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| reign = 14 August 1928 - 2 November 1945 | | reign = 14 August 1928 - 2 November 1945 | ||
| birth_name = Princess Thyra of Denmark | |||
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|3|14|df=y}} | | birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|3|14|df=y}} | ||
| birth_place = {{wpl|Copenhagen}}, Denmark | | birth_place = {{wpl|Copenhagen}}, Denmark | ||
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| Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions | |||||
| Reign | 14 August 1928 - 2 November 1945 | ||||
| Born | Princess Thyra of Denmark 14 March 1880 Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||
| Died | 2 November 1945 (aged 65) Buckingham Palace, London, England | ||||
| Burial | 17 November 1945 Westminster Abbey, London, England | ||||
| Spouse | William IV of the United Kingdom (m. 1913) | ||||
| Issue | Louise, Queen of Autelia Edward VII of the United Kingdom Prince Frederick, Duke of Cambridge Prince Henry, Duke of Kent | ||||
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| House | Glücksburg (by birth) Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (by marriage) | ||||
| Father | Frederick VIII of Denmark | ||||
| Mother | Louise of Sweden | ||||
Thyra of Denmark (Thyra Louise Caroline Amalie Augusta Elisabeth; 14 March 1880 – 2 November 1945) was Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions from 1928 until her death in 1945 as the wife of William IV of the United Kingdom, and a member of the Danish royal family by birth. She was the sixth child and third daughter of King Frederick VIII and Queen Louise of Denmark, and was also the younger sister of King Christian X of Denmark and King Haakon VII of Norway.