HM King Frederik VIII of Denmark

Date & place of birth June 3, 1843 Yellow Palace, Amalienborg, Coenhagen
Born as HSH Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
Names Christian Frederik Vilhelm Carl

Father King Christian IX of Denmark (then Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg)
Mother Princess Luise of Hesse-Kassel (Queen Louise of Denmark)





Royal house Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
Heir apparent Crown Prince of Denmark November 15, 1862-January 12, 1906
Reign January 29, 1906-May 12, 1912
Tenure 5 years 123 days
Predecessor King Christian IX of Denmark (son)
Successor King Christian X of Denmark (son)





Siblings (5)
Eldest of six children (2 brothers, 3 sisters)
Princess Alexandra of Denmark (Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom)
Prince Vilhelm of Denmark (King George I of the Hellenes)
Princess Dagmar of Denmark (Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia)
Princess Thyra of Denmark (Crown Princess Ernst of Hanover)
Prince Valdemar of Denmark





Married July 28, 1869 Royal Palace, Stockholm
Spouse Princess Lovisa of Sweden





Issue (8)
(4 sons, 4 daughters)
Crown Prince Christian of Denmark (King Christian X of Denmark)
Prince Carl of Denmark (King Haakon VII of Norway)
Princess Louise of Denmark (Princess Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe)
Prince Harald of Denmark
Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (Princess Carl of Sweden)
Princess Thyra of Denmark
Prince Gustav of Denmark
Princess Dagmar of Denmark (Mrs. Castenskjold)





Grandchildren (19)
(10 grandsons, 9 granddaughers)
Princess Marie Luise of Schaumburg-Lippe
Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe
King Frederik IX of Denmark
Princess Margaretha of Sweden
Princess Stephanie of Schaumburg-Lippe
Prince Knud of Denmark
Princess Martha of Sweden (Crown Princess of Norway)
Prince Alexander of Denmark (King Olav V of Norway)
Princess Astrid of Sweden (Queen Astrid of the Belgians)
Princess Feodora of Denmark
Prince Carl of Sweden
Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark
Princess Alexandrine-Louise of Denmark
Prince Gorm of Denmark
Prince Olu of Denmark
Carl Castenskjold
Christian Castenskjold
Jorgen Castenskjold
Dagmar Castenskjold





Died May 12, 1912 Hamburg, Germany (age 68)
Place of burial Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde

*Died while taking a walk





Titles
HSH Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
HH Prince of Denmark (July 31, 1853-November 15, 1863)
HRH Prince of Denmark
HRH Crown Prince of Denmark
HM King of Denmark





Paternal grandparents
Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel

Paternal great-grandparents
Duke Karl Ludwig of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Countess Frederike of Schlieben
Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Kassel
Princess Louise of Denmark





Maternal grandparents
Wilhelm, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark

Maternal great-grandparents
Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Kassel
Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen
Hereditary Prince Fredrick of Denmark
Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin