Frederick V of Denmark

Frederick V, nicknamed the Good ( born March 31, 1723 in Copenhagen, † January 14, 1766 Christiansborg, ibid ) was King of Denmark and Norway, Duke of Schleswig and Holstein, Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst from 1746 until his death.

Life and work

Frederick V was the only son of King Christian VI. of Denmark and his wife Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg- Kulmbach.

He was a little strong-willed Regent and completely reliant on consultants, including Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff and Count Adam Gottlob Moltke. His reign was marked by peace and prosperity in Denmark. He let the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen Staden build with the Amalienborg Palace. For stays in what was then the Kingdom belonging Gluckstadt he was there to purchase the Wasmer Palace. After the death of pietistic Christian VI. won court life under Frederick again to shine; the king promoted the arts and the sciences.

First unhappy about the early death of his first wife Louise of Great Britain, he soon married Juliane von Braunschweig -Wolfenbüttel, a sister of Frederick II The marriage to his second wife, who is considered cool and ambitious in history, but especially the succession rights of her son Friedrich sought to preserve, was unhappy. The king was melancholy, neglected himself and the affairs of state and fell drunkenness, what could have been the cause of his early death. His tomb is located in Roskilde Cathedral.

Family

On December 11, 1743, he married his first wife in Altona Louise of Great Britain ( 1724-1751 ), daughter of King George II of Great Britain. They had five children:

  • Christian ( * July 7, 1745, June 3, 1747 † ), Crown Prince of Denmark
  • Sophie Magdalene (* July 3, 1746; † August 21, 1813 ) ∞ 1766 by King Gustav III. of Sweden
  • Wilhelmine Caroline (* July 10, 1747; † January 14, 1820 ) ∞ 1764 William I, Elector of Hesse
  • Christian ( * January 29, 1749, † March 13, 1808 ) from 1766 King Christian VII of Denmark
  • Louise (* January 30, 1750; † January 12, 1831 ) ∞ 1766 Landgrave Charles of Hesse -Kassel, governor of Schleswig and Holstein

His second wife he married on July 8, 1752 at Frederiksborg Castle with Juliane von Braunschweig -Wolfenbüttel; from the marriage went forth a son:

  • Friedrich ( * October 11, 1753, † December 7, 1805 ), Prince of Denmark, Regent ( 1772-1784 )

Others

He was also the father of five illegitimate children with Else (de) Hansen ( 1720-1784 ):

  • Friederika Margareta de Hansen ( * 1747, † March 26, 1802 ) ∞ 1763 Friedrich Wilhelm von Destinon
  • Friederika Catherine de Hansen ( * June 17, 1748, † May 2, 1822 ) ∞ 1764 Johann Friedrich von Lützau
  • Anna Maria de Hansen ( * July 20, 1749; † February 1812 ) ∞ ( I) 1767-1771 Peter Fehmann; ∞ ( II ) Peter van Meulangracht
  • Sophia Charlotte de Hansen ( * June 18, 1750, † December 24, 1779 ) ∞ 1767 Alexis Henri d' Origny
  • Ulrik Frederik de Hansen ( * September 1751; † February 1752 )
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