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Jane Seymour, Queen of England

F, #23126, b. about 1508, d. 24 October 1537

Biography

  • Jane Seymour, Queen of England, was born about 1508 at Wolf Hall in Burbage, Wiltshire, England.
  • Henry VIII, King of England, and she were married on 20 May 1536 in London, Middlesex, England.
  • She died on 24 October 1537 in London, Middlesex, England.
  • She was buried on 12 November 1537 in Berkshire, England.
  • Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, including his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disagreement with Pope Clement VII about such an annulment led Henry to initiate the English Reformation, separating the Church of England from papal authority. He appointed himself Supreme Head of the Church of England and dissolved convents and monasteries, for which he was excommunicated. Henry is also known as "the father of the Royal Navy," as he invested heavily in the navy, increasing its size from a few to more than 50 ships, and established the Navy Board.
    Domestically, Henry is known for his radical changes to the English Constitution, ushering in the theory of the divine right of kings in opposition to Papal supremacy. He also greatly expanded royal power during his reign. He frequently used charges of treason and heresy to quell dissent, and those accused were often executed without a formal trial by means of bills of attainder. He achieved many of his political aims through the work of his chief ministers, some of whom were banished or executed when they fell out of his favour. Thomas Wolsey, Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, Richard Rich, and Thomas Cranmer all figured prominently in his administration.
    Henry was an extravagant spender, using the proceeds from the dissolution of the monasteries and acts of the Reformation Parliament. He also converted the money that was formerly paid to Rome into royal revenue. Despite the money from these sources, he was continually on the verge of financial ruin due to his personal extravagance, as well as his numerous costly and largely unsuccessful wars, particularly with King Francis I of France, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, King James V of Scotland and the Scottish regency under the Earl of Arran and Mary of Guise. At home, he oversaw the legal union of England and Wales with the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542, and he was the first English monarch to rule as King of Ireland following the Crown of Ireland Act 1542.
    Henry's contemporaries considered him to be an attractive, educated, and accomplished king. He has been described as "one of the most charismatic rulers to sit on the English throne" and his reign has been described as the "most important" in English history. He was an author and composer. As he aged, he became severely overweight and his health suffered. He is frequently characterised in his later life as a lustful, egotistical, paranoid and tyrannical monarch. He was succeeded by his son Edward VI.
  • Jane Seymour, Queen of England, is/was my spouse of 13rd cousin 14x removed

Family: Henry VIII, King of England, (b. 28 June 1491, d. 28 January 1547)

  • Last Edited: 23 February 2022
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Edward VI, King of England

M, #23127, b. 12 October 1537, d. 6 July 1553

Biography

  • Edward VI, King of England, was born on 12 October 1537 in London, Middlesex, England.
  • He died on 6 July 1553 at age 15 in Greenwich, Kent, England.
  • He was buried on 8 August 1553 in London, Middlesex, England.
  • Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553. He was crowned on 20 February 1547 at the age of nine. Edward was the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour and the first English monarch to be raised as a Protestant.[2] During his reign, the realm was governed by a regency council because he never reached maturity. The council was first led by his uncle Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1547–1549), and then by John Dudley, 1st Earl of Warwick (1550–1553), who from 1551 was Duke of Northumberland.
    Edward's reign was marked by economic problems and social unrest that in 1549 erupted into riot and rebellion. An expensive war with Scotland, at first successful, ended with military withdrawal from Scotland and Boulogne-sur-Mer in exchange for peace. The transformation of the Church of England into a recognisably Protestant body also occurred under Edward, who took great interest in religious matters. His father, Henry VIII, had severed the link between the Church and Rome, but had never permitted the renunciation of Catholic doctrine or ceremony. It was during Edward's reign that Protestantism was established for the first time in England with reforms that included the abolition of clerical celibacy and the Mass, and the imposition of compulsory services in English.
    In February 1553, at age 15, Edward fell ill. When his sickness was discovered to be terminal, he and his council drew up a "Devise for the Succession" to prevent the country's return to Catholicism. Edward named his first cousin once removed, Lady Jane Grey, as his heir, excluding his half-sisters, Mary and Elizabeth. This decision was disputed following Edward's death, and Jane was deposed by Mary nine days after becoming queen. Mary, a Catholic, reversed Edward's Protestant reforms during her reign, but her half-sister and successor Elizabeth restored Edward's reforms in the Elizabethan Religious Settlement of 1559.
  • Edward VI, King of England, was christened on 15 October 1537 in Middlesex, England.
  • He held the title of King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 to 6 July 1553.
  • He was crowned on 20 February 1547.
  • He is/was my 14th cousin 13x removed

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  • Last Edited: 24 February 2022
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Anna von Kleve, Queen of England

F, #23128, b. 28 June 1515, d. 16 July 1557

Biography

  • Anna von Kleve, Queen of England, was born on 28 June 1515 in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
  • Henry VIII, King of England, and she were married on 6 January 1540 in London, Middlesex, England.
  • Henry VIII, King of England, and she had their marriage annulled on 9 July 1540 in London, Middlesex, England.
  • She died on 16 July 1557 at age 42 in London, Middlesex, England.
  • She was buried on 3 August 1557 in London, Middlesex, England.
  • Anna von Kleve, Queen of England, is/was my spouse of 13rd cousin 14x removed
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Catherine Howard, Queen of England

F, #23129, b. about 1521, d. 13 February 1542

Biography

  • Catherine Howard, Queen of England, was born about 1521 in Lambeth, Surrey, England.
  • Henry VIII, King of England, and she were married in 1540.
  • She died on 13 February 1542 in London, Middlesex, England.
  • She was buried on 13 February 1542 in London, Middlesex, England.
  • Catherine Howard, Queen of England, is/was my spouse of 13rd cousin 14x removed
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Catherine Parr, Queen of England

F, #23130, b. 1512, d. 5 September 1548

Biography

  • Catherine Parr, Queen of England, was born in 1512 in London, Middlesex, England.
  • Henry VIII, King of England, and she were married on 12 July 1543 at Kingston-upon-Thames in London, Middlesex, England.
  • She died on 5 September 1548 at age ~36 at Sudeley Castle in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England.
  • She was buried on 7 September 1548 at Sudeley Castle in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England.
  • Catherine Parr, Queen of England, was christened in 1512.
  • She is/was my spouse of 13rd cousin 14x removed
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Elizabeth Blount

F, #23131, b. 1502, d. 15 June 1541

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  • Elizabeth Blount was born in 1502 in Kinlet, Shropshire, England.
  • She died on 15 June 1541 at age ~39 in Kinlet, Shropshire, England.
  • She was buried in June 1541 in South Kyme, Lincolnshire, England.
  • Elizabeth Blount is/was my spouse of 13rd cousin 14x removed

Family: Henry VIII, King of England, (b. 28 June 1491, d. 28 January 1547)

  • Last Edited: 23 February 2022
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Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset

M, #23133, b. 15 June 1519, d. 23 July 1536

Biography

  • Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, was born on 15 June 1519 in Blackmore, Essex, England.
  • He died on 23 July 1536 at age 17 in London, Middlesex, England.
  • He was buried on 25 July 1538 in Framlingham, Suffolk, England.
  • Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, is/was my 14th cousin 13x removed

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  • Last Edited: 23 February 2022
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Louis, XII King of France

M, #23134, b. 27 June 1462, d. 1 January 1515

Biography

  • Louis, XII King of France, was born on 27 June 1462 at Château De Blois in Blois, Centre-Val de Loire, France+.
  • He and Mary Tudor, Reine de France, were married on 9 October 1514 in Abbeville, Picardie, France.
  • He died on 1 January 1515 at age 52 at Hôtel des Tournelles, Louvre, in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
  • He was buried on 12 January 1515 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
  • Louis XII (27 June 1462 – 1 January 1515) was King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples from 1501 to 1504. The son of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Maria of Cleves, he succeeded his 2nd cousin once removed and brother in law at the time, Charles VIII, who died without direct heirs in 1498.
    Before his accession to the throne of France, he was known as Louis of Orléans and was compelled to be married to his disabled and supposedly sterile cousin Joan by his second cousin, King Louis XI. By doing so, Louis XI hoped to extinguish the Orléans cadet branch of the House of Valois.[1][2]
    Louis of Orléans was one of the great feudal lords who opposed the French monarchy in the conflict known as the Mad War. At the royal victory in the Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier in 1488, Louis was captured, but Charles VIII pardoned him and released him. He subsequently took part in the Italian War of 1494–1498 as one of the French commanders.
    When Louis XII became king in 1498, he had his marriage with Joan annulled by Pope Alexander VI and instead married Anne of Brittany, the widow of his cousin Charles VIII. This marriage allowed Louis to reinforce the personal Union of Brittany and France.
    Louis persevered in the Italian Wars, initiating a second Italian campaign for the control of the Kingdom of Naples. Louis conquered the Duchy of Milan in 1500 and pushed forward to the Kingdom of Naples, which fell to him in 1501. Proclaimed King of Naples, Louis faced a new coalition gathered by Ferdinand II of Aragon and was forced to cede Naples to Spain in 1504.
    Louis XII did not encroach on the power of local governments or the privileges of the nobility, in opposition with the long tradition of the French kings to attempt to impose absolute monarchy in France. A popular king, Louis was proclaimed "Father of the People" (French: Le Père du Peuple) in 1506 by the Estates-General of Tours for his reduction of the tax known as taille, legal reforms, and civil peace within France.
    Louis, who remained Duke of Milan after the second Italian War, was interested in further expansion in the Italian Peninsula and launched a third Italian War (1508–1516), which was marked by the military prowess of the Chevalier de Bayard.
    Louis XII died in 1515 without a male heir. He was succeeded by his cousin and son-in-law Francis from the Angoulême cadet branch of the House of Valois.
  • Louis, XII King of France, held the title of King of France from 7 April 1498 to 1 January 1515.
  • He was crowned on 27 May 1498.
  • He is/was my 13rd cousin 14x removed
Portrait of Louis XII of France, painting in Windsor Castle

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  • Last Edited: 13 March 2022
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Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk

M, #23135, b. about 1484, d. 22 August 1545

Biography

  • Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, was born about 1484 in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.
  • He and Mary Tudor, Reine de France, were married on 3 March 1515 at Hotel de Clugny in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
  • He died on 22 August 1545 in Guildford, Surrey, England.
  • He was buried on 9 September 1545 in Windsor, Berkshire, England.
  • Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, is/was my spouse of 13rd cousin 14x removed

Family: Mary Tudor, Reine de France, (b. 18 March 1496, d. 25 June 1533)

  • Last Edited: 24 February 2022
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Henry Brandon, 1st Earl of Lincoln

M, #23136, b. about 1523, d. 1 March 1534

Biography

  • Henry Brandon, 1st Earl of Lincoln, was born about 1523 in Suffolk, England.
  • He died on 1 March 1534 in Southwark, Surrey, England.
  • Henry Brandon, 1st Earl of Lincoln, is/was my 14th cousin 13x removed

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  • Last Edited: 24 February 2022
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Eleanor Brandon

F, #23137, b. 1519, d. 27 September 1547

Biography

  • Eleanor Brandon was born in 1519 in Richmond, Surrey, England.
  • She died on 27 September 1547 at age ~28 in Brougham, Westmorland, England.
  • She was buried in September 1547 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England.
  • Eleanor Brandon is/was my 14th cousin 13x removed

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  • Last Edited: 24 February 2022
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Lady Frances Brandon

F, #23138, b. 16 July 1517, d. 21 November 1559

Biography

  • Lady Frances Brandon was born on 16 July 1517 in Hatfield, Herefordshire, England.
  • Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and she were married from 23 March 1533 to 25 June 1533 in Southwark, Surrey, England.
  • Adrian Stokes and she were married on 9 March 1554 in England.
  • She died on 21 November 1559 at age 42 in London, Middlesex, England.
  • She was buried on 5 December 1559 in London, Middlesex, England.
  • Lady Frances Brandon was christened on 18 July 1517 in Old Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England+.
  • She is/was my 14th cousin 13x removed

Family 1: Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, (b. 17 January 1517, d. 23 February 1554)

Family 2: Adrian Stokes (b. 1513, d. 30 November 1585)

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  • Last Edited: 24 February 2022
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Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk

M, #23139, b. 17 January 1517, d. 23 February 1554

Biography

  • Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, was born on 17 January 1517 in Dorset, England.
  • He and Lady Frances Brandon were married from 23 March 1533 to 25 June 1533 in Southwark, Surrey, England.
  • He died on 23 February 1554 at age 37 in London, Middlesex, England.
  • He was buried on 23 February 1554 in London, Middlesex, England.
  • Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, is/was my spouse of 14th cousin 13x removed

Family: Lady Frances Brandon (b. 16 July 1517, d. 21 November 1559)

  • Last Edited: 24 February 2022
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Lady Jane Grey

F, #23140, b. about 1536, d. 12 February 1554

Biography

  • Lady Jane Grey was born about 1536 in England.
  • Lord Guildford Dudley and she were married on 25 May 1553 at Durham House in London, Middlesex, England.
  • She died (Executed) on 12 February 1554 at Tower of London in London, Middlesex, England.
  • She was buried on 12 February 1554 at Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London, in London, Middlesex, England.
  • Lady Jane Grey was also known as Lady Jane Dudley.
  • She was also known as Lady Jane Nine Days' Queen Grey.
  • Lady Jane Grey (c. 1537 – 12 February 1554), later known as Lady Jane Dudley (after her marriage) and as the "Nine Days' Queen", was a teenage English noblewoman who claimed the throne of England and Ireland from 10 July until 19 July 1553.
    Jane was the great granddaughter of Henry VII through his younger daughter Mary, and was a first cousin once removed of Edward VI. She had an excellent humanist education and a reputation as one of the most learned young women of her day. In May 1553, she married Lord Guildford Dudley, a younger son of Edward's chief minister John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland. In June 1553, Edward VI wrote his will, nominating Jane and her male heirs as successors to the Crown, in part because his half-sister Mary was Catholic, while Jane was a committed Protestant and would support the reformed Church of England, whose foundation Edward laid. The will removed his half-sisters, Mary and Elizabeth, from the line of succession on account of their illegitimacy, subverting their claims under the Third Succession Act.
    After Edward's death, Jane was proclaimed queen on 10 July 1553 and awaited coronation in the Tower of London. Support for Mary grew quickly, and most of Jane's supporters abandoned her. The Privy Council of England suddenly changed sides and proclaimed Mary as queen on 19 July 1553, deposing Jane. Her primary supporter, her father-in-law, the Duke of Northumberland, was accused of treason and executed less than a month later. Jane was held prisoner in the Tower and was convicted of high treason in November 1553, which carried a sentence of death.
    Mary initially spared her life; however, Jane soon became viewed as a threat to the Crown when her father, Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, became involved with Wyatt's rebellion against Queen Mary's intention to marry Philip II of Spain. Jane and her husband were executed on 12 February 1554.
  • She held the title of Queen of England and Ireland (Disputed) between 10 July 1553 and 19 July 1553.
  • She is/was my 15th cousin 12x removed
The Execution of Lady Jane Grey by Paul Delaroche, completed in 1833, which is now in the National Gallery in London

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  • Last Edited: 24 February 2022
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Lady Catherine Grey, Countess of Hertford

F, #23141, b. 25 August 1540, d. 26 January 1568

Biography

  • Lady Catherine Grey, Countess of Hertford, was born on 25 August 1540 at Bradgate Park in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.
  • She died on 26 January 1568 at age 27 in Yoxford, Suffolk, England.
  • She was buried on 3 March 1568 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
  • Lady Catherine Grey, Countess of Hertford, is/was my 15th cousin 12x removed

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  • Last Edited: 25 February 2022
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Lady Mary Grey

F, #23142, b. 1545, d. 20 April 1578

Biography

  • Lady Mary Grey was born in 1545 in Northumberland, England.
  • She died on 20 April 1578 at age ~33 at St-Dunstan and All Saints in Stepney, Middlesex, England+.
  • She was buried on 1 November 1578 in London, Middlesex, England.
  • Lady Mary Grey is/was my 15th cousin 12x removed

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  • Last Edited: 24 February 2022
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Adrian Stokes

M, #23143, b. 1513, d. 30 November 1585

Biography

  • Adrian Stokes was born in 1513 in Hatfield, Herefordshire, England.
  • He and Lady Frances Brandon were married on 9 March 1554 in England.
  • He died on 30 November 1585 at age ~72 in Sheen, Staffordshire, England.
  • Adrian Stokes is/was my spouse of 14th cousin 13x removed

Family: Lady Frances Brandon (b. 16 July 1517, d. 21 November 1559)

  • Last Edited: 24 February 2022
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Elizabeth Stokes

F, #23144, b. 16 July 1555, d. 7 February 1556

Biography

  • Elizabeth Stokes was born on 16 July 1555 in Hatfield, Herefordshire, England.
  • She died on 7 February 1556 at age 0.
  • Elizabeth Stokes is/was my 15th cousin 12x removed

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  • Last Edited: 24 February 2022
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Lord Guildford Dudley

M, #23145, b. about 1535, d. 12 February 1554

Biography

  • Lord Guildford Dudley was born about 1535.
  • He and Lady Jane Grey were married on 25 May 1553 at Durham House in London, Middlesex, England.
  • He died (Executed) on 12 February 1554 in London, Middlesex, England.
  • He was buried on 12 February 1554 at St-Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London, in London, Middlesex, England.
  • Lord Guildford Dudley is/was my spouse of 15th cousin 12x removed
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Felipe II de España, Rey de España, Sicilia y Cerdeña

M, #23146, b. 21 May 1527, d. 13 September 1598

Biography

  • Felipe II de España, Rey de España, Sicilia y Cerdeña, was born on 21 May 1527 in Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain.
  • He and Mary, I, Queen of England and Spain, were married on 25 July 1554 in London, Middlesex, England.
  • He died on 13 September 1598 at age 71 in El Escorial, Madrid, Spain.
  • He was buried in September 1598 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
  • Felipe II de España, Rey de España, Sicilia y Cerdeña, is/was my spouse of 14th cousin 13x removed
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Richard the Fearless, Count of Rouen

M, #23147, b. 28 August 933, d. 20 November 996

Biography

  • Richard the Fearless, Count of Rouen, was born on 28 August 933 in Fécamp, Haute-Normandie, France.
  • He died on 20 November 996 at age 63 in Fécamp, Haute-Normandie, France.
  • He was buried in November 996 at Fécamp Abbey in Fécamp, Haute-Normandie, France.
  • Richard the Fearless, Count of Rouen, was christened in France.

Family: Gunnora de Crépon, Comtesse de Rouen, (b. 950, d. January 1031)

  • Last Edited: 25 February 2022
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Gunnora de Crépon, Comtesse de Rouen

F, #23148, b. 950, d. January 1031

Biography

  • Gunnora de Crépon, Comtesse de Rouen, was born in 950 in Normandie, France.
  • She died in January 1031 at age ~81 in Fécamp, Haute-Normandie, France.
  • She was buried in January 1031 in Fécamp, Haute-Normandie, France.

Family: Richard the Fearless, Count of Rouen, (b. 28 August 933, d. 20 November 996)

  • Last Edited: 25 February 2022
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William Rufus

M, #23149, b. about 1056, d. 2 August 1100

Biography

  • William Rufus was born about 1056 at Falaise Castle in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France.
  • He died on 2 August 1100 in New Forest, Hampshire, England.
  • He was buried in August 1100 at Winchester Cathedral in Winchester, Hampshire, England.
  • William Rufus was also known as William, II, King of England.

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  • Last Edited: 22 March 2022
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King Frederik Oldenburg, V, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

M, #23150, b. 31 March 1723, d. 14 January 1766

Biography

  • King Frederik Oldenburg, V, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, was born on 31 March 1723 at Copenhagen Castle in Copenhagen, København, Denmark.
  • He and Louise Hanover, , Queen Consort of Denmark and Norway, were married on 11 December 1743 in Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
  • He died on 14 January 1766 at age 42 at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, København, Denmark.
  • He was buried in 1766 at Roskilde Cathedral in Roskilde, Denmark.
  • King Frederik Oldenburg, V, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, was christened on 31 March 1723 in Copenhagen, København, Denmark.
  • He is/was my spouse of 19th cousin 6x removed

Family: Louise Hanover, , Queen Consort of Denmark and Norway, (b. 18 December 1724, d. 19 December 1751)

  • Last Edited: 26 February 2022
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