1. Frederik IX was King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972.
23 Facts About Frederik IX
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Frederik IX was the first child of Prince Christian of Denmark and Princess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
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Frederik IX became crown prince when his father succeeded as king in 1912.
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Frederik IX became king on his father's death in April 1947.
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Frederik IX died in 1972, and was succeeded by his eldest daughter, Margrethe II.
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Frederik IX's father was Prince Christian of Denmark, the eldest son of Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Louise of Sweden.
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Frederik IX's mother was Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the eldest daughter of Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia.
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Frederik IX was baptised in the Garden Room at Sorgenfri Palace on 9 April 1899 by the royal confessor Jakob Paulli.
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Frederik IX's only sibling, Knud, was born one year after Frederik IX.
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The family lived in apartments in Christian VIII's Palace at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen, in Sorgenfri Palace near the capital and in a summer residence, Marselisborg Palace in Aarhus in Jutland, which Frederik IX's parents had received as a wedding present from the people of Denmark in 1898.
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Frederik IX's father became crown prince, and Frederik IX moved up to second in line to the throne.
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Just six years later, on 14 May 1912, King Frederik VIII died, and Frederik's father ascended the throne as King Christian X Frederik himself became crown prince.
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Frederik IX was educated at the Royal Danish Naval Academy and the University of Copenhagen.
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Frederik IX acquired several tattoos during his naval service including dragons, birds, and other traditional tattoo motifs that were popular among sailors of the time.
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In 1922, Frederik IX was engaged to Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, his double second cousin, through King Christian IX of Denmark and the other through Frederick Francis II.
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In descent from Paul I of Russia, Frederik IX was a fourth cousin of Ingrid's mother.
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From 1942 until 1943, Frederik IX acted as regent on behalf of his father who was temporarily incapacitated after a fall from his horse in October 1942.
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On 20 April 1947, Christian X died, and Frederik IX succeeded to the throne.
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Frederik IX was proclaimed king from the balcony of Christiansborg Palace by Prime Minister Knud Kristensen.
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Shortly after Frederik IX delivered his New Year's address on 31 December 1971, he became ill with flu-like symptoms.
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Frederik IX was succeeded by his eldest daughter, Margrethe II.
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Frederik IX's remains were interred alongside him at the burial site outside Roskilde Cathedral.
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On 20 April 1982, a statue of King Frederik IX dressed in the uniform of an admiral was unveiled by the Copenhagen harbour on the 35th anniversary of his accession to the throne in 1947 and in the tenth year after his death.