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Historians believe that before the arrival of the precursors to the Danes, who came from the east Danish islands (Zealand) and Skåne and spoke an early form of North Germanic, most of Jutland and the nearest islands were settled by Jutes. They were later invited to Great Britain as mercenaries by Brythonic King Vortigern and were granted the southeastern territories of Kent, the Isle of Wight among other areas, where they settled. They were later absorbed or ethnically cleansed by the invading Angles and Saxons, who formed the Anglo-Saxons. The remaining population in Jutland assimilated in with the Danes.
A short note[24] about the Dani in "Getica" by historian Jordanes is believed by some[who?] to be an early mention of the Danes,[25] one of the ethnic groups from whom the modern Danish people are descended. The Danevirke defence structures were built in phases from the 3rd century forward,[26] and the sheer size of the construction efforts in 737 are attributed to the emergence of a Danish king.[26] The new runic alphabet was first used around the same time, and Ribe, the oldest town of Denmark, was founded about 700
Rosenburg Castle
Where the King and Queen live
The Queen Of Denmark
Margrethe ll
The Princess of Denmark
Princess Mary
Margrethe ll
Margrethe in May 2010
Reign14 January 1972 – present
PredecessorFrederick IX
Heir apparentFrederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
Crown Prince Frederik
Prince Joachim
Full name
Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid
HouseHouse of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg[1]
FatherFrederick IX
MotherIngrid of Sweden
Born(1940-04-16) 16 April 1940 (age 72)
Amalienborg Palace, Denmark
ReligionChurch of Denmark
Margrethe II (Danish pronunciation: [mɑˈɡ̊ʁæːˀd̥ə]), sometimes anglicised as Margaret II (full name: Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid; born 16 April 1940) is the Queen regnant of Denmark. As the eldest child of King Frederick IX and Ingrid of Sweden, she succeeded her father upon his death on 14 January 1972. On her accession, she became the first female monarch of Denmark since Margaret I, ruler of the Scandinavian countries in 1375–1412 during the Kalmar Union.
Magrethe was born in 1940, but did not become heiress presumptive until 1953, when a constitutional amendment allowed women to inherit the throne (after it became clear that King Frederick was unlikely to have any male issue). In 1967, she married Henri de Laborde de Monpezat, with whom she has two sons: Crown Prince Frederik (born 1968) and Prince Joachim (born 1969