Hendes Majestæt Dronning Margrethe II (Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid, Danmarks dronning) (født 16 april 1940) er siden 14 januar 1972 Danmarks regent. Hun er ud af Huset Glyksborg, Hun er datter af Kong Frederik IX. og Dronning Ingrid. Margrethe II var gift med Prins Henrik med hvem hun har sønnerne Kronprins Frederik og Prins Joachim Margrethe efterfulgte sin far ved dennes død den i 1972. Efter sin tiltrædelse blev hun den første kvindelige monark i Danmark siden Margrethe 1. Som monark har hun den næstlængste regeringstid af alle danske monarker kun overgået af Christian 4. |
Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark name: Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid; born 16 April 1940) is the Queen of Denmark, Born into the House of Glücksburg, , she was the eldest child of Frederick IX of Denmark and Ingrid of Sweden. She became heir presumptive to her father in 1953, Margrethe succeeded her father upon his death on 14 January 1972. On her accession, she became the first female monarch of Denmark since Margrethe I, she married Henri de Laborde de Monpezat, with whom she has two sons: Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim. |