Louise of Great Britain
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Louise of Great Britain was Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1746 until her death, as the first wife of King Frederick V. She was the youngest surviving daughter of King George II of Great Britain and
Portrait by Carl Gustav Pilo, 1747
John Croker's 1732 medal showing the seven surviving children of King George II, Frederick, William, Anne, Amelia, Caroline, Mary, and Louisa.
King Christian VI with his family Queen Sophie Magdalene, Crown Prince Frederick (V), and Crown Princess Louise. Hirschholm Palace can be seen as a backdrop. Painting by Carl Marcus Tuscher, c. 1744 (Rosenborg Castle).
The anointment of Queen Louise in Frederiksborg Palace
Christian VII
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Christian VII was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1766 until his death in 1808. He was affected by mental illness and was only nominally king for most of his reign.
Louise of Great Britain
…composer Christoph Willibald Gluck, who stayed with the Danish court from 1748 to 1749. At the occasion of the Queen's birth of an heir to the throne, Crown Prince Christian, he composed the opera La Contesa dei Numi ("The Contention of the Gods"), in which the Olympian Gods gather at the banks of the Great Belt and discuss…
Portrait by Alexander Roslin, c. 1772
Christian's birthplace, Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, c. 1750
Christian as a boy
Coronation portrait of Christian VII by Jens Juel