Editing Morganatic marriage (section)

=== Denmark ===
Succession to the Danish throne followed the specifications of the ''[[King's Law|Lex Regia]]'' until the [[Act of Succession (Denmark)|Danish Act of Succession]] was passed in 1953. Prominent morganatic marriages include the 1615 marriage of King [[Christian IV of Denmark]] to [[Danish nobility|noblewoman]] [[Kirsten Munk]]. Kirsten was titled "Countess of Schleswig-Holstein" and bore the King 12 children, all styled "Count/Countess of Schleswig-Holstein". [[Frederick VII of Denmark|King Frederick VII]] married the ballerina [[Louise Rasmussen]], who was raised to the rank of "Countess Danner" in 1850. There were no children of this marriage. When [[Christian IX of Denmark]]'s brother, [[Prince Julius of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg]] married Elisabeth von Ziegesar in 1883, the king granted her the title "Countess of [[Roest (manor)|Røst]]".<ref>Bricka, Carl Fredrik and Laursen, Laurs. Dansk Biografisk Lexikon. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=yJwZAAAAYAAJ&dq=Julius+%22af+Roest%22&pg=PA617 Julius af Glucksborg]''. Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, 1894. Volume 8, p. 617. (Danish).</ref>

Until 1971, Danish princes who married women who did not belong to a royal or noble family were refused the sovereign's authorization, renouncing their right of succession to the throne and royal title ([[Prince Aage of Denmark]] morganatically [[elopement (marriage)|eloped]] with Matilda Calvi, daughter of Count Carlo Giorgio di Bergolo, in January 1914 but renounced his dynastic rights and titles subsequently).<ref name="secrets"/><ref name = "gotha"/><ref>[http://www.roskildehistorie.dk/stamtavler/konger/7_Glyksborg/Rosenborg.htm History of Roskilde]. ''[http://www.roskildehistorie.dk/stamtavler/konger/7_Glyksborg/Rosenborg.htm Royal House: Rosenborg]''. Retrieved 2012/5/2. Danish.</ref> They were granted the non-royal prefix of "Prince" and their descendants bear the title [[Count of Rosenborg|Count af Rosenborg]] in the [[Danish nobility]].

Neither of the children of [[Margrethe II of Denmark|Queen Margrethe II]] has married a person of either royal birth or of the titled aristocracy. Members of the Royal Family may still lose their place in the line of succession for themselves and their descendants if they marry without the monarch's permission.