Anna Sophie Magdalene Frederikke Ulrikke (born in 1730 or 1740[1] – died 22 January 1805)[2] was a Danish con artist who in 1766 demanded a pension from the Danish royal house with the claim that she was the illegitimate daughter of King Christian VI of Denmark and the king's sister-in-law, the Dowager Princess of Ostefriesland, Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1707–1764).[2]
Anna Sophie Magdalene Frederikke Ulrikke | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1730 or 1740 |
| Died | 22 January 1805 |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Known for | Claimed to be the illegitimate daughter of King Christian VI of Denmark |
Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach had lived at the Danish court as a widow after 1735, and it was a widespread rumour that she had a relationship with her brother-in-law. Anna's story was backed up by a Norwegian student,[2] Kirchhof, who was her lover. In 1770, a commission was organized to examine the case. After it was discovered, that Anna had been a prostitute in Amsterdam, her claim was deemed false, and she was placed in Mons Chastity House.[3] She was later released for good behaviour and given a pension of $100. Her date of birth is given as either 1730 or as 1740.[1] If it were 1730, she could not have been the daughter of Christian VI of Denmark and Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, as the latter did not live at the Danish court until 1735.[4]
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- ^ a b "Anna Sophie Magdalene Frederikke Ulrikke". www.gravsted.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ a b c LLaur. "Anna Sophie Magdalene Frederikke Ulrikke | Gyldendal - Den Store Danske". denstoredanske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ "Historisk hotel ved vandet i købstaden Stege". Hotel Residens Møen (in Danish). Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 48.