Christian VIII

[Kevin_Australia]

The godchildren of Queen Caroline Amalie that I have identified so far -

1843, June 22 - H.H. Prince Frederik of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (later King Frederik VIII of Denmark)
1845, February 7 - H.H. Princess Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (later Queen Alexandra of Great Britain and Ireland)
1846, February 7 - H.H. Prince Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (later King Georg I of the Hellenes)
1848, March 7 - H.H. Princess Dagmar of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (later Empress Marie Feodorevna of Russia)
1853, November 23 - H.H. Princess Thyra of Denmark (later Duchess of Cumberland)
1854, November 26 - H.H. Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse-Cassel
1868, August 6 - H.R.H. Princess Victoria of Wales
1869, March 31 - H.H. Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
1870, October 31 -H.R.H. Prince Christian of Denmark (later King Christian X)
1871, May 17 - H.I.H. Grand Duke George Alexandrovitch of Russia
1872, September 7 - H.R.H. Prince Carl of Denmark (later King Haakon VII of Norway)
1875, March 29 - H.R.H. Princess Louise of Denmark (later Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe)
1876, December 1 - H.R.H. Prince Harald of Denmark
1878, October 6 - H.R.H. Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (later Princess of Sweden and Norway)
1879, October 25 - H.R.H. Princess Marie of Cumberland (later of Princess of Baden)
1880, May 3 - H.R.H. Princess Thyra of Denmark

[cimbrio]

Did Christian VIII have any other children besides his son and heir Frederick? Not even stillborn babies perhaps?

[Prince_Lieven]

Was Queen Caroline Amalie related to Prince Christian, husband of Helena, QV's daughter? Was she thus related to Empress Dona of Germany?

[cimbrio]

Caroline Amalia was Christian's paternal aunt. He was her younger brother Christian's second son, and since he was Dona's uncle(his brother Frederick was her father), Caroline Amalia was Dona's great-aunt. Hope it helps

[Prince_Lieven]

Thank you. Just insatiably curious as usual. : - )

[cimbrio]

No prob, I enjoy writing posts on here

[Paul]

Did Christian VIII have any other children besides his son and heir Frederick? Not even stillborn babies perhaps?

Apparently not. This branch of the family seemed destined to "daughter out":

CHRISTIAN VIII King of Denmark (1839-48), *Christiansborg 18.9.1786, +Amalienborg 20.1.1848; 1m: Ludwigslust 21.6.1806 (div 1810) Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (*4.12.1784 +13.7.1840); 2m: Augustenburg 22.5.1815 Caroline Amalie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (*28.6.1796 +9.3.1881)

1. FREDERIK VII King of Denmark (1848-63), *Amalienborg 6.10.1808, +Glücksburg 15.11.1863; on his death he was succeeded by Pr Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg; 1m: København 1.11.1828 (div 1837) Wilhelmine Marie of Denmark (*18.1.1808 +30.5.1891); 2m: Neustrelitz 10.6.1841 (div 1846) Caroline Charlotte Marianne of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (*Neustrelitz 10.1.1821, +Neustrelitz 1.6.1876); 3m: (morganatically) at København 7.8.1850 Lovisa Christina, cr Gfn Danner (*København 21.4.1815, +Cannes 6.3.1874)

[Marc]

[Marc]

[Marc]

Here are two portraits of Caroline Amalie if someone is still interested...

[Prince_Lieven]

Thanks for the pics Marc.  

The amount of intermarriages between the Danish, Schleswig-Holstein and Hesse-Cassel lines is really amazing . . .

[Rosamund]

Caroline Amalie must have been an excellent Godmother.  Four of her Godchildren used her as a Godmother for their own children.  She had to have been especially generous to Frederik of Denmark as she was chosen for five of his!

[Marc]

[Marc]

[Marc]

Caroline Amalie as a child!