BURIAL CHURCH OF ICELANDIC SOVEREIGNS

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ROSKILDE (DENMARK)
BURIED IN THE CATHEDRAL OF ROSKILDE
(Roskilde Domkirke, Domkirkepladsen):

01. King CHRISTIAN X (+1947)
02. Queen ALEXANDRINE OF MECKLENBURG (+1952)

LIST OF ICELANDIC SOVEREIGNS 1918-1944

KINGDOM OF ICELAND 1918-1944
(united with Denmark):

HOUSE OF OLDENBURG-GLÜCKSBURG
1918-1944: CHRISTIAN X
(Kristján X; King of Denmark)
Born in 1870 in Charlottenlund near Copenhagen.
Father: King Frederick VIII of Denmark.
Mother: Queen Louise of Sweden-Norway.
Married in 1898 in Cannes Princess ALEXANDRINE of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (*1879 Schwerin,+1952 Hellerup).
He was never crowned.
His issue who reigned:
-Frederick IX (*1899,+1972; King of Denmark).
Deposed in 1944.
Died in 1947 in Copenhagen.
Buried with his Queen Alexandrine in Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark.

REPUBLIC OF ICELAND SINCE 1944.

TOMBS OF ICELANDIC SOVEREIGNS

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The tombs of King CHRISTIAN X (left) and his Queen ALEXANDRINE OF MECKLENBURG-SCHWERIN in Roskilde Cathedral (Denmark)

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Icelandic royal standard, 1918-1944

Select Bibliography
Flaggen Aller Staaten der Erde, Leipzig [1934/37?]
Flags of All Nations, London 1930
Scocozza B.: Politikens bog om danske monarker. Fra Gorm den Gamle til Margrethe 2., København 1998