By Baron Henri Estramant
His Excellency Major Count Ingolf af Rosenborg fêted his landmark 75th birthday on 17 February 2015. Count Ingolf is a first cousin to Her Majesty The Queen of Denmark who also shall celebrate her 75th birthday on 16 April 2015; celebrations throughout the Kingdom of Denmark have been arranged by the Royal Court as well as the Royal Government to celebrate the ebullient occasion throughout the year.
Count Ingolf is the eldest son of the late Hereditary Prince Knud (1900-1976) and Hereditary Princess Caroline-Mathilde (1912-1995)
The title “Count af Rosenborg” has been customary for “deposed” princes of the Royal House Glücksborg in Denmark, that is, for those who entered unequal marriages.
Albeit Count Ingolf af Rosenborg forfeited his membership into the Danish Royal House upon his morganatic marriage he still receives an annual allowance of 1,3 million kr (174,228.84 EUR) from the Danish state. The monies are viewed as a sort of compensation for his displacement in the line of succession in favour of the now Queen Margrethe II. Since 1998 he is married to HE Countess Sussie af Rosenborg (née Hjorhøy Pedersen). Count Ingolf has no children. He is still the protector of several military and social organisations as well as a reserved major for Den Kongelige Livgarde (Royal Life Guards).
Count Ingolf’s older sister, Her Highness Princess Elisabeth to Denmark (b. 8 May 1935), is the only of the three children of Hereditary Prince Knud and Princess Caroline-Mathilde to remain “royal”. She occupies the twelve and last place in the line of succession to the Danish throne, yet she is single, and has no issue. Remarkably she is also the only Danish royal to have entered her country’s Foreign Service professionally. Princess Elisabeth was employed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1956 to 2001. The princess was posted in Washington D.C. (1973-76 and 1981-85) as well as at the Danish UN Mission in Genève (1989-1993). She will celebrate her 80th birthday this year.
From 17 to 19 May 2015, the Dutch royal couple shall pay a State Visit to the Kingdom of Denmark.
For more information:
The Royal House of Denmark: http://kongehuset.dk/
Danish Law of Succession: https://www.retsinformation.
Interview with HM The Queen and HRH The Prince Consort of Denmark about the upcoming Dutch State Visit:
