Queen Caroline Amalie - Copenhagen, Denmark - Statues of Historic Figures on Waymarking.com

A larger than life bronze statue of Queen Caroline Amalie depicts the monarch standing on a 3.5' high stone base. She is elaborately dressed with a her hair put up and back, a ruffled collar, and a long floor length hooped dress with a ornate neckline, ruffled sleeves and a train in the back. The rectangular base has a square bottom, and S shaped midsection leading up to a square top upon which rests a bronze plinth. In the midsection of the base a medallion is flanked by a long curvy ribbon. The medallion is inscribed with the initials CA below the image of a crown. The dates 1796 and 1881 are enclosed within the ribbon.

The sculpture was created by Vilhelm Bissen and installed in the Royal Garden in 1896. A small bronze plaque at the bottom of the base is inscribed:

Caroline Amalie was born on June 28, 1796 into a royal family. She is the daughter of Caroline Amalie was the daughter of Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark. She married the heir to the throne, the future Christian VIII, after he divorced his first wife, Charlotte Fredericka of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She became Queen of Denmark upon the ascent of Christian VIII to the throne in 1839 after the death of Christian's father King Frederick VI. The coronation of Caroline Amalie took place on her birthday, 28 June 28, 1840 in the Frederiksborg Palace Chapel. She reigned until her death on March 9, 1881 and is buried in Roskilde Cathedral.