Prince Gorm of Denmark ( da, Prins Gorm Christian Frederik Hans Harald til Danmark; b. Jægersborghus, 24 February 1919 –

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, 26 December 1991) was the first son of

Prince Harald of Denmark Prince Harald of Denmark (''Harald Christian Frederik''; 8 October 1876 – 30 March 1949) was a member of the Danish Royal Family. He was the third son and fourth child of Frederick VIII of Denmark and his wife, Lovisa of Sweden, and thus brothe ...

and his wife,

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. He was an

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of the

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. He was a nephew of

Christian X of Denmark Christian X ( da, Christian Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm; 26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947) was King of Denmark from 1912 to his death in 1947, and the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, in the form of a personal union rathe ...

, and as a result of the

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of 1953, which restricts the throne to direct descendants of Christian X, he lost his place in the line of succession. He died unmarried and without children.

Bibliography

* 1919 births 1991 deaths House of Glücksburg (Denmark) Danish princes Recipients of the Cross of Honour of the Order of the Dannebrog Burials at Roskilde Cathedral {{Denmark-bio-stub