# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christian-x-of-denmark
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:59:41.404Z

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name: "Christian X of Denmark"
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description: "A king who tried to hold real power in the age of parliament — then became a symbol of quiet defiance by riding his horse through occupied Copenhagen each morning without guards."
tagline: "King of Denmark (1912–1947) and Iceland (1918–1944)"
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birthDate: "1870-09-26"
deathDate: "1947-04-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Christian X was born 26 September 1870 into the House of Glücksburg, the first Danish-born monarch since Frederick VII; his father and grandfather had been Schleswig princes. He took the throne in 1912 and held it until his death in 1947, also reigning as Kristján X of Iceland from 1918 to 1944. Authoritarian by nature, he sparked the Easter Crisis of 1920 when he dismissed a democratically elected cabinet and installed his own — technically legal, but against the custom of parliamentarianism in place since 1901. Mass protests and a general strike forced him to accept his new role as symbolic figurehead. During the German occupation, his daily unguarded rides through Copenhagen made him a rallying point for Danish resistance, cementing his place as one of Denmark's most popular modern monarchs. In Iceland, the Danish capitulation to Germany was seen as betrayal; the island broke away and declared itself a republic in 1944.