FREDENSBORG CASTLE 



other castles. In 1863 King Christian IX and 

 Queen Louisa came here in the summer, and in 

 the autumn of 1864 their daughter, Queen 

 Alexandra, then Princess of Wales, came with 

 her husband, and from that time onward every 

 second year the whole Danish royal family met 

 there. It was on the 23rd of June, 1866, that 

 the Danish King's second daughter, Princess 

 Dagmar, was there engaged to the Grand Duke 

 Alexander, afterwards Emperor of Russia. The 

 third daughter, who became Duchess of Cumber- 

 land, was confirmed at Fredensborg in 1870. 



It is a curious story the castle has to tell of a 

 large family of affectionate growing boys and 

 girls, princes and princesses, passing on to reign 

 in various European countries as sovereigns. 



Christian IX passed away, and his son Frederick 

 VIII was very fond of Fredensborg, coming 

 there every year, sometimes even in the spring 

 and autumn, until he in his turn gave way to 

 Christian X, the present King, who will probably 

 be there some months every autumn. 



George I, King of Greece, son of Christian IX, 

 and brother of Queen Alexandra, was perhaps 

 the most fond of Fredensborg, for, recorded on 



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