Margrethe II Siblings: All About Princess Benedikte and Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
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Margrethe II, born Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid on 16 April 1940 at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen, is a member of the Danish royal family who reigned as Queen of Denmark from 14 January 1972 until her abdication on 14 January 2024.
She is the eldest child of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid, born Princess of Sweden. A constitutional amendment in 1953 allowed female succession, making her heir presumptive.
She succeeded her father upon his death and became the first female Danish monarch since Margrethe I in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries.