As was then customary with Danishroyalty, Erik renounced his rights to the throne when he chose to take a commoner as wife, marrying in Ottawa, Ontario, on 11 February 1924 Lois Frances Booth (Ottawa, Ontario, 2 August 1897 – Copenhagen, 26 February 1941).[5] His wife was the daughter of a kinsman of the Booth baronets, John Frederick Booth (Ontario, 3 June 1865 – Ontario, 5 August 1930), who lived in Canada, and wife Frances Alberta Hunsicker (Montreal, Quebec, 1 November 1866 – Victoria, British Columbia, 12 February 1964, buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa),[6] and paternal granddaughter of John Rudolphus Booth, the Father of Canada by his wife Rosalinda Cooke (1829 – 1886).[7][8] Prince Erik and his wife divorced in 1937. Lois Countess of Rosenborg married secondly Gunnar Thorkild Juelsberg (1904 – 1966), by whom she had no issue.
Marie-Louise Frances Elisabeth Vind (b. Hellerup, 7 February 1952),[14] married in Allerup Kirke on 7 April 1973 (now divorced) CountChristian Gustav Knuth af Christiansdal (Stenagergaard Gods, Mesinge, 23 November 1942 – 8 August 2010), feudal baron of Lilliendal Gods, Mern,[15] son of Count Ulrik Gustav Adam Knuth (Østergaard Gods, Mern, 27 January 1911 – 13 January 2004), Royal Chamberlain, Court Huntsman, feudal baron of Lilliendal Gods and Mern, by his wife (m. Rønninge Kirke, Fakse, 12 July 1940) Baroness Tove Birgitte Bille-Brahe-Selby (Frederiksberg, 23 October 1915 – Mern, 19 August 2002),[16] and had two children:
Countess Christina Elisabeth Knuth af Christiansdal (b. Nykøbing Falster, 6 May 1977), married in 2005 to Jacob Conrad Kamman (b. 1979)[17][18]
Count Michael Ivar Knuth af Christiansdal (b. Nykøbing Falster, 8 December 1979)
Erik Ove Carl John Emil Vind (b. Hellerup, 5 May 1954),[19] married in Mahé, Seychelles, on 15 February 1993 Countess Suzanne Ingrid Jessie Dorthe Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille (b. Svendborg, 4 March 1967), lady-in-waiting to Princess Alexandra,[20] sister of Count Michael Preben Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille and daughter of Count Claus Christian Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille (Copenhagen, 6 March 1932 – 2014), feudal baron of Havnø Gods, Hadsund, and second wife and third cousin (m. Tranekær Kirke, 21 September 1963, divorced in 1971) Countess Merete-Anette Ahlefeldt-Laurvig (b. Rudkøbing, 1 April 1943), nurse[21]
Rosemarie Alexandra Kirsten Vind (b. Copenhagen, 2 November 1993), fashion model[22][23]
Georg Ivar Emil Vind (b. Copenhagen, 15 October 1995)
Nonni Margaretha Elsa Vind (b. Odense, 14 June 2003)
Georg Christian Valdemar Vind (b. Hellerup, 5 August 1958), married in Kuwait City on 19 September 1993 to Maria Munk (b. Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, 12 October 1966), distant cousin of Edvard Munch[24]
Andreas Ivar Knud Holger Vind (b. Kuwait, 26 November 1994)
Clara Alexandra Vind (b. 8 January 1998)
Count Christian Edward Valdemar Jean Frederik Peter of Rosenborg (Bjergbygaard, 16 July 1932 – London, 24 March 1997), Major in the Royal Danish Army;[25] married at Stouby Kirke on 10 August 1962 Karin von Lüttichau (b. Stouby Gods, 12 August 1938), lady-in-waiting to Princess Benedikte of Denmark in Stensballe, Horsens,[26] (married secondly to Michael Warberg),[27] daughter of Folmer von Lüttichau (Hindsgavl Gods, Middelfart, 12 August 1898 – 14 February 1977), Court Huntmaster, feudal baron of Daugaard, and wife (m. Bregnet Kirke, 23 March 1934) Ingeborg Marie Saima Carl (of Danish nobility) (Copenhagen, 20 October 1915 – 12 September 1983)[28]
Count Valdemar Erik Flemming Christian of Rosenborg (b. Skovshoved, 9 July 1965), Lieutenant in the Guard Hussar Regiment, director of MaerskBroker,[29] married on 29 June 1996 (divorced 2005)[30] Charlotte Diane Isabelle Cruse (b. Cognac, 23 April 1967), daughter of Roland Cruse and wife Annette Ingemann,[31] paternal granddaughter of Emmanuel Henri Georges Cruse (1892 – 1968) and wife and cousin Marguerite de Luze, daughter of Alfred de Luze and wife Sophie Cruse, great-granddaughter of Victor Adolphe Frédéric Cruse (1854 – 1933) and wife (m. 1880) Lucie Louise Amélie Durand-Dassier (1860 – 1923), and great-great-granddaughter of Jean-Christian Herman Cruse (1820 – 1877), son of Hans Wilhelm Herman Cruse and wife Anna Rebecka Emma Raake, and wife (m. 1848) Suzanne Sophie Lawton (1827 – 1916), daughter of Henry Lawton (1799 – 1828) and wife (m. 1823) Henriette Balguerie de Chautard, paternal granddaughter of Guillaume Lawton (1755 – 1835) and wife (m. 1790) Marie de Raynaud (1771 – 1819), and great-granddaughter of Abraham Lawton (1716 – 1776)[32] and wife (m. 1746) Charlotte de Selve[33]
Count Nicolai Christian Valdemar of Rosenborg (b. Gentofte, 6 November 1997)
Countess Marie Geraldine Charlotte of Rosenborg (b. Copenhagen, 7 May 1999)
Countess Marina Isabelle Ingeborg Karin of Rosenborg (b. Skovshoved, 28 March 1971).
Count Erik died on 10 September 1950 at Copenhagen, Denmark.[34]
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