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Christian IX in 1898 with his and Queen Victoria's mutual great-grandson Prince Edward of York, later Edward VIII [a]. Victoria arranged the marriage of her eldest son and heir, the future King Edward VII, to Princess Alexandra of Denmark, the daughter of Christian IX, which took place on 10 March 1863.
1886 portrait of Christian IX and his family by Laurits Tuxen. King Christian IX of Denmark (April 8, 1818 – January 29, 1906), known as the "father-in-law of Europe", [1] ruled Denmark from 1863 to 1906.
Christian IX (8 April 1818 – 29 January 1906) was King of Denmark from 15 November 1863 until his death in 1906. From 1863 to 1864, he was concurrently Duke of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg.
The Family of Christian IX of Denmark is a monumental oil on canvas group portrait painting by Laurits Tuxen of Christian IX of Denmark and his family of European royalty, gathered in the Garden Hall at Fredensborg Palace. The painting is on display in one of the Queen's Reception Rooms at Christiansborg Palace.
King of Denmark r. 1746–1766: Christian III 1503–1559 King of Denmark r. 1534–1559: Princess Louise of Denmark 1750–1831: 7 generations skipped: Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel 1789–1867: Friedrich Wilhelm 1785–1831 Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg: Christian IX 1818–1906 King of Denmark r. 1863–1906: Louise of ...
Christian was born on 26 September 1870 at his parents' country residence, the Charlottenlund Palace, located on the shores of the Øresund Strait 10 kilometers north of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand in Denmark, during the reign of his paternal grandfather, King Christian IX. [1]
Prince Christian and Princess Louise in the 1840s. Louise was married at the Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen on 26 May 1842 to her double second cousin Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg who in 1863 became King Christian IX of Denmark. The marriage combined Christian's weak claim to the throne with Louise's senior claim.
King Christian IX with his large family gathered at Fredensborg Palace, painting by Laurits Tuxen from 1883 to 1886 . The father-in-law of Europe is a sobriquet which has been used to refer to two European monarchs of the late 19th and early 20th century: Christian IX of Denmark and Nicholas I of Montenegro, both on account of their children's marriages to foreign princes and princesses.