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The couple had six children, (three sons and three daughters) of whom two sons would be kings, and two daughters would marry to be queens of enormous empires. These four are described detailed on the relevant pages for Great Britain, Greece, Denmark (Frederik VIII), and Russia. 

Their youngest daughter, Princess Thyra, married Ernst August, Duke of Cumberland (Germany), and lived to the end of her days with her family in Gmünden, Austria.  Their posterity are now "civil members" of the Glücksburg-Family.

Their youngest son, Prince Valdemar, became a Danish naval officer, and married Marie, Princess of Orleans, France.  Prince Valdemar and Princess Marie had 5 children, the Princes Aage (1887-1940), Axel (1888-1964), Erik (1880-1950), Viggo (1893-1970) and Princess Margrethe (1895- ). Princess Margrethe married in 1921 René, Prince of Bourbon-Parma, and had by him 4 children, Prince Jacques, Princess Anne (married to ex-king Michael of Romania), Prince Michel and Prince André of Bourbon-Parma.

Frederik VIII (Fredy) 1843-1912	Alexandra (Alix) 1844-1925	Wilhelm (Willy) 1845-1913	Dagmar (Minnie) 1847-1928	Thyra 1853-1933	Valdemar 1858-1939
King of Denmark 1906-1912 1869 married to Lovisa Princess of Sweden (1851-1926)	Princess of Denmark Queen of Great Britain 1901-1910 1863 married to  Edward VII *1841 King of Great Britain 1901-1910	Prince of Denmark 1863 elected King George I of Greece 1867 married to Olga Grand Duchess of Russia (1851-1926)	Princess of Denmark Czarina of Russia 1881-1917 1866 married to Alexander III Czar of Russia *1845  (1881-1894)	Princess of Denmark,  Duchess of Cumberland  Grandmother of  Queen Frederika of Greece	Prince of Denmark married to Marie, Princess of Orléans (1865-1909)

Five of the Royal Couple's six children. Click on any of the photographs to see enlargements. The links will open in a new window. 

• Crown Prince Frederik (VIII) at the age of 9 years old. Painting by Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann 1852.
• Prince Wilhelm (later King George I of Greece) at the age of 8 years. Painting by A. Schiott 1852.
• Princess Alexandra (later Queen of Great Britain) 12 years old, and Princess Dagmar (later Czarina Maria Feodorovna of Russia), 9 years old. Painting by Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann 1856. 
• Princess Thyra at the age of 4 years. Painting by A. Schiott 1857. 

Six famous siblings photographed in front of the royal summer residence Fredensborg Castle, located c. 40 km north of Copenhagen, at their parents' Golden Jubilee in 1882. Click on the image to see large version. The link will open in a new window.  King George I of Greece,  Czarina Dagmar of Russia,  Queen Alexandra of England,  Crown Prince Frederik (VIII) of Denmark,  Princess Thyra, and  Prince Valdemar.  Denmark 1994. Fredensborg Castle.

Further Prince Valdemar and Princess Marie of Orléans became parents of Prince Axel (1888-1964), who in his marriage to the Swedish Princess Margaretha had a son, Prince Georg (born 1920).  In 1950 Prince Georg married Lady Anne Bowes-Lyon, a sister of the British Queen Mother, Lady Elizabeth Bowes- Lyon. 

In 1886 Prince Valdemar was asked by the State of Bulgaria to assume the Bulgarian Throne as Czar of  Bulgaria. The prince declined the offer, and instead Bulgaria elected Prince Ferdinand of Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha. He first married 1893 Princess Marie-Louise of Bourbon-Parma (1877-1899).  His father was Prince August of Sachsen-Coburg (1818-1881), and his mother Clementine (1817-1907), a daughter of the French King Louis Philippe. Through his marriage he was thus first cousin to both his father-in-law (King Louis Philippe, France) and King Edward VII (England).  He was elected Czar of Bulgaria in 1887, but was forced in 1918 to abdicate for the benefit of his son, Boris. 

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