Count Ingolf of Rosenborg

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Ingolf
Lyngby-Taarbæk, Denmark
Spouse
Inge Terney
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​
(m. 1968; died 1996)​
Sussie Hjorhøy
​
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(m. 1998)​
Names
Ingolf Christian Frederik Knud Harald Gorm Gustav Viggo Valdemar Aage
HouseGlücksburg
FatherKnud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark
MotherPrincess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark

Count Ingolf of Rosenborg

former prince. Born Prince Ingolf of Denmark (Danish: Prins Ingolf Christian Frederik Knud Harald Gorm Gustav Viggo Valdemar Aage til Danmark), he appeared likely to some day become king until the constitution was changed in 1953 to allow females to inherit the crown, placing his branch of the dynasty behind that of his first cousin Princess Margrethe
and her two younger sisters. He later gave up his princely rank and his rights to the throne in order to marry a commoner.

Family

Ingolf was born at Sorgenfri Palace, Sorgenfri, as His Highness Prince Ingolf of Denmark. He was the elder son of Hereditary Prince Knud, by his wife and first cousin, Hereditary Princess Caroline-Mathilde.

Loss of place in succession

From the death of his grandfather in 1947, Ingolf stood only behind his father in the order of hereditary succession to the throne and was expected to become king in his turn. His father Prince Knud was then the heir presumptive, due to succeed Ingolf's uncle King Frederik IX, who had three daughters but no sons.

In 1953, the

Queen Margrethe II
in 1972 and reigned until 2024. Ingolf's place in the line of succession, were he still eligible, would be no higher than twelfth today.

Loss of dynastic rights

In 1968, now with little hope of ascending the throne, Ingolf chose to

style of Excellency
, as was customary in the twentieth century for Danish princes who forfeited their dynastic rights.

Prior to his son's wedding, Prince Knud sought to convince his brother that Ingolf should be allowed to retain his royal title after marriage.

rank if Ingolf were allowed to do so, despite marrying a commoner as they had done.[2] So, in 1968, Ingolf forfeited his rights to the throne and took the title count of Rosenborg. His younger brother Christian
did the same three years later.

Ingolf married firstly Inge Terney (21 January 1938 in

Lyngby, Denmark. After being widowed, he married secondly Sussie Hjorhøy (born 20 February 1950 in Copenhagen), who thus became "Her Excellency Countess Sussie of Rosenborg" on 7 March 1998, at Egtved, Denmark. He has no children. Ingolf is godfather to his grandnephew, Leopold Rosanes af Rosenborg, who is the grandson of his brother Christian.[3]

Public role

Count Ingolf of Rosenborg and Countess Sussie, Sønderborg Castle, 18 April 2014

Count Ingolf usually takes part in major public events associated with the royal family; he and Countess Sussie attended the

Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark
(also Ingolf's first cousin).

According to Jyllands-Posten, he carries out official engagements around 200 days of the year, typically relating to agriculture and defence, mostly in Jutland.[10]

Ingolf receives an annual allowance of 1.4 million kroner according to the Danish Royal House web-site.[11] His sister, Princess Elisabeth, did not receive such an allowance, though she remained in the line of succession. His brother did not receive it either.

Ancestry

References

Citations

  1. ^ Billed Bladet, (Interview with Count Christian of Rosenborg), 1985, Danish
  2. ^ a b Familie Journalen, (Interview with Count Ingolf of Rosenborg), 14 May 1990, Danish
  3. ^ Leopold
  4. ^ Kongehuset – Artikel Archived 18 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Kongehuset – Artikel Archived 18 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Kongehuset – Aktuelt – Nyheder Archived 18 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Kongehuset - Aktuelt - Arkiv - Bryllup 2008". Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
  8. ^ "Kongehuset - Aktuelt - Nyheder". Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
  9. ^ "Kongehuset - Aktuelt - Nyheder". Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
  10. ^ "Greve-er-glad-for-at-han-aldrig-blev-konge (tr. "Count is pleased that he never became king")". Viby: Jyllands-Posten. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  11. ^ Kongehuset – Organisation – Økonomi Archived 17 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography

  • 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
    .

External links
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