The Royal Danish CollectionRosenborgCastle historyInterior and objects7A: The stairway to the Stair TurretChristian V with His Half-Brother, c. 1671

Christian V with His Half-Brother, c. 1671

Christian V in conversation with his elder half-brother Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, and with Count Anthon Aldenburg (1633-1680). Grisaille by Anton Steenwinkel. The Gyldenløve family, the king’s ‘natural’, which is to say illegitimate children, played an important role in the political machinations of 17th century Denmark. As children of the king, they had high status in the class-divided society. At the same time, however, they were excluded from line of succession, and thus had no dynastic ambitions, making them extremely loyal to the reigning king.

Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve was the issue of a relationship Frederik (III) had with Margrethe Pape, before he married Sophie Amalie in 1643.

Relations

Queen Charlotte Amalie and Elsgen

Queen Charlotte Amalie, the wife of Christian V, painted by Jacob d’Agar around 1690.

Frederik III's children

Frederik III's five eldest children.

Cup

Standing cup of agate, mounted in gold enamel with rubies and a diamond.

Still life

Still life with hunting accessories. Painted by C.N. Gijsbrecht in 1672.

Planetarium

Planetarium. Designed by Ole Rømer to demonstrate the orbit of the planets around the Sun. Made in Paris 1678-1679 by Isaac Thuret, royal clockmaker.

The Battle of Öland

The battle at Øland on 1 June 1676, where the Swedish fleet lost its three largest men-of-war.

Chr. V presiding

Christian V presiding over the Supreme Court, presumably painted in 1697. The picture hangs in its original place.

Antlers of a stag

Antlers of a wounded stag to which, in 1698, Christian V gave the deathblow; in it’s fall it knocked the King over and he was badly injured.