Frederick VII of Denmark
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The last absolute monarch of Denmark, who signed away his own unlimited power. In 1849, Frederick VII turned centuries of royal authority into a constitutional democracy - not by revolution, but by his own hand.
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Crown Prince Frederick (VII) of Denmark by Christian Edvard Fortling
Frederick VII by Edward Young 1853
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Frederick VII of Denmark (cropped)
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Frederik (C. A. Jensen)
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About this person
Frederick Carl Christian was born 6 October 1808 into the older Royal branch of the House of Oldenburg, raised to inherit a throne that answered to no one. He became King of Denmark in 1848, holding the kind of absolute power his ancestors had wielded for generations. Within a year, he signed a constitution that created a Danish parliament and dismantled the very autocracy he'd inherited, remaking Denmark as a constitutional monarchy. He chose as his motto "Folkets Kærlighed, min Styrke" - the People's Love, my Strength. He died 15 November 1863, the last of his royal line and the last Danish king to have ruled, however briefly, as an absolute monarch.
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