Queen Maud

Born on 26 November 1869 as a Princess of Great Britain. Married the future King Haakon on 22 July 1896. Mother of the future King Olav. Queen of Norway from 1905 until her death on 20 November 1938.

Further reading

Queen Maud's biography

Queen Maud came ashore as Queen of Norway on 25 November 1905. She was the first queen of a fully independent Norway since 1380.

Royal wedding 1896

Prince Carl of Denmark and Princess Maud of Great Britain married in the Palace Chapel at Buckingham Palace on 22 July 1896.

Coronation

The coronation of King Haakon and Queen Maud on 22 June 1906 is the last coronation ever to have taken place in Norway.