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  1. Anna Sophie, 1725. Portrait of Queen Anna Sophie, alledgedly painted by J.S. du Wahl. Her marriage to Frederik IV was initially only a morganatic marriage, or a so-called left-handed marriage, where the King was already officially married to Queen Louise. She caught his eyes at the age of 18 in 1711, and not long after their first encounter ...

  2. Anna Sophie. Anna Sophie became Queen of Denmark in 1721. She was the daughter of the Great Chancellor Conrad Reventlow, and was married to Frederik IV. Anna Sophie met the King at a masked ball in 1711 and fell in love with him. The next year he abducted her and they entered a morganatic marriage.

  3. Nov 26, 2021 · Sophia was, accordingly, delighted at having achieved what her late husband could not: Scotland was locked in marital alliance with Denmark-Norway. Yet being Queen Consort in Scotland could be no sinecure. The country had not seen a consort since the flight of Mary Queen of Scotss last husband, the 4 th earl of Bothwell. Prior to that ...

  4. Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark and Norway was the eldest daughter of King Frederick III of Denmark and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Electress of Saxony from 1680 to 1691 as the wife of John George III.

  5. Jul 1, 2017 · Anna Sophie's piety and example were not enough to present her only legitimate grandson from converting when he reached adulthood, the Polish throne was a rich enticement after all, and he was the only legitimate child of his father. Alas, Anna Sophie did not live long enough to see her grandson become Augustus III.

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  7. Jan 15, 2024 · Following the abdication of Queen Margrethe II, her son - Crown Prince Frederik - has ascended the throne as Denmark ’s new monarch. His wife Crown Princess Mary has officially become...

  8. Jan 14, 2024 · “On 14th January, 2024—52 years after I succeeded my beloved father—I will step down as Queen of Denmark. I will hand over the throne to my son Crown Prince Frederik,” she told the ...