Prince Christian of Denmark

Prince Christian of Denmark and Norway (25 March 1675 – 27 June 1695) was the third son of Christian V of Denmark and his consort, Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, and thus a younger brother of King Frederick IV. He died aged 20, and never married.

Background

At the age of 12 years old he was mentioned as a possible royal subject for Poland's throne. As a 14-year-old, he was in charge of the celebrations on the occasion of his father's birthday that brought probably the first opera in Denmark, which ended with Amalienborg fire in 1689. Described as a strong and lively young man he took up his first major trip to Italy in May 1695, soon after he got infected by smallpox and died on June 27 in Ulm. The body was taken to Roskilde, where interment took place 11 September of that year.

Ancestry