At the time of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark's birth in 1940, there was no constitutional way she would rule the Nordic country one day as only males were permitted to inherit the throne. But on March 27, 1953, royal Danish women were finally given the right to succession (via the Danish Royal Family website). However, there was a catch. Despite women being given the opportunity to ascend the throne, men were still sought after as heirs meaning a girl would be skipped over as heir presumptive if they had a younger brother.
But Margrethe remained heir presumptive as she had two younger sisters — Princess Benedikte of Denmark and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (via Wonderful Copenhagen). Margrethe was 13 years old when this change to the Act of Succession was enacted, but it would be a while before she took to the throne herself. After her father's death, she was crowned queen of Denmark in 1972.
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