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Frederick IX of Denmark

King of denmark 1947-1972.

Born March 11th, 1899 in Sorgenfri Palace.

Died January 14th, 1972 at 72 years old in Copenhagen Municipal Hospital (pneumonia).

Occupations
monarch, musician

Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon