Benedikte (1944–)

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Benedikte (1944–)

Danish princess. Name variations: Benedikte Oldenburg. Born Benedikte Astrid Ingeborg Ingrid, April 29, 1944, in Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark; dau. of Ingrid of Sweden (1910–) and Frederick IX, king of Denmark (r. 1947–1972); sister of Margrethe II, queen of Denmark (b. 1940), and Anne-Marie Oldenburg (b. 1946); m. Richard, 6th prince of Sayen-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Feb 3, 1968; children: Gustav (b. 1969); Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein (b. 1970); Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein (b. 1975).

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