Background
Prince Charles was born on 26 October 1680 at Copenhagen Castle as the fourth son of Christian V and his consort Queen Charlotte Amalie.
Prince Charles was born on 26 October 1680 at Copenhagen Castle as the fourth son of Christian V and his consort Queen Charlotte Amalie.
Instead he maintained a withdrawn life on his estates. As was the tradition at the court, his upbringing was left to others, including Johan Georg Holstein, who was replaced by Carl Ahlefeldt as his hofmeister in 1696. In particular Christian Siegfried von Plessen was charged with his upbringing.
Prince Charles suffered from weak health and was hard of hearing.
In order to benefit from a milder climate he was sent to France and Italy on a study trip from 1696 to 1699, spending most of the time in Montpellier. Prince Charles was never married.
Between 1697 and 1699, there was a Danish policy to create an alliance with Sweden through a double wedding between Charles XII of Sweden and Princess Sophia Hedwig of Denmark, and Prince Charles of Denmark and Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (after the marriage of Hedvig Sophia of Sweden in 1698, she was replaced by Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden). However, none of the marriages was materialized.
From his mother, who died in 1715, he inherited Vemmetofte Manor and Højstrup Manors on Zealand and Charlottenborg Palace in Copenhagen.
His holdings also included a pleasure garden in Copenhagen located outside the city"s Northern City Gate. lieutenant was known as Prinsens Have (English: The Prince"s Garden) and later Blågård (English: Blue Farm), a name which is commemorated in several toponyms today. Ultimately the two brothers were reconciled and in the end Prince Charles even ended up godfathering one of the king"s children by Anne Sophie.
After suffering from weak health throughout his life, he died in 1729 and was interred at Roskilde Cathedral.