Princess Thyra of Denmark
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- Not to be confused with Tyra of Denmark.
Princess Thyra of Denmark (Thyra Amelie Caroline Charlotte Anne; Danish: Thyra Amalie Caroline Charlotte Anna; Thyra: ˈtuːʁə; Copenhagen
Copenhagen
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, 29 September 1853 – Gmunden
Gmunden
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, 26 February 1933) was the youngest daughter of Christian IX of Denmark
Christian IX of Denmark
Christian IX was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906.Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg which had ruled Denmark since 1448, Christian was originally not in the immediate line of succession to the Danish...
and Louise of Hesse-Kassel
Louise of Hesse-Kassel
Louise of Hesse was a German Princess and the queen consort to King Christian IX of Denmark.-Early Life and Ancestry:...
.
Early life
Thyra was the sister of Frederik VIII of Denmark, Queen Alexandra of the United KingdomAlexandra of Denmark
Alexandra of Denmark was the wife of Edward VII of the United Kingdom...
, George I of Greece
George I of Greece
George I was King of Greece from 1863 to 1913. Originally a Danish prince, George was only 17 years old when he was elected king by the Greek National Assembly, which had deposed the former king Otto. His nomination was both suggested and supported by the Great Powers...
and Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia. Thyra was an attractive and gentle young woman, with dark hair and dark blue eyes. Queen Louise
Louise of Hesse-Kassel
Louise of Hesse was a German Princess and the queen consort to King Christian IX of Denmark.-Early Life and Ancestry:...
wanted her youngest daughter to make a good marriage as her elder daughters had. Thyra's first suitor was King Willem III of the Netherlands, but as he was thirty six years older than she was, she rejected him. He later married Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Princess Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont was Queen consort of William III, King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg...
. Their daughter became Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
Wilhelmina was Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948. She ruled the Netherlands for fifty-eight years, longer than any other Dutch monarch. Her reign saw World War I and World War II, the economic crisis of 1933, and the decline of the Netherlands as a major colonial...
and her descendants sit on the throne of the Netherlands.
In her youth, Thyra had fallen in love with Vilhelm Frimann Marcher, a Lieutenant
Lieutenant
A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...
in the Cavalry
Cavalry
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, which resulted in a pregnancy. Her brother George I of Greece
George I of Greece
George I was King of Greece from 1863 to 1913. Originally a Danish prince, George was only 17 years old when he was elected king by the Greek National Assembly, which had deposed the former king Otto. His nomination was both suggested and supported by the Great Powers...
suggested that she have the baby in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
to avoid scandal; the Danish press was told Thyra had been taken ill with jaundice
Jaundice
Jaundice is a yellowish pigmentation of the skin, the conjunctival membranes over the sclerae , and other mucous membranes caused by hyperbilirubinemia . This hyperbilirubinemia subsequently causes increased levels of bilirubin in the extracellular fluid...
. She gave birth to a girl, Maria, on 8 November 1871 at Schloss Glücksburg
Schloss Glücksburg
Glücksburg Castle is a castle in the town of Glücksburg, Germany. It is one of the most important Renaissance castles in northern Europe. It is the seat of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and was also used by the Danish kings...
, who was adopted by Rasmus and Anne Marie Jørgensen of Odense
Odense
The city of Odense is the third largest city in Denmark.Odense City has a population of 167,615 and is the main city of the island of Funen...
shortly after birth and renamed Kate; she married in 1902 Frode Pløyen-Holstein and died in 1964. Marcher killed himself on 4 January 1872 after a confrontation with the King.
Marriage
On 21 December/22 December 1878 in CopenhagenCopenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, she married Crown Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale
Ernest Augustus II of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale
Ernst August, Crown Prince of Hanover, Heir of Brunswick, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, 3rd Earl of Armagh, , was the eldest child and only son of George V of Hanover and his wife, Marie of Saxe-Altenburg...
in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
. Ernst Augustus was eldest child and only son of King George V of Hanover
George V of Hanover
George V was King of Hanover, the only child of Ernest Augustus I, and a grandchild of King George III of the United Kingdom. In the peerage of Great Britain, he was 2nd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, 2nd Earl of Armagh...
and his wife, Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg was Queen of Hanover and the consort of George V, a grandson of George III of the United Kingdom and Queen Charlotte.-Early life:Marie was born at Hildburghausen, as Princess Marie of...
.
Thanks to her marriage, Thyra became Duchess of Cumberland and Teviotdale, Duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg and member of the British Royal; although she was styled The Crown Princess of Hanover, in fact, she was the titular Queen Consort of Hanover because both her husband and late father-in-law (who died six months before her marriage) never renounced or abdicated his rights over the anexed Kingdom of Hanover.
Issue
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princess Marie Louise of Hanover and Cumberland Princess Marie Louise of Hanover and Cumberland Princess Marie Louise of Hanover and Cumberland , Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg... |
11 October 1879 | 31 January 1948 | married Prince Maximilian of Baden Prince Maximilian of Baden Maximilian of Baden was a German prince and politician... (10 July 1867 – 6 November 1929); had issue |
| Prince George William of Hanover and Cumberland Prince George William of Hanover and Cumberland Prince George William of Hanover , Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the eldest son of Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover... |
28 October 1880 | 20 May 1912 | |
| Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland , Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland (German: Alexandra Louise Marie Olga Elisabeth Therese Vera Prinzessin von Hannover und Cumberland), Princess of Great Britain and... |
29 September 1882 | 30 August 1963 | married Friedrich Franz IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (9 April 1882 – 17 November 1945) |
| Princess Olga of Hanover and Cumberland Princess Olga of Hanover and Cumberland Princess Olga of Hanover and Cumberland , Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg .-Biography:Olga was the youngest daughter of Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of... |
11 July 1884 | 21 September 1958 | |
| Prince Christian of Hanover and Cumberland Prince Christian of Hanover and Cumberland Prince Christian of Hanover Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the second eldest son of Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover and Princess Thyra of Denmark , the... |
4 July 1885 | 3 September 1901 | |
| Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick | 17 November 1887 | 30 January 1953 | married Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia Victoria Louise of Prussia was the only daughter and the seventh child of William II, German Emperor and Empress Augusta Victoria. She was their last surviving child. Princess Victoria Louise is the maternal grandmother of Queen Sophie of Spain and the former King Constantine II of the Hellenes... (13 September 1892 – 11 December 1980) |
Ancestry
Titles and styles
- 29 September 1853–1858: Her Highness Princess Thyra of Denmark
- 1858 – 22 December 1878: Her Royal Highness Princess Thyra of Denmark
- 22 December 1878 – 28 March 1919: Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Cumberland and Teviotdale, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland and Duchess of Brunswick and Luneburg.
- 28 March 1919 – 26 February 1933: Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Hanover,Duchess of Cumberland and Teviotdale