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| Reign | 1746–1766 |
| Predecessor | Christian VI |
| Successor | Christian VII |
| Spouse | Louise of Great Britain Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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| Sophia Magdalena, Queen of Sweden Caroline, Electress of Hesse Christian VII of Denmark Louise, Princess Charles of Hesse Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark |
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| House | House of Oldenburg |
| Father | Christian VI of Denmark |
| Mother | Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach |
| Born | March 31, 1723 Copenhagen Castle |
| Died | January 13, 1766 (aged 42) Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen |
| Burial | Roskilde Cathedral |
Frederick V (Copenhagen, 31 March 1723 – Christiansborg, 13 January/14 January 1766) was king of Denmark and Norway from 1746, son of Christian VI of Denmark and Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.
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First marriage
He was first married at Altona, Holstein on 11 December 1743 to Princess Louise of Great Britain, daughter of King George II and Caroline of Ansbach. They were the parents of six children but only five survived birth.
Louise died on 19 December 1751 at Christiansborg Palace, predeceasing her husband by fourteen years, and was buried at Roskilde Cathedral. She was pregnant with her sixth child, who also died.
Second marriage
Frederick married a second time at Frederiksborg Palace on 8 July 1752 to Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, daughter of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Their notable child was Hereditary Prince Frederick of Denmark and Norway who was, in his turn, father of King Christian VIII of Denmark and grandfather of Louise of Hesse, the future queen of Denmark. She died in 1796 having been regent for her son Prince Frederick.
King Frederick was also the father of five illegitimate children by Else Hansen.
Reign
He founded the Royal Danish Academy of Art (Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi) in Copenhagen, which officially opened on March 31, 1754, his 31st birthday. Frederick also purchased what would become known as the Danish West Indies in 1754.[1]
The personal influence of Frederick was a limited one. He was marked by his alcoholism and most of his rule was marked by very able ministers like A. G. Moltke, J. H. E. Bernstorff and H. C. Schimmelmann. They avoided involving Denmark in the European wars of his time. The country remained neutral even for the duration of the Seven Years' War (1756–63) despite its proximity to combatants Russia and Sweden.
Death and burial
The king died in his forty-third year and after twenty years of reign. His last words were reportedly: "It is a great consolation to me in my last hour that I have never wilfully offended anyone and that there is not a drop of blood on my hands."
Frederick V is interred in Roskilde Cathedral next to Queen Louise.
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Issue
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
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| Prince Christian | Copenhagen, 7 July 1745 | Frederiksborg, 3 June 1747 | died in infancy |
| Sophia Magdalena, Queen of Sweden | 3 July 1746 | 21 August 1813 | married, 1766, Gustav III, King of Sweden; had issue |
| Caroline, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) | 10 July 1747 | 19 January 1820 | married, 1763, William I, Elector of Hesse; had issue |
| King Christian VII | 29 January 1749 | 13 March 1808 | married, 1766, Princess Caroline Matilda of Wales; had issue |
| Louise, Princess Charles of Hesse | 30 January 1750 | 12 January 1831 | married, 1766, Prince Charles of Hesse; had issue |
| Hereditary Prince Frederick | 11 October 1753 | 7 December 1805 | married, 1774, Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; had issue |
Within one hundred years of his time, Denmark faced the situation of his male issue (the main branch of the Royal House) going extinct. This created a succession crisis beginning from his grandson's reign, affecting both Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein. Finally, his great-grandson by female line, Christian IX of Denmark, who was married with his great-granddaughter Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), became the designated heir.)
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Frederick V
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King of Denmark 1746–1766 |
Succeeded by Christian VII |
| King of Norway 1746–1766 |
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