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Christian IX., King of Denmark, born April 8, 1818, the fourth son of the late Duke Wilhelm of Schleswig-Hoktein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, and of Princess Louise of Hesse-Cassel. Appointed to the succession of the Crown of Denmark by the treaty of London, of May 8, 1852, and by the Danish law of succession of July 31, 1853. Succeeded to the throne on the death of King Frederik VII, November 15, 1863. Married, May 26, 1842, to
Louise, Queen of Denmark, born Sept. 7, 1817, the daughter of Landgrave Wilhelm of Hesse-Cassel. Issue of the union are:—1. Prince Frederik, heir-apparent, born June 3, 1813; married July 28, 1869, to Princess Lowisa, only daughter of the King of Sweden and Norway; offspring of the union are two sons, Christian, born Sept. 26, 1870, and Karl, born August 3, 1872. 2. Princess Alexandra, born Dec. 1, 1844; married, March 10, 1863, to Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. 3. Prince Wilhelm, born Dec. 24,1845; admiral in the Danish navy; elected King of the Hellenes, under the title of Georgios I., by the Greek National Assembly, March 31, 1863; married Oct. 27, 1867, to Olga Constantinowna, Grand-Duchess of Russia.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Denmark
1. Official Publication’s
Kongelig Dansk Hof og Statscalender. Kjöbenhavn, 1874.
Statistisk Tabelvaerk. Tredio Rackke. Niende Bind. Indeholdende Tabeller over Kongeriget Danmarks Varo - Indførsel og Udførtel samt Skibsfart m. m. i Finantsaaret 1870–72. Udgivet af det statistiske Bureau. 4. Gyldendal. 1872.
Tredie Raekke, tiende Bind, indeholdendo Tabeller over Kreaturholdet i Kongeriget Danmark den I6 de Juli I866. Udgivet af det statistiske Bureau. 4. Ibid. 1873.
Tredie Raekko, ellevte Bind, indeholdendo Tabeller ovor Størrelsen af det besaaede Areal og Udsaeden i Kongeriget Danmark den 16de Juli 1866. Udgivet af det statistiske Bureau. 4. Ibid. 1870.
Report by Mr. G. Straehcy, British Secretary of Legation, on the Finances, &c, of Denmark, dated Copenhagen, Jan. 25, 1869; in ‘Reports of H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation. No. III. 1869. 8. London, 1869.
Reports by Mr. G. Strachey, British Secretary of Legation, on the Finances,. Railways, Telegraphs, and Commerce of Denmark, dated Copenhagen, Feb G and April 6, 1872 ; in ‘Reports of H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ No. II. 1872. 8. London, 1872.
Report by Mr. G. Strachey British Secretary of Legation, on Scandinavian Currency Reform, dated Copenhagen, Feb. 1873; in ‘Reports of II. M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ No, I. 1873. S. London, 1873.
Report by Mr. Consul Crowe, on the Trade and Navigation of Denmark, dated Copenhagen, July 23, 1869; in ‘ Commercial Reports’ received at the Foreign Office. No. III. 1870. 8. London, 1870.
Report by Mr. Crowe, British Consul, on the Commerce and Navigation of the Kingdom of Denmark, for the year 1871, dated Elsinore, March 11, 1872; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ No. II. 1872. 8. London, 1872.
Reports by Mr. Lamb, British Consul, on the Trade and Population of St. Croix and St. Thomas, dated March 31 and December 31,1871 ; in’Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ No. I. 1872. 8. London, 1872.
Report by Mr. Crowe, British Consul, on the Trade, Population, and Fisheries of Iceland, dated Copenhagen, May 10,1872 ; in ‘ Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ No. III. 1872. 8. London, 1872;
Trade of Denmark with the United Kingdom ; in ‘ Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions.’ Imp. 4. London, 1874.
2. Non-Officiai. Publication’s
Baggescn (A.), Den Danske Stat i Aaret 1860. Fremstillet geographisk og statistisk, tillige fra, et militairt Standpunkt. 2 vols. 8. Kjȯbenhavn, 1860–63.
Bergsö (A. F.), Den Danske Stats Statistik. 3 vols. 8. Kjöbenhavn, 1853–58.
Erstev (E.). Den Danske Stat. 8. Kjȯbenhavn, 1859–60.
Petersen (C. P. N.), Love og andre ofïentlige Kundgjorels er, &c, vedkom-inende Landvaesenet i Kongeriget Danmark. 8. Kjȯbenhavn, 1865.
Rainais (Harry), The State of Agriculture in Denmark. In ‘ Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England,’ vol. xxi. 8. London, 1866.
Trap (J, P.), Statistisk-topographisk Beskrivelse af Kongeriget Danmark. 4 vols. 8. Kjöbenhavn, 1857–63.
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Martin, F. (1875). Denmark. In: The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253049_3
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