Show ROMANCE OF A KINGS LIFE THE LATE MONARCH OF DENMARK the late monarch of denmark was born october 6 1808 twelve months after the bombardment bar bir dment of copenhagen by the british fleet at the time when the crown of der dermark mark did rill not se beem seem rn to be worth many years purchase hib his is fa father t her too was but the cousin of the reigning king who had two daughters and being only forty years of age had bad hopes of still possessing male offspring under these circumstances the prospects of young JL fed frederick r brie bric elle appeared to be not particularly bril brilliant llant and ard his fathe being a proud though a barly unostentatious man he be was left almost entirely to himself and permitted to grow up among peasants sailors and soldiers from whom be imbibed strongly stron itron gly lly de democratic mccratic ta taste steg I 1 when only fourbears four yeara years of at age a great misfortune bebel the poor boy his parent 8 y atter tt several years of unhappiness were bapa separated r t d by a divorce which decreed that he should I 1 be torn from his bis affectionate mother and be left andr the care of strangers amo among n strangers accor accordingly dinely he be grew up the f oather father at lif hlf r being so entirely engrossed by political affairs lairs af in the course ct of which the crown of jorwa norway was placed on bib bis bead for four short abort montas months as almost to forget the existence of his son A new marriage which gave frederick a i step mother estranged the parental feeling still more and the youn young prince was glad I 1 enough when at the age of sixteen be he was permitted to leave denmark on travels through europe nominally to complete his bis education educato on in ir reality to begin it he duly made the then customary tour four de V europe and arid then settled down for several years at genia gen genva ia here in hi th the country of jean jaques ross eau pau be imbibed ultra republican principles for the reception of which bich his previous training or absence of training had already well fitted him with these ideas prince frederick went bick back to denmark at the age aee 0 it f twenty thi things 99 meanwhile had changed at the danish court in regard to the succession to the throne thone the reigning king now sixty years old bad had given up av ail bope hope at 0 having mate male and fredericks fredericka father prince Christi christian ap cousin of the monarch bad become heir apparent to the brwn the aged king was wab axce anxious to marry odi off his hia two dau daughters liters the eldest past thirty and no suitor coming from abroad he be offered them to the only disposable male relations at home the one the young man just jast returned from geneva tone ione and be the 0 her his uncle prince ferdinard the young republican prince would fain have declined the honor of being united to a kings daughter dut out a refusal was not permitted to him and by orders of his bis father and the king I 1 he was marril marrit d under dunder strong military escort to his bis cousin princess wilhe wilbe mina on the of november 18 za Frederi cx cic took from the first a strong dislike to his bis wife which was greatly increased in time by her haughty disposti dispo disposition sli sit ion lon utterly foreign to his own habits babits j before long iong be left his royal i altogether taking refuge at a mansion distant from the c capital pital a among mona mong 0 his bis old friends and humble bumble companions ile he here made the acquaintance for the airet ti tune vune e ot at louise a sprightly little damsel t it f 16 the daughter ot at a poor trad e a 1 man but with some education an am I 1 more grace grac and mother wit such society was altogether more to his bis tastes than that of the stiff WIT court at copenhagen at it which he tie did not make his bis appearance for a along long time by a royal decree of september 10 he was banished to the fortress of frederichs Freder icis in jutland old soldier and sailor friends were ere not allowed on visit to F frederichs Freder rede icis rivis and even little louise could not find her way to the fortress but with many tears on the order of her parents set out on a j urney to paris where she became becam an ornament to the corps de ballet A few days after fredericks arrival at the place of his bis banishment a decree of divorce between him and princess wilhelmina was issued at copenhagen tha the death of the king and he be ascension of his bis father to the released prince frederick from prison at the end of little more than two years and he was then appointed governor of the island of eunen B but ut baft being 9 inclined to fall again into his bis old ways of living his royal father insisted that be bould should marry once more and after some princess caroline Ca roune ioUne I 1 ol 01 mecklenburg strelitz wa was a chosen to be the second wife in the full bloom of youth very pretty and highly accomplished lashed it was waa hoped she would wean prince frederick from h bia hla is lowborn low born companions pan ions and bring him back to court and to a sense of bis his crown grown princely duties but this the young princess signally failed to do fre freerick lerick although be acknowledged her to be prettier thought her as proud as his first wife and before long absented himself more than ever from the court and his bis new home what probably greatly contributed to this estrangement was an accidental meeting with an old friend of his bis youth louise poor louise had bad seen hard times since she left denmark for france though an ornament for some years of the paris corp corps ilde de ballet she was soon shelved anthe appearance of greater ornaments and had to content herbe herself if with becoming a member of a wandering troupe of actors disseminating dramatic art thron through 11 h the little towns of germany hugary hu gary and bohemia the speculation with all its hardships and miseries proved very unsatisfactory in a pecuniary sense and lousie wab waa glad to drop lff iff the stage of a destitute hanoverian village and to proceed on foot to hamburg the wealthy merchant city gave her new friends among whom she sojourned sojourn ed for another couple if tf years and returned to Copeti copenhagen hagen bagen gettin gettins to the dangerous bo indars of thirty alias misi kab Kas mussen now resolved to become steady and accordingly settled down as a milliner and dressmaker working for the shops and for ay ary procurable private customers one evening coming home late from her work works she was arrested at least this is the copenhagen story by the eight sight of a fire and with wonted energy ranged herself among the human chain chan of assistants whose hands bands passed the palls of ater water from the canal to the fire engine she bad not been there long when she ehe perceived thata gentleman opposite busy in handing banding pails stared very bard a at t her as if trying to recognize an ail acquaintance she recognized him at once it was his royal highness prince frederick heir to the throne of denmark the on being sub dued prince frederick gallantly offered ered her his arm to accompany miss alias to her humble bumble lodging and in a few months after she found herself installed in a pretty little villa on the iland island of almagor from which at the end ot of a year she emigrated to a larger mansion with numerous servants about iier ber here she had the satisfaction of learning the divorce of prince frederick from his bis second wife after a union of five years princess caroline returned to mecklenburg strelitz Str ditz and louise Ra amussen was declared favorite en titre litre king christian VIII died on the the th january 1848 and the same day his bis son eon ascended the throne as frederick VII one of his bis first acts was waa to elevate louise to the rank of baroness danner which title was advanced soon after to that of countess the matter created some discontent at first among the people but wab wae judged less severely when it was waa found that the royal fair fati favorite used whatever influence she possessed for the benefit of the nation besides the king loudly declared more than once that he would prefer a thoua thouman nl I 1 times giving up his throne thione than separation from bis bia friend the countess danner became bis his sole adviser and her hi fluence influence grew to such auch an extent that she ehe was able to persuade the king to make her his lawful wife the mere announcement i of the intention created a storm of indignation throughout the country leading to protests on all ali parts and to strong remonstrance from the ministers nevertheless frederick VII was not to be shaken in his bis purpose and on the 27 b h of august 1850 lle lie gave his bis hand band in the church of fredericksburg to louise ing ini asen A short abort while after the king with his consort visited the tue sout bout southern bouthern fhern fiern province of denmark and being rather coldly received at one idae place his majery made a very frank a speech p a at a banquet given in his bis honor he ile tol toi told ey the guests guesta that though a kingho haaby had by no means given up up his privilege privileges a as a man to marry the woman be he loved best beat and that in the place in which be he stood be he looked upon his bis present wife wide as the only true friend be possessed in the world the speech repeated from mouth to mouth created a profound sen bation and gradually extinguished the III ill feeling against the countess at a later period she was again censured for giving herself too much the alra aira of a real queen but the reproach was deemed venial in view of what wab waa as g generally p acknowledged that bhe she was I 1 indeed d eed the devoted friend and consort ot of her royal husband she alone succeeded in chasing away the spirit of profound dejection which settled upon the king in the later years of his life under the burden of ab physical deleat and mental sufferings as well as po political lotical cares frederick VII wab waa thus enabled to become what even his bis personal enet enemies nies do not dispute the beai best monarch denmark has baa had bad these hundred years |