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Frederik VII was the King of Denmark from 1848; son of Christian VIII and Charlotte Frederikke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. He was married for the first time to Vilhelmine of Denmark, second time to Mariane of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and in 1850 he was married to Louise Rasmussen, Countess Danner.

Frederick VII, 1808–63, king of Denmark, duke of Schleswig, Holstein, and Lauenburg (1848–63), son and successor of Christian VIII. He accepted a liberal constitution in 1849 that ended the absolute monarchy. The vexed Schleswig-Holstein question continued during his reign.

When King Frederik VII of Denmark was born on 6 October 1808, in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, his father, King Christian VIII of Denmark, was 22 and his mother, Charlotte Friederike von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, was 23. He married Princess Wilhelmine María of Denmark and Norway on 1 November 1828, in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Frederick VI died at the age of 71 at Amalienborg Palace and was buried in Frederick V's chapel in Roskilde Cathedral. Frederick reigned over Denmark for a total of 55 years; 24 years as crown prince regent and 31 years as king. He was the 894th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Spain and the 654th Knight of the Order of the Garter in ...

Frederick VI, (born Jan. 28, 1768, Christiansborg Castle, Denmark—died Dec. 3, 1839, Copenhagen), king of Denmark from 1808 to 1839 and of Norway from 1808 to 1814.

Frederik VII of Denmark. Birth. 6 Oct 1808. Copenhagen, Kobenhavns Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark. Death. 15 Nov 1863 (aged 55) Glücksburg, Kreis Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Burial. Roskilde Cathedral.

The Danish monarch who concerns us here, King Frederick VI, was born in 1768, the son of the mentally incapacitated King Christian VII and the British-born Queen Carolina Matilda (Fig. 13.1). His parents had divorced in 1772 due to his mother’s affair with the German-born physician and statesman, Count Johann Friedrich Struensee.