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Christian VI of Denmark

1699 - 1746

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Christian VI (30 November 1699 – 6 August 1746) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1730 to 1746. The eldest surviving son of Frederick IV and Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, he is considered one of Denmark-Norway's more anonymous kings, but he was a skilled politician, best known for his authoritarian regime. He was the first king of the Oldenburg dynasty to refrain from entering in any war. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christian VI of Denmark has received more than 435,290 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Christian VI of Denmark is the 1,435th most popular politician (down from 1,340th in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 51st in 2019) and the 29th most popular Danish Politician.

Christian VI of Denmark is most famous for being the king of Denmark from 1730 to 1746. He was the son of Christian V of Denmark and Sophia Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Christian VI of Denmark ranks 1,435 out of 15,577Before him are Sebastián Piñera, Omar al-Bashir, Viktor Zubkov, Rutherford B. Hayes, Lucius Caesar, and Václav Klaus. After him are Chilperic I, Thomas Sankara, Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, Walter Schellenberg, Masinissa, and Berengar I of Italy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1699, Christian VI of Denmark ranks 3Before him are Osman III and Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin. After him are Maria Josepha of Austria, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Johann Adolph Hasse, Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, Anna Leszczyńska, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Mastani, Alamgir II, and Bernard de Jussieu. Among people deceased in 1746, Christian VI of Denmark ranks 2Before him is Philip V of Spain. After him are Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, Anna Leopoldovna, Francis Hutcheson, Colin Maclaurin, Georg Wilhelm Steller, Domenico Alberti, Nicolas de Largillière, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, and Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Christian VI of Denmark ranks 53 out of 893Before him are Frederick II of Denmark (1534), Frederick VII of Denmark (1808), Frederick I of Denmark (1471), Tollund Man (-400), Valdemar IV of Denmark (1320), and Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (850). After him are Jørn Utzon (1918), Nicolas Steno (1638), Anna Karina (1940), Gerda Wegener (1886), Carl Nielsen (1865), and Aage Bohr (1922).

Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Christian VI of Denmark ranks 29Before him are Fredrik Bajer (1837), Christian VIII of Denmark (1786), Frederick II of Denmark (1534), Frederick VII of Denmark (1808), Frederick I of Denmark (1471), and Valdemar IV of Denmark (1320). After him are Abel, King of Denmark (1218), Canute IV of Denmark (1043), Anders Fogh Rasmussen (1953), Eric V of Denmark (1249), Princess Benedikte of Denmark (1944), and Canute Lavard (1096).