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Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark (by Bjarne Jensen)
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Frederiksborg
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Beautiful lilacs, Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerod, DENMARK
#beautiful#lilacs#frederiksborg#castle#frederiksborg castle#hillerod#denmark#dinamarca#europe#europa
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Fredericksburg castle, Denmark
This castle is magical and I loved exploring it. It has been rebuilt because a part got burned down. It's still an amazing visit and there is a museum with portraits at the top floor. I made so many pictures of the ceilings.
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👸🏰 . . . . . . . #frederiksborg #dk #castlesofeurope #frederiksberg #princess #sheingal #travelgram #ootd (at Frederiksborg Castle) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkijEEBMgKV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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A Danish Princess by Runemaker
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Frederiksborg Slot, Hillerød, Denmark
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Training all day
Featuring: Lana Marino and BOE Oh Boy.
Lana and her horse Boy has been training all day to show you this! He has learned to smile!
#the sims 3#sims 3#sims 3 pets#sims 3 horses#equality sims#queen of onyx#black onyx#Lana Marino#BOE Oh Boy#Frederiksborg
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A full moon over Frederiksborg Castle by Joachim Ferdinand Richardt
#joachim ferdinand richardt#ferdinand richardt#full moon#frederiksborg castle#danish#denmark#art#sky#clouds#moon#moonlight#moonlit#europe#european#castle#castles#boat#boats#landscape
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Woman at the Well, Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834-1890)
#Lent#art#art history#Carl Bloch#Carl Heinrich Bloch#religious art#Biblical art#Christian art#Christianity#New Testament#Gospels#Gospel of John#Danish art#Scandinavian art#19th century art#oil on canvas#Frederiksborg Palace
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What’s that elephant the Danes are wearing?
Tatler’s guide to the emblems and quirks of Denmark’s highest honour, the Order of the Elephant.
A curious little diamond-encrusted elephant, a blue sash, a gold collar – and sometimes a big flaming cape…Tatler looks into the history and tradition of Denmark's most privileged Order.
With Frederik X set to become sovereign of the Order as he becomes King on Sunday, you might see a few of these elephants around Copenhagen's royal palaces
By Isaac Zamet
12 January 2024
When Crown Prince Frederik becomes Frederik X of Denmark on Sunday, he will also replace his mother, Queen Margrethe II, as the sovereign of Denmark’s most ancient and distinguished order of chivalry, the Order of the Elephant.
Though it was officially refounded in 1693, the order dates all the way back to the 1400s, when it was established as a religious confraternity by a group of about fifty Danish knights.
In the 1400s, prior to the Reformation which gripped Europe and divided the church, such religious ‘clubs’ as the Order of the Elephant were common features of aristocratic life.
At the time of the Order of the Elephant's birth, Christian I was King of Denmark – and in fact, Norway and Sweden too, creating a personal union known as the Kalmar Union.
During this period, the emblem of the club was an image of the Virgin Mary holding her Son within a crescent moon.
This was hung from a collar formed of links in the shape of elephants.
The confraternity mutated over the centuries but endured a stifled period after the Reformation in which such clubs became suspect.
In 1580, Frederik II – eight Frederiks prior to our current Frederik – revived the order and replaced the medallion of the mother and child with an elephant (a Reformation-safe, Protestant approach – if a quirky one!).
But it was Christian V, in 1693, who gave the club its official statues and founding order.
At this time, it was scheduled as comprising 30 noble knights and one Grand Master (the King) along with his sons.
It was only in 1958 that the statutes were amended by Royal Ordinance to allow the ennoblement of women as members of the order.
Between 1580 and today, around 890 persons have been bestowed with the Order of the Elephant; with Queen Margrethe adding 68 people during her 40 year reign.
The recipients are almost always royal persons and foreign heads of state – though in a rare exception, the order was given to a commoner in 2000.
This was the deceased shipping magnate, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, who was recognised for exceptional contribution to Danish economic strength and Danish society.
Those unfamiliar with the man himself will surely recognise his name from the famous shipping containers.
The A.P. Møller – Mærsk group was actually founded in 1904 by his father. It is now worth $81bn dollars.
At the time of Møller’s membership of the order, he was the only non-royal and non-head of state to hold the honour; though it had previously been held by the pioneering nuclear physicist, Niels Bohr.
Membership of the order comes with possession of its rather eye-catching elephantine emblem.
The elephant is made of white-enamelled gold with blue housings and is about 5cm high.
On its back, the elephant bears a tower of pink enamelled masonry (a design originally intended to reflect the howdah compartments of the Indian subcontinent).
A number of large cut diamonds adorn the elephant, along with a crowned monogram of the monarch reigning when it was made.
One wonders, then, when the first Frederikian elephants will be carved.
At the top of the tower on the elephant’s back sits a gold ring, from which the badge can be hung from the collar or tied to a sash.
On the elephant's back sits a turbaned ‘moor mahout.’
It should be noted that some would regard such a depiction as an exoticising caricature.
Others would regard its appearance merely as an expression of an historical perspective.
One striking detail about the circulation of the elephants is that each Order of the Elephant is – in principle – on loan and must be returned to the Chapter of the Royal Orders of Chivalry when a member of the Order has passed away.
This rather quaint custom means that elephants are inherited and used several times by different members of the order, with some dating back hundreds of years.
Interestingly, the done thing is not to disclose to whom an Elephant has previously been given – though there are some traditional lines of inheritance.
For example, the elephant recently bestowed on Prince Christian belonged previously to his grandfather, Prince Henrik.
This handing over was always to be, on the basis of a traditional line of inheritance.
There are two exceptional elephants which have eluded the rule of the ‘loan’ – one remains in the Chancellery Museum at Paris and a second remains on display at the Dwight Eisenhower Presidential Library in the US.
Another beautiful quirk of membership of the Order is that a member’s coat of arms is always painted and subsequently hung in the Knight’s Chapel at Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød.
As to when the elephants come out to play, there are some rather interesting traditions concerning how and when to wear them.
The Order of the Elephant has three festival days: new year’s day, the monarch’s birthday, and the birthday of Valdemar the Victorious, which, if you didn’t know is on June 28.
On these festival days, the Order of the Elephant is worn on the chest on a gold chain link collar, with links shaped as towers and elephants.
The collar sits on each shoulder. On other important occasions, the order is worn on a bright blue sash with a breast star.
The star of the order is an eight-pointed silver star with smooth rays; at its centre sits an enameled red disc with a white cross, surrounded by a laurel wreath in silver.
#Frederik X#Queen Margrethe II#Monarchy of Denmark#Danish Royal Family#House of Glücksburg#Christian I#Kalmar Union#Order of the Elephant#Frederik II#Christian V#Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller#Frederikian elephants#Chancellery Museum#Dwight Eisenhower Presidential Library#Knight’s Chapel#Frederiksborg Castle#Crown Prince Christian of Denmark#Queen Mary of Denmark
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Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark (by Fran Caparros)
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Mammals of the World. Written by Hans Hvass. Illustrated by Wilhelm Eigener. 1975.
#equids#horses#belgian horses#jutland horses#shetland ponies#norwegian ponies#frederiksborger horses#arabian horses#oldenborger horses#Wilhelm Eigener
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Frederiksborg Castle - Hillerod, DENMARK
#schloss frederiksborg#frederiksborg castle#castillo frederiksborg#hillerod#denmark#dinamarca#europe#europa
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“Countess Alexandra's red ball gown from her engagement portrait doesn't get talked about enough imo. She looked wow. The shape of the skirt, the tiara hairstyle, the off shoulder neckline, the embroidery!!! Everything about the look just came together most wonderfully. The only nitpick is that Margrethe gave her that ugly tiara but otherwise it was definitely the best wedding/engagement portrait to come out of denmark between her, cp Mary and princess Marie.” - Submitted by Anonymous
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Oil Painting, 1787, Danish.
By Jens Juel.
Portraying Princess Louise Augusta of Denmark in a white chemise dress.
Frederiksborg Palace Museum.
#Louise Augusta of Denmark#womenswear#dress#1787#1780s#1780s dress#1780s painting#1780s Denmark#Danish#Jens juel#Frederiksborg Palace Museum#chemise à la reine
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