Prince Harald of Denmark's younger son, Count Oluf of Rosenborg, and his wife) Count Philip of Rosenborg (Count Ulrik's son) Countess Katharina of Rosenborg (Count Ulrik's daughter) Countess Charlotte of Rosenborg (daughter of Prince Harald of Denmark's younger son, Count Oluf of Rosenborg) Count Axel and Countess Jutta of Rosenborg (son of Prince Axel of Denmark's younger son, Count Flemming Valdemar of Rosenborg, and his wife) Count Carl Johan of Rosenborg (Count Axel's son) Count Alexander of Rosenborg (Count Axel's son) Countess Julie of Rosenborg (Count Axel's daughter) Countess Désirée of Rosenborg (Count Axel's daughter) Count Birger and Countess Lynne of Rosenborg (son of Prince Axel of Denmark's younger son, Count Flemming Valdemar of Rosenborg, and his wife) Countess Benedikte of Rosenborg (Count Birger's daughter) Count Carl Johan of Rosenborg (son of Prince Axel of Denmark's younger son, Count Flemming Valdemar of Rosenborg) Countess Caroline of Rosenborg (Count Carl Johan's daughter) Countess Josefine of Rosenborg (Count Carl Johan's daughter) Countess Désirée of Rosenborg (daughter of Prince Axel of Denmark's younger son, Count Flemming Valdemar of Rosenborg) Countess Karin of Rosenborg (widow of Count Christian of Rosenborg, son of Prince Valdemar of Denmark's third son, Count Erik of Rosenborg) Count Valdemar of Rosenborg (Count Christian's son) Count Nicolai of Rosenborg (Count Valdemar's son) Countess Marie of Rosenborg (Count Valdemar's daughter) Countess Marina of Rosenborg (Count Christian's daughter) Counts and countesses of Samsøe The Danneskiold-Samsøe family have been descendants of the eldest son of Christian V and his mistress Sofie Amalie Moth, whom the king elevated to be the first Lensgrevinde til Samsø ("Countess of Samsø"). A descendant, Countess Frederikke Louise af Danneskiold-Samsøe (1699-1744) married her kinsman Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. By royal statutory regulation, the Counts of Danneskiold-Samsøe and their male-line descendants are ranked as the second-highest nobles in Denmark, second only to the Counts of Rosenborg, whom also descent from the Danish Kings. With a place in the 1st Class No. 13, they are entitled to the style "His/Her Excellency". Line of succession The first law governing the succession to the Danish throne as a hereditary monarchy was the Kongeloven (Lex Regia), enacted 14 November 1665, and published in 1709. It declared that the crown of Denmark shall descend by heredity to the legitimate descendants of King Frederick III, and that the order of succession shall follow semi-Salic primogeniture, according to which the crown is inherited by an heir,