Ancestral Trails 2016 » Friedrich VIII of DENMARK (1843-1912)

Personal data Friedrich VIII of DENMARK 


Household of Friedrich VIII of DENMARK

He is married to Louise Josephine Eugenie of SWEDEN.

They got married on July 28, 1869 at Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden, he was 26 years old.


Child(ren):

  3. Louise of DENMARK  1875-????
  4. Harald of DENMARK  1876-????
  5. Thyra of DENMARK  1880-????
  6. Gustav of DENMARK  1887-????
  7. Dagmar of DENMARK  1890-????
  8. Haakon VII of NORWAY  1872-1957 

  • The couple has common ancestors.

    • Notes about Friedrich VIII of DENMARK

    Frederick VIII (Christian Frederik Vilhelm Carl) (3 June 1843 - 14 May 1912) was King of Denmark from 1906 to 1912. Before his accession to the throne at age 62, he served as crown prince for 42 years. During the long reign of his father, King Christian IX, he was largely excluded from influence and political power.

    Early life
    Frederick was born on 3 June 1843 in the Yellow Palace in Copenhagen as Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior male line of the House of Oldenburg, which was descended from Christian III of Denmark and which had ruled as non-sovereign dukes in Schleswig-Holstein for eight generations, including Frederick's grandfather. Frederick's parents were Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Louise of Hesse-Kassel.

    In 1853, his father was chosen as the heir presumptive to the Danish throne, because Frederick's mother, Louise of Hesse-Kassel, was a close relative of the last Danish king of the Oldenburg main line (the other heirs of the House of Hesse renounced their claims to the Danish throne in favour of Louise and her husband). Accordingly, Frederick became a Prince of Denmark in 1853.

    After his confirmation in 1860, Frederick was given a military education. In 1863, Prince Frederick was sent to do studies at the University of Oxford but when his father ascended the throne in November that year, he became Crown Prince and returned to Denmark.

    As Crown Prince of Denmark, he was given a seat in the State Council and subsequently assisted his father in the duties of government.

    In 1864, he formally took part in the Second Schleswig War against Prussia.

    Marriage
    Louise of Hesse wanted her eldest son to marry as well as her two daughters, Alexandra and Dagmar, had. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom had two yet unmarried daughters, Princess Helena and Princess Louise, and Louise tried to marry Frederick to one of them. However, the British Queen didn't want her daughters to marry the heirs to foreign crowns, as this would force them to live abroad. She preferred German princes who could establish homes in the UK. In addition, Victoria had always been pro-German and another Danish alliance (Frederick's sister, Alexandra, had married Victoria's eldest son, the Prince of Wales), would not have been in line with her German interests.

    In July 1868, Frederick became engaged to Princess Louise of Sweden, the 17-year-old only daughter of King Charles XV of Sweden and IV of Norway. Princess Louise's family was related by marriage to Napoleon Bonaparte. She belonged to the Bernadotte dynasty, which had ruled in Sweden since 1818, when the founder, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, one of Napoleon's generals, was elected crown prince of Sweden in 1810 and later succeeded the throne as Charles XIV of Sweden in 1818. He married Désirée Clary, who had once been engaged to the French Emperor. Charles XIV's son, Oscar I of Sweden, married Josephine of Leuchtenberg, granddaughter of Napoleon's first wife, the Empress Josephine. King Oscar I and Queen Josephine were Princess Louise's paternal grandparents.

    The marriage was suggested as a way of creating friendship between Denmark and Sweden. The two countries were in a tense situation after Sweden had not assisted Denmark during the war with Prussia in 1864. Frederick and Louise had met for the first time in 1862, but in 1868 Frederick was invited to Sweden to get to know Louise, and their meeting was described as a success. They became engaged the same year. She was the first Swedish princess to be married into the Danish royal house since the Middle Ages, and the marriage was welcomed in all three Scandinavian countries as a symbol of the new Scandinavism.

    Crown Prince Frederick and Louise of Sweden married at the Royal Palace in Stockholm on 28 July 1869. The couple resided at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen, spending the summers at Charlottenlund Palace north of the city. They had four sons and four daughters. The marriage was not a happy one, nor did it have any effect on the relationship between the two countries.

    Issue
    Christian X of Denmark 26 September 1870 - 20 April 1947 married Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, had sons, Frederik IX of Denmark, Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark
    Haakon VII of Norway 3 August 1872 - 21 September 1957 married Princess Maud of Wales, one son Olav V of Norway
    Princess Louise of Denmark 7 February 1875 - 4 April 1906 married Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe, children Marie Louise, Princess Friedrich Sigismund of Prussia, Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe, Stephanie, Princess Viktor Adolf of Bentheim and Steinfurt
    Prince Harald of Denmark 8 October 1876 - 30 March 1949 married Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, children Feodora, Princess Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe
    Caroline-Mathilde, Hereditary Princess of Denmark, Alexandrine-Louise, Countess Luitpold of Castell-Castell, Prince Gorm of Denmark, Count Oluf of Rosenborg
    Princess Ingeborg of Denmark 2 August 1878 - 12 March 1958 married Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, children Margaretha, Princess Axel of Denmark, Märtha Louise, Crown Princess of Norway
    Astrid, Queen of the Belgians, Prince Carl, Duke of Östergötland
    Princess Thyra of Denmark 4 March 1880 - 2 November 1945 unmarried
    Prince Gustav of Denmark 4 March 1887 - 5 October 1944 unmarried
    Princess Dagmar of Denmark 23 May 1890 - 11 October 1961 married Jørgen Castenskiold, children Carl Castenskiold, Christian Castenskiold, Jørgen Castenskiold, Dagmar Castenskiold, Christian Frederik Castenskjold

    Reign
    Frederick became king of Denmark as Frederick VIII on Christian IX's death on 29 January 1906. He was 62 years old at the time and had been Crown Prince for 43 years.

    In many ways Frederick VIII was a liberal ruler who was much more favorable to the new parliamentarian system than his father had been. Because of his very late accession to the throne he had only a few years to show his ability and he was weakened by ill health.

    Death
    On his return journey from a trip to Nice, King Frederick made a short stop in Hamburg, staying at the Hotel Hamburger Hof. The evening of his arrival on 14 May 1912, Frederick (incognito) took a walk on the Jungfernstieg. While walking he became faint and collapsed on a park bench and died. He was discovered by a police officer who took him to a Hafen hospital where he was pronounced dead. His cause of death was announced as a paralysis-attack. He was interred with other members of the Danish royal family in Roskilde Cathedral near Copenhagen.

    Legacy
    The royal families of Denmark, Norway, Belgium and Luxembourg are descended from King Frederick VIII. Denmark comes naturally, Norway's family goes through the line of his son, Prince Carl, and the families of Belgium and Luxembourg are descended from his daughter, Princess Ingeborg of Denmark.
    SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_VIII_of_Denmark

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Birthday June 3, 1843

  • The temperature on June 3, 1843 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1843: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • June 17 » The Wairau Affray, the first serious clash of arms between Māori and British settlers in the New Zealand Wars, takes place.
    • June 26 » Treaty of Nanking comes into effect, Hong Kong Island is ceded to the British "in perpetuity".
    • August 15 » Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
    • September 3 » King Otto of Greece is forced to grant a constitution following an uprising in Athens.
    • October 30 » Fuerte Bulnes, the first Chilean settlement in the strait of Magellan, is founded.
    • November 28 » Ka Lā Hui (Hawaiian Independence Day): The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.

Day of marriage July 28, 1869

  • The temperature on July 28, 1869 was about 25.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
    • April 28 » Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
    • May 4 » The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
    • August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
    • September 24 » Gold prices plummet after President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
    • November 11 » The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.

Day of death May 14, 1912

  • The temperature on May 14, 1912 was between 0.5 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
    • April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
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    • June 8 » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
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    • November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.


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