Talk:Margrethe II of Denmark
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It looks like Lir ia partway correct; Margrethe II of Denmark gets 830 hits on Google whereas Margaret II of Denmark gets 30 (with this page being number 1). I will therefore make the move. --mav
indeed...Lir 21:26 Nov 10, 2002 (UTC)
Actually, the Queens full name /is/ Margrethe Alexandrine Þorhildur Ingrid, even though the Danish alphabet does not contain the thorn, Icelandic does. When Queen Margrethe was born, the Danish king was still sovereign of Iceland; and as a courtesy to Iceland, she got a Icelandic middlename. But there seem to have been an edit-war on this before. Could anyone help on the correct guidelines to use? Rasmus Faber 18:52, 19 Dec 2003 (UTC)
- No reply, but it seems that other pages on monarchs and heads of states uses the native spelling. If someone is in doubt that Queen Margrethe actually uses the Þ in her name, here is a link to the Danish royal family's homepage: http://kongehuset.dk/artikel.php?dogtag=kh_en_rf_tq . Rasmus Faber 13:50, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)
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[edit] Correct titles.
Crown Prince Frederick was not king when his daughter Margrethe was born. His father was very much alive.
[edit] Royal House
Are her children in the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg or Laborde de Monpezat? (Alphaboi867 23:25, 22 Feb 2005 (UTC))
- In Denmark, we consider them to be Glücksburgers, and Crown Prince Frederik has not indicated any desire to change neither the dynasty's name nor the coat of arms when he becomes king. However, his younger brother Prince Joachim officially uses a variation of the royal coat-of-arms. The official royal coat-of-arms carries a centre escutcheon with the arms of the former dynasty, the House of Oldenburg, which is also used by the House of Glücksburg. Prince Joachim uses a coat-of-arms where the escutcheon is vertically devided between the arms of Oldenburg and Laborde de Montpezat (dexter: Oldenburg, sinister: Laborde de Montpezat). It is probably just a sign of respect for his father. --Valentinian 13:58, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Royal House
Are her children in the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg or Laborde de Monpezat? (Alphaboi867 23:26, 22 Feb 2005 (UTC))
[edit] A coin !?
That's the best do-able? I admit it's better then nothing, but it looks terrible (and does the same for her). Anyone have a better pic? Thanx 68.39.174.150 04:41, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- I don't know why there isnt a better picture, as i have seen a photo of her on her page twice now, but it always seems to be replaced by a photo of a coin.
Because we have no copyright-free photo. The ones that were on were copyright and had to be deleted on sight. Otherwise wikipedia and the person who downloaded them could have been sued. As we have no other image we legally can use we have to use the coin. If we ever can get a copyright-free image of the Queen we can use it. If we can't, we will be stuck with the coin. FearÉIREANN 22:53, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- A private picture is available on Swedish Wikipedia sv:Margrethe_II_av_Danmark. Apparently it is PD and GFDL but I don't know how to upload it to the English Wikipedia --Valentinian 13:30, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] A Possible copyright problem
- Princess Margrethe (pronounced Margretta) was baptised on 14 May 1940 at The Naval Church and confirmed on 1 April 1955 at Fredensborg Palace. As the Danish king was also sovereign of Iceland at the time, as a courtesy the princess was given an Icelandic middle name, Þorhildur (spelt with the Icelandic thorn character, transliterated "th").
- Margrethe was not born to be Queen, even though she was the child of a Monarch. At the time of her birth in Denmark, only males could ascend to the throne. Since Margrethe had no brothers it was assumed that one of her uncles would one day assume the throne. However, in 1952 Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne of the United Kingdom and this caused questioning into why a woman could not become Queen of Denmark. As a result, a referendum was held and on 27 March 1953 a new Act of Succession permitted female succession to the throne of Denmark, but only if the King had no sons. Princess Margrethe was therefore Heiress Presumptive to the Danish throne.''
I think this came from an article on Margrethe II from the the Insight Guide ot Denmark. ISBN 9814120731 159753 18:42, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
It's also inaccurate - Denmark has normal male-preference primogeniture, doesn't it? Meaning that the daughter of a deceased elder son of the King can succeed ahead of a younger son. Which this relation implies wouldn't happen. Also, Queen Margrethe had only one uncle, Prince Knud. Since had several sons, it was rather unlikely that either of Margrethe's grand-uncles (Christian X's brothers other than Haakon VII of Norway, who was out of the succession) would inherit. john k 19:05, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
- She is also an accomplished translator and is said to have participated in the Danish translation of this book.
Say what??? Lhademmor 12:40, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
Uh, yeah....let's remove it. john k 16:27, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Constitutional process in forming government
"After consultation with representatives of the political parties, the Leader of the Party which holds the largest number of seats in the Danish Parliament is invited to form a new government." This is not technically totally correct - more correct would be "the leader of the party with support from the largest number of members of parliament...". With the large number of parties represented in the Danish parliament, governments are quite often formed by leaders of smaller parties. The requirement is basically that there not be a majority against you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Denmark EFLarup 19:12, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Languages
I've personally heard the queen speak Faroese, and I presume she has at least basic Icelandic language skills, but can anyone find any documentation on this? 13:20, 31 Dec 2006 (UTC)
[edit] What is Her Majesty's baptismal date?
The current text says she was baptized on May 14, 1930. This is clearly impossible since she was not born until 1940. Should it say May 14, 1940? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.166.36.31 (talk) 03:23, 14 January 2007 (UTC).
- Somebody had been playing with the date. She was baptized on May 14, 1940 at Holmens Kirke (the Copenhagen Naval Church). Her confirmation was on April 1, 1955 (Frederiksborg Palace). Valentinian (talk) / (contribs) 10:08, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
