King of Norway Haakon VII … 1872–1957 – Whos Your Daddy? Wikigenealogy

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King of Norway Haakon VII …, 1872–1957 (aged 85 years)

Name

King of Norway Haakon VII …

Name: King of Norway Haakon VII //
Name prefix: King of Norway
Given names: Haakon VII

Sex Male

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 1843 24 26 — Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark Living: 1906 Served: 1912 Death: 1912 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Louise of Sweden … Christian X … King of Denmark King of Norway Haakon VII … Ingeborg of Denmark … Frederick VIII … King of Denmark 1843–1912 Birth: 1843 24 26 — Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark Death: 1912
mother	Links Birth: 31 October 1851 25 23 — Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden Death: 20 March 1926 — Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Frederick VIII … King of Denmark Christian X … King of Denmark King of Norway Haakon VII … Ingeborg of Denmark … Louise of Sweden … 1851–1926 Birth: 31 October 1851 25 23 — Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden Death: 20 March 1926 — Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
elder brother	Links Birth: 1870 27 18 — Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark Living: 1912 Served: 1947 Death: 1947 Unique identifier: 97ADFDC8DCB6B141918FD034AF5C450C0DA1 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Frederick IX … King of Denmark Christian X … King of Denmark 1870–1947 Birth: 1870 27 18 — Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark Death: 1947
3 years himself	Links Birth: 1872 29 20 — Charlottenlund, Gentofte Municipality, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark Marriage: 1896 Death: 1957 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Maude Charlotte Mary Victoria Windsor Princess King of Norway Olaf V … King of Norway Haakon VII … 1872–1957 Birth: 1872 29 20 — Charlottenlund, Gentofte Municipality, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark Death: 1957
7 years younger sister	Links Birth: 1878 35 26 Marriage: 1897 Death: 1958 Unique identifier: D51DB8198CE6644C9E6191059704BB08D85A Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Charles … Prince of Sweden Astrid … Princess of Sweden Ingeborg of Denmark … 1878–1958 Birth: 1878 35 26 Death: 1958

Family with Maude Charlotte Mary Victoria Windsor Princess
himself	Links Birth: 1872 29 20 — Charlottenlund, Gentofte Municipality, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark Marriage: 1896 Death: 1957 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Maude Charlotte Mary Victoria Windsor Princess King of Norway Olaf V … King of Norway Haakon VII … 1872–1957 Birth: 1872 29 20 — Charlottenlund, Gentofte Municipality, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark Death: 1957
wife	Links Birth: 1869 28 25 Marriage: 1896 Death: 1938 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse King of Norway Haakon VII … King of Norway Olaf V … Maude Charlotte Mary Victoria Windsor Princess 1869–1938 Birth: 1869 28 25 Death: 1938
Marriage	Marriage — 1896 —
8 years son	Links Birth: 1903 31 34 — Sandringham, Norfolk, England Death: 1991 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse King of Norway Olaf V … 1903–1991 Birth: 1903 31 34 — Sandringham, Norfolk, England Death: 1991

Events of close relatives
Birth	1872 29 20 Charlottenlund, Gentofte Municipality, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark Address: Charlottenlund Palace, Charlottenlund, Gentofte Municipality, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark.
Death of a maternal grandfather	King of Sweden Charles XV … 19 August 1872 Malmö, Skåne County, Scania, Sweden
Birth of a sister	Ingeborg of Denmark … 1878
Marriage	Maude Charlotte Mary Victoria Windsor Princess — View this family 1896 (aged 24 years)
Death of a paternal grandmother	Louise … Princess of Hesse-Cassel 1898
Birth of a son	King of Norway Olaf V … 1903 Sandringham, Norfolk, England
Death of a paternal grandfather	King of Denmark (1863-1906) Christian IX … 29 January 1906 Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark Address: Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark.
Burial of a paternal grandfather	King of Denmark (1863-1906) Christian IX … 15 February 1906 Roskilde, Roskilde Municipality, Region Zealand, Denmark Address: Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde, Roskilde Municipality, Region Zealand, Denmark.
Death of a father	Frederick VIII … King of Denmark 1912
Death of a mother	Louise of Sweden … 20 March 1926 Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark Address: Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark.
Death of a wife	Maude Charlotte Mary Victoria Windsor Princess 1938
Death of a brother	Christian X … King of Denmark 1947
Death	1957 (aged 85 years)
Last change	11 December 2022 – 11:20:35 Author of last change: Danny

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Note	Haakon VII (1872-1957), king of Norway (1905-57), the second son of Frederick VIII, king of Denmark, born in CharlottenLund, Denmark. Originally named Carl, the Danish prince was chosen king of Norway by the Storting, or parliament, a choice reaffirmed by a plebiscite. The Norwegian throne had become vacant when the union between Norway and Sweden was dissolved; the Swedish throne was retained by Oscar II, king of Sweden. During World War II, after the Germans invaded Norway in 1940, Haakon led the resistance for two months, then went to Great Britain to head the Norwegian government-in-exile. He returned to Norway in 1945. He was succeeded by his son Olaf V.

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Haakon VII (1872-1957), king of Norway (1905-57), the second son of
Frederick VIII, king of Denmark, born in CharlottenLund, Denmark.
Originally named Carl, the Danish prince was chosen king of Norway by the
Storting, or parliament, a choice reaffirmed by a plebiscite. The
Norwegian throne had become vacant when the union between Norway and
Sweden was dissolved; the Swedish throne was retained by Oscar II, king of
Sweden. During World War II, after the Germans invaded Norway in 1940,
Haakon led the resistance for two months, then went to Great Britain to
head the Norwegian government-in-exile. He returned to Norway in 1945. He
was succeeded by his son Olaf V.