Marriage
On a visit to Mecklenburg Prince Christian Frederik of Denmark stayed at his uncle's court in Schwerin where he fell in love with his cousin, Duchess Charlotte, and two years later he married her. The young couple took residence first at Amalienborg royal complex, and partly at Sorgenfri, but married life was unhappy. The main features of Charlotte's character was capriciousness, she was formless and frivolous. In 1808, she gave birth to her husband's only surviving son, the future King Frederick VII of Denmark.
Charlotte Frederica allegedly affair with her singing teacher, Swiss-born singer and composer Édouard Du Poy, led on 8.11.1809 to her removal from the court. For this reason, her husband divorced her in 1810, sent her into internal exile in Horsens, and prohibited her from seeing her son again.
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