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Charlotte Amelia of Hesse-Cassel ( 27 March 1650 – 27 March 1714 ) was a Danish Queen-consort as a wife of the King Christian V Of Denmark . She was born in Kassel . Her parents were Landgrave Wilhelm VI Of Hesse-Kassel and his wife Hedwig Sophie Of Brandenburg . Charlotte Amalie married on 25 June 1667 to Prince Christian and became the Queen of Denmark in 1670. As well as other children they had the son Frederik and the daughter Sofia Hedwig . Charlotte Amalie was raised in the Reformed faith, which she stayed loyal to after her marriage to Christian. She was a popular Queen, and her popularity increased in 1700 , when she took part in organising the defence of Copenhagen after King Charles XII Of Sweden invaded Zealand . Charlotte Amalie owned several estates around the country and she administered them skilfully. After the death of Christian V in on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen, where she lived from 1700 until she died. The mansion, which is named after her, has housed the Royal Danish Academy Of Art since 1754 . She died in Copenhagen and was buried in the Roskilde Cathedral . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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