Christian (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg) af Danmark (1818 - 1906)

Born 8 Apr 1818 in Gottorp Castle, Schleswig, Duchy of Schleswig

Ancestors

Husband of Louise Wilhelmine Friederike Caroline Auguste Julie (Hessen-Kassel) af Hessen-Kassel — married 26 May 1842 in København, Danmark

Descendants

Died 29 Jan 1906 at age 87 in Amalienborg, København, Danmark

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Biography

1818 apr 8 born Gottorp, Germany

1906 jan 29 passed away in Copenhagen, Denmark

Christian IX, (born April 8, 1818, Gottorp, Schleswig—died Jan. 29, 1906, Copenhagen), Danish king who came to the throne at the height of a crisis over Schleswig-Holstein in 1863 and who later resisted the advance of full parliamentary government in Denmark.

Christian was the son of Duke William of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (and after 1825 Duke of Glücksburg). He entered the Danish army in 1835, serving in the Schleswig War (1848–50). In 1842 he married Louise of Hesse-Kassel, cousin of the childless Danish king, Frederick VII, and he was named successor to the throne of Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein, and Lauenburg in the London protocol of 1852. When Christian came to the throne at Frederick’s death in November 1863, he was forced by popular feeling in Denmark to sign the November constitution, which incorporated Schleswig into the state and made war with the German states inevitable.

In the years after the disastrous war of 1864, Christian IX supported conservative minority governments against the ever-expanding democratic forces in Denmark. He finally submitted to them in 1901 by appointing a majority cabinet. This change brought full parliamentary government to Denmark.

Sources

• Wikipedia:Christian IX of Denmark
• Lundskov.dk Konger & Fyrster
• Christian IX of Denmark on Find A Grave: Memorial #8509562 Retrieved 20 sep 2016.
• Wikidata: Item Q151305

• Source Dna Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup R1a1a1b1a
• Denmark Marriages, 1635-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FK67-V65 : 20 February 2020), Christian, 1842.
• Denmark Census, 1845," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLRK-S7GK : 11 May 2019), Christian Glucksborg, København, Danmark; from "Denmark Census, 1845," database and images, MyHeritage ( https://www.myheritage.com : 2016), film 01922; citing household 000017528, Rigsarkivet, København (The Danish National Archives), Copenhagen; FHL microfilm .