Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
“Sponsor Message Queen Margrethe is expected to be buried”
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Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
Prince Henrik of Denmark, Count of Monpezat was the husband of Margrethe II of Denmark. He served as her royal consort from Margrethe's accession on 14 January 1972 until his death in 2018.
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culture · Consort of Margrethe II from 1972 to 2018 · poet · writer · visual artist · pianist · sculptor · aristocrat · consort · prince consort · also Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Prince Henrik of Denmark, Henri de Monpezat, Henri Marie Jean André de Laborde de Monpezat, Enric de Monpezat, Henrik
Born 11 June 1934 · Died 13 February 2018 · Q1389258
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2026· 6 entries
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
“t Be Buried With His Wife : The Two-Way Denmark”
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Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
“third place in the royal hierarchy”
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“I do not want to play this game. I must be the number two,”
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Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
“In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot”
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“I have been satisfied with that role, but I don”
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2023· 1 entry
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
Joachim's children were stripped of their princely titles
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2018· 1 entry
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
Died 2018-02-13.
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2017· 1 entry
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
“t Be Buried With His Wife August 3, 2017 4:31 PM ET Merrit Kennedy Enlarge this image Danish Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington in 2011. Evan Vucci/Associated Press hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/Associated Press Danish Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington in 2011. Evan Vucci/Associated Press Denmark”
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2015· 1 entry
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
“Why be only a prince and merely a Highness but not Majesty, without any status?”
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2013· 1 entry
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
Accompanied the pop group Michael Learns to Rock on the piano as they recorded "Echo", a number which was presented to King Rama IX of Thailand
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2012· 1 entry
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross presented by Ivan Gašparovič (2012).
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2008· 2 entries
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
Queen Margrethe II announced that her male-line descendants would bear the additional title of Count or Countess of Monpezat, in recognition of Henrik's ancestry
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Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
The hereditary title of "Count of Monpezat" ("Greve af Monpezat") was granted by the Queen to her and Henrik's two sons, as a proper Danish title of nobility unrelated to a French noble title whatever, but in recognition
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2004· 1 entry
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
“I see poetry as an opportunity for immersion in a superficial time dominated by news and entertainment that makes us rootless and restless. Poetry takes us closer to the true nature of the world, in poetry we can approach the eternal questions such as love, loneliness and death”
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2003· 1 entry
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
Awarded Nersornaat in gold (2003).
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2002· 1 entry
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
Prince Henrik fled Denmark for France and went to stay at the couple's Château de Cayx in Cahors in southern France
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1973· 1 entry
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1973).
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1972· 2 entries
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
Awarded Royal Order of the Seraphim (1972).
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Career landmark: Consort of Denmark (1972–2018).
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1968· 1 entry
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (1968).
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1967· 1 entry
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
Awarded Knight of the Order of the Elephant (1967).
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1950· 1 entry
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
Where increasing unrest forced him to fight the Việt Minh, to protect his family's lands
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1939· 1 entry
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
The family returned to Le Cayrou, where they remained during the Second World War
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1934· 1 entry
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
Born 1934-06-11.
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1923· 1 entry
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
“Bible Teaching and Religious Practice”
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1897· 1 entry
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
“What Paul Bourget Thinks of Us?”
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1869· 2 entries
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
“Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's Farm”
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“Man's Place in the Animal World”
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1865· 1 entry
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”
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