Editing Frederik IX (section)

==Birth and family==
[[File:Firekonger.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Four generations&nbsp;— four kings: [[Christian IX of Denmark|King Christian IX]], [[Frederick VIII of Denmark|Crown Prince Frederik (VIII)]], [[Christian X of Denmark|Prince Christian (X)]] and Prince Frederik (IX) in 1903]]
{{House of Glücksburg (Denmark)|Frederik IX}}
Prince Frederik was born on 11 March 1899 at his parents' country [[Dwelling|residence]], the [[Sorgenfri Palace]], located on the shores of the small [[river]] [[Mølleåen]] in [[Kongens Lyngby]] north of [[Copenhagen]] on the island of [[Zealand]] in [[Denmark]], during the reign of his great-grandfather [[Christian IX of Denmark|King Christian IX]].<ref name="kongeligedaab">{{cite book|first1=Lone|last1=Hindø|first2=Else|last2=Boelskifte|title=Kongelig Dåb. Fjorten generationer ved Rosenborg-døbefonten|trans-title=Royal Baptisms. Fourteen generations at the Rosenborg baptismal font|publisher=Forlaget Hovedland|year=2007|isbn=978-87-7070-014-6|language=da|page=101-107}}</ref> His father was [[Christian X of Denmark|Prince Christian of Denmark]] (later King Christian X), the eldest son of [[Frederick VIII of Denmark|Crown Prince Frederik]] and [[Louise of Sweden|Princess Louise of Sweden]] (later King Frederik VIII and Queen Louise). His mother was [[Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]], the eldest daughter of [[Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] and [[Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}

He was baptised in the ''Garden Room'' at Sorgenfri Palace on 9 April 1899 by the royal [[confessor]] Jakob Paulli.<ref name="kongeligedaab"/> The young prince had 21 [[godparents]]: Christian IX of Denmark (his paternal great-grandfather); [[Frederick VIII of Denmark|Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark]] (his paternal grandfather); the [[Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia|Dowager Grand Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] (his maternal grandmother); [[Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia]] (his maternal great-grandfather); [[Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt|Dowager Grand Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] (his maternal step-great-grandmother); [[Haakon VII|Prince Carl of Denmark]] (his paternal uncle); [[Princess Thyra of Denmark (1880–1945)|Princess Thyra of Denmark]] (his paternal aunt); [[Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] (his maternal uncle); [[George I of Greece]] (his paternal great-uncle); [[Edward VII|Albert Edward, Prince of Wales]] (his paternal great-uncle by marriage); [[Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover|Ernest August, Duke of Cumberland]] (his paternal great-uncle by marriage); [[Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia]] (his maternal great-uncle); his first cousins once removed, [[Nicholas II of Russia]], [[George V|George, Duke of York]], [[Prince George of Greece and Denmark]] and Georg Wilhelm, Hereditary Prince of Hanover; [[Constantine I of Greece|Crown Prince Constantine]] and [[Sophia of Prussia|Crown Princess Sophia of Greece]] (his first cousin once removed, and his wife); his paternal great-granduncles, [[Prince Johann of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]] and [[Oscar II of Sweden|King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway]]; and [[Gustaf V|Crown Prince Gustaf]] and [[Victoria of Baden|Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden]] (his first cousin twice removed and his wife).<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.sa.dk/composite-2686| title=Prinser og Prinsesser kommer også i kirkebogen| publisher=The Danish State Archives| access-date=10 August 2011}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Frederik's only sibling, [[Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark|Knud]], was born one year after Frederik. The family lived in apartments in Christian VIII's Palace at [[Amalienborg Palace]] in [[Copenhagen]], in [[Sorgenfri Palace]] near the capital and in a summer residence, [[Marselisborg Palace]] in [[Aarhus]] in [[Jutland]], which Frederik's parents had received as a wedding present from the people of Denmark in 1898. In 1914, the King also built the [[villa]] [[Klitgården]] in [[Skagen]] in [[Northern Jutland]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}