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Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg

Yellow Palace, 10 Jun 1887 – Taza, 29 Feb 1940

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A life in time

  1. 10 Jun 1887

    Born in Yellow Palace

  2. 29 Feb 1940

    Dies in Taza, aged 52

Family

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Parents

Partner

During his lifetime

He lived through 7 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Yellow Palace.

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

The 1880s · Prince is born in Yellow Palace

What people wore

Wealth Displayed on Læsø Blouses

Wealthy women on Læsø Island wore blouses adorned with gilded metal plates, which functioned as a way to store and pass down family capital.

Getting around

Expansion of the railway network

The Danish railway network grew to nearly 4,000 kilometers by 1914, and in 1883, train ferries were introduced on the Great Belt to improve competitiveness.

At the table

Working-class diet of bread and fat

Working-class families often economized by subsisting on bread spread with fat, known as fedtemadder, when they could not afford warm meals.

Europe divides Africa. At the Berlin Conference, European powers set the rules for carving up Africa; within thirty years almost all of it was colonised.In Africa · 1884–1885

Europe divides Africa. At the Berlin Conference, European powers set the rules for carving up Africa; within thirty years almost all of it was colonised.

Adalbert von Roessler · public domain

Music

Transition in Danish folk dances and instruments

During the 19th century, traditional folk dances like the minuet and polska gradually declined in popularity, while newer round dances such as the polka, waltz, and mazurka became widespread. Violin and wind instruments like the clarinet and flute were preferred for these dances.

Daily life

Low wages for domestic help

A maidservant, who might serve a family faithfully for a lifetime, earned only 6–8 kroner per month.

What it cost

Earnings from making fire-lighters

A mother could earn 25 øre by making 500 small fire-lighters, which was just enough to buy a quarter of a loaf of rye bread and 2 kg of fat.