Count Oluf of Rosenborg

"Count Oluf" redirects here. For the literary villain, see Count Olaf.

Count Oluf
Born	(1923-03-10)March 10, 1923 Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	Copenhagen, Denmark
Spouse	Annie Helene Dorrit Puggard-Müller Lis Wulff-Juergensen
Full name Oluf Christian Carl Axel
House	House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Father	Prince Harald of Denmark
Mother	Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Oluf, Count of Rosenborg (Oluf Christian Carl Axel; March 10, 1923 – December 19, 1990), a former Danish and Icelandic prince, was the younger child and son of HRH Prince Harald of Denmark, by his wife Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

Oluf is a Danish form of Olaf.

Oluf renounced his rights to the throne in 1948 and took the title Count of Rosenborg when he married firstly in Copenhagen on February 4, 1948 Annie Helene Dorrit Puggard-Müller (Copenhagen, September 8, 1926 - May 14, 2013), with whom he had issue and divorced in 1977. He married secondly in 1982 and divorced in 1983 Lis Wolf-Jürgensen (b. Frederiksberg, June 30, 1935), without issue.

The couple had two children:

• Ulrik Harald Gunnar Oluf, Count of Rosenborg (b. Copenhagen, December 17, 1950), married in Copenhagen on April 4, 1981 to Tove Waigner Larsen (b. Copenhagen, December 14, 1950), and had issue:
  • Katharina Dorthea Helene, Countess of Rosenborg (b. Hvidøre, May 1, 1981).
  • Philip Oluf Axel Ulrik, Count of Rosenborg (b. Hvidøre, May 8, 1986).
• Charlotte Helene Annie Dorrit, Countess of Rosenborg (b. Ordrup, April 11, 1953), married firstly on November 12, 1977 and divorced in 1978 Jens Philipsen, without issue, and married secondly at Lyngby on April 11, 1981 Torben Gyldenfeldt Wulff (b. Solbjerg, September 15, 1954), and had issue:
  • Johan Henrik Oluf Torben Wulff (b. Gentofte, July 17, 1980).
  • Beate Inge Dorrit Charlotte Wulff (b. Gentofte, January 17, 1983).

Ancestry

Family of Count Oluf of Rosenborg

16. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg               8. Christian IX of Denmark                       17. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel               4. Frederick VIII of Denmark                             18. Landgrave William of Hesse-Kassel               9. Louise of Hesse-Kassel                       19. Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark               2. Prince Harald of Denmark                                   20. Oscar I of Sweden               10. Charles XV of Sweden                       21. Josephine of Leuchtenberg               5. Lovisa of Sweden                             22. Prince Frederick of the Netherlands               11. Louise of the Netherlands                       23. Princess Louise of Prussia               1. Count Oluf of Rosenborg                                         24. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (= 16)               12. Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg                       25. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (= 17)               6. Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein                             26. George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe               13. Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe                       27. Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont               3. Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg                                   28. Christian, Duke of Augustenborg               14. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein                       29. Countess Lovisa-Sophie Danneskjold-Samsøe               7. Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg                             30. Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg               15. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg                       31. Princess Feodora of Leiningen

External links

• Royal House of Denmark and Royal House of Iceland