Frederick VI of Denmark

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Frederick VI of Denmark was a late 18th- and early 19th-century king of Denmark and Norway whose reign saw the end of the Danish-Norwegian union and significant reforms amid the Napoleonic Wars.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Frederick VI of Denmark canonical 12
Frederick VI 1
Frederik VI 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf King of Denmark ⓘ
King of Norway ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
birthDate 1768-01-28 ⓘ
birthPlace Christiansborg Palace ⓘ
Copenhagen ⓘ
Denmark–Norway ⓘ
burialPlace Roskilde Cathedral ⓘ
child Princess Caroline of Denmark ⓘ
Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark ⓘ
consort Marie of Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Denmark ⓘ
Denmark–Norway ⓘ
deathDate 1839-12-03 ⓘ
deathPlace Amalienborg Palace ⓘ
Copenhagen ⓘ
era early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
father Christian VII of Denmark ⓘ
fullName Frederick VI of Denmark self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Frederick VI
implementedReform abolition of serfdom in Denmark ⓘ
agricultural reforms in Denmark ⓘ
educational reforms in Denmark ⓘ
reforms of peasant tenure ⓘ
knownFor ending the Danish-Norwegian union ⓘ
enlightened absolutism ⓘ
languageSpoken Danish ⓘ
German ⓘ
lostTerritory Helgoland ⓘ
surface form: Heligoland

Norway ⓘ
mother Caroline Matilda of Great Britain ⓘ
nativeName Frederick VI of Denmark self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Frederik VI
notableEvent Battle of Copenhagen ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Copenhagen (1801)

Battle of Copenhagen ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Copenhagen (1807)

Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Treaty of Kiel ⓘ
Battle of Copenhagen ⓘ
surface form: bombardment of Copenhagen (1807)
policy alliance with Napoleonic France ⓘ
neutrality in early Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
positionHeld Grand Master of the Order of the Dannebrog ⓘ
Grand Master of the Order of the Elephant ⓘ
predecessor Christian VII of Denmark ⓘ
reasonForRegency mental illness of Christian VII of Denmark ⓘ
regencyEnd 1808 ⓘ
regencyStart 1784 ⓘ
regentOf Denmark–Norway ⓘ
regnalNumber VI ⓘ
reignEnd 1839-12-03 ⓘ
reignEndAsKingOfNorway 1814-10-14 ⓘ
reignStart 1808-03-13 ⓘ
reignStartAsKingOfNorway 1808-03-13 ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
royalHouse House of Oldenburg ⓘ
signed Treaty of Kiel ⓘ
spouse Marie of Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
style His Majesty ⓘ
successor Christian VIII of Denmark ⓘ
title Crown Prince of Denmark ⓘ
Prince of Norway ⓘ
surface form: Crown Prince of Norway

King of Denmark ⓘ
King of Norway ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Oldenburg → notableMember → Frederick VI of Denmark ⓘ
Royal Frederick University → namedAfter → Frederick VI of Denmark ⓘ
Royal Frederick University → foundedBy → Frederick VI of Denmark ⓘ
Royal Frederick University → monarchAtFoundation → Frederick VI of Denmark ⓘ
Battle of Copenhagen → commander → Frederick VI of Denmark ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Copenhagen (1801)
this entity surface form: Frederik Vilhelm, Crown Prince of Denmark
Order of the Dannebrog → reformedBy → Frederick VI of Denmark ⓘ
Treaty of Kiel → signatory → Frederick VI of Denmark ⓘ
Roskilde Cathedral → burialPlaceOf → Frederick VI of Denmark ⓘ
Order of the Elephant → associatedWithMonarch → Frederick VI of Denmark ⓘ
Kongelige Frederiks Universitet (as office worker in youth) → namedAfter → Frederick VI of Denmark ⓘ
subject surface form: Kongelige Frederiks Universitet
Duke of Holstein → hasTitleHolder → Frederick VI of Denmark ⓘ
Frederick VI of Denmark → fullName → Frederick VI of Denmark self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frederick VI
Frederick VI of Denmark → nativeName → Frederick VI of Denmark self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frederik VI
Christian VII of Denmark → child → Frederick VI of Denmark ⓘ
Christian VII of Denmark → successor → Frederick VI of Denmark ⓘ