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Christian VIII
Portrait by Johan Vilhelm Gertner, 1845
King of Denmark
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Reign
3 December 1839 – 20 January 1848
Coronation
28 June 1840 Frederiksborg Palace Chapel
Predecessor
Frederick VI
Successor
Frederick VII
King of Norway
Reign
17 May – 10 October 1814
Predecessor
Frederick VI
Successor
Charles II
Born
(1786-09-18)18 September 1786 Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen
Died
20 January 1848(1848-01-20) (aged 61) Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen
Burial
Roskilde Cathedral
Spouses
Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
(m. 1806; div. 1810)
Caroline Amalie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Augustenburg
(m. 1815)
Issue
Frederick VII
Names
Christian Frederick
House
Oldenburg
Father
Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (officially) Frederick von Blücher (rumored)
Mother
Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Religion
Lutheranism
Signature
Christian VIII (18 September 1786 – 20 January 1848) was King of Denmark from 1839 to 1848 and, as Christian Frederick, King of Norway in 1814.[1]
Christian Frederick was the eldest son of Hereditary Prince Frederick, a younger son of King Frederick V of Denmark and Norway. As his cousin Frederick VI had no sons, Christian Frederick was heir presumptive to the throne from 1808.
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