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Frederick V of Denmark

Copenhagen Castle, 31 Mar 1723 – Christiansborg Palace, 14 Jan 1766

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A life in time

  1. 31 Mar 1723

    Born in Copenhagen Castle

  2. 1745–1753

    6 children are born

  3. 1746–1766

    Monarch of Denmark

  4. 1746–1766

    Monarch of Norway

  5. 14 Jan 1766

    Dies in Christiansborg Palace, aged 42

Family

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Parents

Partners

Children · 6

During his lifetime

He lived through 5 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Copenhagen Castle.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1720s · Frederick V is born in Copenhagen Castle

In the news1728

1728 Copenhagen fire destroys city infrastructure

In 1728, a massive fire in Copenhagen destroyed 74 streets and 1,670 of the city's 4,087 houses, leading to the creation of a fire insurance company.

Daily life

Shared living conditions in Nyboder

In 18th-century Copenhagen, Nyboder apartments often lacked private kitchens, forcing families to share a hallway-like cooking space with neighbors. People also relied on shared outdoor toilets consisting of sheds over pits that required periodic emptying by night men.

Work

Day laborer earnings in Odense

A common day laborer in Odense earned 16 skilling for a 12-hour workday during summer, and 12 skilling during winter.

The Great Northern War. Russia, Denmark and Saxony fought Sweden for the Baltic; Peter the Great won and built St Petersburg on the conquered coast.In Europe · 1700–1721

The Great Northern War. Russia, Denmark and Saxony fought Sweden for the Baltic; Peter the Great won and built St Petersburg on the conquered coast.

Imonoz · CC BY-SA 4.0

What people wore

Men's hat styles changed

Men switched from tall conical hats to low, broad-brimmed black felt hats during the 1700s.

Music

Minuet Popularity Among Ordinary People

In the 1740s, peasants danced the minuet at fine occasions, and authorities even caught guests dancing it at a suburban Copenhagen inn in 1736.

At the table

Herring was the common daily meal

For ordinary people, salted herring eaten with water porridge was the most common daily meal, often consumed morning, noon, and evening.