Count Oluf of Rosenborg

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

Count Oluf
Born	(1923-03-10)10 March 1923 Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	19 December 1990(1990-12-19) (aged 67) Copenhagen, Denmark
Spouse	Annie Helene Dorrit Puggard-Müller Lis Wulff-Juergensen
Issue	Ulrik Harald Gunnar Oluf, Count of Rosenborg Charlotte Helene Annie Dorrit, Countess of Rosenborg
Names Oluf Christian Carl Axel
House	Glücksburg
Father	Prince Harald of Denmark
Mother	Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

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

Early life

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 Annie Helene Dorrit Puggard-Müller (8 September 1926 - 14 May 2013) in Copenhagen on 4 February 1948. They had two children and divorced in 1977. He married secondly Lis Wolf-Jürgensen (b. 30 June 1935) in 1982, they divorced in 1983, without issue.

Oluf and his first wife had two children:

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

Ancestry

Ancestors of Count Oluf of Rosenborg

8. Christian IX of Denmark 4. Frederick VIII of Denmark 9. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel 2. Prince Harald of Denmark 10. Charles XV of Sweden 5. Princess Louise of Sweden 11. Princess Louise of the Netherlands 1. Prince Oluf of Denmark 12. Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 6. Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein 13. Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe 3. Princess Helena of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 14. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein 7. Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg 15. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

References

Bibliography

• Bramsen, Bo (1992). Huset Glücksborg. Europas svigerfader og hans efterslægt [The House of Glücksburg. The Father-in-law of Europe and his descendants] (in Danish) (2nd ed.). Copenhagen: Forlaget Forum. ISBN 87-553-1843-6.