Christian VIII
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Christian VIII was King of Denmark from 1839 to 1848 and, as Christian Frederick, King of Norway in 1814.
Portrait by Johan Vilhelm Gertner, 1845
Portrait of Charlotte Frederica by Carl Frederik von Breda c. 1806.
Christian Frederick in 1813, aged 27 years
Portrait of Christian Frederick, c. 1814
Frederick VII of Denmark
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Frederick VII was King of Denmark from 1848 to 1863. He was the last Danish monarch of the older Royal branch of the House of Oldenburg and the last king of Denmark to rule as an absolute monarch. Dur
Christian VIII
…and partly at Sorgenfri Palace. On 6 October 1808, their second son and only surviving child was born, Prince Frederick Carl Christian, the future King Frederick VII of Denmark. Nonetheless, their married life was unhappy. Charlotte Frederica was described as very beautiful in her youth, but her character was thought to be…
Portrait by August Schiøtt, c. 1850
Portrait of Prince Frederick, c. 1824
Photograph of Frederick VII and his morganatic spouse Louise Rasmussen, c. 1860–61
German caricature of Frederick VII made during the First Schleswig War