Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark

Wilhelmine Marie
Princess Frederick of Denmark
Portrait by Christian Albrecht Jensen, 1825
Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Tenure19 May 1838 – 24 October 1878
Born(1808-01-18)18 January 1808
Kiel, Duchy of Holstein
Died30 May 1891(1891-05-30) (aged 83)
Glücksburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, Germany
Spouse
Prince Frederick of Denmark
(later Frederick VII)
(m. 1828; div. 1837)
    HouseOldenburg
    FatherFrederick VI of Denmark
    MotherMarie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel

    Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark and Norway (Danish: Vilhelmine af Danmark; German: Wilhelmine von Dänemark) (18 January 1808 – 30 May 1891) was a Princess of Denmark by birth as the daughter of King Frederick VI.

    In 1828, she married her agnatic second cousin, the future King Frederick VII. The marriage was arranged for dynastic reasons with the aim of uniting the two branches of the Danish royal family, but ended in divorce in 1837. The following year, she married another cousin, Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, who was the eldest brother of the future King Christian IX. Both her marriages were childless.