page_title: Anne Sophie Reventlow
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Anne Sophie Reventlow / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: spouse by bigamy of the king of Denmark and later lawfully queen-consort
context_page_description: Anne Sophie von Reventlow was Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1721 to 1730 as the second wife of Frederick IV of Denmark and Norway.
context_section_description: She was born a komtesse (countess) as the daughter of Conrad, Count Reventlow of Clausholm, who served Frederick IV as Grand Chancellor and Sophie Amalie von Hahn. About Anna Sophie's childhood nothing is known apart from the fact that her upbringing was educationally inadequate: Answered letters show that she made clumsy use of Danish, French and German. She was described as beautiful and lively, with "black, fiery eyes."
caption: Pastel portrait of Anne Sophie in her youth.
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