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Prince Carl was born at [[Charlottenlund Palace]] near [[Copenhagen]]. He belonged to the [[Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]] branch of the [[House of Oldenburg]]. The House of Oldenburg had been the [[Danish royal family]] since 1448; between 1536–1814 it also ruled Norway when it was part of the Kingdom of [[Denmark-Norway]]. The house was originally from northern Germany, where the Glucksburg (Lyksborg) branch held their small fief. The family had permanent links with Norway beginning from the late Middle Ages. Several of his paternal ancestors had been kings of independent Norway ([[Haakon V of Norway]], [[Christian I of Norway]], [[Frederick I of Norway|Frederick I]], [[Christian III of Denmark|Christian III]], [[Frederick II of Denmark|Frederick II]], [[Christian IV of Norway|Christian IV]], as well as [[Frederick III of Norway]] who integrated Norway into the Oldenburg state with Denmark, [[Schleswig|Slesvig]] and [[Holstein]], after which it was not independent until 1814). [[Christian Frederick]], who was King of Norway briefly in 1814, the first king of the Norwegian 1814 constitution and struggle for independence, was his great-granduncle.

Prince Carl was raised in the royal household in Copenhagen and educated at the [[Royal Danish Naval Academy]], from which he graduated near the bottom of his class. He was a key witness in the scandal following the suicide of Kai Simonsen.{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}