- Elected King of Denmark in 1863.
- Brother of Prins Hans.
- 2nd great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret, Sofía de Grecia, King Constantine II, Princess Irene of Greece, Olga Romanoff, Edward Windsor, Princess Alexandra, Prince Michael of Kent, Duke of Gloucester, H.M. Queen Margrethe of Denmark, Queen Anne-Marie, Prinsesse Benedikte, King Harald V, Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg, King Baudouin, and King Albert II.
- Between March 1913 and July 1918, eight members of his family were murdered: son King George of Greece; grandsons Tsar Nicholas II, and Grand Duke Michael; and great-grandchildren Grand Duchess Olga, Grand Duchess Tatiana, Grand Duchess Maria, Grand Duchess Anastasia, and Aleksey Nikolaeyvitch Romanov.
- Great-grandfather of Prince Philip, King Olav V, Duke of Windsor, King George VI, Duke of Kent, Duke of Gloucester, Frederik IX, and Arveprins Knud.
- 4th great-grandfather of Juan Urdangarín Borbón, Pablo Urdangarín Borbón, Miguel Urdangarín Borbón, Felipe Juan Froilán de Marichalar y Borbón, Victoria Federica de Marichalar y Borbón, Prince William of Wales, Prince Harry, Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie, Peter Philips, Zara Tindall, H.E. Greve Nikolai, H.E. Greve Felix, and Kronprins Christian.
- 3rd great-grandfather of King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, Edward Wessex', David Armstrong-Jones, Sarah Armstrong-Jones, Kronprins Haakon, Prinsesse Märtha Louise, Frederik X, Prins Joachim, Elena de Borbón, Cristina de Borbón, Crown Prince of Greece Pavlos, Prince Nikolaos, Theodora Greece, Francis Mathew, Lady Helen Windsor, Lord Frederick Windsor, Prins Gustav af Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Prinsesse Alexandra af Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, King Felipe VI of Spain, Grand Duke Henri de Luxembourg, and King Philippe.
- 5th great-grandfather of Prince George of Wales, and Princess Charlotte of Wales.
- As a prince, attended Queen Victoria's coronation and courted her, and unsuccessfully sought her hand in marriage. They later became in-laws when Victoria's son Edward (the future King Edward VII) married Christian's daughter Princess Alexandra.
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