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This particular line helds from the Dukes of Schleswig- Holstein- Sønderborg-Beck. The last of them became Duke of Glücksburg and changed his title accordingly to Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. He was married to Luise Caroline, Princess of Hesse-Kassel , a granddaughter of King Frederik V of Denmark.

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• Christian IX of Denmark ( 1818 - 1906, reigned 1863 - 1906).
• Frederick VIII of Denmark ( 1843 - 1912, reigned 1906 - 1912).
• George I of Greece ( 1845 - 1913, reigned 1863 - 1913).
• Constantine I of Greece ( 1868 - 1923, reigned 1913 - 1917, 1920 - 1922).
• Christian X of Denmark ( 1870 - 1947, reigned 1912 - 1947).
• Haakon VII of Norway ( 1872 - 1957, reigned 1905 - 1957).
• George II of Greece ( 1890 - 1947, reigned 1922 - 1923, 1935 - 1947).
• Alexander I of Greece ( 1893 - 1920, reigned 1917 - 1920).
• Frederick IX of Denmark ( 1899 - 1972, reigned 1947 - 1972).
• Paul I of Greece ( 1901 - 1964, reigned 1947 - 1964).
• Olav V of Norway ( 1903 - 1991, reigned 1957 - 1991).
• Harald V of Norway ( 1937 -, reigned 1991 - ).
• Margrethe II of Denmark ( 1940 - , reigned 1972 - ).
• Constantine II of Greece ( 1940 - , reigned 1964 - 1973).

Other notable members include:

• Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh ( 1921 - ), grandson to George I of Greece, son to Prince Andrew of Greece, consort to Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. All agnatic descendants of Prince Philip, including Charles, Prince of Wales, also belong to this house. Some of them hold the surname of Mountbatten-Windsor.

• Queen Sofia of Spain, wife of King Juan Carlos I of Spain is also a member of this family, as she was a Greek princess.