Arveprins Knud & Arveprinsesse Caroline Mathilde


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I guess I'm curious as to why the name of a scandalous and disgraced queen remained popular enough to give to Danish princesses. Is "Caroline Mathilde" just a popular Germanic name, generally?
 
I'm trying to compile a list of attendees for the 1976 funeral of Arveprins Knud. Does anyone have a link to photographs or info on the funeral guests? Thanks.
 
I guess I'm curious as to why the name of a scandalous and disgraced queen remained popular enough to give to Danish princesses. Is "Caroline Mathilde" just a popular Germanic name, generally?
Both children were devoted to the memory of their mother and had difficult upbringings under the "care" of their step-grandmother Queen Juliane Marie and the Prince Regent. Because of his mental illness their father the King played a small role in their lives. The siblings were very close and made sure to never forget their mother and remembered those who had taken part in her downfall. King Frederik later reinstated several of Struensee's reforms. They both had daughter's named Caroline (King Frederik had two - one legitimate and one illegitimate) and it was through Princess Louise Augusta's descendants that the name Caroline Mathilde and the blood of Struensee passed into later generations of the Royal family.
 
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They were close cousins and that was admitted . Ingolf and Christian married communors , this was not admitted and they became Rosenborg. Their Sister, the most clever Dane Royal , never married to keep her titlle.
 
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