King of Denmark (1912–1947) and Iceland (1918–1944)
Christian X
Christian X by Peter Elfelt
King of Denmark
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Reign
14 May 1912 – 20 April 1947
Predecessor
Frederick VIII
Successor
Frederik IX
King of Iceland
Reign
1 December 1918 – 17 June 1944
Born
(1870-09-26)26 September 1870 Charlottenlund Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark
Died
20 April 1947(1947-04-20) (aged 76) Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark
Burial
Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde, Denmark
Spouse
Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
(m. 1898)
Issue
Frederik IX
Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark
Names
Christian Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm
House
Glücksburg
Father
Frederick VIII of Denmark
Mother
Louise of Sweden
Religion
Church of Denmark
Signature
Christian X (Danish: Christian Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm; 26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947) was King of Denmark from 1912 until his death in 1947. He was also the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, holding the title as a result of the personal union between Denmark and independent Iceland between 1918 and 1944.
He was a member of the House of Glücksburg, a branch of the House of Oldenburg, and the first monarch since King Frederick VII born into the Danish royal family; both his father and his grandfather were born as princes of a ducal family from Schleswig. Among his siblings was King Haakon VII of Norway. His son became Frederick IX of Denmark. Among his cousins were King George V of the United Kingdom, Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, and King Constantine I of Greece, while Queen Maud of Norway, was both his cousin and sister-in-law.
His character has been described as authoritarian and he strongly stressed the importance of royal dignity and power. His reluctance to fully embrace democracy resulted in the Easter Crisis of 1920, in which he dismissed the democratically elected Social Liberal cabinet with which he disagreed, and installed one of his own choosing. This was in accordance with the letter of the constitution, but the principle of parliamentarianism had been considered a constitutional custom since 1901. Faced with mass demonstrations, a general strike organized by the Social Democrats and the risk of the monarchy being overthrown he was forced to accept that a monarch could not keep a government in office against the will of parliament, as well as his reduced role as a symbolic head of state.
During the German occupation of Denmark, Christian became a popular symbol of resistance, particularly because of the symbolic value of the fact that he rode every day through the streets of Copenhagen unaccompanied by guards. With a reign spanning two world wars, and his role as a rallying symbol for Danish national sentiment during the German occupation, he became one of the most popular Danish monarchs of modern times.
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