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Princess Caroline of Denmark

Christiansborg Palace, 28 Oct 1793 – Bernstorff Mansion, 31 Mar 1881

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A life in time

  1. 28 Oct 1793

    Born in Christiansborg Palace

  2. 31 Mar 1881

    Dies in Bernstorff Mansion, aged 87

Family

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Parents

During her lifetime

She lived through 10 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Christiansborg Palace.

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

The 1790s · Princess is born in Christiansborg Palace

In the news1795

Major Copenhagen fire (1795)

In 1795, a major fire in Copenhagen destroyed 941 houses, leaving 6,000 people homeless.

What people wore

Fashionable wide hip pads

Wealthy women used hip pads made of whalebone under their dresses to create an fashionable wide silhouette, sometimes so wide they had to walk sideways through doors.

Getting around

Slow horse-drawn travel between Danish towns

Travel between towns primarily relied on horse-drawn carriages, and journeys were slow, taking several days for even moderate distances. For example, a carriage leaving Copenhagen on Wednesday afternoon was only expected to reach Aalborg by the following Monday morning in summer.

The French Revolution. Parisians stormed the Bastille in 1789; the monarchy fell, the king was executed, and “liberty, equality, fraternity” spread across Europe.In Europe · 1789–1799

The French Revolution. Parisians stormed the Bastille in 1789; the monarchy fell, the king was executed, and “liberty, equality, fraternity” spread across Europe.

Unidentified painter · public domain

In the news1794

First labor strike in Denmark (1794)

Approximately 2,000 craftsmen went on strike in Copenhagen in 1794, in what is considered Denmark's first labor strike.

Music

Music in Christiansfeld community

In the Moravian community of Christiansfeld, unmarried women gathered in the sisters' house to play instruments like harps, violins, and the harpsichord. The community also utilized a trombone choir for outdoor services, such as funerals, and for festive church occasions like Easter.

Daily life

Shared facilities and night men in Nyboder

In Nyboder, apartments had shared kitchens in expanded corridors, and residents had to pay and leave a light for the 'Night men' who emptied the backyard toilet pits to avoid a mess in their kitchen. The toilet was a shared shed in the yard covering a pit.