House of Oldenburg facts for kids

The House of Oldenburg belongs to the royal family of Greece, Denmark and the United Kingdom. King Constantine II and his descendants and Queen of Denmark and her descendants, The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of Greece, Denmark and the United Kingdom and his descendants belongs to this house.

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2 rigsdaler – death of Frederik VII and accession of Christian IX marking the transfer of the throne to the Glucksburg branch of the House of Oldenburg
The first Oldenburg king was Christian I of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (1426–1481)
Sweden's most prominent Oldenburg king was Gustav III (1746–1792)
Frederick Augustus II (1852–1931) was the last ruling Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Nicholas II (1868–1918) was the last Emperor of Russia
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of Greece and Denmark (1921-2021)
Charles, Prince of Wales (*1948)
King Harald V of Norway (*1937)
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark (*1940)
Queen Sofía of Spain, Princess of Greece and Denmark (*1938)
Former King Constantine II (*1940) and Queen Anne-Marie (*1946) of Greece, both Oldenburgs, she being a princess of Denmark
Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein (*1949), head of the House of Oldenburg since 1980