Thyra of Denmark

Thyra Amalie Caroline Charlotte Anna, Princess of Denmark

Daughter of Christian IX King of Denmark (1818-1906) and Louise Princess of  Hesse-Kassel (1817-1898)

Born: Yellow Palace (Det Gule Palae), Copenhagen 29. Sep 1853

Married: Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen 21. Dec 1878 Ernst August, Crown Prince of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland (1845-1923), son of Georg V King of Hanover (1819-1878) and Marie, Princess of Saxe-Altenburg (1818-1907)

Natural daughter by Lieutenant Vilhelm Frimann Marcher (1841-1872, suicide):

• Maria (Kate) Jørgensen (1871-1964) m. 1902 Frode Pløyen-Holstein

Issue of marriage:

• Marie Louise, Princess of Hanover (1879-1948) m. 1900 Maximilian, Prince of Baden (1867-1929)

• Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Hanover (1880-1912)

• Alexandra, Princess of Hanover (1882-1963) m. 1904 Friedrich Franz IV Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1882-1945)

• Olga, Princess of Hanover (1884-1958)

• Christian, Prince of Hanover (1885-1901)

• Ernst August, Duke of Brunswick (1887-1953) m. 1913 Viktoria Luise, Princess of Prussia (1892-1980)

Died: Gmunden, Upper Austria 26. Feb 1933

Buried: Mausoleum, Schloss Cumberland, Gmunden

Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 2005, Vittorio Klostermann; for natural daughter see entry on wikipedia.