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Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark
Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark and Norway (Danish: Vilhelmine af Danmark; German: Wilhelmine von Dänemark) (18 January 1808 – 30 May 1891) was a Princess of Denmark by birth as the daughter of King Frederick VI.
In 1828, she married her agnatic second cousin, the future King Frederick VII. The marriage was arranged for dynastic reasons with the aim of uniting the two branches of the Danish royal family, but ended in divorce in 1837. The following year, she married another cousin, Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, who was the eldest brother of the future King Christian IX. Both her marriages were childless.
Princess Vilhelmine Marie was born on 18 January 1808 as the sixth daughter and youngest child of Crown Prince Frederick and Princess Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel. Her father, Frederick, was the only son of King Christian VII, and had assumed the role as regent at the age of 16 in 1784 because his father, King Christian VII, had major psychological problems and was mentally incapable of functioning as king. She was born at Kiel Castle in the Danish-ruled Duchy of Holstein, where her parents had lived since 1805, in order to be close to the border because of the threatening proximity of Napoleon Bonaparte in Germany during the Napoleonic Wars. Her parents became king and queen in 1808.
Frederick and Marie had eight children, of which only two survived infancy: Vilhelmine Marie and her elder sister, Princess Caroline. Within two months of Vilhelmine Marie's birth, her grandfather died of a cerebral aneurysm and her father became king.
Princess Vilhelmine Marie was confirmed on 16 May 1824 in the chapel of Frederiksberg Palace outside Copenhagen.
Since her father had no surviving legitimate sons, Vilhelmine Marie was a very desirable bride. Among her suitors was the future Oscar I of Sweden of the newly established Bernadotte dynasty. On 28 May 1826, she was engaged to her second cousin, Prince Frederick of Denmark, the future King Frederick VII, who was a direct male-line descendant of King Frederick V through his second wife, Queen Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. The engagement was very popular as it united the two lines of the Royal House, which had been in a strained relationship since 1814.
The couple were married on 1 November 1828 by the royal confessor Jacob Peter Mynster at the chapel of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen. The public celebrations were unusually vivid, with illuminations, poems, public festivities, and a foundation, Vilhelmine-Stiftelsen, for the benefit of providing brides with suitable equipment. The Danish play Elves' Hill (Danish: Elverhøj) was commissioned by the King for the wedding and premiered on 6 November 1828.
It became evident, however, that the marriage was disastrous and unhappy: Frederick's debauched lifestyle, full of infidelity and heavy drinking, was said to have deeply hurt the 'female feelings' of the princess, who, being good hearted and mild, lacked character and influence over her husband. Her unhappy marriage concerned her parents, who felt sorry for her. The couple separated in 1834 and divorced in 1837.
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Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark
Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark and Norway (Danish: Vilhelmine af Danmark; German: Wilhelmine von Dänemark) (18 January 1808 – 30 May 1891) was a Princess of Denmark by birth as the daughter of King Frederick VI.
In 1828, she married her agnatic second cousin, the future King Frederick VII. The marriage was arranged for dynastic reasons with the aim of uniting the two branches of the Danish royal family, but ended in divorce in 1837. The following year, she married another cousin, Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, who was the eldest brother of the future King Christian IX. Both her marriages were childless.
Princess Vilhelmine Marie was born on 18 January 1808 as the sixth daughter and youngest child of Crown Prince Frederick and Princess Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel. Her father, Frederick, was the only son of King Christian VII, and had assumed the role as regent at the age of 16 in 1784 because his father, King Christian VII, had major psychological problems and was mentally incapable of functioning as king. She was born at Kiel Castle in the Danish-ruled Duchy of Holstein, where her parents had lived since 1805, in order to be close to the border because of the threatening proximity of Napoleon Bonaparte in Germany during the Napoleonic Wars. Her parents became king and queen in 1808.
Frederick and Marie had eight children, of which only two survived infancy: Vilhelmine Marie and her elder sister, Princess Caroline. Within two months of Vilhelmine Marie's birth, her grandfather died of a cerebral aneurysm and her father became king.
Princess Vilhelmine Marie was confirmed on 16 May 1824 in the chapel of Frederiksberg Palace outside Copenhagen.
Since her father had no surviving legitimate sons, Vilhelmine Marie was a very desirable bride. Among her suitors was the future Oscar I of Sweden of the newly established Bernadotte dynasty. On 28 May 1826, she was engaged to her second cousin, Prince Frederick of Denmark, the future King Frederick VII, who was a direct male-line descendant of King Frederick V through his second wife, Queen Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. The engagement was very popular as it united the two lines of the Royal House, which had been in a strained relationship since 1814.
The couple were married on 1 November 1828 by the royal confessor Jacob Peter Mynster at the chapel of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen. The public celebrations were unusually vivid, with illuminations, poems, public festivities, and a foundation, Vilhelmine-Stiftelsen, for the benefit of providing brides with suitable equipment. The Danish play Elves' Hill (Danish: Elverhøj) was commissioned by the King for the wedding and premiered on 6 November 1828.
It became evident, however, that the marriage was disastrous and unhappy: Frederick's debauched lifestyle, full of infidelity and heavy drinking, was said to have deeply hurt the 'female feelings' of the princess, who, being good hearted and mild, lacked character and influence over her husband. Her unhappy marriage concerned her parents, who felt sorry for her. The couple separated in 1834 and divorced in 1837.
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