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
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
Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark and Norway was a Princess of Denmark by birth as the daughter of King Frederick VI.
Frederick VII of Denmark
…as Fritz. The king's first two marriages both ended in scandal and divorce. He was first married in Copenhagen on 1 November 1828 to his second cousin Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark, a daughter of King Frederick VI of Denmark. They separated in 1834 and divorced in 1837. On 10 June 1841 he married for a second time to Duchess…
Portrait by Christian Albrecht Jensen, 1825
King Frederick VI, Queen Marie, and their daughters strolling in the gardens of Frederiksberg Palace in the 1810s.
King Frederick VI and Queen Marie with their daughters Princess Caroline and Princess Vilhelmine Marie in a portrait by Eckersberg, 1821
Portrait of a young Princess Vilhelmine Marie by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1826