Descendants of
Christian V, King of Denmark and Norway
(The Counts af Danneskiold-Samsoe)

(gen 1-3 of 10 generations)
 

       Christian V 
       King of Denmark and Norway 1670-1699
       Born 25 April 1646 Flensburg 
       Died 25 August 1699 Copenhagen 
       Married 14 May 1667 Nykoping 
       Landgraefin Charlotte Amalie von Hessen-Kassel, daughter of 
       Wilhelm VI, Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel 1637-1650-1663 and 
       Markgraefin Hedwig Sophie von Brandenburg 
       Born 27 April 1650 Kassel 
       Died 27 March 1714 Copenhagen 
       Children by (a) Sophie Amalie Moth, Lensgrevinde til 
       Samsoe, daughter of Poul Moth and Ida Burenees 
       Born 28 March 1654 Copenhagen 
       Died 17 January 1719 Copenhagen 
                 Children, Generation I 

       Generation I
            1  Fredrik IV 
               King of Denmark and Norway 1699-1730 
               Born 11 October 1671 Copenhagen 
               Died 12 October 1730 Odense 
               Married (1) 5 December 1695 Copenhagen 
               Duchess Louise von Mecklenburg-Guestrow, daughter of Gustav 
               Adolf, Duke of Mecklenburg-Guestrow 1654-1695 and Princess 
               Magdalene Sibylle von Holstein-Gottorp 
               Born 28 August 1667 Guestrow 
               Died 15 March 1721 Copenhagen 
               Buried Roskilde 
               Married (2) 4 April 1721 
               Komtesse Anna Sophie von Reventlow, daughter of Greve 
               Konrad von Reventlow and Sophie Amalie Haha til Seekamp 
               Born 16 April 1693 Klausholm 
               Died 7 January 1743 Klausholm 
                         Children, Generation II-1 

            2  Prince Christian Vilhelm of Denmark 
               Born 1 December 1672 Copenhagen 
               Died 15 January 1673 Copenhagen 

            3  Prince Christian of Denmark 
               Born 25 March 1675 Copenhagen 
               Died 27 June 1695 Ulm 

            4  Princess Sofie Hedwig of Denmark 
               Born 28 August 1677 Copenhagen 
               Died 13 March 1735 Copenhagen 

            5  Princess Christiane Charlotte of Denmark 
               Born 18 January 1679 Copenhagen 
               Died 24 August 1689 Copenhagen 

            6  Prince Karl of Denmark 
               Born 25 October 1680 Copenhagen 
               Died 8 July 1729 Verumetoft 

            7  Princess NN of Denmark 
               Born 17 July 1682 (stillborn) 

            8  Prince Vilhelm of Denmark 
               Born 21 February 1687 Copenhagen 
               Died 23 November 1705 Copenhagen 

        (a) 9  Christiane Gyldenlove 
               Grevinde til Somsoe 
               Born 7 July 1672 Copenhagen 
               Died 12 September 1689 Grasten Slot 
               Married 8 November 1686 Copenhagen 
               Lensgreve Friedrich af Ahlefeldt, son of Greve Frederik af 
               Ahlefeld and Komtesse Margarethe Dorothea zu Rantzau 
               Born 21 April 1662 Flensborg 
               Died 10 June 1708 Regensburg 

            10 Christian Gyldenlove 
               Greve till Samsoe 
               Born 28 February 1674 Copenhagen 
               Died 16 July 1703 Odense 
               Married (1) 27 November 1696 Copenhagen 
               Komtesse Charlotte Amalie af Danneskjold-Laurvig, daughter 
               of Ulrik Frederik Gyldenlove, Greve af Laurvig and Countess 
               Antoinette Auguste von Aldenburg 
               Born 15 November 1682 
               Died 7 December 1699 
               Married (2) 25 May 1701 Copenhagen 
               Dorte Krag til Juellund, daughter of Mogens Nielsen Krag 
               and Helvig von der Kuhla 
               Born 27 September 1675 
               Died 10 October 1754 Gisselfeld 
                         Children, Generation II-2 

            11 Sophie Christiane Gyldenlove 
               Grevinde til Samsoe 
               Born 1675 Copenhagen 
               Died 18 August 1684 

            12 Anna Christiane Gyldenlove 
               Grevinde til Samsoe 
               Born 1676 Copenhagen 
               Died 11 August 1689 
               "Trolovet" Greve Christian Detlev Reventlow, son of Greve 
               Conrad Reventlow, Storkansler and Grevinde Anna Margarete 
               Gabel 
               Born 21 June 1671 Haderslev 
               Died 1 October 1738 Tollose 
                         S.P. 

            13 Ulrich Christian Gyldenlove 
               Greve til Samsoe 
               Born 24 June 1678 Copenhagen 
               Died 8 December 1719 Copenhagen 
               Married 24 October 1708 Copenhagen 
               Charlotte Amalie Krabbe, daughter of Otto Krabbe and 
               Birgitte Skeel 
               Born 30 November 1689 Copenhagen 
               Died 25 August 1709 Copenhagen 
                         S.P. 

            14 NN (daughter) Gyldenlove 
               Born 1682 
               Died 8 July 1684 

       II-1 (I-1) 
        (1) 1  Prince Christian of Denmark 
               Born 28 June 1697 Copenhagen 
               Died 1 October 1698 Copenhagen 
 
            2  Christian VI 
               King of Denmark and Norway 1730-1746 
               Born 30 November 1699 Copenhagen 
               Died 6 August 1746 Horsholm 
               Married 7 August 1721 Pretsch 
               Markgraefin Sofie Magdalena von Brandenburg-Kulmbach, 
               daughter of Markgraf Christian Heinrich von 
               Brandenburg-Bayreuth and Countess Sophie Christiane von 
               Wolfstein 
               Born 28 November 1700 Castle Schoenberg 
               Died 27 May 1770 Christianborg 
                         Children, Generation III-1 

            3  Prince Fredrik Karl of Denmark 
               Born 23 October 1701 Copenhagen 
               Died 7 January 1702 Copenhagen 

            4  Prince Joergen of Denmark 
               Born 6 January 1703 Copenhagen 
               Died 12 March 1704 Copenhagen 

            5  Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark 
               Born 6 October 1706 Copenhagen 
               Died 28 October 1782 Copenhagen 

        (2) 6  Princess Christiane Amalie of Denmark 
               Born 23 October 1723 Copenhagen 
               Died 7 January 1724 Copenhagen 

            7  Prince Fredrik Christian of Denmark 
               Born 1 June 1726 Frederiksberg 
               Died 15 May 1727 Frederiksberg 

            8  Prince Karl of Denmark 
               Born 16 February 1728 Copenhagen 
               Died 8 July 1729 

       II-2 (I-10) 
        (1) 1  Grevinde Christiane Charlotte af Danneskiold-Samsoe 
               Born 7 July 1698 Copenhagen 
               Died 5 October 1699 

            2  Grevinde Frederikke Louise af Danneskiold-Samsoe 
               Born 2 October 1699 Akershus 
               Died 2 December 1744 Sonderborg 
               Married 21 July 1720 Copenhagen 
               Christian August, Duke of Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg 
               1731-1754, son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm von 
               Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg and Grevinde Sofie Amalie 
               af Ahlefeld 
               Born 4 August 1696 Augustenborg 
               Died 20 January 1754 Augustenborg 

        (2) 3  Christian 
               Lensgreve af Danneskiold-Samsoe 
               Born 1 August 1702 Verona 
               Died 17 February 1728 Copenhagen 
               Married (1) 24 April 1721 Copenhagen 
               Komtesse Conradine Christine Friis-Friisenborg, daughter of 
               Count Niels Friis til Friisenborg and Komtesse Christiane 
               Sophie Reventlow 
               Born 3 March 1699 Copenhagen 
               Died 23 June 1723 Copenhagen 
               Married (2) 4 October 1724 Copenhagen 
               Christine Catharine von Holstein, daughter of Christian 
               Friedrich von Holstein and Berte Scheel von Schack 
               Born 1709 Copenhagen 
               Died 1 February 1795 Copenhagen 
                         Children, Generation III-2 

            4  Greve Friedrich af Danneskiold-Samsoe 
               Born 1 November 1703 Assendrup 
               Died 18 July 1770 Arhus 
               Married 31 July 1724 Wedellsborg 
               Grevinde Dorothea Wedell-Wedellsborg, daughter of Hannibal, 
               Lensgreve Wedell-Wedellsborg and Anna Catharine Banner von 
               Rugaard 
               Born 1706 
               Died 20 January 1763 Soro 
                         Children, Generation III-3 

      III-1 (II-1-2) 
            1  Fredrik V 
               King of Denmark and Norway 1746-1766 
               Born 31 March 1723 Copenhagen 
               Died 14 January 1766 Castle Christiansborg 
               Married (1) 10 November 1743 Hannover 
               Princess Louise of Great Britain and Ireland, daughter of 
               George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland 1727-1760 and 
               Markgraefin Karoline von Brandenburg-Ansbach 
               Born 7 December 1724 London, Leicester House 
               Died 19 December 1751 Castle Christiansborg 
               Married (2) 8 July 1752 Frederiksborg 
               Princess Juliane Marie of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel, daughter 
               of Ferdinand Albrecht II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 
               and Princess Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 
               Born 4 September 1729 
               Died 10 October 1796 Fredensborg 
               Children by (a) Else Hansen 
               Born 1720 
               Died September 1784 
                         Children, Generation IV-1 

            2  Princess Louise of Denmark 
               Born 19 June 1724 Copenhagen 
               Died 20 December 1724 Copenhagen 

            3  Princess Louise of Denmark 
               Born 19 October 1726 Copenhagen 
               Died 8 August 1756 Hildburghausen 
               Married 1 October 1749 Hirschholm nr Copenhagen 
               Ernst Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 1745-1780, 
               son of Ernst Friedrich II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 
               1724-1745 and Countess Karoline zu Erbach-Fuerstenau 
               Born 10 June 1727 Koenigsberg in Franken 
               Died 23 September 1780 Seidingstedt 

      III-2 (II-2-3) 
        (1) 1  Fredrik Christian 
               Lensgreve af Danneskiold-Samsoe 
               Born 5 June 1722 Frissenborg 
               Died 26 March 1778 Copenhagen 
               Married (1) 29 July 1749 Skovsbo 
               Nicoline Rosenkrantz, daughter of Christian Rosenkrantz til 
               Farskov and Frederike Luise Krag 
               Born 6 January 1721 Skovsbo 
               Died 7 February 1771 Copenhagen 
               Married (2) 18 June 1773 Schleswig 
               Sophie Friederike Luise von Kleist, daughter of Christian 
               Adam von Kleist and Sophie Rosenkrantz 
               Born 31 March 1747 Rendsburg 
               Died 29 May 1814 Gisselfeld 
                         Children, Generation IV-2 

            2  Greve Christian Nicolai af Danneskiold-Samsoe 
               Born 16 June 1723 Copenhagen 
               Died 10 June 1724 Copenhagen 

            3  Ulrich Adolph 
               Lensgreve af Danneskiold-Samsoe 
               Born 16 June 1723 Copenhagen 
               Died 3 June 1751 Gisselfeld 
               Married 19 July 1743 Sollerodgaard 
               Komtesse Sophie Dorothea af Danneskiold-Samsoe, daughter of 
               Greve Friedrich af Danneskiold-Samsoe and Grevinde Dorothea 
               Wedell-Wedellsborg 
               Born 13 May 1726 Assendrup 
               Died 16 April 1766 Copenhagen 
                         Children, Generation IV-3 

        (2) 4  Komtesse Conradine Christiane af Danneskiold-Samsoe 
               Born 19 December 1725 Assendrup 
               Died 7 January 1786 Copenhagen 
               Married 17 June 1755 Copenhagen 
               Christian Gustav, Lensgreve Wedell-Wedellsborg, son of 
               Hannibal, Lensgreve Wedell-Wedellsborg and Anna Catharine 
               Banner von Rugaard 
               Born 22 July 1701 Sondergaarde 
               Died 29 January 1759 Wedellsborg 

            5  Komtesse Sophia Dorothea af Danneskiold-Samsoe 
               Abbess of Gisselfeld Kloster 
               Born 10 February 1727 Copenhagen 
               Died 31 March 1798 Lystrup 

            6  Komtesse Christiane af Danneskiold-Samsoe 
               Prioress of Gisselfeld Kloster 
               Born 11 May 1728 
               Died 14 January 1814 Rosendal 

      III-3 (II-2-4) 
            1  Greve Christian Ulrich af Danneskiold-Samsoe 
               Born 27 May 1725 Helsingor 
               Died 1726 

            2  Komtesse Sophie Dorothea af Danneskiold-Samsoe 
               Born 13 May 1726 Assendrup 
               Died 16 April 1766 Copenhagen 
               Married 19 July 1743 Sollerodgaard 
               Ulrich Adolph, Lensgreve af Danneskiold-Samsoe, son of 
               Christian, Lensgreve af Danneskiold-Samsoe and Komtesse 
               Conradine Christine Friis-Friisenborg 
               Born 16 June 1723 Copenhagen 
               Died 3 June 1751 Gisselfeld 

            3  Komtesse Christiane Ulrica af Danneskiold-Samsoe 
               Born 3 February 1727 
               Died 4 May 1729 Engelsholm 

            4  Komtesse Friederike Hannibaldine af Danneskiold-Samsoe 
               Born 1728 Engelsholm 
               Died 1729 Engelsholm 

            5  Greve Friedrich Christian af Danneskiold-Samsoe 
               Born 1729 
               Died 7 May 1758 Dieburg 

            6  Komtesse Christiane Magdalene af Danneskiold-Samsoe 
               Born 1736 
               Buried 12 May 1744 Copenhagen 

            7  Komtesse Friederike Louise Charlotte af Danneskiold-Samsoe 
               Prioress of Gisselfeld Kloster 
               Born 3 February 1737 Copenhagen 
               Died 13 July 1821 Copenhagen 

            8  Greve Ulrich af Danneskiold-Samsoe 
               Born 1741 
               Died 1742