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 Prince Axel of Denmark, ( Danish: ''Prins Axel Christian Georg til Danmark''; 12 August 1888 – 14 July 1964) was a member of the Danish royal family, businessman and sports administrator. He was the second son of Prince Valdemar of Denmark an ...

(himself a son of

Prince Valdemar of Denmark Prince Valdemar of Denmark (27 October 1858 – 14 January 1939) was a member of the Danish royal family. He was the third son and youngest child of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. He had a lifelong naval career. Early l ...

) and

Princess Margaretha of Sweden Princess Margaretha of Sweden (Margaretha Sofia Lovisa Ingeborg; 25 June 1899 – 4 January 1977) was a member of the Swedish Royal Family by birth and the Danish Royal Family by marriage. She was the elder sister of Crown Princess Märtha of Nor ...

.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 Count of Rosenborg () is a Danish hereditary title of Danish nobility, nobility granted by the List of Danish monarchs, monarchs of Denmark to some men formerly titled as List of princes of Denmark, princes of Denmark and their descendants. Trad ...

. 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 Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

, 8 October 1924 – 25 July 2010) in

on 24 May 1949 and had four children: * Count Valdemar Georg Flemming Kai ''Axel'' of Rosenborg (b.

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.

, 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.

, 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.

, 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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Flemming of Rosenborg, Count 1922 births 2002 deaths House of Glücksburg (Denmark) Counts of Rosenborg Nobility from Stockholm Disinherited European royalty Recipients of the Cross of Honour of the Order of the Dannebrog