Prince Erik, Count of Rosenborg (Erik Frederik Christian Alexander; 8 November 1890 – 10 September 1950) was a Danish prince. He was born in

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, a son of Prince Valdemar of Denmark and Princess Marie of Orléans.

Early life

Prince Erik was born on 8 November 1890, in the Yellow Palace, an 18th-century town house at 18 Amaliegade, immediately adjacent to the Amalienborg Palace complex in

. He was the third child of Prince Valdemar of Denmark, and his wife Princess Marie of Orléans. His father was a younger son of

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and Louise of Hesse-Kassel, and his mother was the eldest daughter of

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and Princess Françoise of Orléans. His parents' marriage was said to be a political match.

Marriage and issue

As was then customary in the Danish

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, Erik renounced his rights to the throne when he chose to take a commoner as wife, marrying in

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, on 11 February 1924 Lois Frances Booth (Ottawa, Ontario, 2 August 1897 – Copenhagen, 26 February 1941). His wife was the daughter of John Frederick Booth, who lived in Canada, and the paternal granddaughter of

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by his wife, Rosalinda Cook. Prince Erik and his wife divorced in 1937. She later remarried Thorkild Juelsberg, without issue. The couple had two children: * Countess Alexandra Dagmar Frances Marie Margrethe of Rosenborg (

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, California, 5 February 1927 – Odense, 5 October 1992), married in Copenhagen on 2 May 1951 to Ivar Emil Vind-Röj ( Everdrup, 5 January 1921 – Odense, 11 February 1977), Master of the Royal Hunt, son of Ove Holger Christian Vind, Royal Danish Chamberlain, by his wife, Elsa Mimi Adelaide Marie Oxholm (of

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),Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, editor, Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume 1: Europe & Latin America (London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1977), page 70. ** Marie-Lovise Frances Elisabeth Vind (b. Hellerup, 7 February 1952), married at Allerup on 7 April 1973 and divorced Christian

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Knuth (b. Stenagegand, 23 November 1942), and had two children: *** Countess Christina Elisabeth Knuth (b. Nykøbing-Falster, Copenhagen, 6 May 1977), married in 2005 to Jacob Conrad Kamman (b. 1979) *** Michael Ivar Count Knuth (b. Nykøbing-Falster, 8 December 1979) ** Erik Ove Carl Johan Emil Vind (b. Hellerup, 5 May 1954), married in Mahé,

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on 15 February 1993 Countess Suzanne Ingrid Jessie Dorthe av Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille (b. Svendborg, 4 March 1967), lady-in-waiting to the Princess Alexandra *** Rosemarie Alexandra Kirsten Vind (b. Copenhagen, 2 November 1993) *** Georg Ivar Emil Vind (b. Copenhagen, 15 October 1995) *** Nonni Margaretha Elsa Vind (b. Odense, 14 June 2003) ** Georg Christian Valdemar Vind (b. Hellerup, 5 August 1958), married in

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on 19 September 1993 to Maria Munk (b. Frederiksberg, 12 October 1966) *** Andreas Ivar Knud Holger Vind (b. Kuwait, 26 November 1994) *** Clara Alexandra Vind (b. 8 January 1998) * Count Christian Edward Valdemar Jean Frederik Peter of Rosenborg ( Bjergbygaard, 16 July 1932 –

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, 24 March 1997); married at Stouby on 10 August 1962 Karin Lüttichau (b. Rohden, 12 August 1938), daughter of Folmer Lüttichau by his wife, Ingeborg Carl ** Count Valdemar Erik Flemming Christian of Rosenborg (b. Skovshoved, 9 July 1965), married in

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on 29 June 1996 Charlotte Cruse (b. Cognac, 23 April 1967), and divorced in 2005 *** Count Nicolai Christian Valdemar of Rosenborg (b. Gentofte, 6 November 1997) *** Countess Marie Geraldine Charlotte of Rosenborg (b. Copenhagen, 7 May 1999) ** Countess Marina Isabelle Ingeborg Karin of Rosenborg (b. Skovshoved, 28 March 1971). Prince Erik died in Copenhagen on 10 September 1950.

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