Danish Monarchs Family Tree | Viking Age to Today

[@UsefulCharts]

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[@andrefarfan4372]

Thanks.👍

[@TheMaster1237]

Hey UsefulCharts, can you do a video on ancient texts?

[@charliedegiulio9951]

Are you going to redesign this poster?

[@astridbek2183]

It's worth mentioning that Margrethe II's son, heir apparent after her, is also named Frederik. And *his* first-born son is named... you guessed it, Christian. So really, if you consider Margrethe a honorary Christian, then the pattern continues for at least two more generations.

[@TheMoonwalker101]

Her parents should have named her Christina!

[@phtuber5469]

And then he is gonna name his son Frederik and he will name his son Christian and it will keep going in an unending loop , to infinity and beyond.

[@Ludovicus1769]

@@TheMoonwalker101 Would be fun but no, Magrete was already a royal name, and Magrethe is close to that.

[@davidmb1316]

@@phtuber5469 but Denmark changed the succession law in 2009 so if Christian's eldest child is a daughter, she will become Queen, very likely Margrethe III.

[@davidmb1316]

@@TheMoonwalker101 Margrethe II wasn't born to be the Queen, in fact she wasn't eligible to inherit the Throne until the change of the Danish constitution in 1953 when she was 13 years. She is named after her maternal grand mother, the english born Princess Margaret (Margareta) of Sweden, who was married to the future King Gustav VI, but died when Margrethe's mother, the future Queen Ingrid of Denmark was only 10 years old.

[@AQJ_DK]

Now that Queen Margrethe II has announced her abdication effective Jan 14th 2024 (her 52nd anniversary) we will soon need this chart updated!

[@JunesGo]

4:15 from my understanding he wasn't so much stabbed 56 times by 'an' unknown assassin as he was stabbed by a group og 56 unknown assassins. So that no singular person could be proven to have killed the king and no one of them could deny their involvement.

[@Basedbateman97]

Yeah very true, Also his own Bodyguards and retainers might have joined in fear of being killed themself.

[@MrRoboticeyes]

ah yes, one of the oldest trick in the book

[@Sigart]

It's more likely that it was a small group and not actually a full group of 56 people and they just made sure to stab him once for each person involved in the conspiracy. For the reasons you already mentioned.

[@MustafaAtacc]

@@Sigart why they were hating him so much tho

[@Sigart]

@@MustafaAtacc Good question. It's been the subject of much speculation, but since we don't actually know who killed him, it's hard to say. Though, with kings, isn't it usually taxes or power someone wanted and didn't get?

[@jonathanwebster7091]

Fun fact: Christian IX of Denmark not only lived long enough to see his son Vilhelm become King George I of Greece, and his grandson Carl become King Haakon VII of Norway, but he also lived long enough to see the births of his great-grandsons Frederik IX of Denmark, Olav V of Norway, and Alexander I, George II and Paul I of Greece, all of whom were born within his lifetime.

[@labbecedario1579]

Another interesting fact is that, genetically speaking, Christian IX of Denmark was so much closer to a sovereign of the British royal family (to king George II, his great-great-grandfather, born in 1683) than to his direct ancestor to the Danish royal dinasty (i.e. Christian III of Denmark, who was born in 1503 and lived 9 generation before him)

[@jonathanwebster7091]

@@labbecedario1579 as well as all of them being being related in the direct male line to Charles III of Britain, who is the great-great grandson of Christian IX (in the direct male line). The ancestry goes Christian IX of Denmark-George I of Greece-Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark-Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh-Charles III, King of the UK. And of course, both are directly related in the male line to Harald V of Norway and Margrethe II of Denmark as well.

[@StAugustine6]

TIL the origins of Bluetooth. Legitimately thought you were about to make a joke when you said that.

[@sassmos]

That means all the monarchy leaders can trace their lineage to Ragnar Lothbrok

[@thomasdixon4373]

Nice to see an updated version on Danish monarchy

[@barbarajean6538]

"But wait! There's more!" LOL! Love ya, Jack!

[@Robi2009]

3:50 - I'd add he introduced Danish flag - white cross on red field; one of - if not the oldest flags today

[@zacharytyler6044]

I know this video is 11 months old, but at 7:54 when it’s said that the UK has not had any Oldenburg kings yet, that did change with the death of Elizabeth II. Patrilineally, Charles III is a descendant of the house of Oldenburg.

[@RedKnight231]

As a descendant of the Oldenburg family, Anna Oldenburg being my 13th great grandmother, I found this video to be interesting, and informative.

[@JohnYoung-lt8gg]

Your posters are epic. Thank you for swift international delivery 🙏

[@martijnstuart95]

Kind of wild that the Danish royal family is still directly descended from Ragnar Lothbrok

[@veronicajensen7690]

@@IvanKristiansen yes they are however all Danes and many others are is the correct answer

[@TheMoonwalker101]

Could you do a video on some prominent European noble families? Maybe those who have married into reigning and formerly-reigning dynasties? The Ligne, Lobkowicz, Polignac, etc. families come to mind!

[@mohamedelkhomsi834]

they will never do that. then we know their secret path to the royal families from banks to oil and more. they came to power by lending money to the royal families. Lobkowich is an Askhanazi Jewish family ..it's forbidden to talk about THEM they are victims they say, that way they can split us without us being able to do anything .. Ukraine's president is one of them he was an actor before he became president . it's a joke .. his by name fits with their (Zelensky)

[@brandurell]

I think Denmark lost Norway because Denmark was on the losing side of the Napoleonic wars, and lost Norway (but not Iceland, faroe Islands and Greenland) to Sweden.

[@pedanticradiator1491]

Yes they were. Denmark was one of the few countries to side with Napoleon throughout the Wars

[@victoralexandervinkenes9193]

Norway also experienced some amount of weirdness in nationhood too, considering most Norwegians recognises that Norway was independent for a brief time AFTER Denmark but BEFORE Swedish rule... is it at all accurate?

[@emilkjrklaksvig6046]

@@victoralexandervinkenes9193 Yeah us Danes new Sweden would demand Norway so we gave them independence. But Sweden just took them.

[@kristianjohansen5561]

Yes, Denmark got forced into the war by britain. the british attacked Denmarks capital and its fleet holding there (the battle of Copenhagen, 1807), because they were afraid the french would get the danish fleet and therefore compete with the british navy (the danish fleet was among the strongest in europe at the time, after Britain). after that the neutrality status for Denmark ended and they seemed it necessary to join Napoleon.

[@fredriks5090]

Would be interesting if you made a chart for Norway, kind of like the Australian king of Britain video. The main perpetrators and theme; Catholicism vs "proto-protestantism", "St." Olaf, Sigurd the Crusader and imperialists vs local thugs. Olaf is the "Forever-king" of Norway, but would there have been a "true" heir other than the current Oldenburgs?

[@pcatful]

Why? Why do fing care?

[@olghagaarsdal9604]

as a dane its really funny hearing the translations - they're not wrong but when you're used to saying "Gorm den gamle" its funny hearing him getting called Gorm the old. And thats not the worst one haha

[@stichhalbierer9329]

My German brain makes gorm den gamle to gorm den gammeligen, that translates to gorm the rotten

[@nannasbraindump6343]

I die a little inside, every time I hear 'Canute'😩

[@carolarol]

@@nathantibbitts6415 most Danes call him Svend Tveskæg, so Sweyn would also be incorrect. More like Sven in frozen.

[@Majse0812]

I find Canute so funny, when you consider we call them Knud.🤣

[@villadspedersen3970]

@@nannasbraindump6343 ja sig nu for helvede bar knud eller knut eller cnut eller hvad du nu vil men canute lyder så mærkeligt

[@Nooticus]

Great video, very well explained!

[@SkyWalker-ke9ms]

Is there a possibility to do one about the Scythians?

[@Songbirdstress]

Ha, knew there'd be useful info on Useful Charts :)

[@Kingdemonpigfromhell]

Wait, it's all Oldenburg? Always has been.

[@pedanticradiator1491]

Only since the 15th century

[@dfuher968]

Its all different lines from the same ancestor tho. Queen Margrethe II is, despite the changes between lines as various lines died out, a direct descendant of Gorm.

[@veronicajensen7690]

@@pedanticradiator1491 that was when the name changed but the family is the same at least from Gorm the old or actually from his dad, but we only know Denmark as a united Country stating from Gorm and completed by his sn Bluetooth that is why we count from there but there are "King of the Danes listed in French sources dating back 100 years the last on the list is the father of Gorm the old

[@carolarol]

Queen Margrete actually took one of the Christian spots in order to bring the Frederik line up to speed. If you notice, the Frederiks were always a number behind the Christians. But the crown prince is named Frederik and his son is named Christian. So Margrete is really just an honorary Christian.

[@benjiskyler7836]

Bought both European royal family posters awhile ago, and came in handy while watching the beginning of a documentary about the former King of Greece, third cousin and brother-in-law of Magrethe II. He mentioned that his great-grandmother was the brother of a British queen and a Russian empress. His mother's brother was Prince of Hanover...

[@lukediehl1210]

This is so cool. I was doing my family tree, and found that I'm a direct descendant of Christian III.

[@amitystan]

How do you have the patience to find out these type of things??? I’m impressed, I myself don’t have much viable information, I just know I have Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, African, maaaaybe Greek and arab, and indigenous descendence, very diverse I know, but most of those I know from my dad since my mom’s family are from a small town, and I’m from Brazil which maybe difficult things bcause we normally don’t care about our family origins

[@nightstalker.5973]

I live in the city of Oldenburg in Lower Saxony Germany. I have never heard about the house of Oldenburg, I gotta research it a little and maybe find a connection. Great video.

[@vrenak]

It's a different Oldenburg, the house is from Oldenburg in modern day Schleswig-Holstein, which was then a danish fief, and thus a cadet branch of the older royal family was given the duchy as a fief, eventually returning the family back to the throne.

[@frederikjrgensen252]

@@vrenak no it is not a oldenburg located in Schleswig holsttein. The last danish ruler who was count of oldenburg was 1766 to 1773.

[@vrenak]

@@frederikjrgensen252 You're mixing up things, There are more than 1 Oldenburg in modern day SH.

[@nightstalker.5973]

@@vrenak I’m sorry but everything I could find points to the house of Oldenburg originating from Oldenburg Lower Saxony.

[@vrenak]

@@nightstalker.5973 Totally different house. not related to this family.

[@bolle9810]

The Swedish one should be remade as there are a few important things missing in it

[@amogus----------5231]

It would be cool if you combined the east and west charts.

[@charliedegiulio9951]

It would be too big to fit on a poster.

[@bertbert4960]

Fun fact: The House of Oldenburg had its first king in the UK.

[@jonathanwebster7091]

Also fun fact: Christian X was also the (only) King of Iceland during the period 1918-1944 when it was an independent Kingdom in a personal union with Denmark, as Kristján X (there being no separate numeral for Iceland).

[@stevejohnson3357]

Here's a chart I would like to see: the Verigin family who are traditionally leaders of the Dukhobor sect. I went to university with JJ, now head of the family.

[@doasvan2237]

Please do the Armenian charts!! It's so interesting , they have so much history 🙏🙏

[@imaad2042]

I want to learn the History of all regions of the world from antiquity to modern but the starting point is always a problem. This channel solves my problem to a large extent

[@siegesquirrel42]

"Wait, it's all Oldenburgs?" "Har altid vaeret."

[@AnimalLover-is2fc]

Now Australia is gonna have a connection with the Danes through Queen Mary.

[@pedanticradiator1491]

She's not the Queen yet

[@JonBastian]

Wow. Having only just having recently learned through DNA testing that I'm actually 1/3 Scandinavian rather than German, French, and British, this was a nice eye-opener -- and it also explains how my ancestors could have physically come from Germany, England, and Wales, but none of my DNA did. The Danish kingdom thing might also explain the touch of Italian DNA in me, too.

[@MistbornPrincess]

I’m writing a retold fairytale of The Seven Ravens/Wild Swams. The 7 brothers are Magnus, Frederick, Christian, Valdemar, Erik, Sweyn, And Olaf, after Danish kings. They aren’t princes but their father is a chieftain of a semi-nomadic forest clan and their sister marries a king of my Russian-influenced kingdom.

[@mariannejensen349]

The Oldenbourg line died out with Frederik VII.Glüchsbourg, was from the name of the castle in which Christian, later King Christian IX grew up in

[@veronicajensen7690]

yes but he was also from the same Family, so the line didn't die out the name changed

[@fedromanca9085]

I' ll be very glad about a video about the Italians pretenders of the Italian throne

[@Moneytane1976]

Valdemar II was also the king who was rumoured to watch the Dannebrog (Danish Flag) drop from the sky in the year 1209. After his rule Denmark fell into a decline perpertrated by Erik Ploughpenny and Kristoffer II in the early 14th century. Greatness was restored with Valdemar Attedag in the 1350s.

[@DefenderOfChrist_]

The Danish Flag dropped in 1219

[@irgendeinerandomperson]

the funny thing is, that Glücksburg is now a very small city with about 6000 citizens but the House of Glücksburg is married to many important european houses

[@diogodavid3557]

Despite being the descendant of an illegitimate son of the portuguese 1st Duke of Palmela, the most recent king I can find in my family tree is Christian III of Denmark

[@__kAtEee]

As a dane, knowing my great grandparents are from Denmark, this makes me very intrigued

[@Mew_Master]

This will need an update soon.

[@-.-4]

Cool! Answered questions I had.

[@zacflemo1994]

I recently found out my ancestors are Estrid Svensdatter & Sweyn Estridsen II!

[@RJ-abcde]

Me too ;-)

[@nonnayerbusiness7704]

This chart is incomplete. Everyone knows the royal families of Denmark were descended from Odin. 😉

[@calcaleb7041]

Not anymore thanks to Gorm son who changed the state religion😂😂

[@crazydinosaur8945]

@@calcaleb7041 and for some unknown reason, the church was against updating it to "son of god" apparently some Jesus guy already have that exclusive title

[@Lampebruder]

With that prince Phillip comment… that’s not completely true. He apparently had to give up his titles from Greece and Denmark when he married Elizabeth

[@athener66]

He gave up his titles before members of the British Parliament. This "abdication" applied only in Britain. In Greece (up to 1967) and Denmark he was still a Prince.

[@katherinegilks3880]

He renounced his titles, not his paternal lineage.

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video

[@larsmunch4536]

It is correct that the male ancestry of Christian 9th goes several hundreds of years back, before we find a Danish monarch. However, in female lines, both Christian 9th and his wife queen Louise are great-grandchildren of Frederik 5th, king of Denmark and Norway 1746-1766.

[@Gullbrand_]

I couldn’t help but notice the absence of Magnus the Good who was king of Denmark between king Canute III (his actual name was not Canute but Harthacnut) and Sweyn II Estridsen… Also Magnus the Good is to this day the only foreign king to sit on the Danish throne, as he was Norwegian. Also he got the throne because him and Harthacnut made an agreement of winner takes all where the last person alive would inherit the other persons kingdom…

[@mathieuleader8601]

King Canute is the namesake for the nearby village where I live Knutsford

[@dfuher968]

Actual name is Knud, I guess, the English call him Canute, coz theyre incapable of pronouncing the kn sound and a soft d. We get a lot of laughs out of the godawful English versions of Danish names!

[@pedanticradiator1491]

@@dfuher968 and we laugh at foreigners trying to pronounce our names

[@jakehandley3366]

ЖB .. I’m officially mindblown 🤯

[@lillypad5310]

Thank you 😊👍👍👍

[@calvinneess5570]

at 6:36 there is a mistake, King John's name should be King Hans.

[@kevinfalcon4488]

What about a video detailing the Dukes of Normandy before and after William I?

[@-RONNIE]

Really great information. I hope you, your family and friends have a good holiday season 🥃 Sláinte

[@NorsePJ]

On my mother's side, the family tree in Denmark goes back to at least 932CE. Not sure about my father's side, but it does go back many generations. It would be fun if there were any blue blood somewhere. LOL!

[@chrisgeenadriver1631]

Anyone else watching this after the abdication of Queen Margrethe the 2nd

[@bomba1905]

Norway is just so great they had to do half the Norwegian monarchs twice

[@tahsin6743]

Nice presentation

[@ltyrell75]

Can you do one on the Polish and Lithuanian monarchs

[@Zach-mw5so]

Maybe a redo of the Portuguese monarchs, an Italian video, a Bulgarian video, and who would be King of Jerusalem/best claimants to that title.

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

Technically speaking Princess Albertina Frederica’s older brother Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach should have become King of Sweden after the death of both Charles XII and his cousin Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken, but Charles III William’s great-great-great granddaughter (who also happened to be the senior heir of the Holstein-Gottorp kings by male-preference primogeniture, along with the Palatinate-Zweibrücken and Vasa kings) Victoria of Baden married King Gustaf V, meaning although the House of Zähringen does have a semi-Salic claim on the throne, the Bernadotte family in Sweden can trace it’s ancestry to all the dynasties that can after the deposition of Christian II.

[@markushylten-cavallius999]

Who would be king of Sweden today if Margaret didn't take the throne from Albrecht von Meklenburg and created the Kalmar Union?

[@Grombrindal40k]

One for the many states of Italy?

[@MataHarisana123]

Ah so after not succeeding at Hogwarts, Voldemort succeeded in Norway, how impressive!

[@NeonAarth]

RIP Constantine II of Greece 1940-2023

[@Thelssehc]

Hey. Is it possible to get an updated video on this topic? On 14 January 2024, Queen Margrethe the 2nd abdicated and Denmark got a new king, King Frederik the 10th.

[@phaexus]

[ 3:21 ] - "Eric the Memorable"? Hmm, doesn't ring a bell 😊

[@letreyus6108]

Have you not forgotten the first King of the Danes? Dan Proud Magnificent King of the Danes Olaffsson? He was around in about 503

[@chrisphoris2729]

9:35 the "hopefully not too soon" line didn't age well 😅

[@Yes-bk9cl]

Tintin - "Red Rackhams Treasure" ❤😊😅😂🎉🎉🎉

[@christianbuur]

i would have loved to see the year when Dannebrog fell, i know it has nothing to do with the whole family tree but is still a very big event in danish as well as our monarchs history (1219 was the year)

[@mrXOwarrior]

Have you thought of doing the House of Savoy?

[@gostavoadolfos2023]

Please do one about Egyptian last royal family. Also the Normans established the principality of Antioch in Syria.

[@radonrodan8332]

He already one on the Ptolemies.

[@gostavoadolfos2023]

@@radonrodan8332 I am speaking of Mohammed Ali dynasty which was ended in 1953.

[@radonrodan8332]

@@gostavoadolfos2023 I thought you were talking about ancient Egypt,my bad.

[@danielklimovich]

I think you should make an updated Danish Monarchy video due to Margrethe II’s abdication.

[@colechristensen1909]

Totally thought the Bluetooth bit was just a joke and then I saw the runes lol

[@patriciajrs46]

What I can't understand is why it seems so easy for ancestor sites to say yes, your related to Charlamagne, or to Ann Bolynn, but I can't find out who my great grandmother is. My Dad's paternal grandmother.

[@the_greywolf]

do a remaster of the swedish family tree next?

[@matthewmarmont4103]

Could you please look at doing a fantasy family tree, I would really love someone to do the royal family (con Doin) from raymond e feist books. And there extended families.

[@dongandres3253]

They are closest relative to Russia's Romanovs after the British Monarch. Christian IX's daughter Maria Feodorovna is the mother of Tsar Nicholas II.

[@augiegirl1]

Just a reminder, that’s the Dowager Empress in the 1997 Fox animated movie “Anastasia”, voiced by Angela Lansbury.

[@Zach-mw5so]

What is that piece of land the Vikings owned near Constantinople at 1:21?

[@steffenb.jrgensen2014]

They didn't but Norman nobles, who were of "Viking" origin, at some time ruled Sicily

[@therocknrollgamer9572]

Where can you find the previous videos that you deleted?

[@pamsatira1753]

why was magnus I not mentioned? he was mentioned in the norwegian royal family tree vid.

[@WaluigiPlushBros]

OH YEA, Denmark TIME 🇩🇰

[@TheJMFDUDE]

Could you do the Empire of Haiti's royal family tree or the Miskitu Kingdom family trees

[@nannasbraindump6343]

I think you should have told more about how the Oldenburg is related to the earliere monarks. Also you should zoom in more often, 'cus it's difficoult to read the text.

[@matthewhines9787]

Wasn't this video already done? Am I thinking of a different one?

[@agnestyp5818]

Okay but Bjelbo, Birger Jarls home village still exist and his home church is intact just next to my hometown

[@gothia1715]

European royal male line goes extinct. 200 german noble houses from the HRE be like: "We got some replacement to spare for you."

[@tessmcnamara9230]

my ancestor Canute 1st, and Rollo brother of ragnar lothbrook, Harald Blue Tooth line all my direct ancestors

[@jennyshaw741]

Need this to be narrated by Matt. I watch at night it's my wind down time his voice is much more soothing.

[@ravethirevethi4183]

Matt bro show the marriage of Elisiv of Kiev's Marriage to Harald Hardrada ; Elisiv was the daughter of Yaroslav the Wise

[@MrAllmightyCornholioz]

ODIN BLESS THE DANISH MONARCHS

[@NeonAarth]

Good

[@ellisanderson842]

my ancestors raised chickens since 1100 CE. its pretty much one straight line of chicken farmers. swish!

[@charlieduke6393]

Why did you remove the original? Uggggh

[@Zach-mw5so]

Updated it with better animation and more information :)

[@charlieduke6393]

@@Zach-mw5so I understand the upgrade, but there was something special about all of these originals that Matt has removed once he puts the Jack Narrated ones up. I personally would rather have Matt’s voice on there.

[@calcaleb7041]

​@@charlieduke6393what 😂😂😂

[@marciomorais2759]

Suggestion: make the peaky blinders family tree, Shelby, Strong, Lee, Gold, Changretta, and others.

[@generaldecker9971]

28 Count Robert I of Flanders 1067-1093 27 Adela married Knut King of denmark lol knut the holy 26 Cecilia Kuntsdotter Marries Erik Gothe 25 Edla Eriksdotter Gothe marries Tord Bonde 24 Jedvard Tordsson Bonde (Jarl) 23 King Eric the 9th of sweden Robert of flanders brings it into the Charlemagne line as well to king william the conquer as well big connections to the Capets too there...the eric line goes into finland ...interesting fact of the line is a house built later on by a fellow Herman Fleming... the place is called "Louhisaari manor" ..it was sold to the Mannerhiems where the great Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim was born in. Pretty cool to me. Adela of flanders and france were quite the women. Big connections with that family. I think they were the most powerful women in history.