| Show aged monarch retires after giving an audience and peacefully expires family at the beds de when the end came pr nee freder ck the eldest son will succeed to the throne copenhagen the king of den mark died at 3 30 monday afternoon the kings death was quite sudden although tor some time past he had showed evidences that the weight of his years was beginning to tell upon him there was no indication of his approaching en d his majesty gave long audiences monday morning last ing three hours at luncheon after wards the king showed signs of great fatigue and almost collapsed phys iciano were hastily summoned but they were unable to rally the aged monarch s strength and at 3 30 p m he died in his bed room to which he had retired the crown prince fred enck the crown princess louisa and the children and the dowager em press of russia mane dagmar were present at the king s bedside when he passed away the news of the king s death was conveyed to ahe danish lower house which immediately suspended its sit tings prince frederick the eldest son of tt e late king christian who succeeds to the throne was born june 3 1843 and was married july 28 1869 to princess louisa daughter of king charles XV of sweden and norway the late king christian s eldest daughter is queen alexandra of eng land and his second son prince wll was elected king of greece un der the title of george I 1 in 1863 another daughter of the late king christian mane dagmar is the dow ager empress of bassia maria feo dokovna who married alexander III of russia he died november 1 1894 and his son nicholas is now em geror of russia |
