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Sophie Amalie is credited with a great cultural impact in Denmark, breaking with the old Lutheran religious atmosphere and introducing a new court life influenced by a more general secular European art and pleasure culture, which as a role model also came to effect culture in the rest of Danish society.
She was the daughter of Duke George of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and in 1643 she was married to Frederik (III). Sophie Amalie was the mother of Christian V. In the first part of Frederik III’s reign and later during the reign of her son Christian V from 1670, Sophie Amalie had some influence on political decisions. In the early 1650’s, she was ...
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Aug 25, 2006 · Marriage: in 1643 to Sophie Amalie of Braunschweig-Lüneburg. Children: Christian, Anna Sophia (m. Johan Georg 3. of Sachsen), Frederica Amalia (m. Christian Albrecht of Gottorp), Vilhelmine Ernestine (m. Karl of Pfalz), Frederick, Jørgen/George (m. Queen Anne of the UK) , Ulrika Eleonora (m. Carl XI of Sweden), Dorothea Death: 19. February 1670
Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Calenberg was Queen of Denmark and Norway as the consort of the King Frederick III of Denmark. She is known for her political influence, as well as for her cultural impact: she acted as the adviser of her husband, and introduced ballet and opera to Denmark.
May 28, 2021 · From the start of King Frederik III’s reign, Sophie Amalie was involved in the power struggle between the crown and the Danish nobility, symbolized by the Sons-In-Law Party composed of the Danish nobles who married Frederik III’s half-sisters, the daughters of King Christian IV and his morganatic second wife Kirsten Munk.
Frederik III and Sophie Amalie in coronation robes, 1648. Frederik III wears Christian IV’s crown, redesigned as a closed crown with arches. Miniature in oils, artist unknown. Queen Sophie Amalie. Painting by Abraham Wuchters.
It succeeded in 1660 when Frederik III was proclaimed the first Danish king with absolute monarchy. Sophie Amalie and Frederik III had 8 children. Sophie Amalie was very interested in art and culture and brought home loads of French culture to the Danish court.
