Chambord, France
1519-1547
Francueil, France
1515-1521
Amboise, France
15th century
Villandry, France
1532
Blois, France
9th century
Nantes, France
1207
Azay-le-Rideau, France
1515-1527
Chaumont-sur-Loire, France
1465-1510
Cheverny, France
1624-1630
Angers, France
9th century
Chinon, France
12th century
Rigny-Ussé, France
1440s
Saumur, France
10th century
Montreuil-Bellay, France
11th century
Langeais, France
1465
Sully-sur-Loire, France
13th century
Loches, France
13th century
Valençay, France
1540
Monts, France
1499-1508
Tours, France
11th century
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.