Ferdinand of Denmark
Friedrich Ferdinand of Denmark ( Danish Frederik Ferdinand, arveprins til Danmark ) (born November 22, 1792 in Copenhagen ; † June 29, 1863 ibid) was the grandson of King Frederick V (Denmark and Norway) and Prince of Denmark from 1848 to his death Crown Prince ( Arveprins ). He was the penultimate male representative of the older line of the House of Oldenburg , which was one of the triggers for the Schleswig-Holstein question , the London Protocol (1852) and the German-Danish War in 1864.
Life
Prince Ferdinand was the youngest child of Prince Friedrich of Denmark (1753–1805) and his wife Sophie Friederike (1758–1794), daughter of Prince Ludwig of Mecklenburg . Friedrich was the central figure in the opposition to Count Struensee and a capable member of the government for his mentally ill half-brother Christian VII. After the fall of Struensee in 1772, he was appointed official regent, while the actual rulers in Denmark were his mother Juliane Marie and his former teacher Ove Høegh-Guldberg were. After his cousin Friedrich VI came to power. In 1784, however, his political career came to an end. Since Friedrich VI. but remained without male descendants, Prince Friedrich and his sons remained as the next agnates at the head of the line of succession .
After the destruction of Christiansborg Palace by fire on February 26, 1794, Ferdinand grew up in Amalienborg Palace and, in the summer, in Sorgefri Palace .
On August 1, 1829, he married the daughter of his cousin, the king, Princess Caroline , who was already 35 years old at the time, at Frederiksberg Palace in Copenhagen.
When Friedrich VI. Ferdinand's older brother died in 1839 and became King of Denmark as Christian VIII . Since the number of male members of the royal house who were entitled to the throne remained small, Christian VIII tried the succession regulation contained in the Danish royal law of 1665, according to which the female line was also entitled to inheritance - in this case Christian's niece Louise of Hesse , the daughter of his sister Louise Charlotte of Denmark - also to be enforced for the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, because the personal union between Denmark and the duchies would have ended due to the different succession. This subsequently led to the Schleswig-Holstein survey .
After Christian VIII's death on January 20, 1848, his only surviving son, Frederick VII, succeeded him, and Ferdinand, his 16-year-old uncle, was the next agnate to become Crown Prince of Denmark. The further succession was regulated in the London Protocol (1852) and following it in the Danish Succession Act of July 31, 1853. Ferdinand died childless in 1863 five months before the king, whose three marriages had all remained childless. According to the London Protocol, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg was now named Christian IX. danish king. The November Constitution , which was passed at the same time , triggered the German-Danish War in 1864.
Ferdinand was very popular in Copenhagen, he also during the cholera - epidemic had remained in the city. 1853
He was buried in Roskilde Cathedral.
Awards
- Elephant Order on November 22nd, 1800
- Grand Commander of the Dannebrog Order on August 1, 1854
- Black Eagle Order
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor
- Grand Cross of the House Order of Albrecht the Bear
ancestors
literature
- Alexander Thorsøe: Ferdinand (Frederik F.) . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 5 : Faaborg – Gersdorff . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1891, p. 125-127 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Eduard Maria Oettinger : History of the Danish Court, from Christian II to Friedrich VII. Volume 6, Hoffmann & Campe, Hamburg 1858, p. 326.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ferdinand of Denmark |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Denmark, Friedrich Ferdinand von (full name); Arveprins, Ferdinand von; Danmark, Frederik Ferdinand, arveprins til |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Crown Prince of Denmark |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1792 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 29, 1863 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |