Editing Christian X (section)

===World War I===
[[File:Meeting of Scandinavian kings 2.jpeg|thumb|Christian X of Denmark, [[Gustav V of Sweden]] and [[Haakon VII of Norway]] at the meeting of the three Scandinavian kings in [[Malmö]] in December 1914.]]

At the start of the [[First World War]] in 1914, King Christian and the [[Government of Denmark|Danish government]] advocated that Denmark pursue a [[Neutral country|policy of neutrality]]. The King supported the policy of neutrality by participating in the so-called meeting of the Three Kings held on 18 December 1914 in [[Malmö]] in [[Sweden]]. There, the three Scandinavian monarchs King Christian X of Denmark, King Haakon VII of Norway (Christian's brother) and King [[Gustav V of Sweden]] (Christian's mother's cousin) met along with their foreign ministers to discuss and emphasize the neutrality of the Nordic countries, and in a joint declaration, confirmed the three states' strict neutrality during the war.<ref>{{cite web|first=Sara|last=Griberg|title=Trekongemødet i Malmø|url=http://altomhistorie.dk/artikler/trekongemoedet-i-malmoe|website=altomhistorie.dk|date=12 November 2014|access-date=2 April 2017|language=da}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|first=Jacob|last=Wiberg|url=http://www.popularhistoria.se/artiklar/trekungamotet-i-malmo-1914/|title=Trekungamötet i Malmö 1914|journal=Populär Historia|issue=12|year=2008|language=sv}}</ref> The meeting in 1914 was followed by another three-kings meeting in Kristiania in November 1917.

Denmark in fact managed to maintain its neutrality during the war. However, the Danish government bowed to pressure from [[German Empire|Germany]], and had [[naval mine]]s laid in Danish waters with tacit [[British Empire|British]] acceptance, despite the fact that Denmark was obliged under [[international law]] to [[Freedom of navigation|keep its territorial waters open]].<ref name="byhistorie">{{cite web|last1=Baltzersen|first1=Jan|title=Denmark and Southern Jutland during the First World War|url=http://ddb.byhistorie.dk/monumenter/artikel.aspx?xid=denmark_and_southern_jutland|website=ddb.byhistorie.dk|accessdate=4 November 2020}}</ref>

In 1915, the [[Constitution of Denmark]] was changed to introduce [[universal suffrage]], and [[Women's suffrage|women were given the right to vote]] along with [[domestic servant]]s. Although the king was reluctant to the constitutional changes, the [[Danish Women's Society]] organized a procession with approximately 20,000 participants who went to Amalienborg to thank the king. In his address to the procession, the king stated, among other things: <blockquote>In one place, women cannot be dispensed with, and that is in the homes. Here, the influence of women cannot be replaced, because through the child's love for the home, the one for our common home, Denmark, is awakened.{{sfn|Jespersen|2007|p=235-236}}</blockquote>