House of Glücksburg
| House of Glücksburg | |
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| Parent house | House of Oldenburg |
| Country | Duchy of Schleswig Duchy of Holstein Kingdom of Denmark Kingdom of Greece Kingdom of Iceland Kingdom of Norway United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Founded | 6 July 1825 (17 December 1633 as Beck) |
| Founder | Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg |
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The House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, also known by its short name as the House of Glücksburg, is the senior surviving branch of the German House of Oldenburg, one of Europe's oldest royal houses. Oldenburg house members have reigned at various times in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Greece, several northern German states, and Russia. It takes its name from the family seat in Glücksburg, a small town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Current monarchs King Charles III and King Harald V, former monarch Queen Margrethe II and former consorts Queen Anne-Marie of Greece and Queen Sofia of Spain are patrilineal members of cadet branches of the House of Glücksburg.
The present senior member of the House of Oldenburg and the House of Glücksburg and traditional heir to the family's ancestral lands, including Glücksburg itself, is Friedrich Ferdinand, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein (born 1985), who heads the foundation that owns the family's ancestral seat, Glücksburg Castle.