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	Margrethe II - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Margrethe II, born in 1940, queen of Denmark (1972- ), born in Copenhagen, and educated at the universities of Copenhagen and Cambridge.
		Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid,) (born 16 April 1940) is the Queen regnant and head of state of Denmark.
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	Margrethe II - MSN Encarta
		In 1967 she married Henri Marie Jean André, comte de Laborde de Monpezat, a Frenchman who was created Prince Henrik of Denmark.
		On the death of her father, Frederick IX, Margrethe became the first queen to reign over Denmark since Margaret I, more than five and a half centuries earlier.
		A new Danish succession law had been enacted in 1953 to allow her ascension to the throne.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761556792/Margrethe_II.html (124 words)

	Margrethe II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		So after the death of her Father in January 1972, Margrethe II ascended the Danish throne, the first woman monarch since the death of Margrethe I in 1412.
		The style of Margrethe II's reign of 31 years is outgoing and the royal family's relations with the public are more open than ever before.
		Queen Margrethe is widely respected for her intellectual prowess and her artistic abilities, for example as a talented painter and illustrator with her works being displayed at several exhibitions.
	www.scandga.org /festival/margrethe_ii.htm (476 words)

	Mermaid Lounge - APRIL 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On April 16th 2000, it is the 60th birthday of Denmark's Queen Margrethe II, a monarch who scores top marks in domestic opinion polls when it comes to personal elegance, knowledge, intellectual and artistic abilities and not least her aptitude to communicate with her subjects in a way which captures their imaginations.
		Margrethe was meticulously prepared for her reign through a broad program of study at universities in Copenhagen and Århus in Denmark, Cambridge and the London School of Economics in Britain and the Sorbonne in France.
		On evenings such as these, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark manages to move her people more than many politicians are able to do in an entire year.
	www.denmark.org /mermaid_Apr00/queen.html (1467 words)

	Queen Margrethe II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On the 14th January 1997, Margrethe the Second, Queen of Denmark, celebrates the 25th anniversary of her reign, and Danes will be as one in paying homage to the monarch who to a unique extent has been able to win the understanding and affection of the people for herself and her high office.
		The first "Queen" Margrethe, who reigned 600 years ago, was only regent for her infant son and thus had to be content with the title "High and Mighty Lady and Regent".
		Queen Margrethe's father, who became King in 1947, was trained as a naval officer and from this he always maintained the bluff, informal, but yet dignified manner that made him so well liked as a monarch.
	www.geocities.com /Paris/LeftBank/7210/queen.html (1446 words)

	Mermaid Lounge - April 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Margrethe II is also the first genuine creative artist to sit on the Danish throne.
		Margrethe Alexandrine Torhildur Ingrid, daughter of King Frederik IX (1899-1972) and Queen Ingrid (born in Sweden in 1910) was born on April 16, 1940, the eldest daughter of the popular Crown Prince and his wife.
		Queen Margrethe the artist had thus come a long way before she finally dared to show herself as a fully fledged artist with a potential that was still rich.
	www.denmark.org /mermaid_Apr97/Queen_faces.html (822 words)

	Articles - Margrethe II of Denmark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Margrethe was not born to be monarch, even though she was the eldest child of a crown prince, later king.
		At this time Margrethe II's uncle became Heir Presumptive, but the popularity of Frederik and his daughters and the more prominent role of women started the complicated process of altering the constitution - which had to be passed by two following parliaments and by a referendum, which was held on March 27, 1953.
		Margrethe therefore became Heiress Presumptive to the Danish throne and took over the title of Throne Follower from her uncle, who was given the honorary title of Hereditary Prince (Arveprins).
	www.gaple.com /articles/Margrethe_II_of_Denmark (945 words)

	Danish krone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As of early 2004, the Liberal government of Anders Fogh Rasmussen was planning on holding another referendum on the adoption of the euro in the near future.
		The krone is closely pegged to the euro via the ERM II, the European Union's exchange rate mechanism.
		Before the advent of the euro, the krone was linked to the Deutsche Mark, thus keeping the krone stable at all times.
	www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Danish_krone (371 words)

	The Danish Monarchy - The Royal House - HM The Queen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Margrethe Alexandrine Þorhildur Ingrid, Her Majesty The Queen, became Queen of Denmark in 1972.
		HM Queen Margrethe II was born on 16 April 1940 at Amalienborg Palace as the daughter of King Frederik IX (d.
		On 16 April 1958, the Heir Apparent, Princess Margrethe, was given a seat on the State Council, and the Heir Apparent subsequently chaired the meetings of the State Council in the absence of King Frederik IX.
	www.kongehuset.dk /artikel.php?dogtag=k_en_fam_oue (1155 words)

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		Margrethe II of Denmark, Margrethe Alexandrine Þorhildur Ingrid (born April 16, 1940) is the current Queen of Denmark.
		She was born 6 days after the German occupation of Denmark during World War II.
		She ascended the throne on January 14, 1972, on the death of her father, Frederick IX (Frederik IX).
	www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/margrethe_ii_of_denmark.html (103 words)

	The American-Scandinavian Foundation
		Now Margrethe II stood in the chill wind with the immense responsibility of being the new Head of State, with all the obligations and expectations that the Danish population might have of her.
		With this change Margrethe's life had taken a new direction, so the royal couple's eldest daughter had to be slowly and naturally introduced to the duty she would one day take over.
		Although Queen Margrethe II is very much occupied by the artistic dimension of her life, she never leaves any doubt that she is first and foremost The Head of State in The Kingdom of Denmark.
	www.amscan.org /margarethe.html (1805 words)

	Margrethe on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		La reine Margrethe II du Danemark le 07 août 2003, dans sa propriété du sud de la France, le château de Caïx La reine Marg.
		La reine Margrethe II du Danemark et son époux, le prince consort Henrik La reine Margrethe II du Danemark et son époux, l.
		La reine Margrethe II du Danemark et son mari le prince Henrik dans les jardins de leur château La reine Margrethe II du D. La reine du Danemark Margrethe II et son mari dans le Lot La reine du Danemark Margrethe II trinque jeudi au château de Ca.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/I/IX1-M1argreth.asp (676 words)

	Danish Royalty
		Thus Sven II Estridsen, the nephew of Knud II, (Canute II) the Great, was the son of Knud's sister.
		Queen Margrethe II, who on 10 June 1967 married Henrik, Prince of Denmark, born Henri-Marie-Jean-André, Comte de Laborde de Monpezat in France, succeeded to the throne on 14 January 1972.
		Margrethe was born at Amalienborg Palace and, being a woman, was not heir to the throne, however the new Law of Succession adopted in 1953, along with a revision of the Constitution, opened the way for female succession.
	www.linkdenmark.com /info/royalty.htm (1411 words)

	An in-depth look at your favourite celebrity personalities - hellomagazine.com, HELLO!
		Queen Margrethe II has the reputation of being Europe's most intellectual monarch — a reflection, perhaps, of the fact that the Danish queen attended no fewer than five universities, including Cambridge.
		She is also the first reigning queen (her namesake Queen Margrethe I acted as regent for her five-year-old son Olaf when he was elected king in the 14th century) in a country which has been headed by the same family for 49 generations.
		The arrival of Margrethe Alexandrine Thorhildur Ingrid Oldenburg on April 16, 1940, at Copenhagen's Amalienborg Palace, a week after the country had been invaded by German forces, was interpreted as a ray of hope by the Danish people.
	www.hellomagazine.com /profiles/queenmargrethe (490 words)

	AllRefer.com - Margaret II (Scandinavian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Margaret II (Margrethe), 1940–;, queen of Denmark (1972–;).
		The oldest daughter of King Frederick IX and Queen Ingrid (the daughter of King Gustavus VI of Sweden), Princess Margrethe's right to the throne was established (1953) through a new constitution that allowed female succession.
		Upon the death of her father in 1972, Margrethe became Denmark's first ruling queen since Margaret I, who had reigned in the late 14th and early 15th cent.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Marg2.html (204 words)

	Dronning Margrethe 2. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Queen Margrethe is the fifth generation of the Glücksburg monarchy in Denmark.
		She is the great granddaughter of Frederik VIII and following the change to the Act of Succession in 1953 she is the "finest" of his descendants because she is sovereign and the descendant of the eldest son of every generation since Christian IX.
		In her youth archaeology was her passion; in recent years she has been active in many artistic fields, including fine art, church textiles, ballet costumes, and designs for the stage.
	www.dr.dk /aroyalfamily/person_margrethe.htm (191 words)

	Smoking list - Margrethe
		"Margrethe doesn't want to give up smoking...With her heavy long-term consumption of cigarettes, the queen is jointly responsible for the uncommonly high and climbing mortality among Danish women between 45 and 74, the Belgian Hugo Keestelot wrote in the reputable British medical magazine, the Lancet...[Margrethe] repelled the attack yesterday.
		Margrethe II of Denmark chain-smokes...She smokes her cigarettes right up to the present day, although she has often been told that she is thereby inflicting damage equally to her own health and to anti-smoking campaigns", Welt am Sonntag (Germany), Sep. 21, '03
		"In 1972, Margrethe II ascended the Danish throne.
	smokingsides.com /asfs/M/Margrethe.html (3375 words)

	Denmark - Official Denmark - The Royal House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Margrethe was born at Amalienborg Palace and, being a woman, she was not heir to the throne.
		On the death of Frederik IX on 14 January 1972, Margrethe II ascended the throne.
		Queen Margrethe has made a point of knowing and reaching out to all parts of the realm, and the Faeroe Islands and Greenland are favorite destinations.
	www.um.dk /Publikationer/UM/English/Denmark/kap1/1-1-3.asp (401 words)

	Middle East Online
		Queen Margrethe II says in her new book people must on occasion show their opposition to Islam.
		COPENHAGEN - Denmark's Queen Margrethe II warned against the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Denmark and the world in a new book out on Thursday, saying people must on occasion "show their opposition to Islam".
		Queen Margrethe, who professes a knowledge of Islam due to her interest in archaeology, said it was "natural that young Muslims would be attracted" to the faith's absolute values and seek refuge in religion "as they are cut off from our community because of their lack of (Danish) language skills."
	www.middle-east-online.com /english?id=13230 (367 words)

	Frederick IX of Denmark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He married Princess Ingrid of Sweden (born 1910, daughter of Crown Prince Gustav Adolf, later King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden) on May 24, 1935.
		Princess Margrethe (born 1940), later Margrethe II of Denmark.
		On his passing in 1972, Frederick IX was buried outside Roskilde Cathedral near Copenhagen.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frederick_IX_of_Denmark (259 words)

	TIMEeurope.com \| TIMEeurope.com \| Europe's Monarchies - 06/03/02
		Margrethe II, who celebrates 30 years on the Danish throne this year, is the 53rd monarch in an uninterrupted line of succession that dates back more than a millennium.
		Where Elizabeth II's annual Christmas address, like all her public utterances, is studiedly uncontroversial, Margrethe — whose Hong Kong-born daughter-in-law Alexandra is the first person of Asian ancestry to marry into a major European royal house — has used hers to rebuke her subjects for their hostility to immigrants and asylum seekers.
		Like Margrethe, he and his family — his German-Brazilian wife Silvia and their three children — cut attractive figures in traditional costume.
	www.time.com /time/europe/magazine/2002/0603/monarchy/index_2.html (1546 words)

	Sunday Telegraph (London, England): Being Queen is just what I do; Interview A chain smoker who describes herself as ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Being Queen is just what I do; Interview A chain smoker who describes herself as `more extrovert than Elizabeth II', Queen Margrethe of Denmark has reigned for 30 trouble-free years.
		I am in Copenhagen, on the first floor of the beautiful rococo palace of Amalienborg, sitting on a comfy sofa in a cosy sitting-room with Her Majesty The Queen of Denmark.
		Margrethe II (Denmark's first female monarch since Margrethe I in 1412) is 62, tall, slim, chic, bird-like, and, according to Danish opinion polls that have given her an approval rating of more than 90 per cent, year in, year out, for the 30 years of her reign, the world's most consistently popular head of state.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:96103340&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (279 words)

	Didrichsenin taidemuseo - Margrethe II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In addition to lyrical depictions from nature, in recent years the Queen has engaged herself with the atmospheric landscape that was a general trend in Nordic landscape painting from the 1890s - a trend that has been resurrected by those artists of today who take their starting-point in nature.
		To this is added a receptive mind and an aesthetic sensibility as well as an indefinable urge to express herself and, not least, the ability to give her impressions artistic form.
		Queen Margrethe's commitment to art gathered momentum in 1981, and she started to take painting lessons from the Danish painter Mabel Rose, with whom the Queen has continued to take regular lessons during the part of the year when parliament is in session and the Queen is at their disposal.
	www.didrichsenmuseum.fi /kuningatar/vaikutteet_e.html (297 words)

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