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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, she eloped and they got married.

The day after Queen Louise´s funeral, in 1721, Frederik IV was officially married to Anna Sophie making her the first ever queen to have had anything other than royal heritage. Almost immediately after Frederik IV´s death she was banished from Copenhagen by her own stepson the succeding King Christian VI.

Relations

Sophie Magdalene, 1733

Queen Sophie Magdalene. Painted by J.S. du Wahl.

The Queen's Crown

The Queen's Crown, made for Queen Sophie Magdalene by court jeweller Frederik (I) Fabritius in 1731.

Christ and Anna Sophie

Small painting representing Christ escorting Queen Anna Sophie to Heaven, where Frederik IV awaits her.

Queen Louise, 1710

Queen Louise. Painted by J.S. du Wahl. Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow was married to the crown prince of Denmark, Frederik IV, in 1695.

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.

1725-1750

The conclusion of the Great Nordic War in 1720 was the beginning of a long Danish period of peace. Christian VI succeeded Frederik IV in 1730, and his was the first reign during which Denmark was not at war.

Frederik IV

Frederik IV was the King of Denmark-Norway from 1699; son of Christian V and Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel. Married for the first time in 1695 to Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, with whom he had Christian (VI).