#frederick v

Collection: Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark

Frederick V (Danish and Norwegian: Frederik V; 31 March 1723 – 14 January 1766) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from 6 August 1746 until his death in 1766. A member of the House of Oldenburg, he was the son of Christian VI of Denmark and Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.

Frederick V (Danish and Norwegian: Frederik V; 31 March 1723 – 14 January 1766) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from 6 August 1746 until his death in 1766. A member of the House of Oldenburg, he was the son of Christian VI of Denmark and Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.

John Hoskins (British, ca.1590-1665) Portrait of Frederick V, Elector Palatine, King of Bohemia, 1630s The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Frederick V, Elector Palatine (1596-1632), as King of Bohemia. By Gerard van Honthorst.

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Frederick V, Elector Palatine, the “Winter King” (1596-1632) by Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, c.1630

He’s out here looking like Ferb