Editing Christian V of Denmark (section)

===Family===
Christian V had eight children by his wife and six by his [[Maîtresse-en-titre]], [[Sophie Amalie Moth]] (1654–1719), whom he took up with when she was sixteen. Sophie was the daughter of his former tutor [[Poul Moth]]. Christian publicly introduced Sophie into court in 1672, a move which insulted his wife, and made her countess of [[Samsø]] on 31 December 1677.
[[File:Christian-5-with his children.jpg|thumb|300px|Christian V with his eldest son crown-prince Frederick (IV), and his other sons Christian and Charles]]
Legitimate children by his queen [[Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel|Charlotte Amalie]]:
{| border=1 style="border-collapse: collapse;"
|- style="background:#ccc;"
!Name!!Birth!!Death!!class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|[[Frederick IV of Denmark|Frederick IV]]||2 October 1671||12 October 1730
|-
|Christian Vilhelm||1 December 1672||25 January 1673
| died in infancy
|-
|[[Prince Christian of Denmark (1675–1695)|Christian]]||25 March 1675||27 June 1695
|-
|[[Princess Sophia Hedwig of Denmark|Sophie Hedwig]]||28 August 1677||13 March 1735
|-
|Christiane Charlotte||18 January 1679||24 August 1689
|died young at age 11
|-
|[[Prince Charles of Denmark|Charles]]||26 October 1680||8 June 1729
|-
|Daughter||17 July 1683||17 July 1683
|-
|[[Prince William of Denmark|Vilhelm]]||21 February 1687||23 November 1705
|}

Illegitimate children by his mistress, Sophie Amalie Moth, Countess of Samsø:
{| border=1 style="border-collapse: collapse;"
|- style="background:#ccc;"
!Name!!Birth!!Death
|-
|[[Christiane Gyldenløve]]||7 July 1672||12 September 1689
|-
|[[Christian Gyldenløve]]||28 February 1674||16 July 1703
|-
|Sophie Christiane Gyldenløve ||1675|| 18 August 1684
|-
|[[Anna Christiane Gyldenløve]]||1676|| 11 August 1689
|-
|[[Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve]]||24 June 1678||8 December 1719
|-
|Daughter||1682|| 8 July 1684
|}