Editing Frederick VII of Denmark (section)

==Early life ==
[[File:Frederick of Denmark as teenage.jpg|thumb|left|Portrait of Prince Frederick, {{circa|1824}}]]
The future King Frederick VII was born at 11 a.m. on 6 October 1808 at his parents' residence ''[[Levetzau's Palace]]'', an 18th-century palace which forms part of the [[Amalienborg Palace]] complex in central [[Copenhagen]].<ref name="kongeligedaab">{{cite book|first1=Lone|last1=Hindø|first2=Else|last2=Boelskifte|chapter=Lykkelig forløst med en Prins|title=Kongelig Dåb. Fjorten generationer ved Rosenborg-døbefonten|trans-title=Royal Baptisms. Fourteen generations at the Rosenborg baptismal font|publisher=Forlaget Hovedland|year=2007|isbn=978-87-7070-014-6|language=da|page=75-81}}</ref> Born into the [[House of Oldenburg]], the [[royal house]] which had ruled Denmark since its foundation there in the 15th century, he was the second, but eldest surviving, child to the then [[Christian VIII of Denmark|Prince Christian Frederick of Denmark]], the future King Christian VIII, and his first wife [[Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]. His maternal grandparents were [[Friedrich Franz I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]], and [[Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1756–1808)|Luise]], [[Duchess]] of [[Saxe-Gotha]].

The young prince was baptised on 17 October by the royal [[confessor]] [[Nicolai Edinger Balle]], [[Bishop of Zealand]], with the names ''Frederik Carl Christian''.<ref name="kongeligedaab"/> To his mother, he was always known as ''Fritz''.