Legacy
Christian had ten children outside of marriage. He carefully listed them and saw that they were treated well.
After his son Frederick VII died in 1863, his first cousin once removed ascended the throne as Christian IX of Denmark.
In 1905, 57 years after his demise, and 91 years after his struggle in support of independence and his own brief kingship in Norway, his great-grandnephew Prince Carl of Denmark was chosen to become the first king of independent Norway under the name Haakon VII of Norway.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
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