Wilhelmine of Denmark
Wilhelmine Marie of Denmark ( Danish Vilhelmine Marie ; born January 18, 1808 in Kiel , † May 30, 1891 in Glücksburg ) was a princess of Denmark and Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg .
Life
Wilhelmine was the youngest daughter of King Friedrich VI. von Denmark and Norway and Marie von Hessen-Kassel born in Kiel. At the age of twenty she was married to her cousin, Prince Frederik, who later became King Frederick VII of Denmark , on November 1, 1828, in the palace church of Christiansborg in Copenhagen . With this marriage, two lines of the Danish royal family were united, which had a cool relationship with each other since 1814. The marriage was also greeted and celebrated with great enthusiasm by the people. This enthusiasm lasted for months and was also reflected in poems, stories and festivals.
However, the connection soon proved to be unfortunate. Frederik's dissolute life, in particular, led the couple to separate in 1834 and divorced three years later, on September 4, 1837.
A year later Wilhelmine was married to her cousin, who was five years her junior, Duke Karl of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg . He was the older brother of the future King Christian IX. from Denmark . In 1848 Karl took part as brigade chief on the Schleswig-Holstein side in the war of 1848-1851 ( three-year war ) against Denmark, which led to a break in Wilhelmine's relations with the Danish royal family. Karl returned from military service in the summer of 1848 and the couple lived in Dresden until 1852. This year there was again a reconciliation with the relatives in Denmark. From then on, Wilhelmine and her husband stayed mainly at the castles of Kiel and Louisenlund , especially after their brother-in-law Christian had acceded to the throne. In 1864 the Duchy of Glücksburg became Prussian and Karl lost his title of duke. The couple retired to Glücksburg Castle , which the German Kaiser left to the former ducal house. On October 24, 1878, Karl died at Glücksburg Castle. Wilhelmine survived him by thirteen years and was buried at his side in the ducal mausoleum in the city cemetery.
Both of Wilhelmine's marriages remained childless.
literature
- Oswald Hauser , Waltraud Hunke , Wolfgang J. Müller : The House of Glücksburg and Europe . Mühlau, Kiel 1988, ISBN 3-87559-058-9 .
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| SURNAME | Wilhelmine of Denmark |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wilhelmine of Denmark and Norway |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish princess and duchess of Glücksburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kiel |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 1891 |
| Place of death | Glücksburg |