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Biography of Frederick V King Denmark and Norway 1723-1766

Paternal Family Tree: Oldenburg

1745 Battle of Fontenoy

1746 Battle of Culloden

1766 Death of Frederick V of Denmark

On 31st March 1723 Frederick V King Denmark and Norway was born to Christian VI King Denmark and Norway (age 23) at Christiansborg Castle.

On 11th December 1743 Frederick V King Denmark and Norway (age 20) and Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 18) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. She the daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland (age 60) and Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England. He the son of Christian VI King Denmark and Norway (age 44). They were third cousin once removed.

Battle of Fontenoy

On 11th May 1745 the allied army commanded by [his brother-in-law] William Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland (age 24) was defeated by a French army at the Battle of Fontenay.

George Cholmondeley (age 20), George Keppel 3rd Earl Albermarle (age 21), Joseph Yorke 1st Baron Dover (age 20) and John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave (age 27) fought.

Henry Ponsonby (age 60), James Dillon and Robert Douglas were killed.

George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville (age 29) led the charge of the Duke of Cumberland's infantry leading his regiment so deep into the French lines that when he was wounded and captured he was taken to the tent of Louis XV.

Louis 6th Duke of Gramont (age 55) was killed. His son Antoine (age 23) succeeded 7th Duke Gramont.

On 7th July 1745 [his son] Christian Oldenburg was born to Frederick V King Denmark and Norway (age 22) and [his wife] Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 20). He a grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

Battle of Culloden

On 16th April 1746 an English army commanded by [his brother-in-law] William Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland (age 24) and John Mordaunt (age 37) defeated the Scottish army of Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart (age 25) at the Battle of Culloden bring to an end the Jacobite Rising of 1745.

Bluett Wallop (age 19) fought.

Robert Kerr was killed.

William Boyd 4th Earl Kilmarnock (age 40) was captured.

Alexander Bannerman 3rd Baronet fought and escapted to France where he died a year later.

On 3rd July 1746 [his daughter] Queen Sophia of Sweden was born to Frederick V King Denmark and Norway (age 23) and [his wife] Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 21). She a granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 6th August 1746 [his father] Christian VI King Denmark and Norway (age 46) died. His son Frederick (age 23) succeeded V King Denmark and Norway.

Around 1747 Joseph Yorke 1st Baron Dover (age 22) was appointed Aide-de-Camp to [his brother-in-law] William Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland (age 25).

On 3rd June 1747 [his son] Christian Oldenburg (age 1) died.

On 10th July 1747 [his daughter] Electress Wilhelmina Caroline Oldenburg was born to Frederick V King Denmark and Norway (age 24) and [his wife] Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 22). She a granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 29th January 1749 [his son] Christian VII King Denmark and Norway was born to Frederick V King Denmark and Norway (age 25) and [his wife] Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 24). He a grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 20th January 1750 [his daughter] Louise Oldenburg was born to Frederick V King Denmark and Norway (age 26) and [his wife] Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 25) at Christiansborg Castle. She a granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 31st March 1751 [his brother-in-law] Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales (age 44) died at Leicester House.

On 19th December 1751 [his wife] Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 27) died.

On 8th July 1752 Frederick V King Denmark and Norway (age 29) and Juliana Maria Welf Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 22) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. He the son of Christian VI King Denmark and Norway.

On 11th October 1753 [his son] Prince Frederick Oldenburg was born to Frederick V King Denmark and Norway (age 30) and [his wife] Juliana Maria Welf Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 24) at Christiansborg Castle.

On 1st September 1764 [his son-in-law] William Elector of Hesse (age 21) and [his daughter] Electress Wilhelmina Caroline Oldenburg (age 17) were married at Christiansborg Castle. She the daughter of Frederick V King Denmark and Norway (age 41) and [his former wife] Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. He the son of Frederick Hesse-Kassel (age 44) and [his former sister-in-law] Mary Hanover (age 41). They were first cousins. He a grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She a granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

Death of Frederick V of Denmark

On 14th January 1766 Frederick V King Denmark and Norway (age 42) died. His son [his son] Christian (age 16) succeeded VII King Denmark and Norway.

On 10th October 1796 [his former wife] Juliana Maria Welf Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 67) died.

Royal Ancestors of Frederick V King Denmark and Norway 1723-1766

Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Philip V King France I King Navarre

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Frederick V King Denmark and Norway 1723-1766

Queen Sophia of Sweden

Electress Wilhelmina Caroline Oldenburg

Christian VII King Denmark and Norway

Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark

King Christian IX of Denmark

Frederick Charles I King Finland

Carl XVI King Sweden

Ancestors of Frederick V King Denmark and Norway 1723-1766

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick II King Denmark 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Christian IV King Denmark 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick III King Denmark 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Christian V King Denmark and Norway 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandFather: Frederick IV King Denmark and Norway 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave Maurice of Hesse-Kassel 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Landgrave William V of Hesse-Kassel 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Wilhelm "The Just" VI Hesse-Kassel 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sigismund Hohenzollern 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George William Hohenzollern 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Hohenzollern 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Hedwig Sophia Hohenzollern 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick IV Elector Palatine 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elisabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Father: Christian VI King Denmark and Norway 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke John Albert I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Duke John VII of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Sophia Hohenzollern 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Duke John Albert II of Mecklenburg 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia Oldenburg 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Christine Hesse 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Duke Gustav Adolph of Mecklenburg-Güstrow 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandMother: Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein Gottorp 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John George Wettin Elector Saxony 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Elisabeth of Saxony Duchess Holstein Gottorp 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Frederick V King Denmark and Norway 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England