Frederick VI of Denmark
King of Denmark and Norway (1768–1839)
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He ran Denmark for fifty-five years — first as regent while his father lost his mind, then as king who lost half his kingdom. Frederick VI abolished serfdom and slave trading, then watched Napoleon's defeat cost him Norway at the Congress of Vienna.
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Born at Christiansborg Palace on 28 January 1768, Frederick was the only son of Christian VII and Caroline Mathilde. When his father's mental illness made rule impossible, Frederick became Crown Prince Regent in 1784 at sixteen. During those regent years he ended stavnsbånd (the binding of peasants to land), withdrew Denmark-Norway from the transatlantic slave trade, and survived two British bombardments of Copenhagen in 1801 and 1807. He took the throne formally on 13 March 1808, choosing the Danish motto "God and the just cause" instead of customary Latin. The Napoleonic Wars and the Congres…
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