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 Princess Marie of Orléans.
Prince Erik | |||||
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Count of Rosenborg | |||||
Born | Copenhagen, Denmark | 8 November 1890||||
Died | 10 September 1950 Copenhagen, Denmark | (aged 59)||||
Spouse |
Lois Frances Booth
(m. 1924; div. 1937) | ||||
Issue | Countess Alexandra Count Christian | ||||
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House | Glücksburg | ||||
Father | Prince Valdemar of Denmark | ||||
Mother | Princess Marie of Orléans |
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 complex in Copenhagen.[1] He was 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 said to be a political match.[3]
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, Tsar Alexander III of Russia and Empress Maria Feodorovna; and his paternal uncle and aunt, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Louise of Denmark.
As was then customary in the Danish 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). His wife was the daughter of John Frederick Booth, who lived in Canada, and the paternal granddaughter of John Rudolphus Booth by his wife, Rosalinda Cook.[4][5] Prince Erik and his wife divorced in 1937. She later remarried Thorkild Juelsberg, without issue.
The couple had two children:
Prince Erik died in Copenhagen on 10 September 1950.
Ancestors of Prince Erik, Count of Rosenborg |
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