# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frederick-viii-of-denmark
# Generated: 2026-08-31T22:28:48.940Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/frederick-viii-of-denmark"
name: "Frederick VIII of Denmark"
slug: "frederick-viii-of-denmark"
description: "He waited 42 years as crown prince — longer than most monarchs reign — shut out by his own father while Europe's thrones filled with cousins. When he finally became king at 62, he had six years and a failing body."
tagline: "King of Denmark from 1906 to 1912"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frederik_VIII_of_Denmark_1909.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1843-06-03"
deathDate: "1912-05-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             25
  historical:           25.58068666666667
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Фредерик VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Fridrik VIII, kralj Danske"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Frederic VIII de Dinamarca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_VIII."
    title: "Frederik VIII."
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Federico VIII de Dinamarca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_VIII"
    title: "Frederik VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederiko_VIII.a_Danimarkakoa"
    title: "Frederiko VIII.a Danimarkakoa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Fredrik VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Frederik VIII. (Denemark)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_VIII_(roi_de_Danemark)"
    title: "Frédéric VIII (roi de Danemark)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_8."
    title: "Frederik 8."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Frederik VIII van Denemarke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Friðuric VIII Dēna Cyning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "King Frederick VIII of Denmark"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born 3 June 1843, Frederick was the eldest son of Christian IX, the man who married his children into every royal house on the continent. He became heir apparent and spent over four decades in that holding pattern, his father freezing him out of any real power. When Christian IX died in January 1906, Frederick acceded at 62, already worn down. He favored the parliamentary reforms of 1901 — a liberal tilt his father had resisted — but ill health shadowed him through the whole reign. Married to Louise of Sweden, he had eight children: their eldest became Christian X of Denmark, their second son Carl took the Norwegian throne as Haakon VII in 1905. Frederick died 14 May 1912, six years in.