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Frederick VI … King Of DenmarkAge: 711768–1839

Name
Frederick VI … King Of Denmark
Given names
Frederick VI
Name suffix
King Of Denmark
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Birth 28 January 1768 18 16
 Christiansborg, Slotsholmen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Australian History 1770 (Age 23 months)
 

Note: English Lieutenant James Cook's expedition in HM Bark Endeavour charts the eastern coast, and claims it for the British Crown. Australia dubbed 'terra nullius' i.e., according to the European legal precepts of the era, it was 'owned' by no-one.
Birth of a sister 1771 (Age 2)
 

younger sister - Louise Augusta …
Death of a maternal grandmother 8 February 1772 (Age 4)
 Carlton House, London, England

maternal grandmother - Augusta … Of Saxe-Gotha
Death of a mother 10 May 1775 (Age 7)
 Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany

mother - Caroline Matilda Hanover
Australian History 1788 (Age 19)
 

Note: The British First Fleet, led by Governor Arthur Phillip arrives in New South Wales to found first European settlement and penal colony at Sydney. Colony includes 'all the islands adjacent in the Pacific Ocean' and running westward to the 135th meridian east. This claim included the islands of New Zealand, which were administered as part of New South Wales.
Note: British settlement founded at Norfolk Island.
MarriageMarie … - View family
31 July 1790 (Age 22)
 Gottorp, Schleswig, Germany

Australian History 1790 (Age 21)
 

Note: Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis.
Birth of a son
#1		 1791 (Age 22)
 

son - Christian …
Death of a son 1791 (Age 22)
 

son - Christian …
Birth of a daughter
#2		 1792 (Age 23)
 

daughter - Marie Louise …
Australian History 1792 (Age 23)
 

Note: Two French ships, La Recherche and L'Esp�rance, anchor at Recherche Bay, near the southernmost point of Tasmania at a time when England and France were racing around the globe to be the first to discover and colonise Australia.
Note: Governor Philip returns to England, accompanied by his friend Bennelong and a companion who become the first Australian born person to sail to Europe.
Birth of a daughter
#3		 1793 (Age 24)
 

daughter - Caroline …
Death of a daughter 1793 (Age 24)
 

daughter - Marie Louise …
Birth of a daughter
#4		 1795 (Age 26)
 

daughter - Louise …
Death of a daughter 1795 (Age 26)
 

daughter - Louise …
Birth of a son
#5		 1797 (Age 28)
 

son - Christian …
Death of a son 1797 (Age 28)
 

son - Christian …
Australian History 1797 (Age 28)
 

Note: Sydney Cove wrecked and some survivors travelled from Bass Strait to Port Jackson allowing for the rescue of others but also furthering knowledge of the geography of Australia.
Australian History 1798 (Age 29)
 

Note: 1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island.
Birth of a daughter
#6		 1802 (Age 33)
 

daughter - Louise Juliane …
Death of a daughter 1802 (Age 33)
 

daughter - Louise Juliane …
Australian History 1803 (Age 34)
 

Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland')
Australian History 1804 (Age 35)
 

Note: A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land by Lieutenant Bowen.
Note: Castle Hill convict rebellion also known as the second Battle of Vinegar Hill
Note: The Risdon settlement is moved to Sullivan's Cove (now Hobart) by Colonel David Collins.
Birth of a daughter
#7		 1805 (Age 36)
 

daughter - Frederica Maria …
Death of a daughter 1805 (Age 36)
 

daughter - Frederica Maria …
Birth of a daughter
#8		 18 January 1808 (Age 39)
 Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

daughter - Wilhelmine …
Death of a father 13 March 1808 (Age 40)
 Rendsborg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

father - Christian VII … King Of Denmark
Australian History 1808 (Age 39)
 

Note: The Rum Rebellion
Australian History 1817 (Age 48)
 

Note: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River
Note: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney (it became Westpac in 1982).
Note: Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name 'Australia' instead of 'New Holland'
Australian History 1818 (Age 49)
 

Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Australian History 1824 (Age 55)
 

Note: A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane.
Note: Bathurst and Melville Islands are annexed.
Note: Permission granted to change the name of the continent from 'New Holland' to 'Australia'
Note: 1824-25 - Hume and Hovell expedition travels overland to Port Phillip Bay, discovers Murray River
Australian History 1825 (Age 56)
 

Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Marriage of a daughterWilhelmine … - View family
1 November 1828 (Age 60)
 Copenhagen, Denmark

son-in-law - Frederick VII … King Of Denmark
daughter - Wilhelmine …
Australian History 1828 (Age 59)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History 1829 (Age 60)
 

Note: The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain.
Australian History 1830 (Age 61)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History 1831 (Age 62)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History 1832 (Age 63)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History 1833 (Age 64)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History 1835 (Age 66)
 

Note: John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne.
Note: William Wentworth establishes Australian Patriotic Association (Australia's first political party) to demand democracy for New South Wales.
Australian History 1836 (Age 67)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History 1838 (Age 69)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 70)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Death 3 December 1839 (Age 71)
 Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark

Family with parents - View family
father
Christian VII … King Of Denmark

Birth 29 January 1749 25 24  Copenhagen, Denmark

Death 13 March 1808 (Age 59)  Rendsborg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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mother
Caroline Matilda Hanover

Birth 22 July 1751 50 31  Leicester House, London, England

Death 10 May 1775 (Age 23)  Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany

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Marriage: 8 November 1766 — Christiansborg, Slotsholmen, Copenhagen, Denmark
15 months
#1 himself
Frederick VI … King Of Denmark

Birth 28 January 1768 18 16  Christiansborg, Slotsholmen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Death 3 December 1839 (Age 71)  Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark

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#2 younger sister
Louise Augusta …

Birth 1771 21 19  

Death 1843 (Age 72)  

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himself
Frederick VI … King Of Denmark

Birth 28 January 1768 18 16  Christiansborg, Slotsholmen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Death 3 December 1839 (Age 71)  Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark

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wife
Marie …

Birth 28 October 1767 23 17  Hanau, Hesse, Germany

Death 21 March 1852 (Age 84)  Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Marriage: 31 July 1790 — Gottorp, Schleswig, Germany
5 months
#1 son
Christian …

Birth 1791 22 23  

Death 1791  

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#2 daughter
Marie Louise …

Birth 1792 23 24  

Death 1793 (Age 12 months)  

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#3 daughter
Caroline …

Birth 1793 24 25  

Death 1881 (Age 88)  

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#4 daughter
Louise …

Birth 1795 26 27  

Death 1795  

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#5 son
Christian …

Birth 1797 28 29  

Death 1797  

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#6 daughter
Louise Juliane …

Birth 1802 33 34  

Death 1802  

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#7 daughter
Frederica Maria …

Birth 1805 36 37  

Death 1805  

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#8 daughter
Wilhelmine …

Birth 18 January 1808 39 40  Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Death 30 May 1891 (Age 83)  Glücksburg, Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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Frederick VI … King Of Denmark has 20 first cousins recorded

Father's family (2)

Parents Charles … Of Hesse-Cassel + Louise …
1 Marie … 1767–1852
2 Princess Louise Caroline … Of Hesse-Cassel 1789–1867

Mother's family (18)

Parents Duke Charles … Of BruNew South Walesick-Wolfenbuttel + Augusta Hanover
1 Caroline Amelia … Of BruNew South Walesick 1768–1821
Parents George William Frederick Hanover + Charlotte …
1 George Augustus Frederick Hanover 1762–1830
2 Frederick Hanover Duke Of York 1763–1827
3 William Henry Hanover 1765–1837
4 Charlotte Augusta Matilda Hanover Princess Royal 1766–1828
5 Edward Augustus Hanover 1767–1820
6 Augusta Sophia Hanover 1768–1840
7 Elizabeth Hanover 1770–1840
8 Ernest Augustus I Hanover King Of Hanover 1771–1851
9 Augustus Frederick Hanover Duke Of Sussex 1773–1843
10 Duke Adolphus Hanover Of Cambridge 1774–1850
11 Mary Hanover 1776–1857
12 Sophia Hanover 1777–1848
13 Octavius Hanover 1779–1783
14 Alfred Hanover 1780–1783
15 Amelia Hanover 1783–1810
Parents Duke Edward Henry Hanover Of Gloucester + Countess Maria Walpole Of Waldegrave
1 Duke William Frederick … Of Gloucester 1776–1834
2 Sophia … ?–1844

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