The Children of King Christian IX of Denmark

King Christian IX of Denmark and his wife Louise of Hessa Castle had hoped their children would leave successful lives this certainly became true of their sons became Kings two of their daughters became consorts of monarchs and most of their children had hoppy and fulfilling lives however many tragic things happened to their children let's dive into the lives of the children of King Christian the ninth of Denmark King Frederick the eighth of Denmark was born at the yellow Palace in Copenhagen on the 3rd of June 1843. Christian the ninth of Denmark and Louise of Hessa Castle he was the eldest of six when he was just 10 years old his father became air presumptive to the Danish throne and Frederick and his siblings became princes and princesses of Denmark they had been born with the surname Rick Holstein sonderberg luxberg Frederick grew up in the yellow Palace and then moved into bernstorf palace Frederick began his military training in 1860 and then studied at Oxford University studying political science he returned to Denmark in November 1863 when his father succeeded to the Danish Throne from then on fredericoops known as the Crown Prince of Denmark until his Ascension to the throne Frederick served as a lieutenant during the second slushwick war against Prussia and Austria later he became Inspector General of the Danish Army and was a leading member of the Danish Masonic order he was given a seat on the state Council and assisted his father in the duties of government his mother Louise wished for all her children to marry well Julie Louise had wanted Frederick to marry either princess Helena Princess Louise of the United Kingdom two daughters of Queen Victoria Queen Victoria however was opposed to this as she didn't want any more of her Dolce to marry foreign heirs and leave England in July 1868 Frederick became engaged to Princess Louise of Sweden the marriage was to help improve relations between Denmark and Sweden which had grown tense during the second slash Rick War they were married on the 28th of July 1869 and resided in a maliamborg palace during the winter and charlottenland Palace during the summer Louise was popular with the Danish people but experienced hostility from the Danish royal family Frederick and Louise had eight children Christian Carl Louise Harold ingeborg Thora Gustav and dogmar Frederick remained Crown Prince of Denmark until 1906. his father passed away and Frederick became the king as king Frederick VII of Denmark Frederick was a liberal ruler who supported the parliamentary system that was introduced in 1901. Frederick reigned for six years and was plagued by ill health during his Reign on the 13th of May 1912 Frederick made a stopover in Hamburg after returning from a trip to nice he signed into the hamburger Hof Hotel under the pseudonym of count kronborg the following evening he left the hotel for an evening stroll he did not return to the hotel and the next day a search was conducted body was found on a park bench and he was pronounced dead his body was brought to a morgue where it was confirmed that the king had died of a heart attack on the 16th of May 1912 his body was placed on a special train to the Kingdom of Prussia before being loaded onto the Royal yacht and brought back to Denmark he was buried in glucksberger Chapel his wife Queen Louise passed away at the age of 74 on the 20th of March 1926 and was buried beside Frederick Alexandra of Denmark was born on the 1st of December 1844 in the yellow Palace in Copenhagen Denmark she had five siblings Frederick George dogmar Jura and Voldemort growing up she lived a very modest life and her father did not have a large income in 1848 Christian the eighth of Denmark died and his only son Frederick ascended throne Frederick had no children from two failed marriages and a succession crisis arose Frederick ruled in both Denmark and slash Rick Holstein where there were two forms of succession in Denmark both men and women could inherit although male preference primogenitor was in place however in slasher coldstein only men could inherit in 1852 it was decided that Alexander's father would be the heir Alexandra and her family moved into bernstorf palace and although their status had risen they received no increase in their income by the late 1850s Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her husband Prince Albert of sax Coburg and gotha were searching for a wife for their eldest son an heir Albert Edward Prince of Wales their eldest daughter Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia was enlisted by her parents in Seeking a suitable candidate Alexandra was not their first choice as the Danes were a conflict with the prussians over the territory of Slash Rick Holstein however eventually Alexandra was chosen as the only suitable candidate for their son in 1861 Alexandra met Albert after Crown Princess Victoria introduced the two to each other a year later Albert proposed Alexandra and she accepted though they had only met a few times and didn't really know each other they were wed on the 10th of March 1863 in Saint George's Chapel the English Court was still a mourning for Albert's father who had died in December 1861. so ladies were restricted to wearing gray lilac and mauve and only Alexandra's closest relations were invited to the wedding which upset many of her Danish relatives who were not invited after her wedding Alexandra went by the title of the Princess of Wales by 1864 Alexandra's father was king of Denmark her brother George was King of the Helens her sister Dogma was engaged to the cervic of Russia and Alexandra had given birth to her first child Albert Victor although he was more affectionately known as Eddie by the family Alexandra and Albert would go on to have five more children George Louise Victoria mod and Alexander John according to Queen Victoria's Diaries all of the children were born prematurely however it is more likely that Alexandra misled Queen Victoria on the delivery dates said that the queen would not be present during the births of her children during the birth of Louise Alexandra contracted rheumatic fever which threatened her life though she recovered she was left with a permanent limp the German invasion of Slash Rick Holstein had a profound effect on Alexandra he grew to greatly dislike Germany she and her husband supported Denmark during the war which was a point of contention for her mother-in-law Queen Victoria and her sister-in-law Crown Princess Victoria Alexandra was popular amongst the English she appeared dignified charming and affectionate she greatly enjoyed dancing ice skating and hunting much to her mother-in-law's dismay with her husband Alexandra went on many International tours such as tours to Ireland Austria Egypt and Greece The Prince and Princess of Wales set up residence in Sandringham house and Marlborough house their marriage was mostly happy although Albert didn't give his wife as much love and affection as she would have liked they became closer when Albert almost died from typhoid fever in 1671 and their youngest son Alexander John died Alexandra and Albert wanted privacy when their youngest son died but Queen Victoria insisted on a period of Court mourning and a funeral for the infant which the Press saw as a sickening memory Alexandra mostly looked the other way as her husband had Liaisons with other women and was perpetually unfaithful to her throughout her life Alexandra suffered from several physical disabilities she suffered from Progressive deafness autosclerosis and a limp when the ladies of her court and Society at large saw that Alexandra had a limply adopted a similar limb in it as fashionable three years in the late 1870s Alexandra remained separated from her two sons as her sons went on a worldwide Cruise as part of their Naval and general education Alexandra shared herself to be an affectionate and loving mother who wrote regularly to them in 1881 Alexandra and Albert Edwards traveled to Russia to represent British at the funeral of Alexander II of Russia and to comfort Alexandra's sister dogmar who became the Sarina Alexandra undertook many public duties for the queen and became the public face of the monarchy along with her husband in 1892 her eldest son Eddie Duke of Clarence and Avondale died after Contracting influenza Alexandra fell into a deep morning and had his room and possessions kept exactly as he had left them similar to how Queen Victoria had reacted to her husband Prince Albert's death in 1861. Queen Victoria passed away in 1901 and Albert Edward and Alexandra became the king and queen of the United Kingdom that same year Alexander and her husband cared for their grandchildren while her son George and his wife Mary went on an extensive tour of the British Empire days before the scheduled coordination in June 1902 Albert Edward now Edward VII fell ill with appendicitis the coronation was postponed so Edward VII could recover from his surgery Alexandra stood in for the king during a military parade and the Royal Ascot races to avoid public alarm in August 1902 the coronation was held and Alexandra and Edward were crowned together Alexandra's duties changed little and she kept on the same servants when she became Queen in December 1903 Alexandra's woman of the bed chamber Charlotte nollis saved the Queen's life after her room began to fill with smoke she roused Alexandra and brought her to safety after Alexandra's father died Alexandra and her sister Dogma bought a villa in Denmark in order to retain their family links they used it as a private getaway Alexandra was denied access to her husband's papers and was excluded from some foreign tours and politics in 1910 Alexandra attended a debate at the British House of Commons becoming the first queen consort to visit the House of Commons during a visit to her brother George the first of Greece her husband fell ill Alexandra arrived back in England only the day before her husband died on his deathbed she nursed him and allowed his mistress Alice kappel to visit Albert died on the 6th of May 1910. Alexandra refused to allow his body to be moved and only after over a week did she agree to have his body removed she moved out of Buckingham Palace to Marble House and retained Sandringham house until her death Alexandra did not attend her son's coronation in 1911 which was customary it was normal for a crowned queen not to return the coronation of another king or queen she continued to work for the monarchy in 1918 a few star Nicholas II and his family were assassinated she had her sister Dogma rescued from Russia in 1919. dogmar and Alexandra spent some time together throughout her senior years Alexandra remained youthful in her appearance but eventually the years caught up to her from 1920 she suffered from partial blindness accompanied by profound deafness Alexandra passed away on the 20th of November 1925 from a heart attack Chilean state of Westminster Abbey before being buried beside her husband in Saint George's Chapel in Windsor Castle George the first of the Helens was born Prince Wilhelm of Slash Rick Holstein sonderberg luxberg on the 24th of December 1845 at the yellow Palace in Copenhagen in 1852 after his father became heir to the danged throne wilhelm's title was changed to Prince of Denmark vilham joined the Royal Danish Navy following his education at home he attended the Royal Danish Naval Academy alongside his brother Frederick in 1862 King Otto of Greece was deposed Greece began to luck for a new king as they still wanted a monarchy and had rejected Otto's proposed successor initially Prince Alfred Duke of Edinburgh was chosen but the London Conference of 1832 stipulated that no one from the ruling families of the great Powers could accept the Greek throne therefore Wilhelm was chosen as the next king on the 30th of March 1863 at the age of 17 ilham was elected as king and took the name of George the first his ceremonial enthronement was held on the 6th of June 1863 in Copenhagen George made visits to Russia England and France before arriving in Athens on the 30th of October 1863. he quickly learned Greek and dispatched his Danish advisors back to Denmark so as not to appeared to be influenced by Denmark throughout 1864 George toured the country and demanded that the Greek assembly adopt a new constitution on the 28th of November 1864 George took an oath to defend the new constitution establishing a constitutional monarchy George quickly became popular amongst the Greek people in 1863 while visiting Russia George met his future wife Grand Duchess Olga constantinovna of Russia four years later while visiting his sister darkmar who was married to the Future Sarah Alexander III of Russia George met Olga again by this time George was looking for a wife and a marriage to a Russian Grand Duchess would be advantageous Olga was smashing with George and they fell in love they were white in Saint Petersburg on the 27th of October 1867 and had eight children their children were raised in the Greek Orthodox faith their children were Constantine George Alexandra Nicholas Maria Olga Andrew and Christopher their daughter Olga passed away in infancy the king and his family lived primarily in tashui Palace located on a 10 000 acre estate outside Athens bought by the king in the 1870s he established a winery a Danish styled dairy farm and a royal Cemetery George also acquired man repos a villa on the Isle of Corfu in 1864 which the family used as a summer residence it is best known today as the birthplace of George's grandson Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh who was born there in 1921. Georgia's early Reign saw constant upheaval with 21 different governments in 10 years attempts to return the Isle of Creech to Greek control went unsuccessful which caused tension amongst the Greek people following the Russia Turkish war of 1877 to 1878 Greece claimed Crete and the regions of the purus and thessaly all under ottoman rule eventually the Ottomans ceded thessally the political climate increase remained tense and the Greek population of Crete revolted against Turkish rule in 1897. the great Powers stepped in both Greek and Turkish forces were asked to withdraw and Krish came under International control will the Turks agreed the Greek government refused and sent troops to take the island when forces crossed the Macedonian border war broke out Greece lost severely and following the defeat King George lost much of his popularity and support and even considered abdication the following year in February 1898 an assassination attempt was made on the king and his daughter Maria while riding in an open carriage both were unharmed and he received an increase in support in the first Balkan war of 1912 Greece joined forces with Montenegro Serbia and Bulgaria and fighting against turkey this time Greece was successful and on the 12th of November 1912 they took the city of Thessaloniki three days later George arrived and rode through the streets accompanied by his son Constantine and the prime minister with his golden jubilee approaching George the first planned to abdicate following the celebrations however on the 18th of March 1913 George was assassinated after being shot at close range in the back he died instantly his body returned to Athens where it Lane stayed for three days draped in both the Greek and danish Flags his coffin was interred in the Royal Cemetery at tashaway Maria federovna Empress of Russia was born princess stalkmar of Slash Rick Holstein sanderberg luxberg on the 26th of November 1847 at the yellow Palace she was the second daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of hersa Castle from 1852 she was known as Princess dogma of Denmark dogmark grew up in a happy family environment her parents placed great emphasis on giving their children a simple upbringing but also placed great emphasis on the Royal duties Dogma was closest to her sister Alexandra and they remained close throughout their adult lives in 1864 sarovic Nicholas alexandrovic proposed dogmar which she accepted however he suffered from ill health and passed away from meningitis on the 24th of April 1865. his last wish was for dogmar to marry his brother Alexander dogmar had already started to learn the Russian language and Was preparing for her conversion to the Russian Orthodox religion in June 1866 Alexander proposed dogbar and they were wed on the 9th of November 1866. after Dogma converted to the Orthodox faith Dogma took the name Maria federovna they moved into anichkov palace where they would live for the next 15 years they had six children together Nicholas Alexander George Xenia Michael and Olga Maria was popular in Russian Society she did not dabble in politics much and devoted herself to her Family Charities and social activities on the 13th of March 1881 Alexander's father Alexander II was assassinated in Saint Petersburg Alexander succeeded to the Russian throne and the Imperial Boyle family moved to Kachina Palace which provided greater protection Alexander and Maria's coronation was also held in strict security Maria and Alexander were extremely conservative and Maria sought to encourage foreign policy that favored Denmark and not Germany Maria was anti-german because of the annexation of the previously Danish slash Rick Holstein duchies to Prussia in 1864. in addition she tried to get Russia to develop relations with the United Kingdom where her sister was currently the Princess of Wales Alexander and Maria who often visited Denmark and enjoyed their time there because the atmosphere was more relaxed and they were under less stringent security in 1885 Alexandra bought a house near edensburg Palace and it became known as the emperor's Villa Maria owned the house until her death in 1928 when her daughter Olga sold the house on the 1st of November 1894 Alexander died from nephritis their son Nicholas became the last emperor of Russia and married Princess Alex of Hessa on Maria's birthday just eight days after Alexander was buried Maria often offered advice to her son during the early days of his Reign Maria did not get along with her new daughter-in-law Alex or as she was known then Alexandra federovna Maria was still considered Russia's first lady and this strained the relationship between the old empress and the new empress Maria was also more popular than Alexandra and enjoyed her role as first lady as time went on Maria's political views changed she saw the discontent and revolutionary events that occurred in Russia and thought there should be a democratic representative government however Nicholas retained his absolute power and soon Maria stopped being his political advisor replaced with his wife when the Russian Revolution broke out during the first world war in 1917. Maria was in Kiev after Nicholas abdicated she saw him one last time and after some reflection she went to Crimea where members of the Imperial family had several summer homes here she witnessed the October Revolution and in 1918 she received the news that her son and his family had been murdered being in Crimea became precarious nephew George V sent the warship HMS Marlborough to her 25 other romanovs accompanied her over to England after a short stay in London Maria moved to Denmark where she stayed in ameliamborg Palace for a Time she eventually settled in a holiday Villa she and Alexandra had bought together in 1906. Maria some remaining years were overshadowed by the many deaths of her immediate family Maria held out hope that her sons Nicholas and Michael her dolce-in-law and grandchildren had survived the revolution on the 13th of October 1928 Maria passed away and was interred at rush Guild Cathedral she had wished that she would be buried beside her husband in 2005 Queen margareth II of Denmark and the Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed along with their governments that Maria's wish should be fulfilled her remains were transported to Saint Petersburg and entered next to her husband on the 28th of September 2006. princess Tura Crown Princess of Hanover was the youngest daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of hassa Castle she was born on the 29th of September 1853 at the yellow Palace in Copenhagen shortly before her birth her father was chosen as the heir to the Danish Throne satura was the princess of Denmark from birth had high hopes of successful marriage for thura however before any negotiations could occur Tula fell in love with the Danish Cavalry officer Wilhelm Freeman Marsha her mother knew of tura's interest but considered it a harmless flirtation however Tura and Wilhelm had relations and Tura became pregnant news of the pregnancy was restricted to the immediate family and Arrangements were made for Tura to be sent to Greece to stay with her brother George she gave birth to a daughter on the 8th of November 1871 and the baby was adopted by a Danish couple Marsha wanted to marry Tura astitura but due to his social status this was forbidden by the king distraught over losing Tura and the baby martial took his life on the 4th of January 1872. it is not known how Tura reacted to his death as there was no record of her reaction but I can imagine she was devastated and heartbroken tuna was a leading candidate for marriage with Prince Arthur Duke of connacht the third son of Queen Victoria and brother-in-law of tourist sister Alexandra Queen Victoria put a stopped any negotiations as she thought a second British Danish Union would interfere with her pro-german leanings Tura was also considered as a potential second wife of King William II of the Netherlands however due to him being in his 60s and a Shameless womanizer chura rejected his proposal in the winter of 1875 Tura traveled to the United Kingdom to spend Christmas with her sister Alexandra and her family also visiting at this time was Ernst Augustus Crown Prince of Hanover although Hanover was annexed by Prussia and had no throne and Ernst Augustus was not considered to be eventually handsome he was kind and easy going and had a large Fortune Tura fell in love with Ernst Augustus apparently he knew of her daughter and still wished to marry her chura's parents along with Alexandra arranged a meeting in Frankfurt between Tura and Ernst Augustus in early 1878 and they became engaged on the 21st of December 1878 tuna and Ernst Augustus were married in Copenhagen they moved into slosh Cumberland and had six children together Mary Louise George Wilhelm Alexandra Olga Christian and Ernst Augustus Tura struggled with her mental health during her marriage it didn't help that her husband disliked Gatherings and wasn't very social which isolated the family nevertheless the marriage was a happy one that lasted until Ernst Augustus death in 1923. although she was never a queen an official capacity chura was the titular Queen consort of Hanover as her husband had never renounced his rights to the throne chura was also the ancestor of King Constantine II of Greece and King Felipe VI of Spain tudora passed away on the 26th of February 1933 and was buried beside her husband at their family mausoleum Voldemort of Denmark was born on the 27th of October 1858 at bernstorff Castle in Copenhagen when Voldemort was five years old his father became king of Denmark valdemar was educated at home by governesses and tutors in 1874 he accompanied his father to Iceland to celebrate 1 000 years since Iceland's first settlement in 874. the following his confirmation in 1874 valdemar enrolled at the Royal Danish Naval Academy it was expected of him as the youngest son of the king that he would have a career in the military Voldemort participated in several Naval Expeditions in the 1870s reaching the rank of lieutenant in 1880 in 1883 Voldemort's 14 year old nephew Prince George of Greece and Denmark enrolled at the Academy and they lived together at bernstorf Palace during this time George would later tell his fiancee that he developed a strong friendship with his uncle and had felt abandoned by his father at that time in 1885 Voldemort became engaged to princess Marie of Orleans they married first in a civil ceremony in Paris on the 20th of October 1885 and then two days later a religious ceremony and reception was held at the Chateau do over a thousand guests attended the wedding and reception valdemar remained Lutheran while Marie remained Catholic when the pope gave us permission for the marriage he agreed on the condition that any daughters born from the marriage would be raised Catholic and any sons would be raised Lutheran the couple lived in the yellow palace and burnsdorf castle they had four sons and one daughter EGA Axel Eric Vigo and Margaretta three of their sons had unequal marriages and relinquished their position within the line of succession as they had not obtained consent from the monarch Voldemort had a lifelong Naval career which meant he was often away from home he was appointed vice admiral in 1911 an admiral in 1918. voldemar was offered two European Thrones Bulgaria and Norway which she rejected his wife Marie passed away on the 4th of December 1909 after a long illness voldemar was away from home at the time on a long Naval voyage he would survive his wife by 30 years dying on the 14th of January 1939 at the age of 80.

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