Margrethe II
Life and reign
The first woman to rule Denmark under the 1953 Act of Succession, taking her regnal number in honor of the 14th century Margrethe I. An artist who designed stage sets and illustrated Tolkien under the pseudonym Ingahild Grathmer, she reigned exactly 52 years and abdicated on 14 January 2024.
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