Talk:Coat of arms of Denmark

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[edit] Oldenburg arms

The dukes of Holstein-etc descend in the male line from the first Oldenburg kings, so naturally they bear the Oldenburg arms by inheritance, not by borrowing from the "previous" dynasty. They're a junior branch of the same dynasty. —Tamfang 04:42, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

The Glücksburg dynasty is indeed a cadet branch of the old Oldenburg dynasty, but my motivation for repeating this interpretation is that Danish tv has shown several broadcasts of the Queen giving tours of Amalienborg Palace, and I vaguely remember her describing the royal arms this way in one of these programmes (I can't remember which one exactly). In simply legal terms, I believe this symbol has been pretty void of content since 1972, since the actual Oldenburg title was only inherited by the Salic law and in any case, the Queen abolished the claim to this and several other titles when she succeeded her father. (Erling Svane (1994): Det danske Rigsvåben og Kongevåben, Odense). My motivation is essentially remembering the Queen describing the Oldenburg symbol this way, but it is a minor matter and if you feel strongly about it, feel free to change it to that the current dynasty is a cadet branch of the former. Valentinian ^{(talk) / (contribs)} 14:44, 17 September 2006 (UTC)