Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark
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| Born | 22 November 1792 Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Died | 29 June 1863 (aged 70) Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |
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Frederick Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (
Early life
Prince Ferdinand was born at
His uncle King Christian VII being mentally unstable, his father had acted as regent after the fall of Johann Friedrich Struensee in 1772. But after the coup of 1784, when the king's son Crown Prince Frederick took power and regency, Hereditary Prince Frederick had been without influence at the court. However, Crown Prince Frederick being without male heirs, Hereditary Prince Frederick and his sons were in the immediate line of succession to the throne.
When Christiansborg Palace was destroyed by fire in 1794, the young Prince and his family moved to
Marriage
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Prince Ferdinand married at
Later life
The number of male members of the Royal House was so low in those decades that Ferdinand himself was always very close to the succession. At the death of his brother Christian VIII in 1848, the aged Ferdinand became heir presumptive.
Ferdinand died childless, which was one of the reasons why the
Ancestry
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References
Citations
Bibliography
- Bramsen, Bo (1985). Ferdinand og Caroline : en beretning om prinsen, der nødig ville være konge af Danmark [Ferdinand and Caroline: an account of the prince who was reluctant to be king of Denmark] (in Danish) (4th ed.). ISBN 8787439220.
- Thorsøe, Alexander (1891). "Ferdinand, Arveprins". In Bricka, Carl Frederik (ed.). Dansk Biografisk Lexikon, tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. Vol. XVIII (1st ed.). Copenhagen: Gyldendal. pp. 125–127.
External links
- The Danish Monarchy Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
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1 Also prince of Norway 2 Also prince of Greece 3 Also prince of Iceland 4 Also prince of the United Kingdom 5 Not Danish prince by birth, but created prince of Denmark Princes that lost their title are shown in italics | ||
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