Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel
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Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel was Queen of Denmark and Norway by marriage to King Christian V. Although she did not have much political influence, she was a successful businesswoman in her many estates and protected foreign Protestant non-Lutherans from oppression. She gained popularity for defending Copenhagen from Swedish forces in 1700. The city of Charlotte Amalie was named after her in 1691.
Charlotte Amalie with a court dwarf, by Jacques d'Agar, c. 1690
Portrait of Charlotte Amalie as queen by an unidentified artist, c. 17th century.
Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel with her court dwarf in 1690.
Charlottenborg Palace, Dowager Queen Charlotte Amelie's winter residence.
Christian V of Denmark
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Christian V was King of Denmark and Norway from 1670 until his death in 1699.
Portrait by Jacob d'Agar, c. 1685. The king poses with his hand authoritatively placed on the marshal's baton, as a true absolute monarch.
Christian V portrayed as the prince elect in the year 1650, in a painting by Karel van Mander III
The anointing of Christian V in the chapel of Frederiksborg Palace in 1671.
Seal of Christian V.