Eleanor Margaret Green

{{Infobox royalty

| name = Eleanor Margaret Green

| title = Princess Viggo, Countess of Rosenborg

| image = EleanorMargaretGreen1924.png

| alt = A young white woman wearing a hat with multiple turned-up peaks around the brim

| caption = Eleanr Margaret Green, from a 1924 publication

| birth_date = {{birth date|1895|11|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1966|7|3|1895|11|5|df=yes}}

| spouse = {{marriage|Prince Viggo, Count of Rosenborg|1924}}

| death_place = Copenhagen, Denmark

| place of burial = Roskilde Cathedral

| father = James Oliver Green

| mother = Amy Bowman Hewitt

}}

Princess Viggo, Countess of Rosenborg (née Eleanor Margaret Green; 5 November 1895 – 3 July 1966) was an American who became a Princess in Denmark. By her marriage to Prince Viggo, Count of Rosenborg, Green became Princess Viggo, Countess of Rosenborg.

Early life

On November 5, 1895, Green was born as

Eleanor Margaret Green in New York City, New York. Green's parents were Dr. James Oliver Green and Amelia Hewitt Green. Green's maternal grandfather was Abram S. Hewitt and her maternal great-grandfather was Peter Cooper.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ringwoodmanor.org/cooper-hewitt-family.html|title=Cooper-Hewitt Family|website=Ringwood Manor}}

Personal life

Green married Prince Viggo of Denmark, Viggo Christian Adolph George, son of Prince Valdemar of Denmark and Princess Marie Amélie Françoise Hélène d'Orléans, on June 10, 1924, in New York City.{{cite web | url=https://krogsgaard.name/pafg707.htm#17688 | title=Selected Families/Individuals - pafg707 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File }}{{cite web | url=https://krogsgaard.name/pafg707.htm#17774 | title=Selected Families/Individuals - pafg707 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File }}{{cite web | url=https://krogsgaard.name/pafg505.htm#13697 | title=Selected Families/Individuals - pafg505 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File }}

Without the legally required permission of the Danish king for a dynastic marriage, Prince Viggo renounced his place in Denmark's line of succession to the Crown, his title of Prince of Denmark, and his style of Royal Highness as was customary in the Danish royal house upon marriage to a commoner. Before the wedding Viggo, with the king's authorisation, assumed the title of His Highness Prince Viggo, Count of Rosenborg.

In connection with the marriage and her husband's new title, Eleanor Margaret Green became Her Highness Princess Viggo, Countess of Rosenborg.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

Prince and Princess Viggo had no children. The couple lived at Bernstorff Palace in Denmark.{{Cite book |last=Guerin |first=Polly |author-link=Polly Guerin |title=The Cooper-Hewitt dynasty of New York |isbn=9781614237822 |oclc=944510835}} Princess Viggo was active in charity work.

She died on July 3, 1966, at age 70 at Copenhagen, Denmark.the Peerage.com

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  • {{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}}
  • {{Cite book|last1=Lerche|first1=Anna|last2=Mandal|first2=Marcus|year=2003|title=A royal family : the story of Christian IX and his European descendants|location=Copenhagen|publisher=Aschehoug|isbn=9788715109577}}

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Eleanor Margaret Green