Frederick VIII of Denmark Oldenburg 2 3
- Born: 3 Jun 1843, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Marriage: Louise Josephine Eugénie Bernadotte on 28 Jul 1869 in Stockholm, Sweden 1
- Died: 14 May 1912, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany aged 68
- Buried: Roskilde, Denmark
Another name for Frederick was Frederik VIII von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.
General Notes:
Valgsprog: "Herren er min Hjælper".
Prins Frederik var 10 år gammel, da glücksborgerne og dermed hans far og han selv indtrådte i den danske tronfølge. Indtil da havde familien levet temmelig beskedent i Det gule Palæ i København af faderens indtægt som chef for hestegarden. Som ung studerede Prins Frederik statsvidenskab i Oxford og senere gennemgik han en omfattende militær uddannelse. I betragtning af den omhu, hvormed han forberedte sig til sin kongegerning, virker det ironisk, at han kun fik 6 år på tronen.
Kong Frederik 8. var kendt for sin usædvanligt skarpe hukommelse og sin gavmildhed. Han var liberal og meget tilfreds med Systemskiftet i 1901, hvor partiet Venstre kom til magten.
Allerede som nygifte overtog Frederik 8. og hans senere Dronning Lovisa det smukke Charlottenlund Slot som deres sommerhjem. Her blev flere af deres 8 børn født og her havde Frederik 8. som konge nogle af sine bedste stunder - langt væk fra virakken på Amalienborg Slot.
Frederick was educated at the University of Oxford. He served in the disastrous Danish-German War of 1864, which lost the duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, and Lauenburg for Denmark. He then assisted his father, Christian IX, in affairs of state. In 1907, as king, he formed a commission to draft a partial home rule bill for Iceland, but nothing came of it. Frederick VIII's popularity was based on his sincerity in politics, his congeniality, and his simple life-style.
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded: 1906. King of Denmark.
Frederick married Louise Josephine Eugénie Bernadotte, daughter of Charles XV of Sweden Bernadotte and Louise von Nassau, on 28 Jul 1869 in Stockholm, Sweden.1 (Louise Josephine Eugénie Bernadotte was born on 31 Oct 1851 in Stockholm, Sweden and died on 20 Mar 1926 in Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark.)
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