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Christian X (Danish: Christian Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm; 26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947) was King of Denmark from 1912 until his death in 1947, and the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, holding the title as a result of the personal union between Denmark and independent Iceland between 1918 and 1944.
During his royal visit to Iceland in 1921, King Christian X issued the royal decree founding the Icelandic Order of the Falcon. [1] When Iceland became a republic, new statutes were incorporated for the Order on 11 July 1944. The Republic of Iceland replaced the King by an elected President of Iceland who is the designated Grand Master of
King Christian X of Denmark in Masonic regalia. This is a list of monarchs who were Freemasons, and lists individual monarchs chronologically under the countries they ruled, monarchs who ruled more than one country are listed under the one they are most known for, or the dominant nation in a personal union (i.e. Christian X listed under Denmark and not Iceland).
The name 'King Christian X Land' was first used on the 1932 1:1 million scale Danish Geodesic Institute map. [2] At that time the area was occupied by Norway and was renamed ' Erik the Red's Land ' (Eirik Raudes Land) but the Permanent Court of International Justice ruled against Norway in 1933 and the country subsequently abandoned its claims.
The King and Queen in Thorshavn during a visit to the Faroe Islands in 1921. On 14 May 1912, King Frederik VIII died suddenly in Hamburg, Germany, while returning from a recuperation stay in Nice in Southern France. Alexandrine's husband acceded to the throne as Christian X, and Alexandrine became queen consort of Denmark. [1]
Christian X 1870–1947 King of Denmark r. 1912–1947: Harald of Denmark 1876–1949: Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1888–1962: Ingrid of Sweden 1910–2000: Frederik IX 1899–1972 King of Denmark r. 1947–1972: Knud 1900–1976 Hereditary Prince of Denmark: Caroline Mathilde of Denmark 1912–1995: Henrik of ...
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Explored area, King Christian X Land. Norwegian-occupied Eirik Raudes Land. The Three-year Expedition (Danish: Treårsekspeditionen) was an exploratory expedition to East Greenland that lasted from 1931 to 1934 financed by the Carlsberg Foundation and the Danish state.