Christian X of Denmark
King of Denmark (1912–1947) and Iceland (1918–1944)
- Fame60.6
- Momentum16.8
- Historical Figures rank#134
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- Fame60.6
- Momentum16.8
- Historical Figures rank#134
- Wikipedia26.9K
Lived 1870–1947, aged 77
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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.
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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…
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Historical25.0
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