Malbork, Poland
1274-1406
Toruñ, Poland
1231
Kuressaare, Estonia
1260s
Olsztyn, Poland
1346-1353
Sigulda, Latvia
1214
Rijkhoven, Belgium
16th century
Gmina Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland
1350-1401
Kwidzyn, Poland
14th century
Gniew, Poland
1290
Bad Mergentheim, Germany
1525
Sigulda, Latvia
ca. 1255
Kunda, Estonia
1471
Eilon, Israel
12th century
Edole, Latvia
1264-1267
Gmina Reszel, Poland
1350
Dinkelsbühl, Germany
1764
Klaipėda, Lithuania
1253
Raudondvaris, Lithuania
1653-1664
Golub-Dobrzyñ, Poland
c.1300
Valgamaa, Estonia
ca. 1330
Rosenborg Palace was built in the period 1606-34 as Christian IV’s summerhouse just outside the ramparts of Copenhagen. Christian IV was very fond of the palace and often stayed at the castle when he resided in Copenhagen, and it was here that he died in 1648. After his death, the palace passed to his son King Frederik III, who together with his queen, Sophie Amalie, carried out several types of modernisation.
The last king who used the place as a residence was Frederik IV, and around 1720, Rosenborg was abandoned in favor of Frederiksborg Palace.Through the 1700s, considerable art treasures were collected at Rosenborg Castle, among other things items from the estates of deceased royalty and from Christiansborg after the fire there in 1794.
Soon the idea of a museum arose, and that was realised in 1833, which is The Royal Danish Collection’s official year of establishment.