num_pages: 60
description: Frederik VII ruled Denmark from 1848 until 1863. In 1849 he introduced Denmark's first constitution. Despite his great weaknesses as a ruler he is one of the most remarkable figures among the Danish monarchs. He was an odd individual with a rather unstable temperament and in many ways he was a black sheep within the royal family. In particular Frederik VII provoked people with his marriage to Countess Danner but at the same time he added a completely new popular dimension to the monarchy. Frederik VII had a sense of the mood of the people that enabled him to become something as paradoxical as a royal icon of democracy in Denmark.This book is part of the Crown Series  a series of small books on the Danish monarchy and related subjects published in cooperation with the Royal Danish Collection.
language: English
title: Frederik VII: The Giver of the Constitution
publisher: Gad Publishers