The protocols of the Royal Danish Kennels maintain two separates lines in the kennel in the breeding programme; the Danish and the English line. The cross breeding becomes known as "Blendinge" (same word and meaning as the English word "blend"). This new line of large hounds is the foundation of the present day Great Dane as we see them in Denmark, England and the United States.[citation needed]
The various names used to identify the hound; Great Dane (English speaking world), датский дог (Dahtskeey Dog, Russian), Gran Danés (Spanish and Portuguese speaking world including South America), Grand Danois (French speaking world, Scandinavia in the 20th Century), Tanskandoggi (Finland), Danubius Dog (Hungary), Danua cinsi kopek or Grand Danua (Tyrkey) and Dänische Dogge or Grosse Dänische Yagd Hund (German speaking world up until 1888-9) simply reflects the tribal origin of the hounds (see for instance Dr. Leop Jeps Fitzinger: Der Hund und seine Rassen (1876) and Meyers Konversationslexikon (vierte Auflage, Leipzig, 1888-1889, page 8:799)).
The records from the royal kennel at Jægersborg Castle (see Lauritz de Thurah), Denmark shows us who received the hounds as gifts:
King Frederick I of Sweden - 11 pack of hounds
Markgraf Friedrich (Brandenburg-Bayreuth) - 25 pack of hounds
The Duke of Pløen, Friedrich Carl - 6 packs of hounds
King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia - 4 large "Blendinge" (Blended) hounds
(Source: C. Weismann: Vildtets og Jagtens Historie, Copenhagen, 1931, p. 449).
