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BiographyChristian X of Denmark was born near to Copenhagen in 1870 and became King of Denmark in 1912. He succeeded his father Frederick VIII. During his reign he approved the rights of women to vote in 1915 and in doing so broadened suffrage. In World War II, during the German occupation of Denmark from 1940 to 1945, Christian was a powerless symbol of national unity. Rumour has it that he wore a star of David to express solidarity with his Jewish subjects, but this has not been proven. Christian X ceased to be king of Iceland and was succeeded as the King of Denmark by his son Fredrick IX when the Republic of Iceland was established in 1944. He died in 1947. |
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