Frederick VIII

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Frederick VIII

king of Denmark

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Born:: June 3, 1843, Copenhagen

Died:: May 14, 1912, Hamburg (aged 68)

Title / Office:: king (1906-1912), Denmark

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Frederick VIII (born June 3, 1843, Copenhagen—died May 14, 1912, Hamburg) was the king of Denmark in 1906–12.

Frederick served in the disastrous Danish–German War of 1864, which lost the duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, and Lauenburg for Denmark. He then assisted his father, Christian IX, in affairs of state. In 1907, as king, he formed a commission to draft a partial home rule bill for Iceland, but nothing came of it. Frederick VIII’s popularity was based on his sincerity in politics, his congeniality, and his simple life-style.

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