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FREDERICK VIII

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 52 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FREDERICK VIII . (1843– ), See also:king of See also:Denmark, eldest son of King See also:Christian IX., was See also:born at See also:Copenhagen on the 3rd of See also:June 1843. As See also:crown See also:prince of Denmark he took See also:part in the See also:war of 1864 against See also:Austria and See also:Prussia, and subsequently assisted his See also:father in the duties of See also:government, becoming king on Christian's See also:death in See also:January 1906. In 1869 Frederick married See also:Louise (b. 1851), daughter of See also:Charles XV., king of See also:Sweden, by whom he had a See also:family of four sons and four daughters. His eldest son Christian, crown prince of Denmark (b. 1870), was married in 1898 to Alexandrina (b. 1879), daughter of Frederick See also:Francis III., See also:grand-See also:duke of See also:Mecklenburg-See also:Schwerin; and his second son, Charles (b. 1872), who married his See also:cousin Maud, daughter of See also:Edward VII. of See also:Great See also:Britain, became king of See also:Norway as See also:Haakon VII. in 1905.

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