Editing Christian IX (section)

==Legacy==

==="Father-in-Law of Europe"===
Christian's family links with Europe's royal families earned him the [[sobriquet]] "the [[father-in-law of Europe]]". Four of Christian's children sat on the thrones (either as monarchs or as consorts) of Denmark, [[Kingdom of Greece|Greece]], the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] and [[Russian Empire|Russia]]. His youngest son, Valdemar, was on 10 November 1886 elected as new Prince of Bulgaria by [[National Assembly (Bulgaria)#Grand National Assembly|The 3rd Grand National Assembly of Bulgaria]], but Christian IX refused to allow Prince Valdemar to receive the election.<ref>{{cite journal|date=3 January 1887|title=Udlandet i 1886.|url=https://www2.statsbiblioteket.dk/mediestream/avis/record/doms_aviser_page%3Auuid%3Ac554e698-c934-4b12-9c14-b6a587993c1a|page=1|journal=Randers Amtsavis og Adressekontors Efterretninger|language=da}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|date=14 July 1913|title=Da Prins Valdemar skulde være Fyrste af Bulgarien.|url=https://www2.statsbiblioteket.dk/mediestream/avis/record/doms_aviser_page%3Auuid%3Ad2587edc-154d-4acd-93e5-ad638ea210c6|page=1|journal=Ærø Avis. Kongelig priviligeret Adresse-, politisk og Avertissements-Tidende|language=da}}</ref>

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| [[File:Their parents' Golden Jubilee in 1882.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Six children of Christian IX and Queen Louise, 1882. From left: [[George I of Greece|King George I of Greece]], [[Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)|Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia]], [[Alexandra of Denmark|Alexandra, Princess of Wales]], [[Frederick VIII of Denmark|Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark]], [[Princess Thyra of Denmark|Princess Thyra]] and [[Prince Valdemar of Denmark|Prince Valdemar]].]]
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The great dynastic success of the six children was to a great extent not attributable to Christian himself but the result of the ambitions of his wife [[Louise of Hesse-Kassel]]. An additional factor was that Denmark was not one of the [[Great Powers]], so the other powers did not fear that the [[Balance of power (international relations)|balance of power]] in Europe would be upset by a marriage of one of its royalty to another royal house.

Christian's grandsons included [[Nicholas II|Nicholas II of Russia]], [[Constantine I of Greece]], [[George V]] of the United Kingdom, [[Christian X of Denmark]] and [[Haakon VII|Haakon VII of Norway]].

Today, members of most of Europe's reigning and ex-reigning royal families are direct [[Royal descendants of Queen Victoria and of King Christian IX|descendants of Christian IX]]. Namely, six of the ten current [[Monarchies in Europe#Table of monarchies in Europe|hereditary European monarchs]] are descended from Christian: King [[Frederik X|Frederik X of Denmark]], King [[Charles III]] of the United Kingdom, King [[Philippe of Belgium]], King [[Harald V|Harald V of Norway]], King [[Felipe VI|Felipe VI of Spain]] and Grand Duke [[Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Henri of Luxembourg]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://heinbruins.nl/Christian.html|title= Descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark
|publisher = heinbruins.nl|author= Hein Bruins |access-date= 15 August 2016}}</ref>