Count Flemming Valdemar of Rosenborg

Count Flemming Valdemar
Count of Rosenborg
Born (1922-03-09)9 March 1922
Stockholm, Sweden
Died 19 June 2002(2002-06-19) (aged 80)
Antibes, France
Spouse
Alice Ruth Nielsen (m. 1949)
Issue Count Axel
Count Birger
Count Carl Johan
Countess Désirée
Full name
Flemming Valdemar Carl Axel
House Glücksburg
Father Prince Axel of Denmark
Mother Princess Margaretha of Sweden

Count Flemming Valdemar of Rosenborg (Danish: Prins Flemming Valdemar Carl Axel til Danmark, and later, Danish: Greve Flemming Valdemar af Rosenborg; 9 March 1922, Stockholm – 19 June 2002, Antibes) was a former Danish prince.

Life

Prince Flemming was the youngest son of Prince Axel of Denmark (himself a son of Prince Valdemar of Denmark) and Princess Margaretha of Sweden.[1]

He renounced his rights to the throne and his princely title and style on 14 June 1949 and took the title of Count of Rosenborg. He served in the Royal Danish Navy as a Commander.[1] Count Flemming of Rosenborg had four children and ten grandchildren.[2]

Marriage

He married Alice Ruth Nielsen (Copenhagen, 8 October 1924 – 25 July 2010) in Copenhagen on 24 May 1949 and had four children:[1]

  • Count Valdemar Georg Flemming Kai Axel of Rosenborg (b. Copenhagen 24 January 1950)[1] he married Jane Glarborg on 24 May 1975 and divorced in 1986. They have two children. He married Jutta Beck on 10 December 1988. They have two children.
    • Julie, Countess of Rosenborg (b. Ålborg, 10 May 1977)
    • Carl Johan, Count of Rosenborg (b. Copenhagen, 15 November 1979)
    • Désirée Christine, Countess of Rosenborg (b. Copenhagen, 25 December 1990)
    • Alexander Flemming, Count of Rosenborg (b. Copenhagen, 4 November 1993)
  • Count Birger Valdemar Georg Flemming Kai Axel, Count of Rosenborg (b. Copenhagen, 24 January 1950) he married Minna Benedicta Tillisch on 19 October 1974 and has one daughter, Benedicte Margarethe Dagmare (b. Feroskobing 20 July 1975).[1] He divorced in 1978 and married secondly Susanne Kristensen. They divorced in 1990.
  • Count Carl Johan Valdemar Georg Flemming Kai Axel of Rosenborg (b. Copenhagen, 30 May 1952)[1] he married Dorritt Olsen on 3 September 1982 and divorced in 1986. They have one daughter. He married Colette Cabral on 19 November 1994 and divorced in 2004. They have one daughter. He married Lisa Jeanne Stollar on 20 September 2013 and they divorced in 2016.
    • Caroline, Countess of Rosenborg (b. Gentofte, 30 March 1984)
    • Josephine Coco, Countess of Rosenborg (b. London, 24 June 1999)
  • Countess Désirée Märtha Ingeborg of Rosenborg (b. Copenhagen, 2 February 1955);[1] she married Fergus Stewartson Smith on 23 May 1981,[3] and have one daughter and separated in 1984 and divorced in 1987. She married Peter Rindom on 6 February 1988 and have two sons.
    • Dana Maerta af Rosenborg Smith (b. Copenhagen, 31 December 1981)
    • Thomas Rindom (b. Gentofte, 13 September 1988)
    • Philip Axel Rindom (b. Gentofte, 6 November 1990)

Titles and styles

  • 9 March 1922 – 24 May 1949: His Highness Prince Flemming Valdemar of Denmark[1]
  • 24 May 1949 – 19 June 2002: Count Flemming Valdemar of Rosenborg[1]

Ancestry

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh, Burke's Royal Families of the World, vol.1: Europe & Latin America, p.70
  2. ↑ http://www.noblesseetroyautes.com/la-descendance-du-comte-flemming-de-rosenborg/
  3. ↑ Danmarks Adelsbog aarbog, udgivet af Dansk adelsforening, redigeret af Lars Bisgaard, Mogens Kragsgaard Jensen, 2015.
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