Wilhelmine Marie | |
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Princess Frederick of Denmark | |
![]() Portrait by Christian Albrecht Jensen, 1825 | |
Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | |
Tenure | 19 May 1838 – 24 October 1878 |
Born | Kiel, Duchy of Holstein | 18 January 1808
Died | 30 May 1891 Glücksburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, Germany | (aged 83)
Spouse | |
House | Oldenburg |
Father | Frederick VI of Denmark |
Mother | Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel |
Princess Wilhelmine Marie of Denmark and Norway (Danish: Vilhelmine af Danmark; German: Wilhelmine von Dänemark) (18 January 1808 – 30 May 1891) was a Princess of Denmark by birth, as daughter of King Frederick VI. In 1828, she married her agnatic second cousin, the future King Frederick VII of Denmark, but the marriage ended in divorce in 1837. The following year, she married another cousin, Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, who was eldest brother of the future Christian IX of Denmark. Both her marriages were childless.