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The only riddle left is the identity and fate of Princess Thyra’s daughter. This secret rests for the foreseeable future in the royal archives in Copenhagen. Filed under Denmark, Germany, Historical Royals Tagged Adoption, Anniversary, Biography, Death, House of Hanover, Scandal, Thyra of Denmark.

Thyra (Old Norse: Þyri or Þyre) was the wife of King Gorm the Old of Denmark, and one of the first queens of Denmark widely believed by scholars to be historical rather than legendary. She is presented in medieval sources as a wise and powerful woman who ordered the building or fortification of the Danevirke , consistent with her ...

Princess Thyra of Denmark (Thyra Louise Caroline Amalie Augusta Elisabeth; 14 March 1880 – 2 November 1945) was a member of the Danish royal family. She was the sixth child and third daughter of King Frederick VIII and Queen Louise of Denmark , and was also the younger sister of King Christian X of Denmark and King Haakon VII of Norway .

Tyra of Denmark (Tyri Haraldsdatter, Thyri and Thyra) was a 10th-century Danish princess. She was the spouse of both King Olav I of Norway and of Styrbjörn Starke, prince of Sweden. Tyra was daughter of the Danish king Harald Bluetooth and thus a sister to King Sweyn Forkbeard.

The fascinating history of the Sapphire Tiara dates back to Princess Thyra, the daughter of King Frederik VIII of Denmark, who is the late great-grandfather of two reigning monarchs: Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and King Harald V of Norway.

Princess Thyra of Denmark (Thyra Amalie Caroline Charlotte Anna; 29 September 1853 – 26 February 1933) was the youngest daughter and fifth child of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. In 1878, she married Ernest Augustus, the exiled heir to the Kingdom of Hanover.

Thyra. Daughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. Duchess of Cumberland through her marriage to Ernest August of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland. They had six children of whom the two eldest sons died at a young age. The eldest, Prince George died aged 31 in a car accident on his way to Frederik VIII’s funeral in Denmark, and the second ...

Thyra of Denmark (1880–1945)Danish princess. Born Thyra Louise Caroline Amelia in 1880; died on November 1, 1945; daughter of Louise of Sweden (1851–1926) and Frederick VIII (1843–1912), duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (r. 1869–1880), king of Denmark (r. 1906–1912); sister of Christian X, king of Denmark (r. 1912–1947).