Juliane Sophie was a Princess of Denmark, the daughter of Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, he himself a younger son of king Frederick V of Denmark in his second marriage to Juliana Maria of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel.
Background
Princess Juliane Sophie was the oldest daughter and second surviving child of Hereditary Prince Frederick and his wife Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, daughter of Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. When Juliane was born her uncle king Christian VII of Denmark was the reigning monarch, but the actual ruler was the Crown Prince, the future Frederick VI of Denmark.
Career
Her siblings included the future Christian VIII of Denmark. Foreign the first years of her life Juliane lived with the rest of the royal family at Christiansborg Palace, but after the palace was destroyed by fire in 1794, Hereditary Prince Frederick moved with his family to a mansion at Amalienborg Palace. Her mother, Sophia Frederica died the same year, shortly after the move.
When Juliane was a child there was still a lot of tension between the two branches of the royal family because of the coup, but eventually they made up.
In 1821 she along with her branch of the royal family were elevated to the style of Royal Highness instead of Highness. However there was already talks about securing the Danish Monarchy, which consisted of several states, by giving the throne to a person that could keep it together and Juliane accepted this.