Count Viggo of Rosenborg

Prince Viggo
Prince Viggo, Count of Rosenborg
Born	25 December 1893 Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	4 January 1970 (aged 76) Copenhagen, Denmark
Burial	Roskilde Cathedral
Spouse	Eleanor Margaret Green
Full name Viggo Christian Adolf Georg
House	Glücksburg
Father	Prince Valdemar of Denmark
Mother	Princess Marie of Orléans

Prince Viggo, Count of Rosenborg (Viggo Christian Adolf Georg, 25 December 1893 – 4 January 1970) was a Danish prince. He was born in Copenhagen the youngest son of Prince Valdemar of Denmark and Princess Marie of Orléans.

Biography

Without the legally required permission of the Danish king for a dynastic marriage,^[1] Viggo married Eleanor Margaret Green (New York City, New York, 5 November 1895 – Copenhagen, 3 July 1966), in New York City, New York, on 10 June 1924.

As became customary in the Danish royal house upon marriage to a commoner, prior to the wedding Viggo renounced his place in Denmark's line of succession to the Crown, forfeiting his title of Prince of Denmark, and his style of Royal Highness.^[2] With the king's authorisation, he assumed the title "Prince Viggo, Greve af (Count of) Rosenborg" and the style of Highness on 21 December 1923.^[2] Although the comital title was made hereditary for all of his legitimate descendants in the male line, the princely title was restricted to himself and his wife alone (i.e. "Prince and Princess Viggo", etc.).^[2] The couple had no children.

Prince Viggo died in Ebeltoft in 1970.

Title and style

• 25 December 1893 – 5 February 1904: His Highness Prince Viggo of Denmark
• 5 February 1904 – 10 June 1924: His Royal Highness Prince Viggo of Denmark
• 10 June 1924 – 4 January 1970: His Highness Prince Viggo, Count of Rosenburg

Ancestors

Ancestors of Count Viggo of Rosenborg

16. Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck               8. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg                       17. Countess Friederike of Schlieben               4. Christian IX of Denmark                             18. Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Kassel               9. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Cassel                       19. Princess Louise of Denmark               2. Prince Valdemar of Denmark                                   20. Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Cassel               10. Landgrave William of Hesse-Kassel                       21. Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen               5. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel                             22. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark and Norway               11. Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark                       23. Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin               1. Viggo, Count of Rosenborg                                         24. Louis-Philippe of France               12. Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans                       25. Princess Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies               6. Robert, Duke of Chartres                             26. Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin               13. Duchess Helen of Mecklenburg-Schwerin                       27. Princess Karoline Luise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach               3. Princess Marie of Orléans                                   28. Louis-Philippe of France (= 24)               14. François of Orléans, Prince of Joinville                       29. Princess Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies (= 25)               7. Princess Françoise of Orléans                             30. Pedro I of Brazil               15. Infanta Francisca of Brazil                       31. Archduchess Maria Leopoldina of Austria

Notes and references

1. "Lex Regia (Konge-Lov of 1665)". Hoelseth's Royal Corner. Dag Trygsland Hoelseth. 2006-03-20. Archived from the original on 2007-08-06. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
2. Almanach de Gotha (Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1944), pages 43, 529