Louise Rasmussen

Countess Louise Danner, 1850 Lehnsgräfin Danner (* April 21, 1815 in Copenhagen as Louise Christine Rasmussen, † March 6, 1874 in Genoa) was the morganatic wife of King Frederick VII of Denmark.

Life

Louise was the illegitimate daughter of Caroline Juliane Rasmussen and the Merchant God Help L. Köppen. She received a thorough education, was designed to governess and has held this position in several families. Later, she was a member of the ballet at the Royal Theatre Copenhagen. She won the affection of the publisher, later Lord Chamberlain and royal private secretary Carl Berling and opened a Damenhutgeschäft with its help.

Here the Crown Prince of Denmark and later King Frederick VII followed up on a love affair with her ​​, which was legalized on August 7, 1850 with the closure of a morganatic marriage. The maid service was held by the Copenhagen Bishop Jacob Peter Mynster. Christine Louise was elevated to Countess Danner and practiced in the then party fighting a not insignificant influence. The couple resided on Jægerspris Castle on Zealand. After Frederick's death in 1863 she retired financially secure, but of the Danish public still unloved back to Cannes in France. From their wealth they built last will and testament a social foundation for the benefit of orphans and impoverished women of the working class ( Kong Frederik Syvendes Stiftelse ).