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This is a list of Danish monarchs,
that is, the Kings and ruling Queen of Denmark, including Regents of the Kalmar Union. This includes:
Gorm the Old was the first trustworthy Danish monarch. All reigns before him are dubious. Denmark has one of the longest
running unbroken lines of succession in the world, second only to that of the Japanese emperors.
The house of Oldenburg held the Danish Crown between
1448 and 1863, when it passed to the house of
Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. The kingdom had been elective until
1660, and until 1864 it was also united in personal
union with the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. Danish name forms are given in parenthesis.
List of dubious Danish monarchs
See also: List of Dubious Danish
Kings
- 794-803 : Sigfred (Sigurd) Snogoje of South
Jutland note!: A mix of two person, both kings of Denmark. Sigurd Snakeeye after Eric
II the Younger.
- a Harald before Godfred
- 798?-800 : Godfred (Gudrĝd, Godfrid)
- 810-812 : Hemming, nephew of Godfred reigned two
years after Godfred's death
- 813: Sigfred, another nephew of Godfred
- 813: Anulo, a nephew of the Harald before Godfred
- 812,813,814,
819-826 : Harald Klak, brother of Anulo and nephew
of Godfred
- 813-814 : Reginfrid, another brother of
Anulo
- 814-827, sole ruling 827-854, died 854 : Eric I the Old, one of
four co-rulers and sons of Godfred
- 854- after 864 : Eric II the Child, whose
daughter married Harald I of Norway, was a son of Eric the
Old's brother
- 803-850 : Canute I (Knud I). A mix of two
persons, not kings of Denmark.
- died ca 863 : Harold I (Harald I)
- before 873-? : the two co-rulers, Halfdan and Sigfrid
- a Swedish "Olof Dynasty" from ca. 850 with Olof
as its first king, he was a son of Sigfrid's brother.
- at least 934 : Chnuba by christen name: Knud
- after 934 - mentioned with Gorm the Old in 936 :
Sigtryg, last king of the "Olof Dynasty"
Note: Above list of dubious kings affected the numbering of subsequent Danish monarchs:
- Harold Bluetooth is sometimes accounted as Harald II and hence
Harald II Svendsen as III and Harald Hen as IV.
- Canute the Great as Knud II.
List of Danish monarchs
House of Oldenburg
The House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
See also
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