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Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (in Danish
Danish language

Danish is one of the North Germanic languages , a sub-group of the Germanic languages branch of the Indo-European languages. It is spoken by around 6 million people, mainly in Denmark; the language is also used by the 50,000 Danes in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany where it holds the status of minority language....
: Slesvig-Holsten-Sønderborg-Glucksborg), from Glücksburg
Glücksburg

Gl?cksburg is a small town in the district Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the south side of the Flensburg Fjord, an inlet of the Baltic Sea, approx....
 in northernmost Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, is a line of the House of Oldenburg
House of Oldenburg

The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses.It first became royal when Count Christian I of Denmark of Oldenburg became chosen King of Denmark in 1448, and has been the Danish Royal House ever since....
 that is descended from King Christian III of Denmark
Christian III of Denmark

Christian III , king of Denmark and Norway, was the son of Frederick I of Denmark and his first consort, Anna of Brandenburg.His earliest teacher, Wolfgang von Utenhof, who came straight from Wittenberg, and the Lutheran Holsatian Johann Rantzau, who became his tutor, were both able and zealous reformers....
. Its members include the royal houses of Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
 and Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
, the deposed royal house of Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
, and the heirs to the thrones of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 and the fifteen other Commonwealth realm
Commonwealth Realm

A Commonwealth realm is any one of 16 Sovereignty states within the Commonwealth of Nations that each have Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom as their monarch....
s.

This particular line comes from the Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck was a branch of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg branch of the House of Oldenburg. It consists of August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck , and his male-line descendants....
. The last of them became Duke of Glücksburg
Glücksburg

Gl?cksburg is a small town in the district Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the south side of the Flensburg Fjord, an inlet of the Baltic Sea, approx....
 and changed his title accordingly to Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Friedrich Wilhelm Paul Leopold was the first Duke of House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl?cksburg and founder of a line that includes the Royal Houses of Denmark, Greece, Norway, and the United Kingdom....
.






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Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (in Danish
Danish language

Danish is one of the North Germanic languages , a sub-group of the Germanic languages branch of the Indo-European languages. It is spoken by around 6 million people, mainly in Denmark; the language is also used by the 50,000 Danes in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany where it holds the status of minority language....
: Slesvig-Holsten-Sønderborg-Glucksborg), from Glücksburg
Glücksburg

Gl?cksburg is a small town in the district Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the south side of the Flensburg Fjord, an inlet of the Baltic Sea, approx....
 in northernmost Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, is a line of the House of Oldenburg
House of Oldenburg

The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses.It first became royal when Count Christian I of Denmark of Oldenburg became chosen King of Denmark in 1448, and has been the Danish Royal House ever since....
 that is descended from King Christian III of Denmark
Christian III of Denmark

Christian III , king of Denmark and Norway, was the son of Frederick I of Denmark and his first consort, Anna of Brandenburg.His earliest teacher, Wolfgang von Utenhof, who came straight from Wittenberg, and the Lutheran Holsatian Johann Rantzau, who became his tutor, were both able and zealous reformers....
. Its members include the royal houses of Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
 and Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
, the deposed royal house of Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
, and the heirs to the thrones of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 and the fifteen other Commonwealth realm
Commonwealth Realm

A Commonwealth realm is any one of 16 Sovereignty states within the Commonwealth of Nations that each have Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom as their monarch....
s.

This particular line comes from the Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck was a branch of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg branch of the House of Oldenburg. It consists of August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck , and his male-line descendants....
. The last of them became Duke of Glücksburg
Glücksburg

Gl?cksburg is a small town in the district Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the south side of the Flensburg Fjord, an inlet of the Baltic Sea, approx....
 and changed his title accordingly to Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Friedrich Wilhelm Paul Leopold was the first Duke of House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl?cksburg and founder of a line that includes the Royal Houses of Denmark, Greece, Norway, and the United Kingdom....
. He was married to Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel, a granddaughter of King Frederick V of Denmark
Frederick V of Denmark

Frederick V was king of Denmark and Norway from 1746, son of Christian VI of Denmark and Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach....
.

Neither the Dukes of Beck nor of Glücksburg were sovereign rulers - they held their lands in fief to the sovereign Dukes of Schleswig
Schleswig

Schleswig or South Jutland is a region covering the area about 60 km north and 70 km south of the border between Germany and Denmark. The region is also known archaically in English language as Sleswick....
 and Holstein
Holstein

Holstein is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider River. It is part of Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state of Germany.Holstein once existed as the County of Holstein , the later Duchy of Holstein , and was the northernmost territory of the Holy Roman Empire....
 - the Kings of Denmark and (before 1773) the Dukes of Holstein-Gottorp.

Christian IX, the fourth son of Friedrich Wilhelm, was chosen by the childless King Frederick VII of Denmark
Frederick VII of Denmark

Frederick VII was King of Denmark. He reigned from 1848 until his death. He was the last Danish monarch of the older Royal branch of the House of Oldenburg, and also the last monarch of Denmark to rule as an absolute monarch....
 to be his heir, as Christian was married to Frederick's first cousin, Luise of Hesse. Wilhelm, the second son of Crown Prince Christian and Crown Princess Luise, was elected King of the Hellenes on March 30, 1863 to succeed the deposed Wittelsbach Otto of Greece
Otto of Greece

Otto of Bavaria was made the first modern king of First Kingdom of Greece in 1832 under the London Conference of 1832, whereby Greece became a new independent monarchy under the protection of the Great Powers ....
 and took the name George I of Greece
George I of Greece

George I was List of Kings of Greece from 1863 to 1913. Originally a Danish monarchy, George was only 17 years old when he was elected King by the Hellenic Parliament#History, which had deposed the former Otto of Greece....
. His father became King of Denmark as Christian IX
Christian IX of Denmark

Christian IX was King of Denmark from November 16, 1863 to January 29, 1906....
 on November 15, 1863. Prince Carl, the second son of Frederick VIII of Denmark
Frederick VIII of Denmark

Frederik VIII was King of Denmark from 1906 to 1912....
, Christian IX's eldest son, became King of Norway on November 18, 1905 as Haakon VII of Norway
Haakon VII of Norway

Haakon VII was the first king of Norway after the Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905 of the personal union with Sweden....
. Christian IX's daughters, Alexandra of Denmark
Alexandra of Denmark

Alexandra of Denmark was queen consort to Edward VII of the United Kingdom and thus Empress of India during her husband's reign, 1901 to 1910....
 and Dagmar of Denmark
Dagmar of Denmark

Dagmar of Denmark may refer to:* Queen Dagmar of Denmark , see Margarethe of Bohemia* Princess Dagmar of Denmark , youngest child and fourth daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark and his wife, Princess Louise of Sweden and Norway....
 (who became Maria Feodorovna), married Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Edward VII was Monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death on 6 May 1910....
 and Alexander III of Russia
Alexander III of Russia

Alexander III Alexandrovich , also known as Alexander the Peacemaker reigned as Tsar of Russia from 13 March 1881 until his death in 1894....
, respectively, meaning that by 1914, descendants of King Christian IX
Christian IX of Denmark

Christian IX was King of Denmark from November 16, 1863 to January 29, 1906....
 were nearly as prevalent on European thrones as those of Queen Victoria.

Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1825-present)

  • 1816-31 Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
    Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

    Friedrich Wilhelm Paul Leopold was the first Duke of House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl?cksburg and founder of a line that includes the Royal Houses of Denmark, Greece, Norway, and the United Kingdom....
  • 1831-78 Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
    Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

    Karl of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl?cksburg was the second Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl?cksburg. Karl was the eldest son of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl?cksburg and Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Cassel and an elder brother of Christian IX of Denmark....
  • 1878-85 Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
    Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

    Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl?cksburg was the third Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl?cksburg. Friedrich was the second-eldest son of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl?cksburg and Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Cassel and an elder brother of Christian IX of Denmark....
  • 1885-1934 Friedrich Ferdinand
    Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

    Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl?cksburg was the fourth Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl?cksburg. Friedrich Ferdinand was the eldest son of Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl?cksburg and Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe and a nephew of Christian IX of Denmark....
    , Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, from 1931 Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
  • 1934-65 Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
    Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

    Wilhelm Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl?cksburg was the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl?cksburg and Head of the House of Oldenburg from 21 January 1934 until his death on 10 February 1965....
  • 1965-80 Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
    Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

    Peter of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl?cksburg was the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl?cksburg and Head of the House of Oldenburg from 10 February 1965 until his death on 30 September 1980....
  • 1980- Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein
    Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein

    Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein has been the Head of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl?cksburg since 1980....
     (born 1949)
  • Heir: Friedrich Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein
    Friedrich Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein

    Friedrich Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein is the heir apparent of Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein, current Head of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl?cksburg, the senior extant line of the House of Oldenburg....
     (born 1985)
  • Present line of succession
    House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg line of succession

    The House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl?cksburg is the senior extant line of the House of Oldenburg. Junior lines of this house include the current royal houses of Danish Royal Family, Greek Royal Family, Royal Family of Norway, and the British Royal Family upon the ascension of Charles, Prince of Wales to the throne....


Monarchs of Denmark, 1863-present

  • Christian IX of Denmark
    Christian IX of Denmark

    Christian IX was King of Denmark from November 16, 1863 to January 29, 1906....
     (1818 - 1906, reigned 1863 - 1906).
  • Frederick VIII of Denmark
    Frederick VIII of Denmark

    Frederik VIII was King of Denmark from 1906 to 1912....
     (1843 - 1912, reigned 1906 - 1912).
  • Christian X of Denmark
    Christian X of Denmark

    Christian X was Monarch of Denmark from 1912 to 1947 and last king of Kingdom of Iceland between 1918 and 1944. He was born at Charlottenlund Palace near Copenhagen....
     (1870 - 1947, reigned 1912 - 1947).
  • Frederick IX of Denmark
    Frederick IX of Denmark

    Frederick IX was King of Denmark of Denmark from 20 April 1947 until his death. He was the son of Christian X of Denmark of Denmark and Queen Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, born Duchess of Mecklenburg....
     (1899 - 1972, reigned 1947 - 1972).
  • Margrethe II of Denmark
    Margrethe II of Denmark

    }|-||}Margrethe II is the queen regnant of Denmark. Only very rarely is her name anglicized as Margaret II....
     (1940 -, incumbent since 1972).


Kings of the Hellenes (Greece), 1863-1974

  • George I of Greece
    George I of Greece

    George I was List of Kings of Greece from 1863 to 1913. Originally a Danish monarchy, George was only 17 years old when he was elected King by the Hellenic Parliament#History, which had deposed the former Otto of Greece....
     (1845 - 1913, reigned 1863 - 1913).
  • Constantine I of Greece
    Constantine I of Greece

    Constantine I was King of Greece from 1913 to 1917 and from 1920 to 1922. He was Commander-in-Chief of the Hellenic Army during the unsuccessful Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and led the Greek forces during the successful Balkan Wars, in which Greece captured Thessaloniki, and doubled in area and population....
     (1868 - 1923, reigned 1913 - 1917, 1920 - 1922).
  • Alexander I of Greece
    Alexander I of Greece

    Alexander, King of the Hellenes ruled Greece from 1917 to 1920 until his unusual death as the result of sepsis contracted by being bitten by two monkeys....
     (1893 - 1920, reigned 1917 - 1920).
  • George II of Greece
    George II of Greece

    George II ruled Greece from 1922 to 1924 and from 1935 to 1947....
     (1890 - 1947, reigned 1922 - 1924, 1935 - 1947).
  • Paul I of Greece (1901 - 1964, reigned 1947 - 1964).
  • Constantine II of Greece
    Constantine II of Greece

    Constantine II was King of Greece from 1964 until deposed in 1974, the sixth and last monarch from the House of Gl?cksburg. In Greece, he is usually referred to as "the former King" , or "the Former" , or simply "Gl?cksburg" ....
     (1940 -, reigned 1964 - 1974).
  • Current line of succession
    Line of succession to the Greek Throne

    The title king is used by Constantine II of Greece. The Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece is the heir apparent.#Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, Prince of Denmark, eldest son of Constantine II...


Kings of Norway, 1905-present

  • Haakon VII of Norway
    Haakon VII of Norway

    Haakon VII was the first king of Norway after the Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905 of the personal union with Sweden....
     (1872 - 1957, reigned 1905 - 1957).
  • Olav V of Norway
    Olav V of Norway

    Olav V was the King of Norway from 1957 until his death. Olav was born in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as the son of Prince Haakon VII of Norway and Princess Maud of the United Kingdom and given the names Alexander Edward Christian Frederik....
     (1903 - 1991, reigned 1957 - 1991).
  • Harald V of Norway
    Harald V of Norway

    }|-||}Harald V is the King of Norway. He succeeded to the throne of Norway upon the death of his father Olav V of Norway on 17 January 1991....
     (1937 -, incumbent since 1991).
  • Present line of succession
    Line of succession to the Norwegian Throne

    In 1990 the Constitution of Norway was altered, granting equal primogeniture to the Norwegian throne, meaning that the eldest child, regardless of gender, takes precedence in the line of succession....


Other notable members

  • Princess Ingeborg of Denmark
    Princess Ingeborg of Denmark

    Princess Ingeborg of Denmark was the second daughter and fifth child of King Frederick VIII and Queen Lovisa of Sweden of Denmark.She married Prince Carl, Duke of V?sterg?tland of Sweden in Copenhagen on 27 August 1897, they had four children:...
     (1878 - 1958). Daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark
    Frederick VIII of Denmark

    Frederik VIII was King of Denmark from 1906 to 1912....
    , wife of Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland
    Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland

    Prince Carl of Sweden and Norway, Duke of V?sterg?tland , was the third son of King Oscar II of Sweden of Sweden and Norway....
    , mother of Princess Margaretha of Sweden
    Princess Margaretha of Sweden

    Princess Margaretha of Sweden and Norway, later just of Sweden, Margaretha Sofia Lovisa Ingeborg was the eldest child of Prince Prince Carl, Duke of V?sterg?tland, Duke of V?sterg?tland....
    , Märtha of Sweden and Astrid of Sweden
    Astrid of Sweden

    Astrid of Sweden was the Queen consort of Leopold III of Belgium....
     and Prince Carl, Duke of Östergötland
    Prince Carl, Duke of Östergötland

    Carl Gustaf Oscar Fredrik Christian, Prince Bernadotte , formerly known as Prince Carl, Duke of ?sterg?tland, was the youngest child of Prince Prince Carl, Duke of V?sterg?tland of Sweden and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark....
     (who themselves are not members of this house, but of that of Bernadotte
    Bernadotte

    The House of Bernadotte, the current Royal House of the Sweden, has reigned since 1818. Between 1818 and 1905 it was also the Royal House of Norway....
    ).
  • Princess Elena of Greece and Denmark (1896 - 1982). Wife of Carol II of Romania
    Carol II of Romania

    Carol II reigned as King of Romania from June 8, 1930 until September 6, 1940. Eldest son of Ferdinand of Romania, King of Romania, and his wife, Marie of Edinburgh, a daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, the second eldest son of Victoria of the United Kingdom....
     and mother of Michael I of Romania
    Michael I of Romania

    Michael reigned as King of Romania from July 20, 1927 to June 8, 1930, and again from September 6, 1940, until forced to abdicate by the Communist Party of Romania backed up by orders of Stalin to the Soviet armies of occupation on December 30, 1947....
    .
  • Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark
    Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark

    Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark was the granddaughter of King George I of Greece and wife of the last Prince Regent of Yugoslavia....
     (1903 - 1997). Wife of the Regent Prince Paul of Yugoslavia
    Prince Paul of Yugoslavia

    Prince Paul of Yugoslavia also known as Prince Paul Karadordevic of the Serbian, later Yugoslav Royal House of Karadordevic was regent of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia for King Peter II of Yugoslavia, who was the eldest son of his first cousin Alexander of Yugoslavia....
    .
  • Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, Duchess of Aosta
    Irene of Greece, Duchess of Aosta

    Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark was the fifth child and second daughter of Constantine I of Greece and his wife, the former Princess Sophie of Prussia....
     (1904 - 1974). Wife of Tomislav II of Croatia
    Tomislav II of Croatia, 4th Duke of Aosta

    Tomislav II of Croatia was recognised by the Axis powers during World War II as King of the Nazi-puppet Independent State of Croatia. Accepting the crown on May 18, 1941 he reigned until 31 July, 1943 when he abdicated....
    .
  • The Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent
    Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent

    Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent was a member of the British Royal Family; the wife of Prince George, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of George V of the United Kingdom and Mary of Teck....
     (1906 - 1968). Wife of Prince George, Duke of Kent
    Prince George, Duke of Kent

    The Prince George, Duke of Kent was a member of the British Royal Family, the fourth son of George V of the United Kingdom and Mary of Teck. He held the title of Duke of Kent from 1934 until his death in 1942....
    .
  • Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark
    Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark

    Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark was the wife of Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse and the sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh....
     (1911 - 1937). Wife of Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse
    Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse

    Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse was the first child of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich....
     and sister of Philip, later the Duke of Edinburgh. She died with her husband and two sons in the crash of Sabena
    Sabena

    SABENA was the national airline of Belgium from 1923 to 2001, with its base at Brussels Airport. After its bankruptcy in 2001, the newly-formed SN Brussels Airlines took over part of SABENA's assets in February 2002, which then became Brussels Airlines....
     Airlines Junkers JU52 (OO-AUB)
    Sabena OO-AUB Ostend crash

    A Junkers Ju 52 aircraft owned and operated by Belgium air operator Sabena crashed near Ostend, Belgium on November 16, 1937. The flight from Cologne, Germany, to London, United Kingdom, was scheduled to stop at Brussels, but bad weather forced the pilot to continue to Ostend....
     at Ostend.
  • Alexandra of Greece and Denmark
    Alexandra of Greece and Denmark

    Alexandra of Greece and Denmark was the wife of the last King of Yugoslavia, Peter II of Yugoslavia and mother of the current pretender, Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia....
     (1921 - 1993). Wife of Peter II of Yugoslavia
    Peter II of Yugoslavia

    Peter II , was the third and last King of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, previously known as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes before 1929....
    .
  • Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom since 20 November 1947, and her prince consort since 6 February 1952....
     (1921 - ), grandson to George I of Greece
    George I of Greece

    George I was List of Kings of Greece from 1863 to 1913. Originally a Danish monarchy, George was only 17 years old when he was elected King by the Hellenic Parliament#History, which had deposed the former Otto of Greece....
    , son to Prince Andrew of Greece, consort to Elizabeth II
    Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

    Elizabeth II is the queen regnant of sixteen independent states known as the Commonwealth realms: Monarchy of the United Kingdom, Monarchy of Canada, Monarchy of Australia, Monarchy of New Zealand, Monarchy of Jamaica, Monarchy of Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Monarchy of the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Sain...
     of the Commonwealth realm
    Commonwealth Realm

    A Commonwealth realm is any one of 16 Sovereignty states within the Commonwealth of Nations that each have Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom as their monarch....
    s. All agnatic descendants of Prince Philip
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom since 20 November 1947, and her prince consort since 6 February 1952....
    , including Charles, Prince of Wales
    Charles, Prince of Wales

    The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales is the eldest child of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, making him heir apparent, equally and separately, to the thrones of Commonwealth realm....
    , also belong to this house.
  • Queen Sofia of Spain
    Queen Sofía of Spain

    Queen Sof?a of Spain , is the Queen consort of Juan Carlos I of Spain....
     (1938 - ). Wife of King Juan Carlos I of Spain
    Juan Carlos I of Spain

    Juan Carlos I is the reigning List of Spanish monarchs of Spain. His name, while rarely Anglicisation, is rendered as John Charles Alphonse Victor Mary of Bourbon and Bourbon-Two Sicilies....
    , sister of King Constantine II
    Constantine II of Greece

    Constantine II was King of Greece from 1964 until deposed in 1974, the sixth and last monarch from the House of Gl?cksburg. In Greece, he is usually referred to as "the former King" , or "the Former" , or simply "Gl?cksburg" ....
    .
  • Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark
    Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark

    Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark is the author of several historical novels and biographies, as well as a contributing writer to Architectural Digest....
     (1939- ). Son of Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark
    Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark

    Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark was a member of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl?cksburg Royal House. ...
     and Princess Françoise of Orléans; grandson of King George I of the Hellenes.