Count Flemming of Rosenborg
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Flemming
| title = Count of Rosenborg
| image = Margaretha, Princess of Denmark with her children.jpg
| caption = Prince Flemming with his mother and elder brother, 1922
| house = Glücksburg
| spouse = {{marriage|Alice Ruth Nielsen|1949}}
| issue = Count Axel
Count Birger
Count Carl Johan
Countess Désirée
| father = Prince Axel of Denmark
| mother = Princess Margaretha of Sweden
| birth_name = Prince Flemming of Denmark
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|03|09|df=y}}
| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|06|19|1922|03|09|df=y}}
| death_place = Antibes, France
}}
Count Flemming Valdemar Carl Axel of Rosenborg (9 March 1922 – 19 June 2002) was a former Danish prince.
Life
Prince Flemming was the youngest son and child of Prince Axel of Denmark (himself a son of Prince Valdemar of Denmark) and Princess Margaretha of Sweden.Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh, Burke's Royal Families of the World, vol.1: Europe & Latin America, p.70
He renounced his rights to the throne and his princely title and style on 14 June 1949 and took the title of Count of Rosenborg. He served in the Royal Danish Navy as a Commander.
Count Flemming of Rosenborg had four children and ten grandchildren.
=Marriage=
He married Alice Ruth Nielsen (Copenhagen, 8 October 1924 – 25 July 2010) in Copenhagen on 24 May 1949 and had four children:
- Count Valdemar Georg Flemming Kai Axel of Rosenborg (b. Copenhagen 24 January 1950) he married Jane Glarborg on 24 May 1975 and divorced in 1986; they had two children. He married Jutta Beck on 10 December 1988; they had two children.
- Count Birger Valdemar Georg Flemming Kai Axel of Rosenborg (b. Copenhagen, 24 January 1950) he married Minna Benedicta Tillisch on 19 October 1974 and had one daughter. He divorced in 1978 and married secondly Susanne Kristensen on 28 November 1981. They divorced in 1990. He married thirdly Lynne Denise Sharpe on 4 March 2000.
- Count Carl Johan Valdemar Georg Flemming Kai Axel of Rosenborg (b. Copenhagen, 30 May 1952) he married Dorritt Olsen on 3 September 1982 and divorced in 1986; they had one daughter. He married Colette Cabral on 19 November 1994 and divorced in 2004; they had one daughter. He married Lisa Jeanne Stollar on 20 September 2013 and they divorced in 2016.
- Countess Désirée Märtha Ingeborg of Rosenborg (b. Copenhagen, 2 February 1955); she married Fergus Stewartson Smith on 23 May 1981,Danmarks Adelsbog aarbog, udgivet af Dansk adelsforening, redigeret af Lars Bisgaard, Mogens Kragsgaard Jensen, 2015,
they had one daughter, separated in 1984 and divorced in 1987. She married Peter Rindom on 6 February 1988 and they had two sons.
Ancestry
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|1= 1. Prince Flemming of Denmark
|2= 2. Prince Axel of Denmark
|3= 3. Princess Margaretha of Sweden
|4= 4. Prince Valdemar of Denmark
|5= 5. Princess Marie of Orléans
|6= 6. Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland
|7= 7. Princess Ingeborg of Denmark
|8= 8. Christian IX of Denmark
|9= 9. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel
|10= 10. Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres
|11= 11. Princess Françoise of Orléans
|12= 12. Oscar II of Sweden
|13= 13. Princess Sophia of Nassau
|14= 14. Frederick VIII of Denmark
|15= 15. Princess Louise of Sweden
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References
=Citations=
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=Bibliography=
{{Refbegin|30em}}
- {{Cite book|last=Bramsen|first=Bo|year=1992|title=Huset Glücksborg. Europas svigerfader og hans efterslægt.|trans-title=The House of Glücksburg. The Father-in-law of Europe and his descendants|edition=2nd|publisher=Forlaget Forum|location=Copenhagen|isbn=87-553-1843-6|language=da}}
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Category:House of Glücksburg (Denmark)
Category:Nobility from Stockholm
Category:Disinherited European royalty
Category:Recipients of the Cross of Honour of the Order of the Dannebrog