of [[Prince Valdemar of Denmark]] and [[Marie of Orléans (1865–1909)|Princess Marie of Orléans]].
'''Prince Erik, Count of Rosenborg''' (Erik Frederik Christian Alexander zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg; 8 November 1890 – 10 September 1950) was a [[Danish royal family|Danish royal family member]]. He was born at [[Copenhagen]], the 3rd son of [[Prince Valdemar of Denmark]] and [[Marie of Orléans (1865–1909)|Princess Marie of Orléans]].


==Early life ==
== Early life ==
[[File:Det Gule Palae Copenhagen.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Yellow Palace, Copenhagen]]: Prince Erik's childhood home]]
[[File:Det Gule Palae Copenhagen.jpg|thumb|left|190px|[[Yellow Palace, Copenhagen]]: Prince Erik's childhood home]]
[[File:Count Erik of Rosenborg in 1916.jpg|thumb|Prince Erik in 1916]]
[[File:Count Erik of Rosenborg in 1916.jpg|thumb|Prince Erik of Denmark in 1916]]
Prince Erik was born on 8 November 1890, in the [[Yellow Palace, Copenhagen|Yellow Palace]], an 18th-century town house at 18 Amaliegade, immediately adjacent to the [[Amalienborg Palace]] complex in [[Copenhagen]].<ref>{{cite book|last=McNaughton|first=C. Arnold|title=The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy|volume=1|location=London, U.K.|publisher=Garnstone Press|year=1973|page=186}}</ref> He was the third child of [[Prince Valdemar of Denmark]], and his wife [[Princess Marie of Orléans (1865-1909)|Princess Marie of Orléans]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Montgomery-Massingberd|first=Hugh|title=Burke's Royal Families of the World|volume=1|location=London, U.K.|publisher=Burke's Peerage Ltd|year=1977|page=70}}</ref> His father was a younger son of [[Christian IX of Denmark|King Christian IX of Denmark]] and [[Louise of Hesse-Kassel]], and his mother was the eldest daughter of [[Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres]] and [[Princess Françoise of Orléans (1844–1925)|Princess Françoise of Orléans]]. His parents' marriage was said to be a political match.<ref>{{cite news |title=Royal Marriage Bells |newspaper=The New York Times |location=Eu, France |date=22 October 1885 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1885/10/23/archives/royal-marriage-bells-wedding-of-prince-waldemar-and-princess-marie.html}}</ref>
Prince Erik was born on 8 November 1890, in the [[Yellow Palace, Copenhagen|Yellow Palace]], an 18th-century [[town house]] at [[Amaliegade|18 Amaliegade]], immediately adjacent to the [[Amalienborg Palace]] in [[Copenhagen]].<ref>{{cite book|last=McNaughton|first=C. Arnold|title=The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy|volume=1|location=London, U.K.|publisher=Garnstone Press|year=1973|page=186}}</ref> The third child of [[Prince Valdemar of Denmark]] and his wife [[Princess Marie of Orléans (1865-1909)|Princess Marie of Orléans]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Montgomery-Massingberd|first=Hugh|title=Burke's Royal Families of the World|volume=1|location=London, U.K.|publisher=Burke's Peerage Ltd|year=1977|page=70}}</ref> his [[Prince Valdemar of Denmark|father]] was a younger son of [[Christian IX of Denmark|King Christian IX of Denmark]] and [[Louise of Hesse-Kassel]], and his mother was the eldest daughter of [[Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres]] and [[Princess Françoise of Orléans (1844–1925)|Princess Françoise of Orléans]]. His parents' marriage was reputed to be a [[Diplomacy|political match]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Royal Marriage Bells |newspaper=The New York Times |location=Eu, France |date=22 October 1885 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1885/10/23/archives/royal-marriage-bells-wedding-of-prince-waldemar-and-princess-marie.html}}</ref>


He was christened 10 days after his birth and his godparents were his paternal grandparents, King Christian IX and Queen Louise of Denmark; his paternal uncle and aunt, [[Alexander III of Russia|Tsar Alexander III of Russia]] and [[Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)|Empress Maria Feodorovna]]; and his paternal uncle and aunt, [[Frederick VIII of Denmark|Crown Prince Frederik]] and [[Louise of Sweden|Crown Princess Louise of Denmark]].
Prince Erik was christened 10 days after his birth and his [[godparent]]s were his paternal grandparents, King Christian IX and Queen Louise of Denmark; his paternal uncle and aunt, [[Alexander III of Russia|Tsar Alexander III of Russia]] and [[Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)|Empress Maria Feodorovna]]; and his paternal uncle and aunt, [[Frederick VIII of Denmark|Crown Prince Frederik]] and [[Louise of Sweden|Crown Princess Louise of Denmark]].

He was a [[Landlord]].<ref>https://krogsgaard.name/pafg706.htm#13686</ref>


Later created [[Count of Rosenborg]], Erik inherited the [[Ancestral seat|family estates]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://krogsgaard.name/pafg706.htm#13686 | title=Selected Families/Individuals - pafg706 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File }}</ref>
[[File:Armes d alliance de Lois comtesse de Rosenborg.svg|thumb|right|170px|[[Arms of alliance|Marital arms]] of the [[Count of Rosenborg|Count]] and [[Booth baronets|Countess of Rosenborg]]]]
==Marriage and issue==
==Marriage and issue==
As was then customary in the Danish [[dynasty|royal house]], Erik renounced his rights to the throne when he chose to take a commoner as wife, marrying in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], on 11 February 1924 Lois Frances Booth (Ottawa, Ontario, 2 August 1897 – Copenhagen, 26 February 1941).<ref>https://krogsgaard.name/pafg706.htm#17771</ref> His wife was the daughter of John Frederick Booth (Ontario, 3 June 1865 - Ontario, 5 August 1930), who lived in Canada, and wife Frances Alberta Hunsicker ([[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], 1 November 1866 - [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], [[British Columbia]], 12 February 1964, buried in Beechwood Cemetery, [[Ottawa]] Municipality, Ontario),<ref>https://krogsgaard.name/pafg3609.htm#86049</ref> and paternal granddaughter of [[John Rudolphus Booth]] by his wife, Rosalinda Cook, and related to the [[Booth Baronets]].<ref>Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 186.</ref><ref>[https://www.twu.ca/sites/laurentian/heritage/jrbooth.html Twu.ca] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309083224/http://www.twu.ca/sites/laurentian/heritage/jrbooth.html |date=2008-03-09 }}</ref> Prince Erik and his wife divorced in 1937. She later remarried Gunnar Thorkil Juelsberg (1904 - 1966), without issue.
As was then customary with [[Denmark|Danish]] [[dynasty|royalty]], Erik renounced his rights to the [[Monarchy of Denmark|throne]] when he chose to take a [[commoner]] as wife, marrying in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], on 11 February 1924 [[Bjergbygaard|Lois Frances Booth]] (Ottawa, Ontario, 2 August 1897 – Copenhagen, 26 February 1941).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://krogsgaard.name/pafg706.htm#17771 | title=Selected Families/Individuals - pafg706 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File }}</ref> His wife was the daughter of a [[Cousin|kinsman]] of the [[Booth baronets]], John Frederick Booth (Ontario, 3 June 1865 – Ontario, 5 August 1930), who lived in [[Canada]], and wife Frances Alberta Hunsicker ([[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], 1 November 1866 – [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], [[British Columbia]], 12 February 1964, buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://krogsgaard.name/pafg3609.htm#86049 | title=Selected Families/Individuals - pafg3609 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File }}</ref> and paternal granddaughter of [[John Rudolphus Booth]], ''the Father of Canada'' by his wife Rosalinda Cooke (1829 – 1886).<ref>Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 186.</ref><ref>[https://www.twu.ca/sites/laurentian/heritage/jrbooth.html Twu.ca] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309083224/http://www.twu.ca/sites/laurentian/heritage/jrbooth.html |date=2008-03-09 }}</ref> Prince Erik and his wife divorced in 1937. Lois Countess of Rosenborg married secondly Gunnar ''Thorkild'' Juelsberg (1904 – 1966), by whom she had no issue.


The couple had two children:
Erik and Lois had two children:
* Countess Alexandra Dagmar Frances Marie Margrethe of Rosenborg ([[Arcadia, California|Arcadia]], California, 5 February 1927 – [[Odense]], 5 October 1992), Landowner in Sanderumgaard Gods, Fraugde,<ref>https://krogsgaard.name/pafg711.htm#17772</ref> married in Jacobs Kirke, Copenhagen, on 2 May 1951 to Ivar Emil [[:File:Coatofarms-Vind.jpg|Vind]]-Röj of the 4th Tesdorpfske Fideikommis and of Sanderumgaard and Bækkeskov (Everdrup, 5 January 1921 – Odense, 11 February 1977), Chamberlain, Master Huntsman of the Royal [[Hunt]], [[landowner]] in Sanderumgaard Gods, Fraugde,<ref>https://krogsgaard.name/pafg711.htm#18063</ref> son of Ove Holger Christian Vind of Det Vindske Fideikommis and of Sanderumgaard and Bækkeskov (29 July 1877 - 10 February 1954), Royal Danish [[Chamberlain (office)|Chamberlain]], Master of the Court Hunt, [[Second Lieutenant]] of the Royal Danish Army, [[Master's Degree|Master]] of [[Politics]], Assistant in the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Denmark)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]], Landowner in Sanderumgaard Gods, Fraugde, by his wife, Elsa Mimi Adelaide Marie Oxholm (of [[Danish Nobility|Danish nobility]]) (Copenhagen, 5 December 1891 - 4 March 1970), inscribed in Vallø Noble Diocese in Bækkeskov Gods, Tappernøje, Rønnede,<ref>Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, editor, Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume 1: Europe & Latin America (London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1977), page 70.</ref><ref>https://krogsgaard.name/pafg711.htm#17772</ref><ref>https://krogsgaard.name/pafg727.htm#37475</ref>
* Countess Alexandra Dagmar Frances Marie Margrethe of Rosenborg ([[Arcadia, California|Arcadia]], [[Los Angeles County]], [[California]], 5 February 1927 – [[Odense]], 5 October 1992), feudal baron of Sanderumgaard Gods and Fraugde,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://krogsgaard.name/pafg711.htm#17772 | title=Selected Families/Individuals - pafg711 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File }}</ref> married in [[St. James's Church, Copenhagen|Sankt Jacobs Kirke, Copenhagen]], on 2 May 1951 to Ivar Emil [[:File:Coatofarms-Vind.jpg|Vind-Röj]], ''[[Edward Tesdorpf|Tesdorpfske]] [[Fideicommissum|Fideikommis]]'' (feudal baron) of Sanderumgaard and Bækkeskov (Everdrup, 5 January 1921 – Odense, 11 February 1977), [[Royal household|Royal]] [[Chamberlain (office)|Chamberlain]], [[Hofjægermester|Master of the Court Hunt]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://krogsgaard.name/pafg711.htm#18063 | title=Selected Families/Individuals - pafg711 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File }}</ref> son of Ove Holger Christian [[Vind]], feudal baron of Sanderumgaard and Bækkeskov (29 July 1877 – 10 February 1954), [[Lord Chamberlain of Denmark|Royal Chamberlain]], Master of the Court Hunt, [[Second Lieutenant]] in the [[Royal Danish Army]], [[Master of Public Policy|Master of Politics]], [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Denmark)|Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs]], feudal baron of Sanderumgaard Gods and Fraugde, by his wife, [[Oscar O'Neill Oxholm (1809–1871)#Personal life|Elsa Mimi Adelaide Marie Oxholm]] (Copenhagen, 5 December 1891 – 4 March 1970), inscribed with a memorial tablet in [[Vallø stift|Vallø Noble Diocese]] in Bækkeskov Gods, Tappernøje, Rønnede<ref>Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, editor, Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume 1: Europe & Latin America (London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1977), page 70.</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://krogsgaard.name/pafg711.htm#17772 | title=Selected Families/Individuals - pafg711 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://krogsgaard.name/pafg727.htm#37475 | title=Selected Families/Individuals - pafg727 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File }}</ref>
** Marie-Lovise Frances Elisabeth Vind (b. Hellerup, 7 February 1952),<ref>https://krogsgaard.name/pafg2170.htm#47392</ref> married in Allerup Kirke, Allerup, on 7 April 1973 and divorced Count Christian Gustav Knuth af Christiansdal til Baroniet Christiansdal og til Fideikommisgodset Lilliendal (Stenagergaard Gods, Mesinge, 23 November 1942 - aft. 1980), Landlord in Lilliendal Gods, Mern,<ref>https://krogsgaard.name/pafg2170.htm#47393</ref> son of Count Ulrik Gustav Adam Knuth af Christiansdal til Baroniet Christiansdal og til Fideikommisgodset Lilliendal (Østergaard Gods, Mern, 27 January 1911 - 13 January 2004), Chamberlain, Court Huntsman, Manor in Lilliendal Gods, Mern, and wife (m. Rønninge Kirke, Rønninge, Fakse, 12 July 1940) Baroness Tove Birgitte Bille-Brahe-Selby (Frederiksberg, 23 October 1915, christened in Rønninge - ?),<ref>https://krogsgaard.name/pafg2109.htm#59971</ref> and had two children:
** Marie-Louise Frances Elisabeth Vind (b. Hellerup, 7 February 1952),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://krogsgaard.name/pafg2170.htm#47392 | title=Selected Families/Individuals - pafg2170 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File }}</ref> married in Allerup Kirke on 7 April 1973 (now divorced) [[Count]] [[:de:Kristian Knuth|Christian Gustav Knuth]] af [[:da:Adam Christopher Knuth til Christiansdal|Christiansdal]] (Stenagergaard Gods, Mesinge, 23 November 1942 – 8 August 2010), feudal baron of Lilliendal Gods, Mern,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://krogsgaard.name/pafg2170.htm#47393 | title=Selected Families/Individuals - pafg2170 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File }}</ref> son of Count Ulrik Gustav Adam Knuth (Østergaard Gods, Mern, 27 January 1911 – 13 January 2004), Royal Chamberlain, Court Huntsman, feudal baron of Lilliendal Gods and Mern, by his wife (m. Rønninge Kirke, Fakse, 12 July 1940) Baroness Tove Birgitte Bille-Brahe-Selby (Frederiksberg, 23 October 1915 – Mern, 19 August 2002),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://krogsgaard.name/pafg2109.htm#59971 | title=Selected Families/Individuals - pafg2109 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File }}</ref> and had two children:
*** Countess Christina Elisabeth Knuth af Christiansdal (b. Nykøbing-Falster, Copenhagen, 6 May 1977), married in 2005 to Jacob Conrad Kamman (b. 1979)<ref>https://krogsgaard.name/pafg2666.htm#59979</ref>
*** Countess Christina Elisabeth Knuth af Christiansdal (b. [[Nykøbing Falster]], 6 May 1977), married in 2005 to Jacob Conrad Kamman (b. 1979)<ref>[https://jacobkamman.dk/ www.jacobkamman.dk]</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://krogsgaard.name/pafg2666.htm#59979 | title=Selected Families/Individuals - pafg2666 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File }}</ref>
*** Count Michael Ivar Knuth af Christiansdal (b. Nykøbing-Falster, 8 December 1979)
*** Count Michael Ivar Knuth af Christiansdal (b. Nykøbing Falster, 8 December 1979)
** Erik Ove Carl John Emil Vind til Sanderumgaard (b. Hellerup, 5 May 1954),<ref>https://krogsgaard.name/pafg2170.htm#47391</ref> married in [[Mahé, Seychelles|Mahé]], [[Seychelles]], on 15 February 1993 Countess Suzanne Ingrid Jessie Dorthe [[Ahlefeldt]]-Laurvig-Bille (b. [[Svendborg]], 4 March 1967), [[lady-in-waiting]] to [[Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg|Princess Alexandra]],<ref>https://krogsgaard.name/pafg296.htm#8575</ref> sister of Count [[Michael Preben Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille]] and daughter of Count Claus Christian Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille (Copenhagen, 6 March 1932 - 2014), Landlord in Havnø Gods, Hadsund, and second wife and third cousin (m. Tranekær Kirke, Tranekær, 21 September 1963, divorced in 1971) Countess Merete-Anette Ahlefeldt-Laurvig (b. Rudkøbing, 1 April 1943), [[Nurse]]<ref>https://krogsgaard.name/pafg1110.htm#8571</ref>
** Erik Ove Carl John Emil Vind (b. Hellerup, 5 May 1954),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://krogsgaard.name/pafg2170.htm#47391 | title=Selected Families/Individuals - pafg2170 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File }}</ref> married in [[Mahé, Seychelles|Mahé]], [[Seychelles]], on 15 February 1993 Countess Suzanne Ingrid Jessie Dorthe [[Ahlefeldt]]-Laurvig-Bille (b. [[Svendborg]], 4 March 1967), [[lady-in-waiting]] to [[Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg|Princess Alexandra]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://krogsgaard.name/pafg296.htm#8575 | title=Selected Families/Individuals - pafg296 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File }}</ref> sister of Count [[Michael Preben Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille]] and daughter of Count Claus Christian Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille (Copenhagen, 6 March 1932 – 2014), feudal baron of Havnø Gods, Hadsund, and second wife and third cousin (m. Tranekær Kirke, 21 September 1963, divorced in 1971) Countess Merete-Anette Ahlefeldt-Laurvig (b. Rudkøbing, 1 April 1943), [[nurse]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://krogsgaard.name/pafg1110.htm#8571 | title=Selected Families/Individuals - pafg1110 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File }}</ref>
*** Rosemarie Alexandra Kirsten Vind (b. Copenhagen, 2 November 1993), [[fashion model]]<ref>https://www.vogue.com/article/danish-royalty-lady-in-waiting-rosemarie-vind-susanne-vind</ref><ref>https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/danish-royalty-lady-in-waiting-rosemarie-vind-susanne-vind</ref>
*** Rosemarie Alexandra Kirsten Vind (b. Copenhagen, 2 November 1993), [[fashion model]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vogue.com/article/danish-royalty-lady-in-waiting-rosemarie-vind-susanne-vind | title=How One Danish It Girl and Her Best Friends Are Restyling Her Mom's '90s Couture Clothes | date=October 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/danish-royalty-lady-in-waiting-rosemarie-vind-susanne-vind | title=How One Danish It Girl and Her Best Friends Are Restyling Her Mom's '90s Couture Clothes | date=October 2018 }}</ref>
*** Georg Ivar Emil Vind (b. Copenhagen, 15 October 1995)
*** Georg Ivar Emil Vind (b. Copenhagen, 15 October 1995)
*** Nonni Margaretha Elsa Vind (b. Odense, 14 June 2003)
*** Nonni Margaretha Elsa Vind (b. Odense, 14 June 2003)
** Georg Christian Valdemar Vind (b. Hellerup, 5 August 1958), married in [[Kuwait City]], [[Kuwait]], on 15 or 19 September 1993 to Maria Munk (b. [[Frederiksberg]], Copenhagen, 12 October 1966)<ref>https://krogsgaard.name/pafg2531.htm#56334</ref>
** Georg Christian Valdemar Vind (b. Hellerup, 5 August 1958), married in [[Kuwait City]] on 19 September 1993 to Maria Munk (b. [[Frederiksberg]], Copenhagen, 12 October 1966), distant cousin of [[Jacob Munch]], [[Peter Andreas Munch]] and [[Edvard Munch]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://krogsgaard.name/pafg2531.htm#56334 | title=Selected Families/Individuals - pafg2531 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File }}</ref>
*** Andreas Ivar Knud Holger Vind (b. Kuwait, 26 November 1994)
*** Andreas Ivar Knud Holger Vind (b. Kuwait, 26 November 1994)
*** Clara Alexandra Vind (b. 8 January 1998), graduated in the [[University of Copenhagen]], [[journalist]] at [[Ekstra Bladet]], [[B.T. (tabloid)|B.T.]] and [[Berlingske]]<ref>https://www.berlingske.dk/redaktionen/clara-alexandra-vind</ref>
*** Clara Alexandra Vind (b. 8 January 1998)
* Count Christian Edward Valdemar Jean Frederik Peter of Rosenborg ([[Bjergbygaard]], 16 July 1932 – [[London]], 24 March 1997), [[Major (rank)|Major]] in the [[Royal Danish Army]]; married at Stouby Kirke, Stouby, on 10 August 1962 Karin von Lüttichau (b. Stouby Gods, Stouby, or Rohden, 12 August 1938), lady-in-waiting to [[Princess Benedikte of Denmark]] (Hoffet) in Stensballe, Horsens, married secondly to Michael Warberg<ref>https://krogsgaard.name/pafg712.htm</ref> daughter of Folmer von Lüttichau til Rhoden og Daugaard (Hindsgavl Gods, Middelfart, 12 August 1898 - 14 February 1977), Court Huntsman, Landowner in Daugaard, and wife (m. Bregnet Kirke, 23 March 1934) Ingeborg Marie Saima Carl (Copenhagen, 20 October 1915 - 12 September 1983)<ref>https://krogsgaard.name/pafg726.htm#23777</ref>
* Count Christian Edward Valdemar Jean Frederik Peter of Rosenborg ([[Bjergbygaard]], 16 July 1932 – [[London]], 24 March 1997), [[Major (rank)|Major]] in the [[Royal Danish Army]];<ref>{{cite web | url=https://krogsgaard.name/pafg712.htm#17773 | title=Selected Families/Individuals - pafg712 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File }}</ref> married at Stouby Kirke on 10 August 1962 Karin von Lüttichau (b. Stouby Gods, 12 August 1938), lady-in-waiting to [[Princess Benedikte of Denmark]] in Stensballe, Horsens,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://krogsgaard.name/pafg712.htm#18062 | title=Selected Families/Individuals - pafg712 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File }}</ref> (married secondly to [[Warburg family|Michael Warberg]]),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://krogsgaard.name/pafg727.htm#68005 | title=Selected Families/Individuals - pafg727 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File }}</ref> daughter of [[Lüttichau|Folmer von Lüttichau]] (Hindsgavl Gods, Middelfart, 12 August 1898 – 14 February 1977), Court Huntmaster, feudal baron of Daugaard, and wife (m. Bregnet Kirke, 23 March 1934) Ingeborg Marie Saima [[:da:Adolf Carl|Carl]] (of [[Barner (noble family)|Danish nobility]]) (Copenhagen, 20 October 1915 – 12 September 1983)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://krogsgaard.name/pafg726.htm#23777 | title=Selected Families/Individuals - pafg726 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File }}</ref>
** Count Valdemar Erik Flemming Christian of Rosenborg (b. [[Skovshoved]], 9 July 1965), [[First Lieutenant|Lieutenant]] in the [[Guard Hussar Regiment (Denmark)|Guard Hussar Regiment]], director of [[Maersk]] [[Shipbroker|Broker]],<ref>[https://mbshipbrokers.com/all-offices/ www.mbshipbrokers.com]</ref> married on 29 June 1996 (divorced 2005)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://krogsgaard.name/pafg507.htm#35283 | title=Selected Families/Individuals - pafg507 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File }}</ref> Charlotte Diane Isabelle [[Cruse family|Cruse]] (b. [[Cognac, France|Cognac]], 23 April 1967), daughter of Roland Cruse and wife Annette Ingemann,<ref>[https://www.chateau-issan.com/en/ www.chateau-issan.com]</ref> paternal granddaughter of Emmanuel Henri Georges Cruse (1892 – 1968) and wife and cousin Marguerite de Luze, daughter of [[:fr:De Luze|Alfred de Luze]] and wife Sophie Cruse, great-granddaughter of Victor Adolphe Frédéric Cruse (1854 – 1933) and wife (m. 1880) Lucie Louise Amélie Durand-Dassier (1860 – 1923), and great-great-granddaughter of Jean-Christian Herman Cruse (1820 – 1877), son of Hans Wilhelm Herman Cruse and wife Anna Rebecka Emma Raake, and wife (m. 1848) Suzanne Sophie Lawton (1827 – 1916), daughter of Henry Lawton (1799 – 1828) and wife (m. 1823) Henriette Balguerie de Chautard, paternal granddaughter of Guillaume Lawton (1755 – 1835) and wife (m. 1790) Marie de Raynaud (1771 – 1819), and great-granddaughter of Abraham Lawton (1716 – 1776)<ref>[https://www.lawtonhallestate.com/16th-19th-century www.lawtonhallestate.com]</ref> and wife (m. 1746) Charlotte de Selve<ref>{{cite web | url=http://bertrand.auschitzky.free.fr/AppendicesLabarre/09.LAWTON.htm | title=Les Auschitzky de Bordeaux }}</ref>
** Count Valdemar Erik Flemming Christian of Rosenborg (b. Skovshoved, 9 July 1965), [[First Lieutenant]] in the [[Guard Hussar Regiment (Denmark)|Guard Hussar Regiment]], [[Shipbroker]] in [[Auckland]], New Zealand,<ref>https://krogsgaard.name/pafg507.htm#35283</ref> married in [[Bordeaux]] on 29 June 1996 Charlotte Diane Isabelle Cruse (b. [[Cognac, France|Cognac]], 23 April 1967), and divorced in 2005<ref>https://krogsgaard.name/pafg507.htm#35283</ref>
*** Count Nicolai Christian Valdemar of Rosenborg (b. [[Gentofte]], 6 November 1997)
*** Count Nicolai Christian Valdemar of Rosenborg (b. [[Gentofte]], 6 November 1997)
*** Countess Marie Geraldine Charlotte of Rosenborg (b. Copenhagen, 7 May 1999)
*** Countess Marie Geraldine Charlotte of Rosenborg (b. Copenhagen, 7 May 1999)
** Countess Marina Isabelle Ingeborg Karin of Rosenborg (b. Skovshoved, 28 March 1971).
** Countess Marina Isabelle Ingeborg Karin of Rosenborg (b. Skovshoved, 28 March 1971).


Count Erik died on 10 September 1950 at Copenhagen, Denmark.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1950/09/12/archives/prince-erik-dead-in-denmark-at-59-cousin-of-king-christian-gave-up.html www.nytimes.com]</ref>
Prince Erik died in Copenhagen on 10 September 1950.

==See also==
*[[Counts of Rosenborg]]
*[[Danish nobility]]
*[[Johanniterorden]]


==Ancestors==
==Ancestors==
{{See also|Descendants of Christian IX of Denmark}}

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* [http://www.roskildehistorie.dk/stamtavler/adel/Vind/Vindny.htm Vind Den nyere slægt] (in [[Danish language|Danish]])
* [http://www.roskildehistorie.dk/stamtavler/adel/Vind/Vindny.htm Vind Den nyere slægt] (in [[Danish language|Danish]])
* [https://www.burkespeerage.com/ www.burkespeerage.com]


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Prince Erik
Count of Rosenborg
Prince Erik in 1924
Born(1890-11-08)8 November 1890
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died10 September 1950(1950-09-10) (aged 59)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Spouse
Lois Frances Booth
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(m. 1924; div. 1937)​
IssueCountess Alexandra
Count Christian
Names
Erik Frederik Christian Alexander
HouseGlücksburg
FatherPrince Valdemar of Denmark
MotherPrincess Marie of Orléans

Prince Erik, Count of Rosenborg (Erik Frederik Christian Alexander zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg; 8 November 1890 – 10 September 1950) was a Danish royal family member. He was born at Copenhagen, the 3rd son of Prince Valdemar of Denmark and Princess Marie of Orléans.

Early life

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Yellow Palace, Copenhagen: Prince Erik's childhood home
Prince Erik of Denmark in 1916

Prince Erik was born on 8 November 1890, in the Yellow Palace, an 18th-century town house at 18 Amaliegade, immediately adjacent to the Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen.[1] The third child of Prince Valdemar of Denmark and his wife Princess Marie of Orléans,[2] his father was a younger son of King Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel, and his mother was the eldest daughter of Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres and Princess Françoise of Orléans. His parents' marriage was reputed to be a political match.[3]

Prince Erik was christened 10 days after his birth and his godparents were his paternal grandparents, King Christian IX and Queen Louise of Denmark; his paternal uncle and aunt, Tsar Alexander III of Russia and Empress Maria Feodorovna; and his paternal uncle and aunt, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Louise of Denmark.

Later created Count of Rosenborg, Erik inherited the family estates.[4]

Marital arms of the Count and Countess of Rosenborg

Marriage and issue

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As was then customary with Danish royalty, Erik renounced his rights to the throne when he chose to take a commoner as wife, marrying in Ottawa, Ontario, on 11 February 1924 Lois Frances Booth (Ottawa, Ontario, 2 August 1897 – Copenhagen, 26 February 1941).[5] His wife was the daughter of a kinsman of the Booth baronets, John Frederick Booth (Ontario, 3 June 1865 – Ontario, 5 August 1930), who lived in Canada, and wife Frances Alberta Hunsicker (Montreal, Quebec, 1 November 1866 – Victoria, British Columbia, 12 February 1964, buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa),[6] and paternal granddaughter of John Rudolphus Booth, the Father of Canada by his wife Rosalinda Cooke (1829 – 1886).[7][8] Prince Erik and his wife divorced in 1937. Lois Countess of Rosenborg married secondly Gunnar Thorkild Juelsberg (1904 – 1966), by whom she had no issue.

Erik and Lois had two children:

  • Countess Alexandra Dagmar Frances Marie Margrethe of Rosenborg (Arcadia, Los Angeles County, California, 5 February 1927 – Odense, 5 October 1992), feudal baron of Sanderumgaard Gods and Fraugde,[9] married in Sankt Jacobs Kirke, Copenhagen, on 2 May 1951 to Ivar Emil Vind-Röj, Tesdorpfske Fideikommis (feudal baron) of Sanderumgaard and Bækkeskov (Everdrup, 5 January 1921 – Odense, 11 February 1977), Royal Chamberlain, Master of the Court Hunt,[10] son of Ove Holger Christian Vind, feudal baron of Sanderumgaard and Bækkeskov (29 July 1877 – 10 February 1954), Royal Chamberlain, Master of the Court Hunt, Second Lieutenant in the Royal Danish Army, Master of Politics, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, feudal baron of Sanderumgaard Gods and Fraugde, by his wife, Elsa Mimi Adelaide Marie Oxholm (Copenhagen, 5 December 1891 – 4 March 1970), inscribed with a memorial tablet in Vallø Noble Diocese in Bækkeskov Gods, Tappernøje, Rønnede[11][12][13]
    • Marie-Louise Frances Elisabeth Vind (b. Hellerup, 7 February 1952),[14] married in Allerup Kirke on 7 April 1973 (now divorced) Count Christian Gustav Knuth af Christiansdal (Stenagergaard Gods, Mesinge, 23 November 1942 – 8 August 2010), feudal baron of Lilliendal Gods, Mern,[15] son of Count Ulrik Gustav Adam Knuth (Østergaard Gods, Mern, 27 January 1911 – 13 January 2004), Royal Chamberlain, Court Huntsman, feudal baron of Lilliendal Gods and Mern, by his wife (m. Rønninge Kirke, Fakse, 12 July 1940) Baroness Tove Birgitte Bille-Brahe-Selby (Frederiksberg, 23 October 1915 – Mern, 19 August 2002),[16] and had two children:
      • Countess Christina Elisabeth Knuth af Christiansdal (b. Nykøbing Falster, 6 May 1977), married in 2005 to Jacob Conrad Kamman (b. 1979)[17][18]
      • Count Michael Ivar Knuth af Christiansdal (b. Nykøbing Falster, 8 December 1979)
    • Erik Ove Carl John Emil Vind (b. Hellerup, 5 May 1954),[19] married in Mahé, Seychelles, on 15 February 1993 Countess Suzanne Ingrid Jessie Dorthe Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille (b. Svendborg, 4 March 1967), lady-in-waiting to Princess Alexandra,[20] sister of Count Michael Preben Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille and daughter of Count Claus Christian Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille (Copenhagen, 6 March 1932 – 2014), feudal baron of Havnø Gods, Hadsund, and second wife and third cousin (m. Tranekær Kirke, 21 September 1963, divorced in 1971) Countess Merete-Anette Ahlefeldt-Laurvig (b. Rudkøbing, 1 April 1943), nurse[21]
      • Rosemarie Alexandra Kirsten Vind (b. Copenhagen, 2 November 1993), fashion model[22][23]
      • Georg Ivar Emil Vind (b. Copenhagen, 15 October 1995)
      • Nonni Margaretha Elsa Vind (b. Odense, 14 June 2003)
    • Georg Christian Valdemar Vind (b. Hellerup, 5 August 1958), married in Kuwait City on 19 September 1993 to Maria Munk (b. Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, 12 October 1966), distant cousin of Jacob Munch, Peter Andreas Munch and Edvard Munch[24]
  • Count Christian Edward Valdemar Jean Frederik Peter of Rosenborg (Bjergbygaard, 16 July 1932 – London, 24 March 1997), Major in the Royal Danish Army;[26] married at Stouby Kirke on 10 August 1962 Karin von Lüttichau (b. Stouby Gods, 12 August 1938), lady-in-waiting to Princess Benedikte of Denmark in Stensballe, Horsens,[27] (married secondly to Michael Warberg),[28] daughter of Folmer von Lüttichau (Hindsgavl Gods, Middelfart, 12 August 1898 – 14 February 1977), Court Huntmaster, feudal baron of Daugaard, and wife (m. Bregnet Kirke, 23 March 1934) Ingeborg Marie Saima Carl (of Danish nobility) (Copenhagen, 20 October 1915 – 12 September 1983)[29]
    • Count Valdemar Erik Flemming Christian of Rosenborg (b. Skovshoved, 9 July 1965), Lieutenant in the Guard Hussar Regiment, director of Maersk Broker,[30] married on 29 June 1996 (divorced 2005)[31] Charlotte Diane Isabelle Cruse (b. Cognac, 23 April 1967), daughter of Roland Cruse and wife Annette Ingemann,[32] paternal granddaughter of Emmanuel Henri Georges Cruse (1892 – 1968) and wife and cousin Marguerite de Luze, daughter of Alfred de Luze and wife Sophie Cruse, great-granddaughter of Victor Adolphe Frédéric Cruse (1854 – 1933) and wife (m. 1880) Lucie Louise Amélie Durand-Dassier (1860 – 1923), and great-great-granddaughter of Jean-Christian Herman Cruse (1820 – 1877), son of Hans Wilhelm Herman Cruse and wife Anna Rebecka Emma Raake, and wife (m. 1848) Suzanne Sophie Lawton (1827 – 1916), daughter of Henry Lawton (1799 – 1828) and wife (m. 1823) Henriette Balguerie de Chautard, paternal granddaughter of Guillaume Lawton (1755 – 1835) and wife (m. 1790) Marie de Raynaud (1771 – 1819), and great-granddaughter of Abraham Lawton (1716 – 1776)[33] and wife (m. 1746) Charlotte de Selve[34]
      • Count Nicolai Christian Valdemar of Rosenborg (b. Gentofte, 6 November 1997)
      • Countess Marie Geraldine Charlotte of Rosenborg (b. Copenhagen, 7 May 1999)
    • Countess Marina Isabelle Ingeborg Karin of Rosenborg (b. Skovshoved, 28 March 1971).

Count Erik died on 10 September 1950 at Copenhagen, Denmark.[35]

See also

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Ancestors

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See also: Descendants of Christian IX of Denmark

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ McNaughton, C. Arnold (1973). The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy. Vol. 1. London, U.K.: Garnstone Press. p. 186.
  2. ^ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (1977). Burke's Royal Families of the World. Vol. 1. London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd. p. 70.
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Bibliography

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  • Bramsen, Bo (1992). Huset Glücksborg. Europas svigerfader og hans efterslægt [The House of Glücksburg. The Father-in-law of Europe and his descendants] (in Danish) (2nd ed.). Copenhagen: Forlaget Forum. ISBN 87-553-1843-6.
  • Lerche, Anna; Mandal, Marcus (2003). A royal family : the story of Christian IX and his European descendants. Copenhagen: Aschehoug. ISBN 9788715109577.
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