Editing Frederik IX (section)

==Marriage and issue==
[[File:IngridandFrederikIX.jpg|thumb|upright|left|The newly engaged Princess Ingrid of Sweden and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, 1935]]
{{further|Wedding of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, and Princess Ingrid of Sweden}}

In the 1910s, Alexandrine considered the two youngest daughters of her cousin [[Tsar Nicholas II]], [[Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia|Grand Duchesses Maria]] and [[Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia|Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia]], as possible wives for Frederik until the execution of the Romanov family in 1918. In 1922, Frederik was engaged to [[Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark]], his double second cousin, through [[King Christian IX of Denmark]] and the other through [[Frederick Francis II]]. They never wed.<ref>{{cite news|title=DANISH HEIR ENGAGED.; Crown Prince Will Wed Princess Olga of Greece.|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D05E1DA1F30EE3ABC4E53DFB5668389639EDE|access-date=13 May 2017|work=The New York Times|agency=Associated Press|date=6 March 1922}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=CONSTANTINE'S NIECE NOT TO WED PRINCE; Engagement of Princess Olga and Heir to the Danish Throne Is Annuled (sic)|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D07EEDF1E39EF3ABC4051DFBF668389639EDE|access-date=13 May 2017|work=The New York Times|agency=Associated Press|date=28 September 1922}}</ref>

Instead, on 15 March 1935, a few days after his 36th birthday, his engagement to Princess [[Ingrid of Sweden]] (1910–2000), a daughter of [[Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden|Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf]] (later King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden) and his first wife, [[Princess Margaret of Connaught]], was announced. They had gotten engaged in private in the beginning of February.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Mandal, Marcus (director) |date=1999 |title=Frederik – Konge til alle tider |type=Television production |language=Danish |url=https://www.dr.dk/drtv/se/frederik-_-konge-til-alle-tider_431914 |access-date=6 April 2024 |location= |publisher=[[DR (broadcaster)|DR]]}}</ref> Frederik and Ingrid were related in several ways. In descent from [[Oscar I of Sweden]] and [[Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden]], they were double third cousins. In descent from [[Paul I of Russia]], Frederik was a fourth cousin of Ingrid's mother. They married in [[Storkyrkan|Stockholm Cathedral]] on 24 May 1935. Their wedding was one of the greatest media events of the day in Sweden in 1935, and among the wedding guests were the [[Christian X of Denmark|King]] and [[Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin|Queen of Denmark]], the [[Leopold III of Belgium|King]] and [[Astrid of Sweden|Queen of Belgium]] and the [[Olav V of Norway|Crown Prince]] and [[Märtha of Sweden|Crown Princess of Norway]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}

Upon their return to Denmark, the couple were given [[Frederik VIII's Palace]] at [[Amalienborg Palace]] in Copenhagen as their primary residence and [[Gråsten Palace]] in [[Northern Schleswig]] as a summer residence.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}

Their daughters are:
* Queen [[Margrethe II of Denmark]], born 16 April 1940, married to [[Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark|Count Henri de Laborde of Monpezat]] and has two sons
* [[Princess Benedikte of Denmark]], born 29 April 1944, married to [[Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]] and has three children
* [[Queen Anne-Marie of Greece|Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark]], born 30 August 1946, married to [[King Constantine II of Greece]] and has five children