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Christian V (
15 April 1646 in
Flensburg –
25 August 1699 in
Copenhagen), was king of
Denmark and
Norway from 1670-1699. The son of
Frederick III of Denmark and
Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He married
Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Cassel on
May 14,
1667 at Nykøbing, and ascended the throne on
February 9,
1670.
Reign
It is generally argued that Christian V's personal courage and affability made him popular among the common people, but his image was marred by his unsuccessful attempt to regain
Scania for Denmark in the
Scanian War. The war exhausted Denmark's economic resources without creating any gains.
Part of his appeal to the common people may be explained by the fact that he allowed Danish commoners into state service, but his attempts to curtail the influence of the nobility also meant continuing his father's drive toward
absolutism. It was succeeded by the similar
Norske Lov (
Norwegian Code)
1687. He also introduced the
land register of 1688, which attempted to work out the land value of the united monarchy in order to create a more just
taxation. During his reign,
science had a golden age due to the work of the astronomer
Ole Rømer, in spite of the king’s personal lack of scientific knowledge and interest.
Life and family
Christian V had eight children by his wife and six by his mistress. He publicly introduced his sixteen-year-old mistress,
Amelia Moth (1654-1719), into court, a move which insulted his wife. His mistress was the daughter of his former tutor (
Paul Moth), and he made her countess of
Samsø on
December 31,
1677.
Christen V had a son, Prince Ferdinand, who married a peasant woman, Elizabeth. The King, was so angry by the marriage to this peasant woman he kicked them out of the country. Ferdinand and Elizabeth had a son at the time who they named Christian Edelblut.
After the Scanian War, his sister, Princess
Ulrike Eleonora of Denmark married the Swedish king
Charles XI, whose mother was a stout supporter of the
Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. In spite of the family ties, war between the brothers-in-law was close again in 1689, when Charles XI nearly provoked confrontation with Denmark by his support of the exiled
Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp in his claims to Holstein-Gottorp in Schleswig-Holstein. Christian V was also often considered poorly educated and dependent on his councillors by contemporary sources. The Danish monarch did nothing to dispel this notion. In his memoirs, he listed "hunting, love-making, war and maritime affairs" as his main interests in life.
He died from the after-effects of a hunting accident and was interred in
Roskilde Cathedral.
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