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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– ), king of Denmark, eldest son of King Christian IX., was born at Copenhagen on the 3rd of
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June 1843 . As
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crown prince of Denmark he took
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part in the war of 1864 against Austria and Prussia, and subsequently assisted his
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father in the duties of government, becoming king on Christian's
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death in
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January 1906 . In 1869 Frederick married Louise (b . 1851), daughter of Charles XV., king of Sweden, by whom he had a
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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 Francis III.,
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grand-duke of
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Mecklenburg-Schwerin; and his second son, Charles (b . 1872), who married his cousin Maud, daughter of
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Edward VII. of
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Great Britain, became king of Norway as Haakon VII. in 1905 .

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