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Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (Knud Christian Frederik Michael; 27 July 1900 – 14 June 1976) was a member of the Danish royal family, the younger son and child of King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine.
Hereditary Prince Knud died on June 14, 1976, in Gentofte, Denmark at the age of 75. Hereditary Princess Caroline-Mathilde survived her husband for 19 years and died on December 12, 1995, at the age of 83. Both were interred at Roskilde Cathedral in Roskilde, Denmark.
While serving as an officer Prince Knud held several commands, among them commander of Kongelunds Fort. When his father, Christian 10. died in 1947 prince Knud became heir to the throne seeing as Frederik 9th had no male heirs.
His father Prince Knud was then the heir presumptive, due to succeed Ingolf's uncle King Frederik IX, who had three daughters but no sons. In 1953, the Constitution of Denmark was amended to allow cognatic primogeniture.
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Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark (Caroline-Mathilde Louise Dagmar Christine Maud Augusta Ingeborg Thyra Adelheid; 27 April 1912 – 12 December 1995) was a daughter of Prince Harald of Denmark and granddaughter of King Frederik VIII of Denmark. As the wife of Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, she became Hereditary Princess of Denmark.
