Later Life
After her divorce, Charlotte Frederica spent the next years of her life in a palace in Horsens, in Jutland and partly in Aarhus, where she cultivated social circles among the local bourgeoisie and affairs with officers. In 1829 she moved from Denmark to Karlsbad under the name "Mrs. von Gothen". In 1830 she traveled to Italy, finally settling in Rome. She later converted to the Catholic faith. Charlotte Frederica died in Rome in 1840, her death meant no doubt a relief to the court in Copenhagen as she dreamed of someday return as the King's mother. Frederik VII which was aged only one year when she had to leave him showed great reverence to the memory of his late mother: he collected portraits of her in his rooms at Jægerspris Castle, and when he visited Horsens on Sept. 1857 he thanked officially "for the love and kindness that was shown to her."
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