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Haakon VII, King of Norway

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    Haakon VII was the first king of Norway since the separation of Norway from Sweden in 1905. He was 'born in 1872 and is the second son of King Frederick VIII of Denmark; his elder brother was the Danish Sovereign: King Haakon married in 1896 Princess Maud, daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, who died in 1938.


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