Grevinde Danners grav, Jægerpris - Denmark - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

"Louise Christine lensgrevinde af Danner (født Louise Christine Rasmussen 21. april 1815 i København – 6. marts 1874 i Genua) var gift "til venstre hånd" med kong Frederik 7. af Danmark.
Louise C. Rasmussen var født uden for ægteskab. Moderen var tjenestepige Juliane Caroline Rasmussen og faderen grosserer Gotthilf Ludevig Køppen. Hun voksede op hos moderen og blev i 1826 optaget på Det Kongelige Teaters Balletskole, hvor Johanne Luise Heiberg var på samme tid. Hun fik løn ved teatret fra 1830, og fra 1835 blev hun ansat som figurantinde. Efter ansøgning blev hun august 1841 fritaget for tjeneste. Baggrunden var, at hun fødte en søn, som blev sat i pleje. Faderen til barnet var bogtrykker Johan Carl Ernst Berling. Ægteskab kom ikke på tale, men i stedet etableredes Louise Rasmussen som modehandlerske i København. 1842 blev hun afskediget fra Det Kongelige Teater med pension.
Gennem Carl Berling lærte hun i 1830'erne kronprins Frederik at kende. Han var forvist til Fredericia. Forbindelsen bestod gennem 1840'erne, og efter sin tronbestigelse i 1848 ville Frederik 7. gifte sig med Louise Rasmussen. Regeringen fik i første omgang forhindret det, da kongens to første ægteskaber var barnløse, og tronfølgen ikke var sikret. Hvis Frederik og Louise fik børn, ville de ikke være arveberettigede. Med gennemførelsen af junigrundloven 1849 blev kongens popularitet så stor, at han satte sin vilje igennem: Ved kongelig resolution af 8. august 1850 blev Louise Rasmussen ophøjet til lensgrevinde af Danner. Samme dag blev hun og kongen viet i Frederiksborg Slotskirke af biskop J.P. Mynster. Hun var kongens hustru til venstre hånd. Det betød, at deres eventuelle børn ikke fik arveret til tronen.

Frederik 7. var tidligere gift med Vilhelmine, som var datter af Frederik 6., og med Mariane af Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Begge ægteskaber blev opløst ved skilsmisse. Ingen af de standsmæssige ægtefæller synes at have haft samme viljestyrke som grevinde Danner, der kunne styre kongen.


Grevinde Danners grav.
Forargelsen i det højere borgerskab og aristokratiet var stor. Grevinde Danner var udsat for chikane på forskellig vis. I 1854 købte parret Jægerspris Slot af staten og tog ophold der. Efter kongens død i 1863 levede grevinde Danner et tilbagetrukket liv. Hun ejede Rudbjerggaard.

Hun testamenterede Jægerspris Slot "til gavn for fattige og efterladte piger". Efter hendes død blev der etableret børnehjemsbygninger nær slottet. Herudover oprettede hun i 1873 "Kong Frederik den Syvendes Stiftelse for fattige fruentimmere af arbejderstanden". Et hus, som stod færdigt i 1875, blev senere kendt som Dannerhuset.

Grevinde Danner døde i 1874 og blev begravet i slotshaven til Jægerspris Slot, hvor hendes marmorkiste kan ses i gravhøjen, som er åben i siden."
Kilde: wikipedia.dk

"Louise Christine Rasmussen, also known as Countess Danner (21 April 1815 – 6 March 1874), was a Danish Ballet dancer and stage actor. She was the mistress and later the morganatic spouse of King Frederick VII of Denmark. She was not a queen consort, but officially styled Countess Danner.

Louise Rasmussen was the daughter of the unmarried maid Juliane Caroline Rasmussen and the merchant Gotthilf L. Køppen. She was a student of the ballet school of the Opera in Copenhagen in 1826, was contracted in 1830 and a figurante ballerina in 1835. In 1841, she had a child[1] with the print maker Carl Berling, who was the heir of the paper Berlingske Tidende, one of the most important Danish newspapers. She retired from the ballet in 1842 and opened a fashion shop.

She got to know Crown Prince Frederick through Berling in the 1830s and had a relationship with him during the 1840s. Frederick became king in 1848. He wanted to marry Louise, but the government forbade it, as Frederick was childless and no children born from a marriage with Louise would have been entitled to the throne. The reformed law of 1849, however, made the king so popular that he was able to have his wish granted.

On 8 August 1850, Louise Rasmussen was given the title "Countess of Danner" and was married to Frederick in Frederiksborg Slotskirke by Bishop J. P. Mynster. She was the morganatic spouse of King Frederick, and was thereby not queen, nor did any possible children from the union have any right to the throne. The marriage was met with great dislike and opposition, especially from the upper-class and the nobility, who considered it a misalliance. Louise was met with humiliation and disdain in social circles. On one occasion, for example, Frederick and Louise participated at a grand formal dinner with many members of the highest nobility; at the occasion in question, it was the custom of the nobility to propose a toast to the spouse of the monarch. This time, however, no one proposed a toast, even though Frederick and Louise waited for it to happen. Eventually, Frederick lost his patience, stood up and said openly: "As no one here will propose a toast to my wife, I will do so myself!", after which the nobility finally raised their glasses.[2]

Louise was not regarded to be a member of high society nor to have any right to participate in it: she had never been a debutante or formally introduced at the royal court and high society in the way a noblewoman would normally be, and her presence was thereby basically considered to be incognito. Frederick did attempt to have Louise formally introduced to high society. He introduced her to his step-mother, queen dowager Caroline Amalie, by arranging a formal visit between them, and then demanded that the queen dowager's ladies-in-waiting return the visit to Louise, which was the normal process. However, Caroline Amalie stated that she had accepted to receive Louise exclusively to be kind to the king and with the understanding that the visit should be unofficial, and that Louise could thereby not be regarded as formally introduced to society and remained a private person which her ladies-in-waiting had no obligation to visit: she reminded him that no officials had been present at his wedding because he himself had wished it to be an unofficial wedding, and should her ladies visit Louise, the whole matter would become official. The letter from the queen dowager was seen as an insult and a rebuff to Louise and enraged Frederick, who refused to give a reply and let the matter drop.

In 1854, the couple bought the manor, Jægerspris Slot, as a place to spend their private life, and after Frederick's death in 1863, Louise lived a discreet life there. In 1873, she founded "Frederick the VII:s Foundation for Poor Women from the Working Class", and the house was called "The Danner House". When she died, she left Jægerspris Slot "to the benefit of poor and destitute servant girls" in her last will and testament.
Souce: wikipedia.org

Description: Grevinde Danner var gift med Fredrik d. VII og er især kendt for sit store engagement og arbejde for at hjælpe fattige kvinder. Countess Danner was maried to King Frederick VII of Denmark. She is known for her great commitment and support for poor women. Date of birth: 04/21/1815 Date of death: 03/06/1874 Area of notoriety: Historical Figure Marker Type: Tomb (above ground) Setting: Outdoor Visiting Hours/Restrictions: open 24/7 Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link]

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