Danish Royal Family links

Contents

• Websites
• Genealogy
• Legal texts, articles on constitutional matters
• Other Hoelseth pages

Websites

• The Royal House of Denmark (official)

• Royal Denmark (Denmark.dk)

• Purveyors to the Danish Royal Court

• HRH The Crown Prince of Denmark (official website; in Danish)

• HRH Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (official page)

• Reburial of Empress Maria Fedorovna

• Royal Danish Orders of Knighthood and Chivalry

• The Line of Succession to the Danish Throne

• Chateau de Caïx

• En kongelig familie (A Royal Family) (TV Series about King Christian IX and his descendants)

• Royal portraits

• Dagmar. Alexandra. Thyra. RoyalSignature.com

• Danske konger ... og deres historie (Danish kings ... and their history)

• Castles and Gardens

• Danish Castles & Manor Houses

• Schloß Glücksburg (ancestral palace of the Danish Royal Family)

• History of Schleswig-Holstein

• Grænseforeningen (The Border Association)

Genealogy

• Danish Royal Family. An Online Gotha

• Descendants of King Christian IX (Hein Bruin's page)

Legal texts, articles on constitutional matters

• Constitutional texts
  • Danmarks Riges Grundlov (15 June 1953)

  • The Constitution of Denmark

  • Tronfølgelov (27 March 1953; updated)

  • The Act of Succession (not updated)

  • Bill to change the succession law (4 October 2005; in Danish)

  • The Constitution of Denmark 1849 (the June Constitution) (in Danish)
  • The November Constitution 1863 (in Danish)
  • The Constitution of Denmark 1866 (in Danish)
  • The Constitution of Denmark 1915 (in Danish)
  • Acceptations- og Forsikkrings-Act af 18de Juli 1851
    (Acceptance and Assurance Act of 18 July 1851, by Princess Louise of Glücksburg, in Danish only)

  • Consens- og Forsikkrings-Brev af 18de Juli 1851
    (Approval and Assurance Letter of 18 July 1851, by Prins Christian of Glücksburg, in Danish only)

  • Royal Ordinance settling the Succession to the Crown on Prince Christian of Glücksburg

  • Lex Regia (Konge-Lov) (14 Nov 1665) (in English, only articles still in force)

  • Lex Regia (Konge-Lov) (14 Nov 1665) (Art. 21 and 25 still not repealed)

  • Lex Regia (Konge-Lov) (full text, including now repealed articles, Danish version)

  • Kong Christian Den Femtis Danske Lov (15 April 1683) (the text still in force, in Danish)

  • Kong Christian Den Femtis Danske Lov (15 April 1683) (complete text, in Danish)

• Acts concerning appanages etc.

  The acts are in Danish only.

  • Lov om Apanage for Hans Kongelige Høihed Prinds Waldemar (15 March 1880 No. 22)
    (Act concerning an Appanage to His Royal Highness Prince Waldemar)

  • Lov om Medgift til Deres kongelige Højheder Prinsesse Louise Caroline Josephine Sophie Thyra Olga og Prinsesse Ingeborg Charlotte Caroline Frederikke Louise
    (20 Dec 1901 No. 133)
    (Act concerning a Dowry to Their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise Caroline Josephine Sophie Thyra Olga and Princess Ingeborg Charlotte Caroline Frederikke Louise)

  • Lov om årpenge til medlemmer af det kongelige hus (17 November 1953)
    (The Appanage Act)
    Modifications: Act 31 May 1963 No. 213; Act 7 June 2001 No. 491.
    Note: Concerning Ingolf Count of Rosenborg, he is excempted from paying income tax (in accordance with Act of 12 Aug 2002 No. 678 concerning tax collection, Art. 3), but not from paying VAT, cf. "Kongeligt Leksikon" by Merete Wilkenschildt (2000).

  • Lov om ændring i lov om årpenge til medlemmer af det kongelige hus (31 May 1963 No. 213)
    (Concerning modifications to the Appanage Act of 1953)

  • Lov om dronning Margrethe den Andens civilliste (26 April 1972)
    (Act concerning Queen Margrethe II's Civil List)
    Modifications: Act 7 June 2001 No. 491

  • Lov om årpenge for dronning Ingrid (26 April 1972)
    (Act concerning Queen Ingrid's Appanage)
    Repealed by Act 7 June 2001 No. 491

  • Lov om årpenge for kronprins Frederik (19 March 1986)
    (Act concerning Crown Prince Frederik's Appanage)
    Modifications: Act 7 June 2001 No. 491; Act 5 May 2004 No. 322

  • Lov om årpenge for Hans Kongelige Højhed Prins Joachim (20 December 1995)
    (Act concerning Prince Joachim's Appanage)
    Modifications: Act 7 June 2001 No. 491

  • Lov om ændring af lov om dronning Margrethe den Andens civilliste, lov om årpenge for kronprins Frederik, lov om årpenge for prins Joachim og lov om årpenge til medlemmer af det kongelige hus samt om ophævelse af lov om årpenge for dronning Ingrid og lov om udredelse af pensioner ved tronskifte (7 June 2001 No. 491)
    (concerning modifications to the Acts concerning the appanages to the Danish Royal Family; in Danish)
    Proposal including explanatory notes. Index

  • Lov om ændring af lov om årpenge for kronprins Frederik (5 May 2004 No. 322)
    (Act modifying the Act concerning Crown Prince Frederik's Appanage; in connection with his marriage to Ms. Mary Donaldson)
    Proposal including explanatory notes. Index

  • Lov om årpenge for prinsesse Alexandra (24 Nov 2004 No. 1128)
    (Act concerning Princess Alexandra's Appanage)
    Proposal including explanatory notes (7 October 2004). Index

• Other acts
  • Lov om Regjeringens Førelse i Tilfælde af Kongens Umyndighed, Sygdom eller Fraværelse (11 February 1871 No. 25)
    (Act concerning the conducting of Government in case of the King's minority, illness or absence from the realm)

  • Lov om Indkomst- og Formueskat til Staten (10 April 1922 No. 149)
    (the State Tax Act) - see Art. 3

  • Lov om pensioner i anledning af tronskiftet den 14. januar 1972 (26 April 1972 No. 139)
    (Act concerning pensions in connection with the throne accession of 14 January 1972)

  • Lov om meddelelse af dansk indfødsret til Alexandra Christina Manley (14 November 1995)
    (Act granting Danish citizenship to Alexandra Christina Manley; in Danish only)

  • Lov om indfødsrets meddelelse (12 May 1998)
    (Concerning citizenship for among others Princesses Alexandra and Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg)

  • Forslag til folketingsbeslutning om ophævelse af momsrefusionsordningen for dronningen og medlemmer af det kongelige hus (2000-2001)
    (Proposal of Act repealing the VAT excemption for members of the royal family (rejected)

  • Lov om opkrævning af indkomstskat samt kommunal og amtskommunal ejendomsværdiskat for personer m.v. (kildeskat) (12 Aug 2002 No. 678)
    (the Tax Collection Act) - see Art. 3)

  • Lov om meddelelse af dansk indfødsret til Mary Elizabeth Donaldson (31 March 2004 No. 212
    (Act granting Danish citizenship to Mary Elisabeth Donaldson)
    Proposal Act granting Danish citizenship to Mary Elisabeth Donaldson. Index

• Regulations etc.
  • Rangforordninger og privilegier 1661-1808
    (Regulations concerning rank/precedence and privileges 1661-1808; in Danish only)

  • Royal Patent of 6 July 1825 concerning the Ducal Name and Title "Duke of Glücksburg"

• Other legal texts
  • Ægtepagt mellem Prins Joachim og Alexandra Manley
    (Marital agreement between Prince Joachim and Alexandra Manley; in Danish only)
    (14 Nov 1995)

  • Ægtepagt mellem Kronprins Frederik og Mary Donaldson
    (Marital agreement between Crown Prince Frederik and Mary Donaldson; in Danish only)
    (30 April 2004)

• Treaties
• The London Treaty 1852 (in Danish)
• The Treaty of Vienna 1864 (in Danish)

• Articles, notes, legal opinions etc.
  • Notits om prinsesse Nathalie og prinsesse Alexandra's arveret til den danske trone
    (Note concerning Princess Nathalie's and Princess Alexandra's succession rights to the Danish throne; in Danish only) (by the Department of Law, Danish Ministry of Justice)
    (11 Nov 1997)

  • Defence for the full hereditary right, according to the Lex Regia of the kings and royal house of Denmark, especially Prince Christian and his spouse, Copenhagen, 1853 (by Councilor C. F. Wegener, Keeper of the Privy Archives)

  • Conditional Consent, Dynastic Rights and the Danish Law of Succession (by Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard)

  • The constitutional economics of autocratic succession (by Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard)

  • Literature concerning the question of Schleswig-Holstein

    (In Danish)

    • "Sønderjyllands indlemmelse i den danske krone 1721", 1885, in A.D. Jørgensen. Historiske afhandlinger, Tredie bind, København: Det Nordiske Forlag - Forlaget Ernst Bojesen, 1898, pp. 28-97.
    • "Om den ved kongeloven fastsatte arvefølge", 1886, in A.D. Jørgensen. Historiske afhandlinger, Tredie bind, København: Det Nordiske Forlag - Forlaget Ernst Bojesen, 1898, pp. 98-132
    • "Det slesvigholstenske spørgsmål", 1897, in A.D. Jørgensen. Historiske afhandlinger, Fjerde bind, København: Det Nordiske Forlag - Forlaget Ernst Bojesen, 1899, pp. 179-188.

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