, 1864-05-20
The Late Monarch of Denmark.

"When only four years of age. a great
misfortune befel the poor prince. His
parents, after several years Of unhappiness,
were separated by divorce, which decreed
that he should be torn from his affectionate
mother and be left under the care of stran-
gers Among strangers accordingly he
grew up, the father being so entirely en-
crossed by political affairs, in the course Of
which the crown of Norway was placed upon
his head for four short months, as almost to
forget the existence of his son.
A new marriage, which gave Frederick a
step-mother, estranged the paternal feelings
still more, and the young Prince was glad
enough when, at the age of sixteen, he was
permitted to leave Denmark on travels
through Europe, nominally to complete his
education, iu reality to begin it. He duly
made the then customary "tour de I Eu-
rope" and then settled down for several
years at Geneva.
Here, in the country of Jean Jacques
Rousseau, he imbibed ultra republican prin-
ciples, for the reception Of which his previ-
GUS training, or absence Of training, had al
ready well fitted him.
With these ideas Prince Frederick went
back to Denmark at the age of twenty
Things, meanwhile, had changed at the
Danish Court in regard to the succession to
the throne. The reigning King, now sixty
years old, had given up all hope Of having
male offspring, and Frederick's father,
Prince Christian, cousin of the monarch, had
become heir apparent to the crown. The
aged King was exceedingly anxious to mar
ry off his two daughters, the eldest past
thirty, and no suitor coming from abroad
he offered them to the only disposable male
relations at home-the one, the young man
just returned from Geneva; and the other
his uncle, Prince Ferdinand The young
republican Prince would fain have declined
the honor of being united to the Kings
daughter but refusal was not permitted
to him, and by orders of his father and the
King, he was married under strong military
escort, to his cousin, Princess Wilhelmina
on the LIST November, 1928. Frederick
took from the first strong dislike to his
wife, which was greatly increased in time by
her naughty disposition, utterly foreign tc
his own habits Before long he left his
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mansion, distant from the capital, among his
old friends and humble companions.
He here made the acquaintance, for the
first time, of Louise Rasmussen, sprightly
little damsel of sixteen, the daughter of q
poor tradesman, but with some education
and more grace and mother wit. Such so
ciety was altogether more to his tastes than
that of the stiff court of Copenhagen, at
which he did not make his appearance for a
long time. BY royal decree of September
10, 1887, he was banished to the fortress oi
Fredericis, in Jutland. Old soldier and
sailor friends were not allowed on visit tC
Fredericis. and even little Louise Rasmus-
sen could not find her way to the fortress
but with many tears, on the order Of her pa
rents, set out on journey to Paris, where
she became an ornament to the corps ii
ballet A few days after Frederick arriva
at the place of his Punishment, a decree Of
divorce between HIM and Princess WiIhel
nina was issued at Copenhagen.