Christian IX and Queen Louise

Christian IX and Queen Louise were the first couple of the Glücksburg

line on the Danish throne. They had a difficult beginning, as they

ascended the throne in 1863, immediately prior to the military defeat

by Prussia and Austria in 1864. However, they eventually became

popular with the Danish people, not least because they secured such

advantageous marriages for their six children that already in their own

day they were known as “Europe’s parents-in-law.” Today there are

not many European royals who are not descendants of Christian IX

and Queen Louise, who died in 1906 and 1898 respectively.

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