#fredensborg palace

[queenalexandraofdenmark]

Princess Margrethe of Denmark with her father, Prince Valdemar of Denmark at Fredensborg Palace, mids 191Os.

[queenalexandraofdenmark]

The way Margaret looks at her papa🥺❤️‍🩹

Prince George of Greece and Denmark with his uncle Prince Valdemar of Denmark and Valdemar’s daughter Princess Margrethe (later Princess of Bourbon-Parma) at Fredensborg Palace in 1903

📸: Den Kongelige Fotografisamling, Kongernes Samling

[mathsandwhiteroses]

Royal Autumn 2024 Challenge: Day 22

Favourite royal residence(s)

Alcazar of Seville, Seville, Spain

Drottningholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden

Château de Marchais, Ainse, France

Fischbach Castle, Fischbach, Luxembourg

Ciergnon Castle, Ciergnon, Belgium

Fredensborg Palace, Fredensborg, Denmark

Drakensteyn Castle, Lage Vuursche, Netherlands

Gamlehaugen, Bergen, Norway

Sandringham, Norfolk, UK

[charlotte-of-wales]

New photographs of Queen Margrethe of Denmark have been released by the royal court on the occasion of her 84th birthday today. The photographs were taken at Fredensborg Palace by Keld Navntoft | April 16, 2024

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100 years ago:

Fredensborg Palace, Fredensborg, Island of Zealand, Denmark,

© Dennis Jacobsen

[gabriellademonaco]

Queen Mary’s Engagements in May 2024:

02/05: Presentation of the Crown Princess Mary Scholarship

02/05: Official Start of Summer Cruise on Royal Yacht Dannebrog - Helsingør

02/05: Official Welcome at Fredensborg

03/05: Changing of the Guards at Fredensborg

06/05: State Visit to Sweden - Official Welcome, Lunch

06/05: State Visit to Sweden - Meeting with Parliament Speaker, Meeting with Prime Minister

06/05: State Visit to Sweden - Royal Institute of Technology

06/05: State Visit to Sweden - Gala Dinner

07/05: State Visit to Sweden - Prince Eugen's Waldemarsudde

07/05: State Visit to Sweden - Lunch at Stockholm City Hall

07/05: State Visit to Sweden - Forskaren Life Science Centre

07/05: State Visit to Sweden - Nordic Museum & Tree-planting

07/05: State Visit to Sweden - Return Event on Dannebrog, Official Farewell

14/05: State Visit to Norway - Official Welcome, Arrival at Royal Palace

14/05: State Visit to Norway - Wreath laying at the National Monument 

14/05: State Visit to Norway - Visit to the Norwegian Parliaement, Meeting with President of the Parliament

14/05: State Visit to Norway - Oslo Science City and MiNaLab

14/05: State Visit to Norway - Gala Dinner

15/05: State Visit to Norway - Østmarka National Park

15/05: State Visit to Norway - Meeting with Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre

15/05: State Visit to Norway - The Government's Lunch at Akershus Castle

15/05: State Visit to Norway - Architecture walk on the waterfront in Oslo

15/05: State Visit to Norway - Return Event on Dannebrog

16/05: Receiving UNHCR's High Commissioner, Filippo Grandi

20/05: Royal Run 2024

22/05: Global Fashion Summit

26/05: The King's Birthday Balcony Appearance

30/05: Mary Foundation Annual Board Meeting

30/05: Léonie Sonning Music Award

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Queen Letizia and King Felipe sign their names in a window that will be displayed at Fredensborg Palace to commemorate their State Visit to Denmark in the presence of Queen Margrethe II.

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King Frederik X of Denmark, Prince Vincent of Denmark and Princess Josephine of Denmark, taken by Queen Mary of Denmark, pose for a picture to wish the Danish football team good luck during their first match of the UEFA European Football Championship 2024 in Germany against Slovenia, at Fredensborg Palace in Fredensborg, Denmark -June 16th 2024.

📷 : Queen Mary of Denmark/Det Danske Kongehus.

[duchesssoflennox]

MARRIAGE OF KING HAAKON VII AND QUEEN MAUD OF NORWAY🥺🤍💍

Prince Carl, the second son of then-Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark and Princess Louise of Sweden, was born at the Charlottenlund Palace on August 3, 1872 and was christened Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel. Maud, meanwhile, was the youngest daughter of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) and Princess Alexandra of Denmark. Both Frederick and Alexandra were children of King Christian IX of Denmark.

At a young age, Carl was not expected to become king because he was a second son. So, he built a career in the military, where he served as a naval officer at the Royal Danish Naval Academy in Copenhagen. Maud, meanwhile, was the liveliest of Edward and Alexandra's three daughters. She fell in love with Prince Francis of Teck, the younger brother of her sister-in-law, the future Queen Mary .Francis and Maud exchanged several letters, however, as time passed, it became clear that the love was one-sided as Francis had no interest in Maud.🥲💔

As cousins, Maud and Carl often met, especially during family gatherings. Rumours eventually circulated within the family that the two might get married. Carl proposed during a reunion at Fredensborg Castle and Maud accepted. Their engagement was announced on October 29, 1895. Princess Alexandra was initially hesitant of the engagement because Maud was 3 years older than Carl, She only relented when she realized that Carl would prove to be the right husband for her sea-loving daughter.🌊🤍

The engagement delighted Queen Victoria (Maud's grandmother). According to Queen Victoria's Maid of Honour, news of their engagement “…caused much excitement at Balmoral…and has been the cause of much telegraphing…The Queen is delighted and healths were drunk at dinner.” 

The wedding was set on July 22, 1896. The wedding was almost delayed after Prince Henry of Battenberg's untimely death, but it was finally decided that the wedding should go on as scheduled and that Princess Beatrice (Maud's aunt and Prince Henry's wife) and her children would not attend. European royals converged in London for this wedding. Members of both the British and Danish royal families were present, as well as their Greek, German, Russian, and Swedish relatives. The bride wore a simple dress fashioned by Miss Rosalie Whyte of the Royal Female School of Art. It had a long train and was made of pure white English satin which was woven in Spitalfields, a section of London known for its weaving. She wore the Princess of Wales' wedding veil and instead of a tiara, she adored her hair with flowers.

Queen Victoria recorded in her Journal: ‘After the Benediction, Maud came forward to her parents & then to me & I kissed both her & the Bridegroom’.

the famous royal painter LAURITS REGNER TUXEN painted the wedding using the photos taken at the wedding! Queen Victoria gave the painting as a present to Maud's parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales.🥺❤️‍🩹

[hoppityhopster23]

On Frederick VI's Childhood.

(I will start with a quick note that I'm writing about him before his regency began in 1784.)

The start of Fredericks's Life was rough, and for at least two years of his life, he was raised in a method that in the 21st century would be considered neglect, if not child abuse. However, it's also believed to have created his notable gruff, hardened, and stubborn personality.

He was born to King Christian VII and Queen Caroline Mathilde in 1768. Both were under 20 years old at the time, being 19 and 16 respectively. Christian VII was so uninterested in his queen that his aides had to step in in order for there to be an heir. That being said, before her affair, she was a relatively doting mother to the then Crown Prince Frederick.

Things did change when he was about 2 years old. Struensee, Physician to the mentally ill king and the lover of the queen (possible father of the Crown Prince's sister) rose to power and became the de facto ruler of the country from the years 1770 to 1772, when Frederick was 2-4 years old.

Both Struensee and the Queen believed Frederick to be weak, so his "education" was relatively harsh. He was raised in Hirschholm Palace, and the way he was brought up, based on Rosseau's work, Émile, ou De l’éducation, was neglectful and abusive for him and his companion, a commoner boy named Carl. The boys were treated equally and left to their own devices, and servants were not allowed to help or even speak to them. This meant that they had to deal with disputes on their own. It was to the point where the boys had to help each other dress and undress.

The crown prince could only bathe in Ice baths, and eat cold fruit, bread, milk, rice, and potatoes. They weren't given candles, even in the short winters, and their rooms were left unheated. They were also forced to go barefoot and wear thin clothing; They were also given thin blankets, year around. It has been said that the Crown Prince was cold to the point where he had chill blains.

This isn't even the worst of it. Both boys never knew when they were going to eat, and the Crown prince, who had difficulties walking up staircases, was forced to practice by having a set of stairs built in the boys' room, where they would put his food atop it, and he had to climb up them to eat. He was not helped when he fell down said stairs.

This child-rearing method likely gave him rickets, stunted his growth, and made it so could not speak properly for his age. But it was effective. Struensee and the Queen wanted a tougher crown prince, and they got it; the treatment made the 4-year-old crown prince a hard and merciless child. (I will say this does calm a little later in life, as he was kind to his people and family.)

Fortunately, in 1772, Struensee was accused of an assortment of crimes and beheaded. The Queen was not safe either, being exiled to the city of Celle. The dowager queen, Frederick's step-grandmother took over with her son (Frederick's half-uncle) and replaced Struensee. This led to yet another life change for the young crown prince. Despite having a terrible relationship with the dowager queen, who wanted her biological son on the throne, he was still treated much better than before.

For about a year and a half, Frederick had a nanny named Margrethe Numsen, who cared for him. He was greatly fond of her, going so far as to call her Mutter. I've found multiple reasons for her quick departure from Fredericks's life; It varies from her losing the favor of the dowager queen to those in charge believing the crown prince is best taught by men.

This then led to the boy being put under the care of a handful of men, the most notable being his Chamberlain, Johan Bülow. Bülow not only took care of him but even went so far as to secretly teach him foreign languages. He also slept next to the prince to watch over him and often saw his frequent nightmares and nightly anxiety attacks. He also established a small vegetable garden at Fredensborg that he and Frederick took care of.

Generally speaking, it is said that he was still clumsy with the stairs, and often got into fights with playmates, which led to him being isolated from people his age. He had a preference for war toys and disliked reading, only ever doing so when he was forced to. It is also said that the Crown prince was not intellectually gifted, but spoke like a grown man before he was of confirmation age.

Sources:

Margrethe Marie Thomasine Numsen

Caroline Matilda of Great Britain

Frederick VI of Denmark

Frederik VI by Jens Gunni Busck

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Queen Margrethe II of Denmark at a performance of the Royal Ballet in Fredensborg Palace Garden - 13.06.23

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100 years ago:

Fredensborg Palace, Fredensborg, Island of Zealand, Denmark,

Photo: Fredensborg Palace, Denmark

[mythologer]

Peder Mønsted (Danish painter) 1859 - 1941

Romantiskt Par i Fredensborgs Slottspark (Romantic Scene from Fredensborgs Park), 1894

oil on canvas

85 x 33 cm. (33.46 x 12.99 in.)

signed P Mönsted and dated -94

private collection

The subject of this painting is taken from Fredenborg garden. The Royal Palace is situated just outside Copenhagen, and have a sumptuous baroque park facility. The castle's northern façade is visible in the fund behind the young couple who settled at the statue "Perseus and Andromeda".

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FLASHBACKS

🇩🇰 On the evening of their official engagement, a gala dinner was held at Fredensborg Palace in honor of HRH Crown Prince Frederik and Mary Donaldson.

[charlotte-of-wales]

NEWS: Margrethe was discharged from Rigshospitalet today and is now back in her home at Fredensborg Palace.

On Wednesday evening, Queen Margrethe was admitted to the hospital after a fall, which unfortunately resulted in an injury concerning the vertebrae of the neck as well as a fracture in the left hand. As a result of the fall, the left hand is now in a plaster cast, and The Queen will need to wear a stiff neck collar in the coming months.

Queen Margrethe is in good spirits and is doing well under the circumstances but will, however, be on sick leave for a longer period. This also means that The Queen's presence at a number of arrangements is cancelled for some time to come.

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Crown Princess Margrethe in the grounds of the Fredensborg Palace, 1964 ..