Frederick V (March 31, 1723 - January 13, 1766) was king of Denmark and Norway from 1746, son of Christian VI and Sophie Magdelena Markgrave of Brandenburg-Kalmbach-Bayreuth.
He was married to Louise of Great Britain and Ireland (daughter of King George II). They were parents of seven children, including Christian VII, and Sophia Magdalen (who married Gustav III of Sweden). Frederick married a second time to Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. They were parents of seven additional children, including Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark (who was, in his turn, father of King Christian VIII of Denmark). Frederick was also the father of five illegitimate children by Else Hansen.
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 VI King Frederick VI of Denmark and Norway (January 28, 1768 – December 3, 1839), reigned as King of Denmark from 1808 to 1839, and as king of Norway from 1808 to 1814.
Frederick actually was the first monarch of Denmark and Norway to descend from Gustav I of Sweden who had secured Sweden's independence after union period with other Scandinavian countries.
Wilhelmine of Denmark (1808-1891), firstly married to her second cousin Prince Frederik of Denmark, the future Frederick VII of Denmark, but they divorced, and she married secondly Duke Charles of Lyksborg (=Duke of Glucksburg), who was eldest brother of the future Christian IX of Denmark.
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