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- Birth nameMaud Charlotte Mary Victoria
- Queen Maud of Norway was born Princess Maud on November 26, 1869. Her parents were the Prince and Princess of Wales, the heirs to Maud's grandmother Queen Victoria. Maud's mother was also Danish Princess. Maud grew up enjoying fine things. Spending time in Palaces in England and abroad while visiting relatives in Denmark, Germany, Greece, and Russia.
Maud was considered very pretty when she was younger, and during her teen years had crushes on her cousin Crown Prince George of Russia (their mothers were sisters) and a distant cousin Prince Francis of Teck. This was why she was distressed that her younger cousins including Sophie of Prussia, Alix of Hess, and Marie married the heirs to the thrones of Greece, Russia, and Romania.
When Maud was about 25 she went on a family biking tour which included her Danish relatives. Her first cousin Carl or Charles as she called him had a crush on her for some time and during this tour he proposed to her and she accepted. They married on July 22, 1896 in England. Her father gave her a house in England as a wedding present and the newlyweds lived there for several months until Charles and finally Maud moved to Denmark.
Maud was never happy in Denmark. The winter weather was too extreme and she longed for England. She could not complain to her mother, because as a Danish Princess Alexandra would not have had it.
Maud and Charles lived in an apartment in Coppenhaugen for many years before the birth of their only child born Prince Alexander, but later known as King Olav V of Norway.
In 1905 Norway broke apart from Sweden and Maud found herself and her husband becoming King and Queen of Norway. Charles ruled as King Haakon V, but Maud, as always throughly English, kept the name Maud.
They did not have a easy reign. World War One started less than 10 years into their reign and the inter-war period was not easy either. Right before the onslaught of World War Two Queen Maud died. To the end the English Princess.- IMDb Mini Biography By: CR
- SpouseKing Haakon VII(July 22, 1896 - November 20, 1938) (her death, 1 child)
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- RelativesPrince Albert(Grandparent)Christian IX(Grandparent)Prinsesse Ragnhild(Grandchild)Prinsesse Astrid(Grandchild)King Harald V(Grandchild)Prinsesse Märtha Louise(Great Grandchild)Kronprins Haakon(Great Grandchild)Cathrine Ferner Johansen(Great Grandchild)Benedikte Ferner(Great Grandchild)Alexander Ferner(Great Grandchild)Elisabeth Ferner(Great Grandchild)Carl-Christian Ferner(Great Grandchild)Haakon Lorentzen(Great Grandchild)Ingeborg Ribeiro Lorentzen(Great Grandchild)Princess Alexandra(Niece or Nephew)Duke of Kent and Strathearn Prince Edward(Great Grandparent)Duchess of Kent and Strathearn(Great Grandparent)Princess Royal Victoria(Aunt or Uncle)Grand Duchess Alice(Aunt or Uncle)Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Alfred(Aunt or Uncle)Helena of Schleswig-Holstein(Aunt or Uncle)Duchess of Argyll Princess Louise(Aunt or Uncle)Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught(Aunt or Uncle)Prince Leopold of Duke of Albany(Aunt or Uncle)Princess Henry of Battenberg(Aunt or Uncle)King Frederik VIII(Aunt or Uncle)King George of Greece(Aunt or Uncle)Czarina Maria Fyodorovna(Aunt or Uncle)Prinsesse Thyra(Aunt or Uncle)Prins Valdemar(Aunt or Uncle)Kaiser Wilhelm II(Cousin)Princess Charlotte of Prussia(Cousin)Prince Henry of Prussia(Cousin)Elizabeth Feodorovna(Cousin)Princess Irene of Prussia(Cousin)Ernest Louis(Cousin)Tsarina Alexandra(Cousin)Queen Marie of Romania(Cousin)Princess Margaret of Connaught(Cousin)Princess Patricia of Connaught(Cousin)Princess Alice(Cousin)Queen Victoria Eugenia(Cousin)King Christian X(Cousin)King Haakon VII(Cousin)Princess Ingeborg(Cousin)King Constantine(Cousin)Grand Duke Michael(Cousin)Prins Harald(Cousin)Prins Gustav(Cousin)Prins Aage(Cousin)Prins Axel(Cousin)Prins Erik(Cousin)Prins Viggo(Cousin)Prinsesse Margrethe(Cousin)Queen Victoria(Grandparent)Tsar Nicholas II(Cousin)Victoria Mountbatten(Cousin)George Alexandrovich(Cousin)King George VI(Niece or Nephew)Duke of Windsor(Niece or Nephew)Princess Mary(Niece or Nephew)Duke of Gloucester(Niece or Nephew)Duke of Kent(Niece or Nephew)Prince John(Niece or Nephew)King George V(Sibling)Prince Albert Victor(Sibling)Princess Louise(Sibling)Ernest Augustus(Cousin)
- Daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.
- Mother of King Olav V
- Granddaughter of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria.
- Sister of King George V, and Prince Albert Victor. Aunt of Duke of Windsor, Duke of Gloucester, Duke of Kent, and King George VI.
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