Prague, Czech Republic
870 AD
Vienna, Austria
1279
Kraków, Poland
9th century AD
Budapest, Hungary
1247-1265
Vienna, Austria
1740
Innsbruck, Austria
c. 1460
Salzburg, Austria
1606
Vienna, Austria
1712
Bratislava, Slovakia
9th century AD
Monza, Italy
1777-1780
Grignano, Italy
1856-1860
Gödöllő, Hungary
1733
Schloßhof, Austria
1729
Vienna, Austria
1569
Laxenburg, Austria
1333 & 1745
Bad Ischl, Austria
1860
Vienna, Austria
1882-1886
Laxenburg, Austria
1801-1836
Artstetten, Austria
1560
Eckartsau, Austria
1720
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.